The Spanish women's soccer team has a pretty strong lineup, with players playing for Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, as well as Manchester United and Arsenal in the English Premier League. The Japanese women's soccer team, on the other hand, has most of its players playing in European leagues, playing for Chelsea, Manchester City, Roma, Liverpool and other teams.
At 1:00 a.m. on July 26, CCTV5 broadcast the first round of the Olympic Women's Soccer Group B match between European powerhouse Germany Women's Soccer and Oceania's Australia Women's Soccer, which represents the AFC. The German women's soccer team is a former World Cup, Olympic and Women's European Cup champion, ranked No. 4 in the world, with most of its players coming from domestic clubs such as Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg, Frankfurt and Leverkusen. The Australian women's soccer team is ranked 12th in the world, and its players play for European women's soccer teams such as Real Madrid, Everton and West Ham United.
At 3:00 a.m., CCTV5 broadcasted the first match of the Olympic Women's Soccer Group A, in which the hosts, the French women's soccer team, took on the South American team, the Colombian women's soccer team. The French women's soccer team is ranked second in the world rankings, and the players mainly play for Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon, Chelsea and other soccer clubs. The Colombian women's soccer team is ranked 22nd.
At 0:20 a.m., CCTV's Sports Event Channel (CCTV5+) broadcast a recording of the Olympic women's basketball qualifying match, in which China's women's basketball team, led by prominent players such as Han Xu, Li Meng and Li Yueru, took on New Zealand's women's basketball team.
The men's rugby sevens team match at the Paris Olympics will be broadcast live on CCTV5+ at 19.55pm.
At 11:05 p.m., CCTV5+ showed a recording of the Hong Kong leg of the World Women's Volleyball League in China, where the Chinese women's volleyball team played against the Polish women's volleyball team, which featured players such as Zhu Ting, Yuan Xinyue and Li Yingying.
At 22:55 p.m., CCTV Olympic Channel (CCTV16) will broadcast live the 2024 Paris Olympics women's soccer group stage match (Canada vs. New Zealand) and other matches.
