European football championship 2024

European football championship 2024
UEFA EURO 2024
Number of nations	24
venue	Germany Germany
Opening game	June 2024
Endgame	July 2024
Games	51

The 2024 European Football Championship (officially UEFA EURO 2024 ) is to be the 17th edition of the competition in Germany .

Award

The German and Turkish associations submitted the complete application documents by April 27, 2018. In the next step, UEFA checked these documents. On-site inspection visits were also planned. UEFA and any experts commissioned by it prepared a written evaluation report for each application . These were presented on September 21, 2018. The German application was certified as having an "inspiring, creative and very professional vision". The assessment of the Turkish Football Association was also positive overall. Nevertheless, the Turkish application had to accept criticism on several points. For example, “the lack of a human rights action plan” is seen as “problematic”. The report also stated: “As a result of the latest economic developments in the country, planned public investments could come under pressure.” The higher stadium capacity in Germany was also cited. Overall, Germany performed better than Turkey in the assessment by UEFA. However, the evaluation was not binding on the members of the Executive Committee . On September 27, 2018, the UEFA Executive Committee selected Germany as the venue, with a result of 12: 4 votes for Germany, with one abstention and one absence due to illness. 18 of the 20 committee members were entitled to vote. The representatives of the two applicant associations, Reinhard Grindel and Servet Yardımcı , were not allowed to cast a vote.

Venues

Cities and stadiums wishing to host games in 2024 could submit an expression of interest to the DFB until February 17, 2017. By that day, 18 cities and stadiums (requirement: at least 30,000 seats) had submitted the required documents. During the application process, Dresden , Freiburg , Karlsruhe and Kaiserslautern withdrew. By the deadline of April 26, 2017, 14 venues had expressed their interest in playing matches at the 2024 European Championship: Berlin , Bremen , Cologne , Dortmund , Düsseldorf , Frankfurt , Gelsenkirchen , Hamburg , Hanover , Leipzig , Mönchengladbach , Munich , Nuremberg and Stuttgart .

The remaining 14 cities and their stadiums were evaluated with regard to stadium capacity, infrastructure and safety aspects, and the DFB's bid committee made a ranking. On September 15, 2017, the DFB Presidium selected the ten best-placed cities and stadiums from the 14 remaining applicants: Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Cologne, Hamburg, Leipzig, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen and Frankfurt.

On January 22, 2020, UEFA announced the official ad-free stadium names and audience capacities during the European Championship tournament.

Dortmund

Berlin

Dusseldorf

Signal-Iduna-Park
(BVB Stadion)
Capacity: 66,099

Olympiastadion Berlin
(Olympiastadion)
Capacity: 70,033

Merkur Spiel-Arena
(Düsseldorf Arena)
Capacity: 46,264