The United Kingdom and Ireland will host Euro 2028

Nyon, Switzerland.

Germany 2024 already knows its successors. the European Football Association This is attributed to Tuesday Euro 2028 Football Championship for the United Kingdom and Ireland And the 2032 edition to Italy and Turkey, in a short ceremony without suspense because they are the only two candidates in the race.

The countries that will succeed in the competition that will be held a few months later in Germany (June 14 – July 14) were announced by the President of the European Union. Alexander Severin.

“Together we will create unforgettable versions of this great tournament,” the Slovenian leader promised.

These elections confirm the trend of major sporting competitions Joint organization between several countries As a way to make projects more viable.

• From Wembley in London to City Stadium in Manchester, via St James' Park in Newcastle, Hampden Park in Glasgow, the Dublin Arena, the National Stadium in Cardiff or Casement Park in Belfast, the ten stadiums that will host the continental competition in 2028 are in good shape. -Known and legendary whether in football, rugby or Gaelic games.

“This will be the biggest event our two islands have ever organized working together.” Pointed at X (old Twitter) and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.

“Football is an integral part of our way of life… It will be an amazing tournament thanks to… Symbolic stadiums Which will fill the best spectators in the world.” British Sports Minister Lucy Fraser said.

– Details to be determined and uncertainties –

The details of the competition in 2032 are less known. Italy and Turkey They started racing to Get individual competition, Before unifying efforts in July, without revealing the host cities, while disturbing the 1,400 kilometers that separate the capitals of the two countries.

“The heart of football will beat in Turkey in 2032!”, this Tuesday’s reaction Turkish Sports Minister Osman Eskin Pak In a message posted on the social network X (formerly Twitter).

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With the attribution of this Tuesday, Türkiye reaches an old goal. She was a losing candidate in 2008, 2012 and 2016. In 2021, when the competition was held in twelve cities on the continent, the evaluation report for the tournament was released. European Football Association He pointed to the “absence of an action plan in the field of human rights.”

After these four failures, he finally got the prize he was protecting Absence of competitors.

Italy is already its “partner”. The competition was organized in 1968 and 1980. Additionally, Rome hosted the 2021 matches, taking place across the continent to celebrate the tournament's 60th anniversary.

– Football comes home –

With the number of World Cup participants doubling since 2026, with 48 teams competing, the European Cup has been retained since 2016. The final stage with 24 countries, This is equivalent to a tournament consisting of 51 matches, compared to 104 matches in the World Cup.

For this reason the five confederations of the British Isles (England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland North and Republic IrelandTheir national team has focused its bid for the 2022 European Cup, after initially choosing to organize the 2030 World Cup, which was awarded last week to… Spain, Morocco and Portugal With three primary parties in South America (Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay – initially nominated alongside Chile -).

They argued at the time that it was the “third largest sporting event in the world”, which provided a “similar return on investment” to the World Cup.

Thirty-two years after Euro 1996 in England, and seven years after Euro 2020 – held in 2021 due to the pandemic – which spread across the continent but was centered at London's Wembley Stadium from the semi-finals onwards, football It will return to the area where it was invented.