PremiumUEFA European Championship 2024: The tournament to kickstart in Germany – here is all you want to know
Germany will take on Scotland at the Allianz Arena in Munich in the opening match of the UEFA European Championship 2024
Last Updated: 06.00 PM, Jun 14, 2024
The 17th edition of UEFA European Championship 2024 will kickstart in Germany in a few hours. The host country will take on Scotland at Allianz Arena in Munich. Around 24 countries across the globe are getting ready to fight for Europe's most prestigious trophy. Legends like Kylian Mbappe, Christiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, and others will gear up to lift the Golden ball.
UEFA European Championship 2024 pays tribute to Franz Beckenbauer
The tournament will kickstart by paying tribute to the county's beloved der ‘Kaisar’ (the Emperor) Franz Beckenbauer. The legendary footballer breathed his last on January 7 this year. Germany won the World Cup under his leadership – once as a captain in 1974 and then as the team manager in 1990. His wife Heidi Beckenbauer will be present at the opening match and she will bring the cup – the Henri Delaunay Trophy. Germany's two skippers Bernard Dietz and Juergen Klinsmann will join Heidi Beckenbauer.
There will not be any opening ceremony per se. The first match will take place on June 14 (June 15 IST). The inauguration concert took place on June 13 at Schlossplatz in Stuttgart. At this open city square, artists like SWR DJ, singer Leony, German EDM star Topic, and DJs Robin Schulz, Le Shuuk, and others enthralled the audience.
The month-long tournament will take place in 10 German cities, including Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich, and Stuttgart. The opening match between Germany and Scotland will take place at Munich’s Allianz Arena, which is the home stadium of Bayern Munich. The final will take place at Berlin’s Olympiastadion.
In India, the month-long tournament will be available to watch on TV on Sony Sports Network. On the other hand, the matches will be live streamed on SonyLiv and one can watch it on OTTplay Premium.