2020 International Swimming League
- Saturday, November 21: 2:00 PM-4:00 PM CET (8 AM-10 AM U.S. Eastern, 10 PM-12 midnight Japan)
- Sunday, November 22: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM CET (12 noon-2 PM U.S. Eastern, 2 AM-4 AM J+1 Japan)
- Duna Arena – Budapest, Hungary
- Short Course Meters (SCM) format
- ISL Technical Handbook
- 2020 ISL Scoring Format
- 2020 ISL Prize Money and Bonuses
- How To Watch
- Teams: Energy Standard / Cali Condors / London Roar / LA Current
- Omega Results
The top four teams of the 2020 International Swimming League are moving on to compete in the Grand Final this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, November 21st and 22nd. The ISL Grand Final will be streamed live worldwide at ISL’s OTT platform (island.isl.global) in countries without an official broadcaster.
In the U.S., “the Grand Finals of the ISL will be televised live on CBS Sports Network on Saturday, November 21 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and on Sunday, November 22 from noon to 2 p.m. Eastern Time,” according to cbslocal.com.
LINKS
- United States – CBS Sports Network
- Canada – CBC Online & limited CBC Television
- France, Turkey, Middle East, Asia Pacific – beIN Sports
- UK – BBC (London Roar meets, at least, with TBD on other meets)
- Season Schedule
WHERE TO WATCH BY REGION
Africa
- Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Tunisia: beIN Sports
- Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho , Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, and Zimbabwe: SuperSport
Americas
- USA: CBS
- Canada: CBC
- Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela: Claro Sports
- Brazil: TV Globo
- Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Navassa Island, Puerto Rico, Saba, San Andrés, Providencia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & The Grenadine, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Island, and United States Virgin: ESPN
Asia
- Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, East Timor, and Singapore: beIN Sports
- Japan: TV Asahi
- India: Eurosport India
Europe
- France, French Overseas Territories, Monaco, Andorra, and Turkey: beIN Sports
- Italia: Sky
- UK: BBC, Eurosport
- Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark: Eurosport
- Russia: Match TV
- Belarus: Belarus TV and Radio Company, Sport 1
- Hungary: M4
- Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Estonia: SPORT 1
- Lithuania: Sport 1
- Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia: Sportklub
Middle East
- Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, the Palestinian territories, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen: beIN Sports
- Israel: Sport 1
Oceania
- Australia: Seven, beIN Sports
- New Zealand: ESPN
Event Lineup
Here’s a look at the event schedule. Each session is broken into three blocks, which ends in a relay event, followed by a 6-minute break.
Day 1 Events
| WOMEN’S EVENT # | DAY 1 | MEN’S EVENT # |
| 1 | 100 Fly | 2 |
| 3 | 200 Back | 4 |
| 5 | 200 Breast | 6 |
| 7 | 4×100 Free Relay | |
| —Break— | ||
| 9 | 50 Free | 8 |
| 11 | 200 IM | 10 |
| 13 | 50 Breast | 12 |
| 4×100 Free Relay | 14 | |
| —Break— | ||
| 15 | 50 Back | 16 |
| 17 | 400 Free | 18 |
| 19 | 4×100 Medley Relay | 20 |
Day 2 Events
| WOMEN’S EVENT # | DAY 2 | MEN’S EVENT # |
| 21 | 100 Free | 22 |
| 23 | 200 Fly | 24 |
| 25 | 100 Back | 26 |
| 27 | 100 IM | 28 |
| —Break— | ||
| 29 | 200 Free | 30 |
| 31 | 50 Fly | 32 |
| 33 | 100 Breast | 34 |
| 35 | 4×100 Mixed Free Relay | 35 |
| —Break— | ||
| 36 | 400 IM | 37 |
| 38 | 50 Skins, stroke TBD | 39 |
| 40 | 4×50 Mixed Medley (if tiebreak needed) | 40 |
Point Scoring Formats
Each ISL match includes 39 events, divided by several point-scoring formats. Swimmers earn points for their teams according to the following table:
Race Scoring
| Indiv. Event | Relay Event | Skins Round 1 | Skins Round 2 | Skins Round 3 | |
| 1st place | 9 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
| 2nd place | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 3rd place | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
| 4th place | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
| 5th place | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 6th place | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 7th place | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 8th place | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| DNS | -4 | -8 | -4 | -8 | -12 |
| DNF | -2 | -4 | -2 | -4 | -6 |
| DSQ | -2 | -4 | -2 | -4 | -6 |
Jackpoint Points
A swimmer who wins by a wide margin can steal points from the bottom-end finishers in the event. If a swimmer beats any other swimmers by the jackpot time margins, the winning swimmer steals the finish points of the other athlete. Teams also steal jackpot points if another team takes a DQ, a DNS, or a DNF in a race.
