shows all 31 matches of the summer football European Championship. Finland has a tough opening group, when they face Germany, Spain and Denmark, who are among the best in the world.
The Finnish women’s national football team is playing in the fourth European Championship in its history. The European football championships in England will get underway on July 6. The final is scheduled for July 31.
When and where does Finland play?
Helmarit plays its first group game in Milton Keynes. The opening match on July 8 is against Spain. After that, Finland will face Denmark on July 12 and Germany on July 16.
Spain–Finland at 19:00 Milton Keynes, TV2 at 18:15, Puhe at 18:30
Denmark–Finland at 19:00 Milton Keynes, TV2 at 18:15 and Puhe at 18:30
Finland–Germany at 22:00 Milton Keynes, TV1 at 21:00 and Puhe at 21:30.
You can find the full schedule of the games here.
European Championship groups
The European Football Championship has four groups and a total of 16 teams. Finland is in Group B. The opponents are really tough. All of Finland’s opponents are in the top 15 in the Fifa rankings of the international football association.
Germany is fifth, Spain seventh and Denmark fifteenth.
A block: Austria, England, Northern Ireland and Norway
Block B: Denmark, Finland, Germany and Spain
C block: Holland, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland
Block D: Belgium, France, Iceland and Italy
You can follow the group situation in ‘s race guide here.
How could Finland continue?
In the European football championships, you can qualify for the playoffs by finishing in the top two in your group. Finland is a clear underdog in its group.
Finland was last at the European Championships in 2013, when Helmarit was left in the first group. Finland played two draws in the Games. They came against Italy and Denmark.
In the 2009 EC home games, Finland reached the quarter-finals, and in the 2005 EC debut, Finland was even in the semi-finals.
What does do?
Urheilu will be present at Helmare’s matches in England. We follow the European Championship on TV, radio and our digital services. We show all 31 matches of the European Championship live. The channels are TV1, TV2 and Areena. You can listen live to all Helmarei’s matches from Puhe.
‘s familiar faces will be seen as hosts of the EM studios Riku Salminen, Sami Laine and Milla Madetoja. Helmarien’s games are explained in Finnish Matti Härkönenwill be heard as other commentators of the tournament Toni Saukkolaa, Brother Engström and Mikko Aalto. Matches are explained in Swedish Christopher Herberts, Christian Vuojärvi, Sebastian Backman and Jonas Lindholm.
Finland’s matches on the radio are explained by Mikko Aaltonen.
You can find broadcast information for the matches here.
On our European Football Championships website you will find the most interesting topics, personal stories and news of the competitions every day. We follow the matches moment by moment with our live coverage. In Finnish matches, you can also play exciting games with others in the chat.
The events of the race days are packaged as usual on Urheilurutu and Urheiluradio. In Areena you can find match recordings, goal summaries, highlight clips and our advance series on Helmarei.
Important dates
The group stage of the European Football Championship will be played from the 6th to the 18th. between July The knockout games of the European Championships start with the quarter-finals on Wednesday, July 20, which will be played until Saturday, July 23.
The semi-finals are 26–27. July. The final will be played at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 31 July at 19:00.
Race venues and stadiums
The European football championships are played in England in 8 different cities. The race hosts are Brighton, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Rotherham, Sheffield, Southampton and Leigh.
Audience capacities in different stadiums
Brighton: Brighton & Hove Community Stadium, capacity 30,000
London: Brenford Community Stadium, capacity 17,000
London: Wembley, capacity 89,000
Manchester: Manchester City Academy Stadium, capacity 4,700
Manchester: Old Trafford, audience capacity 74,000
Milton Keynes: MK Stadium, audience capacity 30,000
Rotherham: New York Stadium, audience capacity 12,000
Sheffield: Bramall Lane, capacity 30,000
Southampton: St. Mary’s Stadium, capacity 32,000
Wigan & Leigh: Leigh Sports Village, capacity 8,000
Helmareite EC team
Goalkeepers:
1 Katriina Talaslahti, FC Fleury 91 (FRA)
12 Anna Tamminen, Hammarby IF (SWE)
23 Tinja-Riikka Korpela, Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)
2 Elli Pikkujämsä, KIF Örebro (SWE)
3 Tuija Hyyrynen, Juventus FC (ITA)
5 Emma Koivisto, Brighton & Hove Albion (ENG)
6 Anna Auvinen, UC Sampdoria (ITA)
11 Nora Heroum, SS Lazio (ITA)
15 Natalia Kuikka, Portland Thorns (USA)
16 Anna Westerlund, Åland United
Midfielders and forwards
4 Ria Öling, FC Rosengård (SWE)
7 Adelina Engman, Hammarby IF (SWE)
8 Olga Ahtinen, Linköping FC (SWE)
9 Juliette Kemppi, IFK Kalmar (SWE)
10 Emmi Alanen, Kristiandstad DFF (SWE)
13 Jenny Danielsson, AIK (SWE)
14 Heidi Kollanen, KIF Örebro (SWE)
17 Sanni Franssi, Real Sociedad (ESP)
18 Linda Sällström, Vittsjö GIK (SWE)
19 Essi Sainio, HJK
20 Eveliina Summanen, Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)
21 Amanda Rantanen, KIF Örebro (SWE)
22 Jutta Rantala, Vittsjö GIK (SWE)