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How you can watch the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals on TV in Denmark

If you’re a rugby fan in Denmark, you'll be glad to know you can watch the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter finals this weekend.

How you can watch the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals on TV in Denmark
Ireland meet New Zealand in a highly anticipated Rugby World Cup quarter final this weekend. Photo: Thomas Samson/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix

The Rugby World Cup finals are reaching a climax with the quarter finals set to take place in France this weekend.

The quarter-finals feature some heavyweight clashes including Ireland vs New Zealand and France vs South Africa. In the other quarter-finals England play Fiji and Wales play Argentina.

Unfortunately, the tournament isn’t being broadcast on terrestrial public TV in Denmark, as rugby isn’t a popular sport in the country.

Don’t worry though, if you’re living or travelling in Denmark during this time and want to catch the games, there’s a way you can watch from your TV at home.

All four quarter-finals (and the rest of the tournament) can be watched on subscription streaming service Viaplay’s sports package.

Coverage begins at 4pm on Saturday with Wales v Argentina followed by Ireland v New Zealand, with the remaining two quarter finals to be broadcast on Sunday. A link to the programme can be found here.

To watch these programmes, you’ll need the “Viaplay Total” package. This comes at the cost of 449 kroner per month.

Once you have contracted this new package you will be able to watch all the Rugby World Cup games, as well as the Six Nations and Premiership.

This doesn’t mean you need to pay a subscription forever though: you can cancel your subscription any time (like at the end of the tournament) if you want to, and you will still have access until the end of the current month, which you’ll already have paid for.

It should be noted that a direct subscription with Viaplay isn’t the only way to access these channels. You can also get streaming channels through your broadband or mobile subscription packages, which can give you access to services like Viaplay. For more information, ask your provider or shop around.

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EURO 2024

How to watch the Euro 2024 tournament on TV in Denmark

Will you be in Denmark during this year’s Euro 2024 football tournament? From streaming to fan zones, here’s how you can watch the matches.

How to watch the Euro 2024 tournament on TV in Denmark

The UEFA Euro 2024 tournament kicks off in Germany on June 14th, with 24 teams – including England and Scotland as well as Denmark themselves – vying for the title currently held by Italy.

Denmark and England meet in the group stages on June 20th, when the Danes will be seeking revenge for their semi-final defeat against the English in the last edition of the tournament.

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If you want to watch from home, the good news is that all of the matches are being shown by Denmark’s two main broadcasters, TV2 and DR.

For the matches broadcast on DR, all you need to do is download the DR TV app or go to the DR TV homepage on your browser and you can start streaming – the public service broadcaster’s programmes are free to watch.

It’s worth knowing that, by creating a DR user profile and logging in, you can watch the Euros matches from anywhere in the EU.

TV2’s matches can be viewed using the channel’s streaming platform TV2 Play. Some games – including Friday’s tournament opener between Germany and Scotland – will be shown on the regular TV2 channel, while others will be on the TV2 Sport X channel.

Depending on whether you want access to all the games, you can choose between two different TV2 Play subscription packages. The basic package starts at a very reasonable 69 kroner per month. If you want to watch the Sport X matches, though, you’ll need to subscribe to the “Favorit + Sport” package which starts at 219 kroner per month. More information can be found via TV2 Play here.

A list of which games will be shown on which channels follows at the bottom of this article.

You could also choose to go out to take in the games. It’s common in most medium to large towns across Denmark for sports bars or pubs to show football matches, especially international matches and tournaments involving Denmark.

There will also be big screens set up in some cities where you will be able to watch matches.

In Copenhagen, a big screen will show matches on the grassy section of Islands Brygge, the Amager side of Copenhagen Harbour. This is where TV2’s live studio will be located during the tournament.

There will also be a big screen at the Pavillon Beer Garden in Fælledparken, the large park in the Østerbro district which neighbours the national football stadium, Parken.

If you’re in Aarhus, it’s worth taking in at least one match at the fanzone at Aarhus Harbour. There is a large capacity, food and drink stands and activities for kids, as well as DR’s studio for the tournament. The Herman Sallings Plads location has been a popular choice for fans in Aarhus during past tournaments.

Here’s the TV schedule as we understand it at the current time. All kick-off times are CET.

Friday, June 14th

9pm: Germany-Scotland (Group A) TV2

Saturday, June 15th 

3pm: Hungary-Switzerland (Group A) TV2 Sport X

6pm: Spain-Croatia (Group B) TV2 Sport X

9pm: Italy-Albania (Group B) DR

Sunday, June 16th

3pm: Poland-Netherlands (Group D) TV2 Sport X

6pm: Slovenia-Denmark (Group C) DR

9pm: Serbia-England (Group C) DR

Monday, June 17th

3pm: Romania-Ukraine (Group E) TV2 Sport X

6pm: Belgium-Slovakia (Group E) DR

9pm: Austria-France (Group D) DR

Tuesday, June 18th

6pm: Turkey-Georgia (Group F) TV2 Sport X

9pm: Portugal-Czech Republic (Group F) TV2

Wednesday, June 19th

3pm: Croatia-Albania (Group B) DR

6pm: Germany-Hungary (Group A) DR

9pm: Scotland-Switzerland (Group A) TV2

Thursday, June 20th

3pm: Slovenia-Serbia (Group C) DR

6pm: Denmark-England (Group C) TV2

9pm: Spain-Italy (Group B) TV2 Sport X

Friday, June 21st

3pm: Slovakia-Ukraine (Group E) TV2 Sport X

6pm: Poland-Austria (Group D) DR

9pm: Netherlands-France (Group D) DR

Saturday, June 22nd

3pm: Turkey-Portugal (Group F) DR

6pm: Georgia-Czech Republic (Group F) DR

9pm: Belgium-Romania (Group E) TV2

Sunday, June 23rd

9pm: Switzerland-Germany (Group A) TV2 

9pm: Scotland-Hungary (Group A) TV2 Sport X

Monday, June 24th

9pm: Albania-Spain (Group B) DR

9pm: Croatia-Italy (Group B) DR

Tuesday, June 25th

6pm: Netherlands-Austria (Group D) DR

6pm: France-Poland (Group D) DR

9pm: England-Slovenia (Group C) DR

9pm: Denmark-Serbia (Group C) DR

Wednesday, June 26th

6pm: Slovakia-Romania (Group E) TV2

6pm: Ukraine-Belgium (Group E) TV2 Sport X

9pm: Georgia-Portugal (Group F) TV2 Sport X 

9pm: Czech Republic-Turkey (Group F) TV2

ROUND OF 16

Matches and broadcasters to be confirmed

QUARTER-FINALS

Matches and broadcasters to be confirmed

SEMI-FINALS

Will be shown by TV2, channels to be confirmed

FINAL

Sunday July 14th on TV2

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