The men’s European football championships, which this year will be held in Germany, begin on Friday evening. The opening match will be between the national team of the host country and Scotland (at 9pm), while Italy will play its first match on Saturday evening against Albania (also at 9pm). In total there are 24 participating teams, divided into six groups, and the group stage of the tournament will last from 14 to 26 June: the top two in each group will advance to the round of 16, plus the four best third-placed teams (based on points scored and depending on the difference between goals scored and conceded). Until 26 June, matches are scheduled every day (at 3pm, 6pm and 9pm), then two days of rest before the direct elimination phase: the final will be on 14 July at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
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The groups
GROUP A
Germany
Scotland
Hungary
Swiss
GROUP B
Spain
Croatia
Italy
Albania
GROUP C
Slovenia
Denmark
Serbia
England
GROUP D
Poland
Netherlands
Austria
France
GROUP E
Belgium
Slovakia
Romania
Ukraine
GROUP F
Türkiye
Georgia
Portugal
Czech Republic
The match calendar
GROUP PHASE
First day
Germany-Scotland – 14 June, 9pm
Hungary-Switzerland – June 15th, 3pm
Spain-Croatia – 15 June, 6pm
Italy-Albania – June 15th, 9pm
Slovenia-Denmark – 16 June, 6pm
Serbia-England – June 16th, 9pm
Poland-Holland – 16 June, 3pm
Austria-France – 17 June, 9pm
Romania-Ukraine – 17 June, 3pm
Belgium-Slovakia – 17 June, 6pm
Türkiye-Georgia – June 18th, 6pm
Portugal-Czech Republic – June 18th, 9pm
Second day
Germany-Hungary – June 19th, 6pm
Scotland-Switzerland – June 19th, 9pm
Croatia-Albania – 19 June, 3pm
Spain-Italy – June 20th, 9pm
Slovenia-Serbia – 20 June, 3pm
Denmark-England – 20 June, 6pm
Poland-Austria – 21 June, 6pm
Holland-France – June 21st, 9pm
Slovakia-Ukraine – 21 June, 3pm
Belgium-Romania – 22 June, 9pm
Georgia-Republic Czech – 22 June, 3pm
Türkiye-Portugal – 22 June, 6pm (Group F)
Third day
Switzerland-Germany – 23 June, 9pm
Scotland-Hungary – 23 June, 9pm
Albania-Spain – 24 June, 9pm
Croatia-Italy – 24 June, 9pm
England-Slovenia – June 25th, 9pm
Denmark-Serbia – June 25th, 9pm
Netherlands-Austria – 25 June, 6pm
France-Poland – 25 June, 6pm
Slovakia-Romania – 26 June, 6pm
Ukraine-Belgium – 26 June, 6pm
Georgia-Portugal – 26 June, 9pm
Czech Republic-Türkiye – 26 June, 9pm
Round of 16
2nd group A – 2nd group B – 29 June, 6pm (eighth n.1)
1st group A – 2nd group C – 29 June at 9pm (eighth n.2)
1st group C – 3rd group D/E/F – 30 June, 6pm (eighth n.3)
1st group B – 3rd group A/D/E/F – 30 June, 9pm (eighth n.4)
2nd group D – 2nd group E – 1 July, 6pm (eighth n.5)
1st group F – 3rd group A/B/C – 1 July, 9pm (eighth n.6)
1st group E – 3rd group A/B/C/D – 2 July, 6pm (eighth n.7)
1st group D – 2nd group F – 2 July, 9pm (eighth n.8)
Quarter finals
Winning eighth n.2 – Winning eighth n.4 – 5 July, 6pm (quarter n.1)
Winning eighth n.5 – Winning eighth n.6 – 5 July, 9pm (quarter n.2)
Eighth winner n.3 – Eighth winner n.1 – 6 July, 6pm (quarter n.3)
Winning eighth no. 7 – Winning eighth no. 8 – 6 July, 9pm (quarter n.4)
Semifinals
Winning quarter n.1 – Winning quarter n.2 – 9 July, 9pm
Winning quarter n.3 – Winning quarter n.4 – 10 July, 9pm
The final
July 14th, 9pm
Where to watch the European Championships on TV
The European Championships will be broadcast in full on Sky channels and streamed on Now and SkyGo. Rai will broadcast all Italy’s matches free-to-air, and all matches from the quarter-finals onwards.
