RTÉ will be offering in-depth TV, radio, and digital coverage from the European Championships Munich 2022, the second edition of the multi-sport event taking place in the Bavarian city on 11 to 21 August.
They will be part of a 40-strong team of European broadcasters delivering the tournament to domestic audiences on a free-to-air basis.
The European Championships takes place every four years, in partnership with Europe’s free-to-air broadcasters.
This year’s edition will aggregate the existing continental championships of nine sports: Athletics; Cycling (road, track, mountain bike and BMX freestyle); Gymnastics (artistic); Rowing; Triathlon; Beach Volleyball; Sport Climbing; Canoe Sprint; and Table Tennis.
Over the next two days, Sport for Business will highlight the teams taking part from Ireland and what they might hope to achieve at this summer highlight for 2022.
More than 3,500 hours of live, delayed, and digital programming has so far been scheduled across more than 50 channels. This compares with just over 3,000 hours of intentions for the inaugural European Championships staged in Glasgow and Berlin in 2018.
Eurovision Services, an EBU company, is providing services for the distribution of the international signal for the event, making it available across Europe, Asia, and the Americas on six separate multilateral feeds. The company is also providing dedicated services to seven EBU members.
“The second edition of the European Championships is the pinnacle of what has been an incredible summer of Sport,” said Glen Killane, Executive Director of Eurovision Sport.
“Munich hosts these championships 50 years after it hosted the Olympics, and this event will be the biggest multi-sport event staged in Germany since then.”
Munich 2022 will be the biggest sports event in Germany since the 1972 Summer Olympics and will re-use many of the venues from those Games, including the iconic Olympic Stadium, Olympic Hall, and Munich Olympic Regatta Centre.
The elite competition will be accompanied by a cultural festival entitled ‘The Roofs’ and a programme of mass participation events, ensuring that everyone will feel part of the European Championships.
“EBU Members across over 40 countries will bring the action to audiences in a way that no other organization can and ensure maximum exposure for the best athletes in Europe across 9 sports,” added Killane, former head of Sport at RTÉ and eir Sport.
