The UK and Ireland’s bid to host the European Championships 2028 has been formally approved, UEFA has announced.
The bid was unopposed after Turkey withdrew to focus on a joint bid for the 2032 Euros alongside Italy and on Tuesday (October 10) morning UEFA’s executive committee gave its official seal of approval.
The joint bid was put forward back in April and sees the footballing associations of England (FA), Scotland (SFA), Wales (FAW), Northern Ireland (IFA) and the Republic of Ireland (FAI) join together.
Tuesday’s decision means England will be involved in hosting a Euros for a third time. They hosted alone in Euro 96 and were one of 11 countries involved in staging the continent-wide Euro 2020.
Ten stadiums across the five nations will host the Euros 2028 matches, with analysts projecting a three billion euro (£2.6bn) boost to the host nation economies on the back of the tournament.
🇬🇧➕🇮🇪 CONFIRMED: #EURO2028 will take place in the UK and Republic of Ireland!
— UEFA (@UEFA) October 10, 2023
Proposed venues include Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool, London (x2) Manchester and Newcastle.
Congratulations to our confirmed hosts! pic.twitter.com/elnLbjWgam
Full list of UK and Irish stadiums selected as venues for Euro 2028
Venues selected to host Euro 2028 matches include Wembley Stadium in London, Manchester City's Etihad Stadium and the National Stadium of Wales (Principlaity Stadium) in Cardiff.
However, some of the UK's most iconic and well-known football grounds such as Manchester United's Old Trafford and Liverpool's Anfield will not host any games.
The 10 stadiums selected as venues for the UK and Ireland Euro 2028 bid are:
Wembley Stadium, London
Capacity: 90,000
Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Capacity: 62,000
Manchester City's Etihad Stadium
Capacity: 53,000
National Stadium of Wales, Cardiff
Capacity: 75,000
Everton Stadium
Capacity: 53,000
Dublin Arena
Capacity: 51,000
Casement Park, Belfast
Capacity: 35,000
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Capacity: 52,000
Villa Park, Birmingham
Capacity: 52,000
St James' Park, Newcastle
Capacity: 52,000
Wembley is set to host the final – and potentially both semi-finals.
All five nations are expected to go through qualification for the tournament, with UEFA understood to be reserving two host nation places for any of the teams which do not make it on merit.
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