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Euro campaign live on BBC

  • Friday, 14 December, 2012
  • England Women celebrate Rachel Yankey's goal against Netherlands.
  • England Women pose for the cameras ahead of the Euro 2013 qualifier against Holland
  • England Women's Head Coach Hope Powell sees the funny side.
  • Anita Asante in action against Croatia
  • England's Alex Scott during the game with Netherlands.
  • England's Eni Aluko in action against Netherlands.
  • Fara Williams (centre) celebrates Rachel Yankey's winner against Holland in Salford
  • England defender Sophie Bradley in action against Holland
  • England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley
  • England Women's captain Casey Stoney

All of England's UEFA Women's Euro 2013 games will be live on either BBC Two or BBC Three

 

The BBC will broadcast England's matches during the UEFA Women’s Euro 2013 Finals.

Every Three Lions game will be shown live, along with both semi-finals and the final, across either BBC Two or BBC Three.

Hope Powell’s side qualified unbeaten for next summer’s Euros, securing their place in Sweden with a 3-0 win over Croatia in September.

The BBC followed England’s qualifying campaign, broadcasting the final two home qualifiers and October’s friendly against France.

BBC Director of Sport Barbara Slater said: "We're delighted to be adding the UEFA European Women's Championships to our portfolio of women's sport.

“The response to women's football at London 2012 showed that there is a strong appetite for it.

"We we look forward to bringing our audiences the excitement and drama of another major tournament."

England have been drawn in Group C alongside France, Spain and Russia and all three matches will take place in Linköping.

Powell led her team to the final of Euro 2009 where they lost to perennial champions Germany.


What Do You Think?

  • It's good that these Euro tournament matches will be televised as it a major way of attracting people to the sport. What is also needed is for the BBC to link a children's TV show into it, whether on CBBC or on BBC2, so that children's interest can be nurtured. Get Helen Skelton & co involved. I'm also in favour of cheap match tickets for the warm up matches, especially for families, again to encourage people to watch and enjoy the game. It would be nice to have a match in London though. I don't think women's football will ever be commercially viable professionally, and benchmarking it against the men's game is pointless, but it should still retain a respectabilty in the same way as other sports like badminton or hockey attract a following and have reasonable crowds attending. If we accept that it is a more niche game than the men's game and promote it in its own right then it can continue to grow.By CarelessMemories (2 months ago)
  • Fantastic, at last the rich, out of touch TV schedulers have realized that the women's team can produce football of a high standard. I believe that the women's team can produce more than the men's team, the Olympics showed that.. We must back the women's team from the very beginning, which means broadcasting all games like the men's team, all the way to the final (hopefully). We can do this. Let's support them from the beginning. I don't want to live in a sexist world, with sport only available to one sex. Hope Powell is one of the greatest coaches this country has produced, and our players show real passion, unlike the men's team. By anonymous (5 months ago)