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The bidding process for UEFA Euro 2028 was the process by which the location for the 18th European Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2028, has been selected.

Hosting requirements

Bid requirements must contain specific criteria relating to the respect of human rights, based on the United Nations "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights".[1][2][3]

The tournament is expected to follow the format of the 2016, 2020 and 2024 editions, with a total of 51 matches taking place for a duration of up to 32 days, with 24 teams competing in the tournament.

The required capacities for the ten stadiums were as follows:[4]

  • 1 stadium with 60,000 seats
  • 1 stadium (preferably 2) with 50,000 seats
  • 4 stadiums with 40,000 seats
  • 3 stadiums with 30,000 seats

Schedule

Date[5] Notes
27 September 2021 Applications formally invited
23 March 2022, 18:00 CET Closing date for registering intention to bid
30 March 2022 Bid requirements made available to bidders
5 April 2022 Announcement of bidders
28 April 2022 Opening workshop for bidders
16 November 2022[6] Submission of preliminary bid dossier
12 April 2023 Submission of final bid dossier
10 October 2023[7] Bid presentation and announcement of host

Bids

Confirmed bids

England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

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Host cities and venues of UEFA Euro 2028

The four countries of the United Kingdom -  England–Northern Ireland Northern Ireland–Scotland Scotland-Wales Wales and the Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland – On 5 January 2022, the football associations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland announced a joint Ireland and United Kingdom bid for the UEFA Euro 2028, which meant their own 2030 World Cup bid would be unsustainable.[8][9] The five associations confirmed on 7 February that they would drop their 2030 interest and would instead focus on Euro 2028.[10] On 5 March 2022, media outlets in Ireland and UK erroneously reported that the Ireland and UK bid would be the sole remaining bid, with Turkey set to withdraw its bid, and Russia barred from applying.[11][12]

On 12 April 2023, the 10 host stadiums were revealed:[13][14]

The stadium shortlist as of 16 November 2022 included 14 host stadiums. The four stadiums not on the final list were:[1]


Controversy

The inclusion of Casement Park as the Northern Irish venue has created some controversy. Firstly, due to Casement Park not currently being available due to redevelopment work, and secondly due to its inclusion over Windsor Park. Windsor Park does not have a large enough capacity for a European Championship, which led to Casement Park being included as the Northern Irish venue instead. Windsor Park is Northern Ireland's national football stadium, a traditional unionist sport, whereas Casement Park is Northern Ireland's national stadium for hurling and Gaelic football, traditional nationalist sports (the ground is named after Roger Casement, who was hanged in 1916 for his role in the Easter Rising). This led to calls from some Northern Irish that they were not being properly represented in the bid. In addition, funding cuts to the redevelopment of Casement Park could lead Northern Ireland without any representation entirely.[15][16][17]

Previously expressed interest in bidding

These countries previously expressed interest in bidding, but did not submit a bid

Abandoned bids

Italy

 Italy – In February 2019, Italian Football Federation President Gabriele Gravina told Sky Sport Italia that the federation was considering a bid.[25] The bid was proposed again by Gravina some few days after Italy's win at Euro 2020.[26] In February 2022, the Italian federation announced it would bid for Euro 2032, instead of 2028, as it would allow them more time to redevelop facilities.[27]

Turkey

 Turkey – On 15 August 2019, the Türkiye Football Federation announced that Turkey would bid to host Euro 2028.[28] The Federation confirmed the submission of its application on 23 March 2022.[29] Turkey's bid is the sixth consecutive bid of the country, having been unsuccessful on the previous five occasions (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024). On 12 April 2023, TFF revealed a list 10 stadiums for both 2028 and 2032 bids:[30]

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Turkey venue map

On 28 July 2023, UEFA received request from TFF and FGIC to merge their 2032 hosting bids into a combined bid. On 4 October 2023 - it was announced that Turkey had withdrawn their bid. [31]

Ineligible bids

  •  Russia – On 12 June 2021, Alexej Sorokin, the organising committee director of Euro 2020 host Saint Petersburg, proposed an application from Russia for Euro 2028 or 2032.[32] This was reaffirmed on 23 March 2022, the deadline for bids.[33] On 2 May 2022, UEFA declared their bids for 2028 and 2032 as ineligible due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, citing that it breaches article 16.2 of the Bid Regulations, which state "each bidder shall ensure that it does not act in a manner that could bring UEFA, any other bidder, the bidding procedure or European football into disrepute".[34]

