How to Watch the Champions League 2026-27 in New Zealand

To watch the UEFA Champions League in New Zealand in 2026-27: DAZN is the exclusive New Zealand rights holder, streaming every match live. DAZN acquired the exclusive New Zealand rights to UEFA's club competitions for the three-year cycle covering 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27, so 2026-27 is on DAZN. It costs NZD 14.99/month or NZD 149.99 for an annual pass, with matches streamed in 1080p HD. There is no free-to-air live Champions League in New Zealand — DAZN is the single home for the whole competition, including the final.

DAZN is the exclusive home of the UEFA Champions League in New Zealand. DAZN acquired the exclusive live broadcast rights to UEFA's club competitions in New Zealand — the Champions League, the Europa League and the Conference League — for the three-year cycle running 2024-25 through 2026-27, as European football in New Zealand split across streaming services. The 2026-27 season is the final year of that cycle and is covered by DAZN. This makes New Zealand simpler than many markets: one service carries the entire competition. Every match of the new-format league phase, every knockout tie and the final all stream on DAZN, with no need to split a subscription across two broadcasters. DAZN provides both live and on-demand coverage throughout the season. For a New Zealand football fan, DAZN is the single subscription that delivers the whole Champions League — from the opening league-phase matchday in September through to the final the following spring.

DAZN in New Zealand costs NZD 14.99/month on a monthly pass or NZD 149.99 for an annual pass — the annual working out cheaper across a full season. Matches stream in 1080p HD, and subscribers can watch on mobile (Android and iOS) as well as on the wider DAZN device range: smart TVs, Apple TV, Fire TV, Chromecast, games consoles and the web. The monthly pass is the flexible pick for a fan who wants to subscribe around the knockout stages and the final and pause over the summer; the annual pass is the better value for following a club through the whole campaign. Either way, a single DAZN subscription unlocks every Champions League match in New Zealand. Beyond the live matches, DAZN New Zealand subscribers get bonus content including pre- and post-match analysis and key-game highlights, plus the Europa League and Conference League ties that are part of the same UEFA-rights package.

No. There is no free-to-air live Champions League coverage in New Zealand — no TVNZ, Three or other free channel carries the matches. DAZN holds the exclusive New Zealand rights, so every live match, including the final, sits behind the DAZN subscription. What is free: highlights and clips. DAZN, UEFA and the participating clubs publish highlight packages and key moments after matches, and New Zealand sports media run written and video coverage. But a complete live match is not available free in New Zealand. The cheapest workable approach: take a single DAZN monthly pass at NZD 14.99 around the matches you most want — a specific knockout tie, or the run-in to the final — and cancel between. Because DAZN carries the whole competition, one monthly pass in the right month unlocks every match in that window, including the final if you time it for the final's month.

The cheapest full-season route is the DAZN annual pass at NZD 149.99, which covers every Champions League match across the 2026-27 campaign — league phase, knockouts and final — at a lower effective monthly cost than the rolling pass. For flexibility, the DAZN monthly pass at NZD 14.99/month lets you subscribe only for the months you want and cancel between. A fan who watches mainly the knockout rounds and the final could take two or three monthly passes across the spring and pay less than the full annual figure. There is no free live alternative, so DAZN is the route either way. On timing, the time difference makes Champions League nights early-morning viewing in New Zealand. The standard European 9:00 p.m. CET kick-off (the main Champions League slot) lands at roughly 9:00 a.m. NZDT the following morning, with the earlier 6:45 p.m. CET kick-off around 6:45 a.m. NZDT. The final, an early-evening European kick-off in late spring, lands in the New Zealand morning. These are pre-work and breakfast slots rather than the dead of night — and DAZN's on-demand replay covers anyone who can't catch the live morning broadcast.