UEFA European Women’s Football Championship

Each match will have a minimum of 15 coverage cameras with additional cameras used to cover other events surrounding the match

Women’s Euro 2022: Facts and figures for the host broadcast match coverage

BY WILL STRAUSS

FIRST PUBLISHED 30 JUNE 2022

With less than a week to go before the start of the 2022 UEFA European Women’s Football Championship in England, the host broadcast plans for the tournament have been unveiled.

UEFA itself is the host broadcaster for the tournament, working with EMG who are supplying four large OB units, one per production team. EMG has subcontracted Sound Credit to provide fully equipped commentary positions and Telegenic to provide cabling.

Each production team will work on a specific ‘beat’, led by a director. The production teams are being led by: • Rob Levi – Old Trafford, Manchester City Academy,

Wigan and Leigh • Gemma Knight – Rotherham and Sheffield • Sarah Cheadle – Milton Keynes (group stage),

Brighton & Hove • Jamie Oakford – London, Southampton and Milton

Keynes (semi-final)

Output

There is no HDR included in the tournament output. Instead, the group stages will be HD with SDR, with the latter stages also available in Ultra HD with SDR. Dolby 5.1 audio will be available throughout. Eurovision Services will act as the transmission supplier.

Cameras

The standard configuration for all Women’s Euro 2022 group stage matches will comprise a minimum of 15 match coverage cameras with additional cameras used to cover other events surrounding the match.

This will increase to a minimum of 16 match cameras for the quarter-finals while the semi-finals and final will feature a minimum of 17 and 19 match cameras, respectively.

Included in the camera armoury will be: • Two super slow-motion triple-speed cameras per group stage match, three for quarter-finals and four for the semi-finals and final • One aerial camera system for the final • Two in-goal cameras per match (one at each end) • Two Polecams per match (one at each end) as of semi-finals • One Steadicam per group stage match, two as of quarter-finals • Three handheld cameras - (non-Steadicams), four as of semi-finals

EMG will supply all of the cameras.

Graphics and VAR

All match graphics will be supplied on-site by Boost, a subsidiary of EMG. The TV match graphics will be keyed in the multilateral feed based on the overall Women’s Euro 2022 brand design concept.

Hawk-Eye will supply Video Assistant Referee (VAR), Goal-line Technology (GLT) and Electronic Player Tracking System (EPTS) football technologies at all matches.

Facilities for unilateral coverage

Rights-holding broadcast partners will be able to book camera positions on the main camera platform, the reverse camera platform, or behind either goal. One pitch-view studio is being made available per venue throughout the tournament, and two for the final at Wembley.

Three partially equipped tribune presentation positions will also be available at each match, with five available for the semi-finals and six for the final.

There will be two fully equipped and six partially equipped unilateral pitch-side presentation positions at each venue.

A minimum of 20 three-seater commentary positions will be available at each venue.