The time has come in a few weeks: On July 2, the European Football Championship begins. Switzerland is hosting for the tournament for the first time. 16 teams will play for the title in a total of 31 matches in total in a total of 31 encounters. The ARD is there live and reports comprehensive and cross -media.
“When it comes to women’s football European Championships, everyone has to think of the dramatic final England – Germany in Wembley 2022. 18 million viewers pursued the final at the time. We are now hoping for such an emotional football festival for the upcoming European Championship in our neighboring country and will do everything to transport the sport, excitement and atmosphere extensively and first -class to Germany on the screens of our audience,” ARD sports coordinator Axel says Balkausky.
Moderator Claus Lufen and ARD expert Almuth Schult present the European Football Championship from the studio at the ARD Sporthub at the Sportschau-Campus in Cologne. The ARD sports hub is also home to a large part of the ARD team. From here, the cross-media editorial team, under the leadership of the NDR, will implement all TV broadcasts, send the audio full reports, Sportschau.de as well as the content for the ARD Mediathek, the ARD Audiothek and the various social media channels of the Sportschau.
Stephanie Baczyk, Christina Graf and Bernd Schmelzer comment on the games live from the stadiums in Switzerland. The ear and eye on the DFB-Elf has for the ARD at this EM Lea Wagner, which together with a small cross-media ARD team receives quarters on site.
All games live and in the relive
The UEFA Women’s European Championships starts in the ARD with the opening match day on July 2. Iceland – Finland (6 p.m.) and Switzerland – Norway (9 p.m.) can be seen live in the first and in the ARD Mediathek. Further highlights in the program: Friday, July 4, 2025, 9 p.m. Live The encounter Germany – Poland from St. Gallen and Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 6 p.m. The second group game Germany – Denmark Live from Basel.
For the first time, the ARD, together with ZDF, broadcasts all games of the UEFA Women’s European Championship, except for the parallel games on the third game day, live on TV (with audio description) and in the stream for the best broadcast time. The parallel games are available on ARD broadcast days in the multi-stream player in the ARD Mediathek.
If you can’t be there live, you have the opportunity to experience the ARD games and all German encounters in full length in the Relive in the ARD media library. There, on Sportschau.de and in the Sportschau app there are also compact summaries of all EM games, background reports, live tickers and much more.
Listen to all German games live
The ARD also makes the European women’s championship a listening experience. All German games as well as all games from the quarter-finals are available live and in full length on Sportschau.de, the Sportschau-app, in the ARD Audiotheke and various ARD radio waves. The individual radio programs also provide information about the DFB team and the European Championship with talks, news and stories.
The Podcast “Sportschau F – EM Special” also starts on June 23. Who is favorite? What opportunities does the German team have and actually have cheese fondue instead of stadium sausage in the Swiss stadiums? From the beginning of the tournament, Host Christina Schröder tells about her experiences on site every day and accompanies the DFB women at the training ground, in the stadium or in the mixed zone – wherever it can be exciting, emotionally, entertaining or even unexpected.
Documentation To women and football
In addition, the ARD relies on top -class documentation and films: From June 28th, a new edition of “ShootingStars – Germany’s new football generation” will start in the ARD Mediathek. The 45-minute film accompanies Jule Brand, Giulia Gwinn and Sjoeke Nüsken and gives deep insights into everyday life and soul life of the young internationals.
Also from July in the ARD Mediathek: “Girls cannot play football” – a journey through time on the subject of how women conquered football – and “Kick it like Women”. The film looks at the development of young German young players in football on their way to the top of the world.