Women's World Cup 2019: beIN Sports to broadcast the competition in 30+ countries (Asia and MENA)

beIN Media Group has acquired the broadcasting rights to the Women's World Cup France 2019 from FIFA "in more than 30 countries across Asia and the Middle East & North Africa," announced the Qatari pay-TV group on 31/05/2019.

"This new deal means that beIN will distribute this year's FIFA Women's World Cup to more countries than any other global broadcaster," said the group.

"On the same day as the major sports rights deal announcement with FIFA, and on the eve of the Women's World Cup tournament opening, beIN has also launched a new global project to encourage women and girls across the world to play more sport, under the new branding of 'beINSPIRED'," added the pay-TV group.

• List of countries covered by the broadcasting rights agreement for the Women's World Cup 2019: Algeria, Bahrain, Cambodia, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, East Timor, Tunisia and Yemen.

"We hope that female…