The 2016 UEFA European Championship is the largest ever national team football tournament on the continent. Never before in any of the 14 previous editions of the tournament had we seen as many as 24 participants. Taking place in France, Euro 2016 is set to run from June 10th to July 10th. In the United States, ESPN owns exclusive rights for the live broadcast of the tournament’s 51 matches across multiple platforms. ESPN is your haven to watch the 2016 European Championship in USA! Enjoy live, delayed and repeat broadcast of matches on TV, online and mobile.
Watch UEFA Euro 2016 on ESPN networks
Watch the 2016 European Championship live on TV, mobile, tablet and desktop this summer! Thanks to Live Soccer TV’s exclusive multi-platform broadcast guide, you can know how to tune into Euro 2016 on ESPN networks.
What are the teams participating in Euro 2016?
After 14 months of thrilling qualifiers, the number of Europe’s 53 competing nations was cut down to 24 ticket holders. Albania, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia and Gareth Bale’s Wales enjoyed amazing campaigns and will all be making their debut in the tournament. France are fired up by the “host and win” slogan, favorites Germany and Spain are hoping to avoid shocks, England target their very first European Championship title while three-time Ballon d’Or winner could very well be appearing in his last Euro tournament.
What are the UEFA Euro 2016 groups?
This is how the finalists have been grouped:
- Group A: France, Romania, Albania, Switzerland
- Group B: England, Russia, Wales, Slovakia
- Group C: Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Northern Ireland
- Group D: Spain, Czech Republic, Turkey, Croatia
- Group E: Belgium, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Sweden
- Group F: Portugal, Iceland, Austria, Hungary
The top two teams in each group earn automatic qualification into the knockout stages. They are joined by the four best-placed third-placed teams.
What are the UEFA Euro 2016 venues?
Paris and nine other cities in France will host Europe’s 24 best national teams, this summer. Security promises to be tight as the football world refuses to be defeated by threats of terror attacks like the one witnessed at the Parc des Princes during the France vs Germany friendly in November 2015.
Here’s the list of the 10 cities, their respective stadium and capacity:
- Bordeaux: Matmut Atlantique – 42,115 capacity
- Lens: Stade Bollaert-Delelis – 38,223 capacity
- Lille: Stade Pierre-Mauroy – 50,186 capacity
- Lyon: Parc Olympique Lyonnais – 59,286 capacity
- Marseille: Stade Velodrome – 67,394 capacity
- Nice: Allianz Riviera – 35,624 capacity
- Paris: Parc des Princes – 48,712 capacity
- Saint-Denis: Stade de France – 81,338 capacity
- Saint-Etienne: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard – 41,965 capacity
- Toulouse: Stadium Municipal – 33,150 capacity
Watching on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN2: UEFA Euro 2016 on TV
There will be 40 matches broadcast in English on ESPN and 11 on ESPN 2. We have compiled complete lists of U.S. cable systems platforms through which you can acquire both of these channels:
ESPN Channel Number on major TV providers:
- - DirecTV: Channel 206 / 209-1 (alternate feed; HD/SD), Channel 1206 (VOD)
- - DISH Network: Channel 140 / Channel 144, 145, 146, 147 (alternate feeds)
- - AT&T U-verse: Channel 1602 / Channel 602 (SD)
- - Verizon FiOS: Channel 570 / Channel 70 (SD)
- - Google Fiber: Channel 21
- - Southern Fibernet: Channel 1601
ESPN2 Channel Number on major TV providers:
- - DirecTV: Channel 209 and Channel 209-2 (alternate feed)
- - DISH Network: Channel 143 and Channel 146 (alternate feed)
- - AT&T U-verse: Channel 1606 and Channel 606 (SD)
- - Southern Fibernet: Channel 1602
- - Verizon FiOS: Channel 574 and Channel 74 (SD)
Euro 2016 Spanish Broadcasts
For Spanish coverage, tune into ESPN Deportes and enjoy all 51 matches. Out of those, 45 will be live and six will be delayed. Tune in 30 minutes earlier on every matchday in order to catch Fuera de Juego and keep it locked after the last match of the day to watch “Jorge Ramos y Su Banda”. Here’s how to get access to ESPN Deportes in the United States of America.
ESPN Deportes Channel Number on major TV providers:
- - DirecTV: Channel 466 (HD/SD) and Channel 1432 (VOD)
- - DISH Network: Channel 854 (HD/SD)
- - AT&T U-verse: Channel 3313 (HD) and Channel 3113 (SD)
- - Verizon FiOS: Channel 1537 (HD) and Channel 1520 (SD)
UEFA Euro 2016 online and mobile streaming: Watching on ESPN3 and WatchESPN
ESPN3 Surround
ESPN3 will offer extensive coverage of Euro 2016. With ESPN 3 Surround will provide four live streams from different camera angles for each broadcast, which will allow you to immerse youreslf in the game.
WatchESPN
If you have the ESPN App, you can have access to WatchESPN streams and the good news is that the latter is set to deliver all 51 UEFA Euro 2016 matches live! On WatchESPN, you can also stream the following channels: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3 and ESPN Deportes.
NOTE: Stream ESPN channels on Sling TV. More details in our “Watch Euro 2016 on Sling TV” broadcast guide.
UEFA Euro 2016 on ESPN Radio and ESPN Deportes Radio
ESPN has you covered! If you don’t have access to mobile, computer or TV screens, just tune into your radio and follow all the 51 matches of the UEFA European Championship in June and July 2016 on ESPN Radio and ESPN Deportes Radio.
UEFA Euro 2016 schedules on ESPN networks
Additional details:
Official Website: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/
Official FB page: facebook.com/2016CopaAmericaCentenario.
Official Twitter: @UEFAEUR
