Sky Sports has regained the rights to screen every match from the next three editions of the UEFA Under-21 Championship.
The 2017 tournament will be staged in Poland and involve Europe’s best young players, kicking off exclusively live on Sky Sports on June 16 and culminating with the final from Krakow on June 30.
BT Sport covered the previous edition of the tournament in the Czech Republic two years ago, but Sky has secured a new long-term deal that will see it become the exclusive rights holder of the UEFA Under-21 Championship until at least 2021.
This year’s hosts Poland are in England’s group for the tournament alongside Slovakia and reigning European under-21 champions Sweden.
PFA Young Player of the Year nominee Jordan Pickford, Everton’s Tom Davies and Leicester’s Demarai Gray are among those in contention to play for the Three Lions.
Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard scored the winning goal against eventual winners Sweden at the last Championships with Harry Kane, John Stones, Jack Butland and Michael Keane all featuring for England in 2015.
Aidy Boothroyd’s men will look to progress further than their group stage exit last time around against equally stiff competition.
Sky Sports Head of Football Gary Hughes said:
“The UEFA Under-21 Championship 2017 strengthens our football offering for fans. The tournament unearths future greats and is incredibly difficult to predict which makes it such an exciting proposition. Who will be the next Harry Kane, can England win their first title since 1984? Sky Sports is the only place to find out.”
The UEFA Under-21 Championship 2017 will follow the end of the domestic football season on Sky Sports, which includes the Premier League run-in, the EFL play-offs, SPFL, La Liga, Eredivisie, Scottish Cup, Copa Del Rey and Copa Italia finales.
Later in the summer, the football continues with The Premier League Asia Trophy and the inaugural Star Sixes tournament in London, which will pit past stars such as Steven Gerrard, Deco, Roberto Carlos, Michael Ballack and other stars in a six-a-side format.
The Under-21 Championship is part of a busy summer of sport on Sky, which also includes ICC Champions Trophy, the ICC Women’s World Cup, British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand, The Open and Formula 1.
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