European Football Championship
How fans can watch the opening game live
For a whole month fans can cheer for the European Football Championship from the comfort of the couch.
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The European Football Championship is finally starting. At the start, Turkey will play against Italy in Rome. This is how fans will see the opening game on June 11th live.
The fans have never had to wait so long for a European Football Championship, but now the time has come – the ball will finally roll again on June 11th from 9pm. Turkey will play against Italy in the opening game at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. To a limited extent, spectators are even allowed to come to the stadium. Fans can watch the opening game live on TV or via stream.
Who is broadcasting the EM?
Fans can watch the majority of the tournament free of charge from public broadcasters on television or via their online streaming services. However shows the paid provider MagentaTV Ten group games exclusively, German games or the knockout round are not affected. In addition, in contrast to the Erste and ZDF, the Telekom streaming platform offers all games in UHD quality.
They alternate during the group stage The first and the ZDF with the broadcast, the opening match will be started by ARD, the final on July 11th from London will be broadcast by ZDF. The “Sportschau” and the ZDF “Sportstudio” also offer highlights on YouTube. The opening game and other matches are also available for the first time via the “Sportschau” YouTube channel streamable. Who one DAZN subscription calls his own, also sees the highlights of all 51 games there 60 minutes after the final whistle.
Germany will initially play in Munich
For the first time in the history of the European Football Championship, the tournament will take place across the continent, with a total of eleven venues. The only German venue is Munich. There and in Budapest, Group F, which also includes the DFB-Elf, plays all of its games. Germany’s opponents are France (June 15), Portugal (June 19) and Hungary (June 23). Both semi-finals (July 6th and 7th) and the final (July 11th) will take place at Wembley Stadium in London.