References

  1. ^ a b "Germany and Türkiye receive bid requirements for hosting UEFA EURO 2024". UEFA. 1 May 2017.
  2. ^ "UEFA EURO 2024 Tournament Requirements" (PDF). UEFA.
  3. ^ "UEFA EURO 2024 Bid Dossier Template" (PDF). UEFA.
  4. ^ "UEFA announces bidding process for potential UEFA EURO 2028 hosts". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. ^ "UEFA EURO 2028 – Invitation to bid". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 67/2021. Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Türkiye and joint UK/Republic of Ireland bids for 2028, Italy and Türkiye bids for 2032". UEFA.com. UEFA. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Italy and Türkiye request to bid together to host UEFA EURO 2032". UEFA.com. UEFA. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  8. ^ MacInnes, Paul (5 January 2022). "UK and Ireland may favour Euro 2028 bid over 2030 World Cup". The Guardian.
  9. ^ Ziegler, Martyn (5 January 2022). "Britain and Ireland set to bid for 2028 European Championship instead of 2030 World Cup". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Ireland and UK bid for UEFA EURO 2028". Scottish Football Association. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  11. ^ Victor, Tom (5 March 2022). "Euro 2028 set for UK and Ireland with Russia and Turkey out of the running". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Euro 2028 set for Ireland and UK as rivals drop out". The Irish Times. 5 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Euro 2028: Casement Park and Everton's Bramley-Moore Dock among 10 stadiums for UK & Ireland bid". BBC Sport.
  14. ^ "UK and Ireland announce final list of stadiums for Euro 2028 bid". The Athletic.
  15. ^ https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/casement-park-delays-could-leave-us-with-no-stadium-for-euros-warns-campbell/a1029430175.html
  16. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66992640
  17. ^ https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67007435.amp
  18. ^ "DBU går efter EM-værtsskab". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.
  19. ^ O'Connor, Philip (3 April 2016). "Nordic countries to make joint bid for Euro 2024, 2028". Reuters.
  20. ^ UEFA.com (2023-07-28). "Italy and Türkiye request to bid together to host UEFA EURO 2032 | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  21. ^ "España tiene como primer objetivo organizar la Eurocopa 2028". MARCA. 12 September 2018.
  22. ^ "Întâlnire decisivă pentru organizarea Euro 2028 și CM 2030 » Ultimele detalii despre candidatura României, Serbiei, Greciei și Bulgariei". Gazeta Sporturilor. 25 February 2019.
  23. ^ "Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Greek governments to create organizing committee for EURO2028 and WC2030 candidacies". Ştiri pe Surse. 25 February 2019.
  24. ^ "Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Romania with joint bid to host UEFA Euro 2028". Bulgarian National Radio. 25 February 2019.
  25. ^ Livio (7 February 2019). "Gravina: Italy could host Euro 2028". Football Italia.
  26. ^ "Gravina: "Il trionfo azzurro dà impulso al Paese". E lancia la candidatura per Euro 2028". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  27. ^ Nair, Aadi (8 February 2022). "Soccer-Italy announce intent to host Euro 2032". Reuters. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  28. ^ "Türkiye eyes to host UEFA EURO 2028 tournament". Hurriyet. Anadolu Agency. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  29. ^ "Turkey submits bid to host UEFA Euro 2028". Daily Sabah. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  30. ^ "TFF EURO 2028 ve EURO 2032 adaylık dosyasını UEFA'ya teslim etti". 61saat.com (in Turkish). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  31. ^ "UK and Ireland set to host Euro 2028 after Turkey withdraw bid". 4 October 2023.
  32. ^ Shelton, Lillian (12 June 2021). "Russia is considering bidding for the 2028 or 2032 European Championships – football". Socialpost. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  33. ^ Fenton, James (23 March 2022). "Russia declare intention to challenge Ireland and UK Euro 2028 bid". Punditarena.com.
  34. ^ "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022.
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