# UEFA European Championship on United States television

The UEFA European Football Championship, commonly known as the UEFA European Championship and informally as the Euros, is the primary soccer competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), determining the continental champion of Europe. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations' Cup, changing to the current name in 1968.

## History
### Setanta Sports (2000–2004)

Coverage of the 2000 Euros was only available to Americans via pay-per-view. More specifically, via closed-circuit television, DirecTV, the DISH Network, and iNDemand cable pay-per-view. Viewers had the option of paying $20 per match, or $149 for the entire tournament. Setanta also charged bars $3,000 for the privilege to carry their coverage. This often meant a $20 cover charge. Fox Sports World did however, offer the rebroadcasts of games on a week-long delay.
Pay-per-view was still the primary option come the 2004 Euros. This time, the price for the entire tournament was worth $179 while the price for bars rose to $4,000. Five live games were however, broadcast on Fox Sports World and Fox Sports Espanol. All quarters and semis would be broadcast on a five-day tape delay, with the final airing on a three-day delay. According to Setanta CEO Michael O'Rourke, they we offered the events to ESPN and Fox Sports Net. Setanta even offered to pay them to put it on, but there just was no appetite.

### ESPN/ABC (2008–2020)

ESPN first aired the UEFA Euros in 2008 after reached an agreement with UEFA in December 2006. With UEFA wanting the reverberations of the Euros to reach an international audience, ESPN decided to broadcast all matches live and online in 2008. After receiving good reaction from viewers, ESPN and UEFA continued to work by becoming official broadcasters of 2012, 2016 and 2020 tournament.

#### Distribution of match broadcasts

* 2008: ESPN (7 matches), ESPN2 (17 matches), ESPN Classic (5 matches), ABC (2 matches including final)
* 2012: ESPN (22 matches including Final), ESPN2 (9 matches)
* 2016: ESPN (39 matches including Final), ESPN2 (12 matches)
* 2020: ESPN (40 matches including Final), ESPN2 (6 matches), ABC (5 matches)

### Fox Sports (2024–present)

In 2021, Fox Sports outbid ESPN for the rights of Euro 2024 and Euro 2028.

## On-air talent

| Year | Networks | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Reporters | Studio host(s) | Studio analyst(s) |
| 2024 | Fox Fox Sports 1 | Ian Darke Derek Rae Jacqui Oatley Darren Fletcher | Landon Donovan Robert Green Warren Barton Owen Hargreaves | Geoff Shreeves Tom Rinaldi Michael Times | Jules Breach | Giorgio Chiellini, Daniel Sturridge, Peter Schmeichel, Ariane Hingst, Alexi Lalas, Stuart Holden, Maurice Edu |
| 2020 | ESPN ESPN2 ABC | Ian Darke Jon Champion Derek Rae Steve Cangialosi Mark Donaldson | Stewart Robson Taylor Twellman Efan Ekoku Alejandro Moreno Matteo Bonetti | Sam Borden Martin Ainstein Archie Rhind-Tutt Alexis Nunes | Rece Davis Kelly Cates Kay Murray Sebastian Salazar Dalen Cuff | Steve McManaman, Alessandro Del Piero, Julie Foudy, Tim Howard, Chris Coleman, Sami Khedira, Frank Leboeuf, Nedum Onuoha, Kasey Keller, Craig Burley, Christian Fuchs, Luis García, Taylor Twellman, Efan Ekoku, Alejandro Moreno, Matteo Bonetti, and Mark Clattenburg (Rules) |
| 2016 | ESPN ESPN2 | Ian Darke Jon Champion Derek Rae Adrian Healey Mark Donaldson Max Bretos | Taylor Twellman Steve McManaman Stewart Robson Tommy Smyth Alejandro Moreno Kate Markgraf Paul Mariner | Jeremy Schaap Marty Smith Alison Bender | Steve Bower Mike Tirico Bob Ley | Craig Burley, Michael Ballack, Santiago Solari, Vincent Kompany, Steve McManaman, Taylor Twellman, Julie Foudy, Roberto Martínez, Frank Leboeuf, and Kasey Keller |
| 2012 | ESPN ESPN2 | Ian Darke Adrian Healey Derek Rae | Steve McManaman Robbie Mustoe Kasey Keller Taylor Twellman | Alicia Ferguson Darrell Currie | Bob Ley Max Bretos Rebecca Lowe | Michael Ballack, Alexi Lalas, Kasey Keller, Tommy Smyth, Taylor Twellman, Glenn Hoddle, and Roberto Martínez |
| 2008 | ESPN ESPN2 ABC | Adrian Healey Derek Rae | Andy Gray Robbie Mustoe Tommy Smyth | Pedro Gomez | Rece Davis Rob Stone | Julie Foudy, Alexi Lalas, Andy Gray, and Tommy Smyth |