Euro 2024 Round-of-16 TV picks in full as England look to make the most of favourable draw and France given blockbuster tie with Belgium

  •  England will take on Slovakia on Friday, June 30 on ITV1
  •  The BBC will broadcast three of the eight ties from the round-of-16
  • LISTEN to It's All Kicking Off! EUROS DAILY: All the reasons England fans have to be positive going into the last 16

By Sonny Cohen

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After a group stage that was full of late goals and overloaded on drama, the knockout phases of Euro 2024 are about to begin.

The first of which takes place on Saturday, June 29 as Italy take on Switzerland at 5pm.

England fans will have to wait one day extra to see the Three Lions in action with their match against Slovakia on Sunday, June 30.

As has been the case throughout the opening stages of the European Championships, every single game will be live on free-to-air TV.

It has finally been decided which games will be shown on the BBC and which will be shown on ITV, find the full breakdown below. 

England may not have been at their fluent best, but the Three Lions topped Group C and have earned a tie against Slovakia to be shown on ITV1

England may not have been at their fluent best, but the Three Lions topped Group C and have earned a tie against Slovakia to be shown on ITV1

Kylian Mbappe and France will be hoping to improve on their goal scoring performance in the group stages
Kevin de Bruyne and Belgium were booed off following their scoreless draw with Ukraine

Belgium will take on France on what is headline act from the round-of-16

 

What channel are the Euro 2024 last-16 games on?

Saturday, June 29

  • Italy vs Switzerland (Berlin, 5pm) - BBC One
  • Germany vs Denmark (Dortmund, 8pm) - ITV1

Sunday, June 30

  • England vs Slovakia (Gelsenkirchen, 5pm ) - ITV1
  • Spain vs Georgia (Cologne, 8pm) - ITV1

Monday, July 1

France vs Belgium (Dusseldorf, 5pm) -I TV1

Portugal vs Slovenia (Frankfurt, 8pm) - BBC One

Tuesday, July 2

Romania vs Netherlands (Munich, 5pm) - BBC One

Austria vs Turkey (Leipzig, 8pm) - ITV1

 

How are the TV picks decided?

As Marina Hyde explained on the Rest is Entertainment podcast, each broadcaster gets to pick a game on the schedule.

Speaking on the podcast, Hyde said: 'ITV and the BBC share out games at the Euros and in fact all tournaments.

'They take it in turns to pick matches, but this time round it was ITV's turn to pick first.

'So they thought, well, - you can choose anything right from the start, it is like a draft - but they thought, we'll do semi-final pick one. Because we think England will do well in this tournament.

'So when this line up for the semi-finals is decided, ITV will get to choose the first choice of that, hopefully with England in it.

ITV were given the first pick of the games at Euro 2024 as they alternate with the BBC for first pick at major tournaments

ITV were given the first pick of the games at Euro 2024 as they alternate with the BBC for first pick at major tournaments

Marina Hyde provided a full breakdown of how the Euro 2024 match picks were made by the BBC and ITV

Marina Hyde provided a full breakdown of how the Euro 2024 match picks were made by the BBC and ITV

'So the BBC then counter their next thing, and this is what happened in the room for this particular Euros.

'The BBC then countered with quarter-final pick one and the ITV are like what next, it is like Game Theory like extreme Cold War.

'They are thinking we are going to do round of 16 first pick because that is not a risky choice because England's group is manageable.

'The BBC then go England Serbia that is 8pm sunday night maximum possible audience we will have that.

'ITV next England v Slovenia that is also a peak time game but that is a the third match in the group so if England have already qualified then it could be dead but people always watch England games.

'But it could really be a knockout if they haven't done well, so you have got to have that.

'Then, the BBC took the one remaining England game that's 5pm on a Thursday that's not too bad because we have had games where you have had to watch football at 7am which is terrible.

'But then the big dilemma and ITV could have had the second semi-final and the BBC would have been shut out from the final week of the tournament until the actual final.

'But if England are already gone then the level of interest is already gone, so ITV have gone we will have game one of the whole tournament.

'We'll have Germany and by the way the data shows that English people love to watch Germany for whatever reason, not necessarily sympathetically but they love to watch them.

'And of course Scotland are a home nation and it is peak time on a Friday night and that has paid off brilliantly for them because so many players watched that.'

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