UK and Ireland to host football's Euro 2028 tournament, Italy and Turkey to host 2032 edition

10.10.2023 - 18:59 euronews.com

The United Kingdom and Ireland will host the 2028 European football championship, with Italy and Turkey picked to co-host the tournament in 2032.

Europe's football governing body UEFA made the decision on Tuesday in Switzerland, after former rival bidders Italy and Turkey formally united under one joint bid during the summer.

That deal took Turkey out of the Euro 2028 contest where the team of five neighboring UEFA member federations - England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland - was long favored to win.The 2028 bid plan has six stadiums in England, led by Wembley Stadium with the club venues of Aston Villa, Manchester City, Newcastle, Tottenham and the under-construction new home of Everton in the docks area of Liverpool.

The national stadiums of Ireland, Scotland and Wales will be used plus a planned new stadium in Belfast at the currently derelict Casement Park.Euro 2024 in Germany is an increasingly rare example in modern soccer of a single host nation.UEFA has targeted the Euros of 2024 and 2028 to be high-profit tournaments with revenues at each edition of at least €2 billion.

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