Teams should offer an international media opportunity in the weeks preceding their arrival in the host countries. The international media opportunity should consist of a press conference with the head coach, a fully open one-hour training session, one-to-one interviews with the head coach and key players for audiovisual rights-holders, and a mixed zone.
Each team must provide UEFA with access to all players in their squad, the head coach and the assistant coach for a squad access day in order to gather the following content for host broadcaster operations and UEFA digital platforms:
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a green screen filming session with all players, the head coach and the assistant coach;
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a photography session with all players, the head coach and the assistant coach;
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a digital/corporate content session with ten players and the head coach;
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an interview session with two players and the head coach.
UEFA and the association must agree in advance on the date, time and location of the squad access day and on which players will be made available. Each team’s squad access day must take place no later than four days before the team’s first match in the final tournament unless alternative arrangements are agreed by the team and UEFA. If a selected player becomes unable to participate in any part of the squad access day, the association must inform UEFA as soon as reasonably possible and ensure that another player is made available as a replacement, or another suitable alternative is provided that is acceptable to UEFA.
During the final tournament, interviews and other opportunities for UEFA to film the teams must be organised daily, with at least one player or the head coach. If players are granted a day off from media activities, alternative arrangements must be agreed upon with UEFA suitably in advance, such as having two players available the day prior to the scheduled day off.
During the final tournament, each team must hold a daily media activity in accordance with UEFA’s specifications, with the head coach or a player (unless otherwise agreed with UEFA), in the form of a press conference or a mixed zone or in an alternative format agreed with UEFA in advance.
Each team must make two players, or its head coach and one player, available two days before each match for sit-down interviews with UEFA. If a selected player becomes unable to participate, the association must inform UEFA as soon as reasonably possible and must ensure that another player, or a suitable alternative accepted by UEFA, is made available as a replacement.
Teams may hold only one fully closed training session before each match. All other training sessions must be open to the media for at least 15 minutes.