The UEFA Executive Committee decided this morning to award the organization of the 2028 Euro Cup to the bid made up of the five British federations (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland) and the 2032 bid to Italy and Turkey. , which made up a single candidacy after the Ottoman country resigned from organizing the 2028 one.
UEFA has already announced the ten venues for the British Euro Cup, which has the closest precedent in 1996, when England hosted it. Among the stadiums that will be part of the tournament, the non-presence of Old Trafford is surprising.
Yes there will be Hampden Park (Glasgow), Aviva Stadium (Dublin), Principality Stadium (Cardiff), St. James Park (Newcastle), Etihad Stadium (Manchester), Villa Park (Birmingham) Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Wembley (London), Casement Park , Belfast, and Bramley-Moore Dock, Everton's new stadium in Liverpool, both of which are under construction.
Regarding the 2032 Euro Cup, Italy and Turkey have proposed a total of 20 venues, of which ten will be chosen, five for each organizing country.
UEFA therefore chooses to follow the line that FIFA already opened last week, when it announced the awarding of the 2030 World Cup to Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with the addition of a match to be played in Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Asunción. While the 2034 World Cup has a free way to be organized by Saudi Arabia, the new dominator of the football market.
For now, the Euro 2024 Championship in Germany will mark the beginning of the race that will continue with the Paris Games. Two years later the United States, Mexico and Canada will host the 2026 World Cup.
