WFTDA unveils international announcing team for 2026 postseason
WFTDA is adding announcers from Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands as it streams 136 postseason games, pushing the championship closer to remote and multilingual viewers.
WFTDA has unveiled the announcing and social media crew for its 2026 postseason, and it says this is the most international WFTDA Championships group ever assembled. The addition of first-time announcers from Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands is meant to make roller derby easier to follow in more languages and on more social channels, especially for fans watching from outside North America.
The names attached to the broadcast side include Cakes, Diss Cussions, Scar Trek and Avas Rollers, part of a lineup WFTDA says is built to explain the game as it unfolds and keep the championship narrative moving online. That matters in roller derby, where a single power jam or a penalty run can flip a bout fast, and where the announcers have to turn track chaos into something a newer viewer can read in real time. WFTDA’s push is aimed at the same problem from another angle, giving people around the world a way to experience the postseason in their own language instead of relying on a single broadcast voice.
The rollout also fits the size of the 2026 event itself. Crime City Rollers will host the 2026 WFTDA Global Championships from October 15-18 in Malmö, Sweden, the first WFTDA Global Championship tournament in Europe and the first to run four days. WFTDA has already allocated championship bids by region, giving Europe four, North America West four, North America Northeast three, Oceania two, North America South two and Latin America one. That spread underlines how international the bracket has become, and why a multilingual broadcast crew is more than a cosmetic move.
Fans will be able to follow the postseason through WFTDA.tv, which says the tournaments will stream live on Sporfie with replays available shortly after games end. WFTDA’s postseason watch passes cover 136 games, with an early-bird full season pass priced at $75 USD and advertised as a $165 value, a $90 savings. Between the broadcast crew, the streaming setup and the regional field that feeds into Malmö, WFTDA is building a postseason package meant to travel well beyond the arena and reach the leagues and viewers that have long powered the sport from every corner of the map.
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