2024-07-26 17:02:18
Torneos has agreed with the FEF on the organisation, comprehensive management and TV rights for both tournaments. Where will they be broadcast?
The Ecuador Cup already has an owner and no, it is not a champion team, but a company that will broadcast it. Torneos, an Argentine company, announced that it reached an agreement with the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) to broadcast this competition and the Ecuador Super Cup, both organized by the Ecuadorian Football Federation.
Diario Olé Ecuador, exclusively, was able to access the information of this agreement. The contract with El Canal del Fútbol has been cancelled, and everything indicates that DSports, the sports channel of DirecTV -main sponsor of the tournament- is the screen on which the matches will be seen. In fact, the new edition of the most federal tournament in the country will be called Copa Ecuador DirecTV,
«Torneos will be in charge of the rights related to the organization and comprehensive management of both competitions, as well as the exploitation of audiovisual and broadcasting rights in Ecuador and abroad»warns a statement from Torneos on the subject.
Olé was also able to learn that calendar and organizational details are being finalized in order to communicate them.The service is satellite-based, so you will have to pay an amount to be able to follow the cup.
“We are very proud of this agreement with the FEF. We want to contribute our four decades of experience to promote the growth of Ecuadorian football and for fans to enjoy watching their teams with the quality of our broadcasts,” said Gustavo Isaack, president of Torneos.
Gustavo Isaak, president of Tournaments.
The FEF had already announced the return of the Ecuador Cup
This comes days after the FEF announced the return of the competition. “The cup for everyone is back, the one that unites us, the one for the fans, ours.” This is how the Federation announced that the tournament will be played again after a year of absence.
“We are fine-tuning details: calendar, competition models, how many rounds, what the draw will be like… It is a matter of days before those details are finalized and we can make a definitive launch of Copa Ecuador with all of them,” said Francisco Egas, president of the FEF, last week.
The last edition was in 2022 and the champion was Independiente del Valle, who beat 9 de Octubre in the final at the Atahualpa Olympic Stadium in Quito. In 2023, this competition that provided a place in the Copa Libertadores was not held due to lack of money and debts with the FEF, according to President Egas.
Source: DIARIO OLÈ.COM