Who is hosting the EURO 2024?

The tournament will be held across ten cities in Germany from 14 June to 14 July 2024.

The UEFA Executive Committee has authorised the match schedule for UEFA Euro 2024. The tournament will be held across ten cities in Germany from 14 June to 14 July 2024. The opening game will be played at the Fussball Arena in Munich whereas the final will be held in Berlin at the Olympiastadion. Germany will be in Group A and will play the opening game of the tournament. 

In the press release issued by the UEFA, sustainability has been a key measure behind the planning of Euro 2024 schedule. The tournament will be played in three clusters as the country is divided into three regions - North/North-East, West and South. 

The statement said, “For the first time, sustainability has been included as a criterion in the tournament regulations and, consequently, three clusters of venues have been established: “North/North-East” (Berlin, Hamburg, Leipzig), “West” (Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne) and “South” (Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart).”

“Matches in each group will take place only across two clusters, which will reduce travel distances for teams and fans between the host cities, and favours team delegations travelling by train or bus from their base camps to the match venues during the group stage,” the statement continued.

The fixtures and kick-off times are set to be announced around the final draw on 2 December 2023 at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. The qualifying is scheduled for 9 October 2022, at the Festhalle in Frankfurt. The full tournament regulations will be available on UEFA.com from 16 May. 

Notably, the German team had a disappointing campaign in Euro 2020 as they were eliminated in the round of 16 by England. Since then Die Mannschaft have brought in a new coach in Hansi Flick. The Heidelberg-born has been one of the top coaches in world football where he led Bayern Munich to win the Sextuple of trophies in the 2019-2020 season. 

“It all happened surprisingly quickly for me with the signing, but I am very happy to be able to work as a national coach from the autumn,” Flick said. “My anticipation is huge because I see the class of the players, especially the young players in Germany. We have every reason to approach the upcoming tournaments, for example, the home European Championship in 2024, with optimism”, he added.

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27.05.2022 09:00 source: StadiumDB.com; author: Mateusz Osmola

Who is hosting the EURO 2024?
The UEFA Executive Committee, meeting in Vienna, has decided that the opening match of the 2024 European Football Championship will take place in Munich. Berlin will host the final. The European football union has also announced the schedule for the tournament, which will be played in Germany.

The first match of Euro 2024 will take place at the 75,024-capacity Allianz Arena. Bayern Munich's home ground has already hosted the opening game of the 2006 World Cup. The kick-off of the 2024 European Championship is scheduled for June 14.

Who is hosting the EURO 2024?
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The final of the tournament will take place one month later at Olympiastadion in Berlin. The monumental arena, with a capacity of 74,475 seats, hosted a similar World Cup meeting in 2006. In that memorable match, the Italians won against the French after a penalty shoot-out. The final went down in world football history because of Zinédine Zidane's memorable head-butt to Marco Materazzi.

The Euro qualifying group draw will take place on October 9 this year in Frankfurt am Main. The group draw for the tournament itself is scheduled for December 2, 2023. It is due to take place in Hamburg. The meeting in Vienna also divided the host cities into three zones: north/northeast - Berlin, Hamburg, Leipzig; west - Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne; south - Munich, Stuttgart.

Who is hosting the EURO 2024?
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Being aware of the problems and controversies related to the travelling of footballers during Euro 2020, UEFA assumed that the matches of each group will be played in maximum two zones. In this way, it wants to avoid inconveniences related to too long distances covered by teams, coaching staff and members of delegations.

The next host city for the final of the Europa Conference League was also decided in Vienna. The winning bid was made by Prague, and the game will be played at Sinobo Stadium with a capacity of 19,370. The match is scheduled for June 7, 2023.

Who is hosting the EURO 2024?
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