The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will be broadcast live and free exclusively on Seven and 7plus, from Friday, 29 July to August 8.
Across the 11 days of competition, many of Australia’s most-loved medal events will feature in prime time, including swimming and para-swimming, athletics and para-athletics, netball, T20 cricket, women’s and men’s hockey, and many more.
There will be up to 30 dedicated exclusive and free, live and replay Commonwealth Games channels across Seven and 7plus. Daily coverage on Seven’s primary linear channel will begin from the 7.00pm AEST prime time slot, until 5.30am AEST when Sunrise takes the lead for all the early morning action.
It all kicks off on Thursday, 28 July, when The Front Bar airs a special edition episode celebrating all things Commonwealth Games at 8.30pm AEST on Seven, ahead of the official Birmingham 2022 Opening Ceremony.
Three of Australia’s greatest athletes – Ian Thorpe, Cate Campbell and Curtis McGrath – will headline the Seven Network’s commentary team in Birmingham 2022.
See more: Commonwealth Games 2022: Meet the hosts and commentators
Counting down to the much-anticipated Games, Seven’s broadcast hosting team will be led by Hamish McLachlan and Abbey Gelmi and will feature Matt Shirvington, Emma Freedman, Johanna Griggs, Abbey Holmes, Ryan Daniels and Trent Copeland.
Quick info guide
Opening Ceremony: Friday, July 29, from 4:45am
Closing Ceremony: Tuesday, August 9 from 5:15am
Timezone: Birmingham is nine hours behind AEST
Competition begins: July 29 at 5:30pm with Lawn Bowls and Para Lawn Bowls
Daily Broadcasts: Channel 7, 7mate, and 7plus
7plus: Stream up to 30 live and replay channels, minis and more
Sunrise: Weekdays from 5:30am and weekends 7:00am
7NEWS: Daily at 6:00pm
Commonwealth Games broadcast hosting schedule
7.00pm – 11.00pm AEST live on Channel 7
Hamish McLachlan and Abbey Gelmi will entertain viewers through Seven’s nightly prime-time coverage of the Games including our Aussie’s best swimming, athletics and cycling moments, along with live athlete and family interviews direct from Birmingham.
11.00pm – 12.30am AEST Brum Drum, live on Channel 7
Mel McLaughlin and Jason Richardson will join us from the host city each day, for Brum Drum, Seven’s official Birmingham 2022 live show, with the best of the late-night coverage of the Games, alongside a rotating cast of nightly guests.
12.30am – 3.30am AEST live on Channel 7
Abbey Holmes and Ryan Daniels will present the best of the overnight action in Birmingham, including our Aussie’s taking on 3×3 basketball, beach volleyball, cricket, hockey, netball, and rugby 7s.
3.30am – 5.30am AEST live on Channel 7, 5.30am – 7.30am AEST live on 7mate
Emma Freedman and Matt Shirvington will bring us the best gold medal moments each morning, covering finals across multiple sports.
3.00pm – 5.00pm AEST, live on Channel 7 (weekdays)
Johanna Griggs brings viewers the best from Birmingham each day of the Games.
5:30am weekdays and 7:00am – 10:00am weekends, Sunrise, live on Channel 7
Join Sunrise co-hosts David Koch and Natalie Barr each weekday on Seven and 7plus as they cross live and exclusively to Birmingham, where the show’s own sports guru, Mark Beretta, will bring breakfast TV viewers the latest in Games news and views.
Must-see moments
Thursday 28 July: The action kicks off with The Front Bar Birmingham Edition from 8.30pm on Seven and 7plus.
Friday 29 July: Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony from 4.45am. Ariarne Titmus, Emma McKeon, Ellie Cole and Kyle Chalmers are among a group of Aussies competing in the swimming and para-swimming events, before the men’s individual triathlon and women’s individual triathlon. Then, Australia takes on India in the cricket T20, and the Australian Diamonds meet Barbados in the netball.
Saturday 30 July: Swimming and para-swimming finals -women’s 200m freestyle final, men’s 400m freestyle final, men’s 200m breaststroke final, athletics and para-athletics – men’s marathon T53/43 final, women’s marathon T53/54 final, men’s marathon final, women’s marathon final, netball – Australia v Scotland, Rugby 7s – women’s and men’s group matches.
Sunday 31 July: Cycling (track and para-track) – women’s 3000m individual pursuit finals, women’s sprint finals, men’s Keirin finals, gymnastics artistic – women’s
team final and individual qualification. Swimming and para-swimming finals – Australians Kyle Chalmers, Holly Barrett, Abbey Harkin and many more.
Monday 1 August: Swimming and para-swimming – Emma McKeon, Kaylee McKeown, Shayna Jack, Cody Simpson, Kyle Chalmers, netball – Australia v South Africa, gymnastics – women’s vault final, men’s pommel horse final, lawn bowls and para-lawn bowls.
Tuesday 2 August: Swimming and para-swimming –3×3 basketball – men’s and women’s semi-finals and men’s wheelchair semi-finals, men’s hockey – Australia v New Zealand.
Wednesday 3 August: Swimming and para-swimming – Will Ariarne Titmus win the women’s 400m freestyle? cricket T20 – Australia v Scotland, weightlifting – men’s 109kg.
Thursday 4 August: Men’s hockey – Australia v South Africa, swimming and para-swimming – men’s 1500m freestyle final, women’s and men’s 4x100m medley and relay final, athletics and para-athletics – Rohan Browning in the men’s 100m final.
Friday 5 August: Athletics and para-athletics – Madi De Rozario in the 1500m T53/54 Final, Men’s hockey – Australia v Pakistan, gymnastics – rhythmic team final and individual all-around final, diving – women’s 1m springboard, men’s synchronised 3m springboard final, lawn bowls and para-lawn bowls.
Saturday 6 August: Athletics and para-athletics – Ash Moloney in the men’s decathlon 1500m, women’s 3000m steeplechase final, women’s triple jump final, Nicola Olyslagers in the women’s high jump final, beach volleyball – men’s and women’s quarterfinals, netball – semi-final one, cricket T20 – women’s semi-final one.
Sunday 7 August: Wrestling – men’s and women’s freestyle, athletics and para-athletics, Kelsey Lee Barber in the javelin, cricket T20 – women’s bronze medal match, netball – bronze medal match
Monday 8 August: Hockey – women’s gold medal match, men’s gold medal match, cricket T20 – women’s gold medal match, netball – gold medal match, beach volleyball – women’s bronze medal, women’s gold medal, diving – mixed synchronised 3m springboard final, mixed synchronised 10m platform final
Tuesday 9 August: Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony.
2022 Commonwealth games Schedule
