Among the most prestigious sporting events worldwide this year is the quadrennial UEFA European Championship (aka the 2024 Euro Cup or Euro 24). The 24-team month-long tournament will begin on June 14 with the opening round matches and conclude with the championship match on July 14. It will be held on 17th.Th The Euro Cup started in 1960. Of the 24 participants, only Georgia is making its Euro Cup debut. In the US, ratings for the 2024 Euro Cup are at a record pace.
For Euro 2024, Germany will be the sole host country with games being played in ten cities and venues. The championship game will be played at Berlin’s Olympiastadion, the same venue where the 1936 Summer Olympics took place. The stadium was renovated in 2006 and has a seating capacity of 76,475, making it the largest football stadium in the country. Previously, Germany hosted the 2006 Euro Cup and West Germany in 1988. Looking at time differences, Germany is six hours „ahead” of New York and nine hours „ahead” of Los Angeles. The championship match will start at 9pm local time.
Hosts Germany and Spain have won three Euro Cups each, more than any other country. Both Italy and France have won the trophy twice. Spain is the only country to have won back-to-back Euro Cups in 2008 and 2012. Defending champions Italy beat England on penalty kicks. Like the Tokyo Summer Olympics, the 2020 Euro Cup will also be played in 2021. Also, due to the pandemic, matches were played in eleven countries. The title match was played at Wembley Stadium in London. Italy will not be champions again this year, losing to Switzerland in the round of 16.
The opening round and the knockout round of 16 are complete Only seven matches The rest: four quarterfinals, two semifinals and the championship game. Here is the rest of the schedule and location. All opening times are local.
Euro Cup Quarter Final Schedule:
July 5 6pm Spain vs Germany MHPArena, Stuttgart
July 5 9pm Portugal vs France Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
July 6 6pm England v Switzerland Merkur Spiel-Arena, Dusseldorf
July 6 9pm Netherlands vs Turkey Olympiastadion, Berlin
Euro Cup Semi-Finals:
9 July 9pm Winners of the 5 July match, Munich, Allianz Arena
10th July 9pm 6th July Match Winners Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Euro Cup Final:
July 14 9pm Semi Final Winners Olympiastadion, Berlin
As of July 3, England are listed as slight favorites to win the Euro Cup ahead of Spain. France and Germany are both next to the Netherlands. Türkiye is a longshot.
Although the Euro Cup is strictly limited to European countries, global interest has always been there. All games are available on television or online in the United States. English-language games are broadcast on Fox Sports (Fox, FS1 and FS2) and Spanish-language on Univision. Available on Fubo (which offers a free trial) and Fox Sports app/website for streaming games in English, games can be streamed in Spanish on TUDN
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Fox Sports announced in November 2021 A six-year contract With the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the governing body of the Euro Cup. Under the deal, Fox Sports will televise 1,500 soccer matches, including the 2024- and 2028-Euro Cups. GlobalData estimates the deal is worth $270 million. The 2028 Euro Cup will be hosted by the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Along with their Euro Cup coverage, Fox Sports (and Televisa Univision) also televises another prestigious soccer tournament, the 2024 Copa America. This year’s 16-team tournament, hosted by the USA, will begin on June 20 and conclude on July 14, the same day as the Euro Cup final. Hence, Fox Sports broadcasts 78 international soccer matches in a month during its „Soccer of Soccer”.
During the 2024 Euro Cup, Fox announced that it would be televised 2025 Women’s Euro Cup. Switzerland will host the 16-team tournament from July 2 to 27. The 2021 Women’s Euro Cup (delayed by the pandemic) was won by host nation England the following year. In the United States, the match was broadcast on ESPN.
Ratings for the 2024 Euro Cup are another indication of the popularity of live sports on linear television. According to Nielsen, the average audience for the group stage matches on Fox was 1.045 million, breaking the viewership record of 1.002 million viewers from 2012. Average viewership is also a 30% increase from the team level of 806,000 viewers on ESPN in 2021.
Fox’s ratings growth continued until Knockout Round 16. For example, the first round of 16 matches on Saturday, June 29 (Germany vs. Denmark) averaged 2.20 million viewers on Fox. The second match (Switzerland vs. Italy) on cable’s FS1 averaged 1.54 million viewers, both up double digits compared to corresponding matches from 2021.
The next day the audience was even stronger. The first match (England vs. Slovakia) averaged 2.538 million viewers, a 69% increase from 2021. The second game (Spain vs. Georgia) averaged 2.868 million viewers. Watched the Euro Cup last Sunday 31% more 71% from 2016, than in 2021.
Fox can expect strong ratings for the Euro Cup final. In 2021, the title game averaged 9.4 million viewers on ESPN, Univision and TUDN, up 59% from 2016. This year’s start time is 3 pm (ET).
France will host the first men’s football match of the 2024 Summer Olympics on July 24, ten days after the finals for the Euro Cup and Copa America and two days before the opening ceremonies. It will feature men’s competitions 16 teams from six confederations All over the world, including Team USA. Games will be available on the Peacock and televised on the NBCU networks. The men’s gold medal match is scheduled for August 9. Brazil won the men’s gold medal at 2020.
It’s going to be a busy summer for football fans worldwide.
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