ESPN networks will combine to televise more than 200 hours of live coverage of the UEFA European Football Championship 2012â„¢ (EURO 2012) beginning Friday, June 8, through Sunday, July 1, in eight cities across Poland and Ukraine.
ESPN Deportes, the company’s Spanish-language sports network, will lead the three television networks (ESPN and ESPN2) with 106 hours of programming featuring 27 live matches and four tape-delayed telecasts on concurrent match windows. ESPN will present 22 matches and surround programming — pregame, halftime and postgame shows — totaling 62 hours, and ESPN2 will feature 33 hours of coverage with nine matches and surround programming, all live.
All 31 matches will be available in high definition and carried on ESPN3, WatchESPN, ESPN Deportes Radio, and 25 matches live on ESPN Mobile TV. This will be the first time the UEFA European Football Championship will be available on ESPN Deportes HD.
ESPN’s live multi-screen sports network will provide live online simulcasts of all 31 matches in Spanish and English. The service will also feature ESPN and ESPN2’s English-language presentation of live pregame, halftime and postgame segments, as well as ESPN Deportes’ live surround programming around the 31 matches.
Additionally, all 31 matches will be archived and can only be accessed on ESPN3 through July 31, 2012, and non-exclusively through the end of the calendar year (Dec. 31, 2012). All matches will be available for replay on ESPN3 shortly after completion.
UEFA EURO 2012 — Groups:
GROUP A
GROUP B
GROUP C
GROUP D
Poland (#70)
Netherlands (#3)
Spain (#1)
Ukraine (#59)
Greece (#14)
Denmark (#10)
Italy (#8)
Sweden (#18)
Russia (#13)
Germany (#2)
Republic of Ireland (#20)
France (#17)
Czech Republic (#29)
Portugal (#6)
Croatia (#9)
England (#5)
Key matchups in the group stage:
Netherlands vs. Germany (Wed., June 13 at 2:45 p.m.): Traditional European rivals and two of the top teams in the world playing in the second of three matches in Group B — the tournament’s “group of death”.
Spain vs. Italy (Sun., June 10 at 12 p.m.): A matchup between the last two FIFA World Cup champions in their first Group C match, where both teams are favored to advance.
France vs. England (Mon., June 11 at 12 p.m.): Traditional powers in European soccer entering the tournament with a recent history of underachieving in marquee tournaments.
Germany vs. Portugal (Sat., June 9 at 2:45 p.m.): Germany has beaten Portugal in their last two matches — at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2008. Each team needs a result in the first of their three Group matches.
Match schedule (Subject to change):
Date
Time (ET)
Match
Site
Networks
Fri, June 8
12 p.m.
Poland vs. Greece
Warsaw
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Russia vs. Czech Republic
Wroclaw
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Sat, June 9
12 p.m.
Netherlands vs. Denmark
Kharkiv
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Germany vs. Portugal
Lviv
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Sun, June 10
12 p.m.
Spain vs. Italy
Gdansk
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Republic of Ireland vs. Croatia
Poznan
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Mon, June 11
12 p.m.
France vs. England
Donetsk
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Ukraine vs. Sweden
Kiev
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Tue, June 12
12 p.m.
Greece vs. Czech Republic
Wroclaw
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Poland vs. Russia
Warsaw
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Wed, June 13
12 p.m.
Denmark vs. Portugal
Lviv
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Netherlands vs. Germany
Kharkiv
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Thu, June 14
12 p.m.
Italy vs. Croatia
Poznan
ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Spain vs. Republic of Ireland
Gdansk
ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Fri, June 15
12 p.m.
Ukraine vs. France
Donetsk
ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Sweden vs. England
Kiev
ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Sat, June 16
2:45 p.m.
Czech Republic vs. Poland
Wroclaw
ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Greece vs. Russia
Warsaw
ESPN / ESPN3 /ESPN Deportes at 5:30 p.m.
Sun, June 17
2:45 p.m.
Portugal vs. Netherlands
Kharkiv
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Denmark vs. Germany
Lviv
ESPN2 / ESPN3 /ESPN Deportes at 5:30 p.m.
Mon, June 18
2:45 p.m.
Croatia vs. Spain
Gdansk
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Italy vs. Republic of Ireland
Poznan
ESPN2 / ESPN3 /ESPN Deportes at 5:30 p.m.
Tue, June 19
2:45 p.m.
England vs. Ukraine
Donetsk
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Sweden France
Kiev
ESPN2 / ESPN3 /ESPN Deportes at 5:30 p.m.
Thu, June 21
2:45 p.m.
Quarterfinal I — Czech Republic vs. Portugal
Warsaw
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Fri, June 22
2:45 p.m.
Quarterfinal II — Greece vs. Germany
Gdansk
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Sat, June 23
2:45 p.m.
Quarterfinal III — Spain vs. France
Donetsk
ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Sun, June 24
2:45 p.m.
Quarterfinal IV — England vs. Italy
Kiev
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Wed, June 27
2:45 p.m.
Semifinal I — Spain vs. Portugal
Donetsk
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Thu, June 28
2:45 p.m.
Semifinal II — Germany vs. Italy
Warsaw
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Sun, July 1
2:45 p.m.
Final — Italy vs. Spain
Kiev
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
*** ESPN Deportes match coverage will begin at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
*** ESPN and ESPN match coverage begins at 11:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.