# Traffic Group

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Traffic Assessoria e Comunicações Ltda. Trade name Traffic Sports Type Private Industry Sport Area served South America, North America, Europe, Asia Key people José Hawilla (former owner and founder) Services Sports Event Management Television production

**Traffic Group** is a sports event management company founded in [Brazil](/source/Brazil), headquartered in [São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo).

## History

Traffic Group holds the television rights to a number of [association football](/source/Association_football) matches in the [Americas](/source/Americas) including [Copa América](/source/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica), [Copa Libertadores](/source/Copa_Libertadores), [Copa Sudamericana](/source/Copa_Sudamericana), [South American Under-17 Football Championship](/source/South_American_Under-17_Football_Championship), [South American Youth Championship|South American Under-20 Football Championship](/source/South_American_Youth_Football_Championship), [Brazil](/source/Brazil_national_football_team) home [World Cup](/source/FIFA_World_Cup) qualifiers, [CONCACAF](/source/CONCACAF) World Cup qualifiers [CONMEBOL](/source/CONMEBOL) [Olympic](/source/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics) qualifying tournaments and [UNCAF](/source/Central_American_Football_Union) tournaments as well as the [English](/source/Football_in_England) [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup), [England](/source/England_national_football_team) home games and the [Africa Cup of Nations](/source/Africa_Cup_of_Nations).[1]

Traffic Group also owns the rights to other sports events such as [basketball](/source/Basketball) and [golf](/source/Golf). Other holdings of the group include at least one [Rede Globo](/source/Rede_Globo) affiliates in Brazil ([TV TEM](/source/TV_TEM))[2] and its own television production facility, Tv7.

Traffic Group has regional offices in the United States ([Miami](/source/Miami), [Florida](/source/Florida) - [Traffic Sports USA](/source/Traffic_Sports_USA)) and Europe ([Lisbon](/source/Lisbon), [Portugal](/source/Portugal) and [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam), [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) - Traffic Sports Europe). Through Traffic Football Management, three football clubs are part of the group: [Desportivo Brasil](/source/Desportivo_Brasil), based in [Porto Feliz](/source/Porto_Feliz), Brazil, founded in 2005, [Estoril Praia](/source/Estoril_Praia), based in Portugal, and American [NASL](/source/North_American_Soccer_League_(2011%E2%80%932017)) side [Fort Lauderdale Strikers](/source/Fort_Lauderdale_Strikers_(2006%E2%80%932016)), founded in 2011.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-traffic-tvrights_1-0)** ["TV Rights"](http://www.trafficgroup.com.br/tv_rights/). Traffic Group. Retrieved 27 September 2009. [*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["FIFA Scandal Unearths Brazilian Power Broker Atop Soccer Fortune"](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-02/fifa-scandal-unearths-brazilian-power-broker-atop-soccer-fortune).

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