Challenge Cup today, Football on TV

Challenge Cup: At this time there is no football match being televised. You can check the history of previous televised matches

Sunday, 05/04/2026
16:10
  • Challenge Cup
Raith Inverness
Wednesday, 25/02/2026
19:45
  • Challenge Cup
Airdrieonians Raith
  • BBC Sport
  • BBC iPlayer
  • BBC ALBA
Tuesday, 24/02/2026
19:45
  • Challenge Cup
Ayr Inverness
  • BBC Sport
  • BBC iPlayer
  • BBC ALBA
Tuesday, 17/02/2026
19:45
  • Challenge Cup
St Johnstone Ayr
  • BBC iPlayer
  • BBC Sport
  • BBC ALBA
Tuesday, 27/01/2026
19:45
  • Challenge Cup
Queen's Park Raith
Tuesday, 06/01/2026
19:45
  • Challenge Cup
Partick Thistle Inverness
  • BBC iPlayer
  • BBC Sport
  • BBC ALBA

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STATISTICAL DATA OF CHALLENGE CUP ON TELEVISION IN UNITED KINGDOM

As of today 16/05/2026, and since this website started collecting statistical data on when and where Football matches from the Challenge Cup competition in United Kingdom are televised, which began on 10/04/2016, we can provide the following data:

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TV BROADCASTS
54 Free games
83.08%
11 Paid games
16.92%
Most Repeated Match
Rangers - Peterhead
1
LAST FREE GAME
Raith - Inverness
05/04/2026 Challenge Cup por BBC iPlayer, BBC ALBA, BBC Sport
LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH
Queen's Park - Raith
27/01/2026 Challenge Cup por Premier Sports Extra
RANKING BY CHANNELS
BBC ALBA
42 (64.62%)
BBC iPlayer
23 (35.38%)
BBC Sport
22 (33.85%)
S4C
15 (23.08%)
Premier Sports 1
9 (13.85%)
TOTAL
11
TV CHANNELS
DAYS
40
WITHOUT FREE GAME
AVERAGE
1.9
CHANNELS PER MATCH
6 Pay channels
54.55%
5 Free-to-air channels
45.45%
TOTAL
11
CANALES
TOTAL
45
Total equipos
Ranking of Teams by Number of Matches
TNS
10 (15.38%)
Raith
10 (15.38%)
Inverness
8 (12.31%)
Queen of South
7 (10.77%)
Livingston
6 (9.23%)
Ranking of Teams by Number of Matches on Free-to-Air TV
TNS
10 (15.38%)
Raith
9 (13.85%)
Inverness
8 (12.31%)
Queen of South
7 (10.77%)
Connahs Q.
6 (9.23%)
Ranking of Teams by Number of Home Matches
TNS
7 (10.77%)
Raith
5 (7.69%)
Inverness
4 (6.15%)
Connahs Q.
4 (6.15%)
Queen of South
3 (4.62%)
Ranking of Teams by Number of Away Matches
Raith
5 (7.69%)
Livingston
4 (6.15%)
Dundee United
4 (6.15%)
Queen of South
4 (6.15%)
Inverness
4 (6.15%)
NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK
MONDAY
-
- %
TUESDAY
10
15.38%
WEDNESDAY
6
9.23%
THURSDAY
2
3.08%
FRIDAY
11
16.92%
SATURDAY
21
32.31%
SUNDAY
15
23.08%
NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH
JANUARY
4
6.15%
FEBRUARY
16
24.62%
MARCH
8
12.31%
APRIL
3
4.62%
MAY
-
- %
JUNE
-
- %
JULY
-
- %
AUGUST
3
4.62%
SEPTEMBER
8
12.31%
OCTOBER
12
18.46%
NOVEMBER
9
13.85%
DECEMBER
2
3.08%
NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR
2026
6
9.23%
2025
5
7.69%
2024
4
6.15%
2023
7
10.77%
2022
5
7.69%
2021
1
1.54%
2020
3
4.62%
2019
7
10.77%
2018
7
10.77%
2017
8
12.31%
2016
12
18.46%
RANKING BY TIMES
19:45
19 (29.23%)
17:15
8 (12.31%)
19:35
5 (7.69%)
15:00
4 (6.15%)
19:40
4 (6.15%)
RANKING BY TIME SLOT
Evening
34 (52.31%)
Afternoon
31 (47.69%)
Morning
0 (0%)
Night
0 (0%)

At this time, there are no live televised Challenge Cup events but we show you a history with the TV guide of the last broadcast seen on television.

We will update this Challenge Cup agenda on TV when we receive confirmation from official media of the next live televised events of Challenge Cup.

Since the beginning of this website, 6 live televised events have been published.

The first event published was on 06 January 2026 and the channel that broadcast Challenge Cup matches the most times was BBC iPlayer with a total of 5.