ARD and ZDF will broadcast the German games on the EuroHockey Championships 2023, the primary European Hockey Championships in Germany for 12 years. This signifies that hockey is returning to public tv after many years, even outside the Olympic Games. The video games of the German nationwide teams within the preliminary round and in the attainable semi-finals shall be shown in the live stream on sportstudio.de, on sportschau.de as well as in the media libraries of ARD and ZDF. Should the German groups attain the finals, they will be proven reside on the linear programmes of ARD and ZDF.
“We are very happy that the German games at the European Hockey Championship 2023 might be broadcast by ARD and ZDF. The linked coverage will put hockey back in an even bigger spotlight and it was our goal from the beginning to take this step with the European Championship. The protection of ARD and ZDF will help us to inspire sports fans for hockey who cannot come to the stadium. Overall, it is one other necessary step for the medialisation of our sport,” says Niclas Thiel, Commercial Director of the German Hockey Association.
“The German teams were already in excellent shape on the last European Hockey Championships – both only simply missed out on the gold medal. The reality that there’s a European Championship at residence in Germany this yr actually fits the groups. We are therefore particularly happy to have the ability to accompany the women’s hockey group live on this tournament, and maybe there will then be a ultimate with German participation stay on Ersten on 26 August,” says Axel Balkausky, ARD sports coordinator.
ZDF Head of Sports Yorck Polus adds: “At the home European Championships, Germany’s hockey gamers can once again show what makes them a profitable European hockey nation. On sportstudio.de we are going to broadcast the European Championship matches of the German males’s staff, which won the World Championship title in India in January. And if the German staff also reaches the European Championship ultimate, this can be seen stay on ZDF on 27 August – on a broadcast day when sporting variety characterises our protection: with the ultimate day of the World Championships in Athletics, with the World Canoe Championships, the Basketball World Championships and the Tour of Germany of the professional cyclists.”
Six group matches and possible semi-finals within the livestream
The European Women’s and Men’s Hockey Championships will happen in Mönchengladbach from 18 to 27 August 2023. In the preliminary round, the German ladies’s and males’s nationwide groups will every play three group matches. The girls will face England, Ireland and Scotland in Group B. World champions Germany will face France, the Netherlands and Wales in Group B of the lads’s competition. The group matches of the German ladies’s group may be seen within the reside stream on sportschau.de and within the ARD Mediathek, those of the German males in the reside stream on sportstudio.de and within the ZDFmediathek. If the German teams finish first or second of their group after the three group matches, this implies direct qualification for the semi-finals. Fans can watch a ladies’s semi-final with Germany on Thursday, 24 August 2023, from 5.00 p.m. in the livestream on sportschau.de and within the ARD Mediathek. A men’s semi-final with German participation could be on Friday, 25 August 2023, from 6.30 p.m. on sportstudio.de and in the ZDFmediathek.
Final with German participation stay in the main programme on ARD and ZDF
On 26 August 2023, the third-place match and the ladies’s ultimate of the European Hockey Championship will take place on the Hockeypark in Mönchengladbach. Should the group of national coach Valentin Altenburg attain considered one of these two matches, ARD will broadcast the match reside in the principle programme. Just in the future later, on 27 August 2023, the German males’s national hockey staff could have the possibility of a spot in the principle programme. Should the German males’s hockey group attain the final of the European Championship, the match will be broadcast live on ZDF. The reporter for the hockey games on ARD is Christian Blunck, for ZDF Adrian von der Groeben might be on obligation.
Transmission of further matches in superior negotiations
Of course, hockey followers in Germany also wants to be succesful of enjoy watching the complete EuroHockey Championships 2023 on display screen. A complete of 40 video games will happen over ten days. In addition to the German teams, the co-favourites from Belgium, the Netherlands and England will be competing within the men’s and ladies’s competitions in Mönchengladbach. The German Hockey Federation will announce the associate for the broadcast of the opposite European Championship matches quickly.
Overview of the German matches on the European Hockey Championship in addition to semi-final and ultimate matches
ARD Mediathek
ZDFmediathek
ARD Mediathek
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ARD Mediathek
ZDFmediathek
ARD Mediathek
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