[Jon]

Don't see why you should be surprised, if this was the football equivalent, they would definitely be on ITV1 (unless it was a final "clashing" group game).  But these games warrant main channel treatment in their own right, given one features the host nation (and many peoples' fancies to win the tournament) and the other features the joint winning most country.

Well it’s not the football equivalent and typically that has a different level of interest and I’m sure Brekkie is basing it on what’s happened with previous editions. 

I’m not surprised though, with more or less everything from the Women’s Football World Cup being shown on ITV 1, when if ITV had had the rights in the past, not much would have featured on the main channel. 

I think these days it’s important for ITV to get as much live sport on the channel as possible.