UEFA confirms UK & Ireland as EURO 2028 hosts; Italy and Turkey to host EUR0 2032
The United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland have been confirmed as the official hosts of the 2028 European Championship, UEFA announced on Tuesday.
The five-nation joint bid was confirmed at a meeting in Switzerland after Turkey stepped down to focus on a joint bid with Italy for EURO 2032, which was also confirmed after both bids ran unopposed.
The UK-Ireland bid, which was submitted in April, has ten stadia included for hosting the tournament, with six of the venues in England and one each from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
🇬🇧➕🇮🇪 CONFIRMED: #EURO2028 will take place in the UK and Republic of Ireland!
Proposed venues include Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool, London (x2) Manchester and Newcastle.
Congratulations to our confirmed hosts! pic.twitter.com/elnLbjWgam
— UEFA (@UEFA) October 10, 2023
The six venues in England are Wembley Stadium, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the Etihad Stadium, St James’ Park, Villa Park, and Everton’s new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock, which is currently under construction.
In Northern Ireland, a redeveloped Casement Park in Belfast was included in the submitted bid along with the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Hampden Park in Glasgow, and the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.
All five countries are expected to go through qualification, with only two host nations assured of automatic places in the tournament.
The tournament, which will feature 24 teams competing across 51 games, will be held in June and July of 2028, seven years after England and Scotland both hosted European Championship games during the re-arranged 2020 tournament held across eleven European nations.
According to UEFA, 28 matches will be played in England, with six each in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, plus five in Northern Ireland.
The opening match of the tournament is expected to be played in Cardiff, while the semi-finals and finals will be held at Wembley in London. The quarter-finals will also take place in Wembley, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.
🇮🇹➕🇹🇷 Congratulations to Italy and Türkiye, co-hosts of #EURO2032!
The joint bidders presented 20 potential host stadiums, of which 10 will be chosen, five per country, by October 2026. pic.twitter.com/HYonnztmHc
— UEFA (@UEFA) October 10, 2023
For the tournament in 2032, UEFA announced that the unopposed joint bid from Italy and Turkey has been confirmed with twenty (20) stadia submitted in the bid.
The European football body also announced the only ten stadia will be chosen for the tournament with five selected from each nation and the information of the preferred host grounds will be announced in 2026.
