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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, 06/01/2026
19:45
  • Challenge Cup
Partick Thistle Inverness
  • BBC iPlayer
  • BBC Sport
  • BBC ALBA
Tuesday, 11/11/2025
19:45
  • Challenge Cup
East Kilbride Celtic FC B
Saturday, 11/10/2025
15:00
  • Challenge Cup
Dumbarton Rangers FC B
  • Premier Sports 1 ROI

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STATISTICAL DATA OF CHALLENGE CUP ON TELEVISION IN REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

As of today 08/04/2026, and since this website started collecting statistical data on when and where Football matches from the Challenge Cup competition in Republic of Ireland are televised, which began on 10/04/2016, we can provide the following data:

58

TV BROADCASTS
54 Free games
93.1%
4 Paid games
6.9%
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
East Kilbride - Celtic FC B
11/11/2025 Challenge Cup por Premier Sports 1 ROI
RANKING BY CHANNELS
BBC ALBA
42 (72.41%)
BBC iPlayer
23 (39.66%)
BBC Sport
22 (37.93%)
S4C
15 (25.86%)
S4C Online
4 (6.9%)
TOTAL
10
TV CHANNELS
DAYS
2
WITHOUT FREE GAME
AVERAGE
1.9
CHANNELS PER MATCH
5 Pay channels
50%
5 Free-to-air channels
50%
TOTAL
10
CANALES
TOTAL
43
Total equipos
Ranking of Teams by Number of Matches
TNS
10 (17.24%)
Raith
9 (15.52%)
Inverness
8 (13.79%)
Queen of South
7 (12.07%)
Connahs Q.
6 (10.34%)
Ranking of Teams by Number of Matches on Free-to-Air TV
TNS
10 (17.24%)
Raith
9 (15.52%)
Inverness
8 (13.79%)
Queen of South
7 (12.07%)
Connahs Q.
6 (10.34%)
Ranking of Teams by Number of Home Matches
TNS
7 (12.07%)
Raith
5 (8.62%)
Inverness
4 (6.9%)
Connahs Q.
4 (6.9%)
Queen of South
3 (5.17%)
Ranking of Teams by Number of Away Matches
Queen of South
4 (6.9%)
Inverness
4 (6.9%)
Raith
4 (6.9%)
TNS
3 (5.17%)
Dundee United
3 (5.17%)
NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK
MONDAY
-
- %
TUESDAY
7
12.07%
WEDNESDAY
6
10.34%
THURSDAY
2
3.45%
FRIDAY
10
17.24%
SATURDAY
19
32.76%
SUNDAY
14
24.14%
NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH
JANUARY
3
5.17%
FEBRUARY
16
27.59%
MARCH
8
13.79%
APRIL
3
5.17%
MAY
-
- %
JUNE
-
- %
JULY
-
- %
AUGUST
1
1.72%
SEPTEMBER
7
12.07%
OCTOBER
11
18.97%
NOVEMBER
7
12.07%
DECEMBER
2
3.45%
NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR
2026
5
8.62%
2025
5
8.62%
2024
4
6.9%
2023
7
12.07%
2022
5
8.62%
2021
1
1.72%
2020
3
5.17%
2019
7
12.07%
2018
7
12.07%
2017
8
13.79%
2016
6
10.34%
RANKING BY TIMES
19:45
15 (25.86%)
17:15
7 (12.07%)
19:35
5 (8.62%)
15:00
4 (6.9%)
19:40
4 (6.9%)
RANKING BY TIME SLOT
Evening
30 (51.72%)
Afternoon
28 (48.28%)
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, 7 live televised events have been published.

The first event published was on Saturday 11 October 2025 and the channel that broadcast Challenge Cup matches the most times was BBC iPlayer with a total of 5.