Multiplatform Coverage on ESPN Deportes, ESPNEWS, ESPN3, and online
ESPN platforms will present live the UEFA European Football Championship 2012 (UEFA EURO 2012™) Draw in both English and Spanish on Friday, Dec. 2, beginning at 12 p.m. ET, at the Palace of Arts in Kiev, Ukraine. Highlights:
- ESPN Deportes, the U.S. Spanish-language television home for UEFA EURO 2012™, will present live UEFA EURO 2012™ Draw (12 – 1 p.m.) with commentators Andres Agulla, Richard Méndez, Tato Noriega and Ricardo Ortiz. ESPN Deportes’ popular soccer studio program, Fuera de Juego, will recap the Draw in a one-hour special (1 – 2 p.m.);
- ESPNEWS will feature award-winning studio host Bob Ley and analysts Alexi Lalas, Robbie Mustoe, and ESPN Deportes’ Fernando Palomo;
- ESPN Deportes Radio (12 – 1 p.m.) will broadcast the Draw with commentators Hernan Pereyra, Giovanni Scavia, Elmer Polanco and Martin Ainstein.
Digital Platforms:
- ESPN3, the live multi-screen sports network available to approximately 70 million homes, will carry the Draw live on Friday, at 12 p.m., in both English and Spanish;
- ESPNDeportes.com will “Cover it Live” with enhanced chat sessions featuring real-time fan interaction and Twitter feed from ESPN Deportes commentators, and for the first time, a module with live stream in Spanish. Additional content – links to related stories;
- ESPN.com/ESPNsoccernet.com’s coverage will feature “Cover it Live” with rapid reactions, in-depth analysis of matchups, groups, and more, from a variety of soccer experts.
Additional content:
- Friday’s edition of ESPN International’s popular soccer opinion, debate and analysis program ESPNsoccernet Press Pass with host Dan Thomas, analysts Tommy Smyth, Shaka Hislop and former Liverpool FC player Steve Nicol, will discuss the Draw;
- Throughout the day, ESPN Deportes studio programs, such as Jorge Ramos y su Banda (4:30 – 6 p.m.) and others, will include content from Draw.
UEFA EURO 2012™ Draw (to be determined)
The Draw for the 14th UEFA European Football Championship in Ukraine’s capital and largest city will place the 16 national teams in the three-week tournament into four groups of four teams. The 16 qualifying nations have been divided into four pots and one team will be drawn from each of the four pots to create the four groups. 2010 FIFA World Cup finalists Spain and Netherlands are in pot one along with host nations Poland and Ukraine.
QUALIFIERS & TRI-CODES
Pot 1: Spain (ESP), Netherlands (NED), Poland** (POL), Ukraine** (UKR)
Pot 2: Germany (GER), Italy (ITA), England (ENG), Russia (RUS)
Pot 3: Croatia (CRO), Greece (GRE), Portugal (POR), Sweden (SWE)
Pot 4: Denmark (DEN), France (FRA), Czech Republic (CZE), Ireland (IRE)
(** – host nations).
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| 1 Poland** | 1 | 1 | 1 Ukraine** |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
ESPN and UEFA EURO 2012™:
Beginning Friday, June 8, through Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Poland and Ukraine, ESPN will present exclusive live coverage of all 32 matches of the UEFA EURO 2012™ across a variety of ESPN multimedia platforms, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN Radio, ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN.com, ESPNSoccernet.com, and ESPNDeportes.com. ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes Radio will be the exclusive Spanish-language networks in the United States for the championship. In addition, in-progress and post-match highlights can be featured across key ESPN outlets. Coverage will also be available via WatchESPN online and on mobile devices, for fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
More than 41 million viewers in the United States tuned into the ESPN networks for live UEFA EURO 2008™ matches featuring the top-16 European national teams.
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