Watch every match from Emerging Matildas and Emerging Socceroos Championships
It is the second-straight year KommunityTV and News Corp Australia has partnered with Football Australia to bring the nation's flagship underage national championships to life on the small screen.
Those tournaments have been given a new lease on life in 2025 with the creation of the Emerging Matildas Championships and Emerging Socceroos Championships.
The Emerging Socceroos Championships will take place at the Home of the Matildas in Melbourne from July 6-11, while the Emerging Matildas Championships take over Sydney's Valentines Sports Park from July 15-20.
It's not just a name change according to former Matilda and Football Australia interim CEO Heather Gariock.
'This is about more than a name, it's about delivering a high-performance environment that identifies, nurtures, and prepares the next generation of elite Australian footballers, coaches, and match officials,' she said.
What hasn't changed is our level of coverage.
KommunityTV will exclusively live stream every match from both tournaments, with more than 170 games of football played across the two weeks of action.
'We're very pleased to continue our partnership with KommunityTV in 2025, providing live streaming of every match to ensure families, friends, and fans across the country can follow the action and support their local talent,' Garriock said.
'This partnership plays a vital role in connecting communities and giving these young players a platform to shine.'
HOW TO WATCH LIVE
KommunityTV will be the only place you can watch all of the action from both the Emerging Matildas and Emerging Socceroos Championships, with the tournament live streamed across all of our News Corp Australia digital mastheads.
We're keeping it simple for the two week-long tournaments.
Each day's live action and action replays will be housed in individual stories, with the links included below on the eve of each day's action.
Alternatively, you can use the video player on your local KommunityTV homepage by going to www.KommunityTV.com.au throughout the tournament.
Use the live stream schedules below so you know what day your team is playing during the week.
Only News Corp Australia full digital subscribers can watch the action from the tournament. Use our daily stream links to sign up and watch it LIVE.
WATCH THE EMERGING MATILDAS AND SOCCEROOS LIVE
Tournament schedules will be released shortly
WHY ARE THE EMERGING CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE IMPORTANT?
The tournaments have been a proven breeding ground of Australia's top football talents, and provide the perfect springboard for the next generation to hit the global stage.
This has only been strengthened by the introduction of a more cohesive national pathway to the Socceroos and Matildas teams.
The tournament has also adopted a number of technical advancements in the past year with data-driven performance analysis, expanded competition formats, a national talent identification strategy and the inclusion of more target awards including a tournament Golden Boot, player of the final and fair play award.
'The transformation of the CommBank Emerging Matildas and CommBank Emerging Socceroos Championships reflects Football Australia's commitment to building world-class development pathways that align directly with our senior national teams,' Garriock said.
The pressure will be on NSW Metro's stellar girls football program after the sky blues took out both the Under-15 and Under-16 age group titles at the National Youth Championships last year.
One side who will be determined to press their case for a national title is the Northern NSW girls who managed to hold their gloves up against their high-powered rivals in last year's decider.
In the boys NSW Metro and Victoria shared the national honours last year after the sky blues came from behind to topple rivals Queensland in the decider.
The Victorian boys were completely unstoppable in the Under-15s tournament, going through undefeated and will hope most players back up for a run at the Under-16 title in 2025.
Live stream schedules for the girls tournament will be announced in late June, while the boys tournament will be released in early July.
Originally published as 2025 FA youth champs: Watch every match from Emerging Matildas and Emerging Socceroos Championships
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