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NENT Group will show the FIFA World Cup 2022 African qualifiers live on Viaplay in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.<\/p>\n<p>NENT Group has also recently secured the exclusive rights to UEFA Champions League and Bundesliga football, Formula 1 motorsport and NHL ice hockey in the Baltic countries, and to Bundesliga in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>Anders Jensen, NENT Group president and CEO, said: \u201cOur first-ever sports rights agreement covering nine Viaplay markets highlights our competitive advantage and willingness to invest. NENT Group\u2019s production quality and fast-growing international reach give us an edge in securing the best content and will accelerate our progress towards becoming the European streaming champion. African football is among the world\u2019s most exhilarating and skillful, and we look forward to offering fans even more live action from some of the best players in the game and many of the superstars of tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has acquired the exclusive rights to show the African qualifiers for FIFA World Cup 2022 on its Viaplay streaming service across nine countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":10713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2585,1551,314],"class_list":["post-10712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-fifa-world-cup-2022","tag-nordic-entertainment-group","tag-viaplay"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NENT Group to Show FIFA World Cup 2022 African Qualifiers - 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