Cut-off Time Penalties
In addition, the league will continue to use cut-off times, meaning athletes will lose points if they swim slower than a set time. A swimmer failing to meet these times will have a one-point penalty, while a relay will have a two-point penalty. These penalties are assessed after finish points are determined – so a swimmer taking 8th but missing the cutoff time will earn one point for the 8th-place finish, then take the one-point penalty for a total of zero points.
If a swimmer misses the cutoff time and gets their points stolen by jackpot, the cutoff penalty remains, but the finish points get stolen. So an athlete taking 8th, missing the cutoff time and falling outside the jackpot margin would incur -1 point for their team, taking the cutoff penalty, but having their 8th-place finish point stolen by the jackpot swim.
PRIZE MONEY FORMAT
Athletes and relays earn money for top-4 finishes under the following system, which we’ve simplified below:
Prize Money Points
| 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | 4th place | |
| Individual events | 6 points | 4 points | 2 points | 1 point |
| Relay events (points distributed equally among team members) | 12 points | 8 points | 4 points | 2 points |
| Skins race round 1 | 6 points | 4 points | 2 points | 1 point |
| Skins race round 2 | 6 points | 4 points | 2 points | 1 point |
| Skins race round 3 | 12 points | 4 points |
Event Earnings
| Event Earnings | Regular Season Matches | Semifinals | Final |
| 1st place – individual | 2400 USD | 3600 USD | 4800 USD |
| 2nd place | 1600 USD | 2400 USD | 3200 USD |
| 3rd place | 800 USD | 1200 USD | 1600 USD |
| 4th place | 400 USD | 600 USD | 800 USD |
| 1st place – relay | 4800 USD | 7200 USD | 9600 USD |
| 2nd place | 3200 USD | 4800 USD | 6400 USD |
| 3rd place | 1600 USD | 2400 USD | 3200 USD |
| 4th place | 800 USD | 1600 USD | 1600 USD |
| 1st place – skins round 1 | 2400 USD | 3600 USD | 4800 USD |
| 2nd place | 1600 USD | 2400 USD | 3200 USD |
| 3rd place | 800 USD | 1200 USD | 1600 USD |
| 4th place | 400 USD | 600 USD | 800 USD |
| 1st place – skins round 2 | 2400 USD | 3600 USD | 4800 USD |
| 2nd place | 1600 USD | 2400 USD | 3200 USD |
| 3rd place | 800 USD | 1200 USD | 1600 USD |
| 4th place | 400 USD | 600 USD | 800 USD |
| 1st place – skins round 3 | 4800 USD | 7200 USD | 9600 USD |
| 2nd place | 1600 USD | 2400 USD | 3200 USD |
MVP Bonus Structure
| Regular Season Matches | Semifinals | Final | |
| 1st: | 10,000 USD | 15,000 USD | 20,000 USD |
| 2nd | 6,000 USD | 9,000 USD | 12,000 USD |
| 3rd | 4,000 USD | 6,000 USD | 8,000 USD |
The ISL confirmed to SwimSwam that where relevant, Jackpot swims can also steal prize money.
I stand by what I said earlier: the athletes should boycott the finals until they get paid. They have all of the leverage right now.
I wonder if someone will have courage to say it during the Final, or will it be mentioned by Rowdy?
Rowdy won’t talk about anything except Dressel, King, world records and reaction times even if none of those topics are relevant to the race at hand 😂. Harsh but somewhat true.
VERY true
Don’t forget about breathing to right vs left side!
For anyone trying to watch CBS, the ISL is listed tomorrow on the CBS sports network. That means you should be able to watch tomorrow. If it’s hard to find try getting the CBS sports app.
Do we see Caeleb throw down a 44.7 tomorrow?
Not to spilt hairs, but also to spilt hairs. I’m guessing he goes 44.5
No problem with me, anything under the WR is great, the faster the better!
calaeb dressel’s payday awaits
According to the recent legal proceedings, it indeed does.
F in the chat
No limit to number of events he can enter
Does anyone know — In the U.S., can we watch this live on CBS at 8am ET tomorrow?
Here in CT, it is not listed on CBS, but it is listed live at 8 AM until 10 AM on the CBS Sports Network.
I don’t see it here listed yet in ESTime
CBS Sports Network
If all else fails, fellow nutmegger, https://ustvgo.tv/cbs-sports-network/ might work, or the weird Turkish stream
Should be on CBS SPORTS but I don’t see it listed yet!
Saturdays our cable’s CBS Sports Network doesn’t broadcast ISL, presumably b/c of college football. Do you know for sure that it’s available to stream? We couldn’t find it at all last Saturday.
the link above for CBS showing schedule ended at 11/14 ad 11/15 as TBC
10
London Roar / Cali Condors
LA Current / Aqua Centurions
November 14 & November 15
TBC / 12 – 2 p.m.
not looking good for watching on CBS….
maybe that means watch on island.isl.global?
Me either I feel we’re not going to be able to see Saturday even though they indicate that CBS has it! Disappointing!
CBS Sports Network