Euro 2028: UK & Ireland to host European Championships as Turkey and Italy get 2032 The UK and Ireland bid for Euro 2028 ran unopposed after Turkey withdrew to focus on its joint bid with Italy for Euro 2032; six venues are in England, with one each from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales; only two host nations will get automatic qualification The UK and Ireland will host Euro 2028 while Turkey and Italy have been awarded 2032. The UEFA executive committee gave the green light to the five-nation bid, which ran unopposed after Turkey withdrew last week to focus on its joint bid with Italy for Euro 2032. Ten stadia were included in the UK-Ireland bid submission in April. Six of the venues are in England, with one each from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales. UEFA favours all five countries going through qualification, with two automatic places set aside for those who don't qualify on the pitch. The FA wants England to stay competitive, by playing in qualifiers, avoiding two years of friendlies instead. The tournament will be held in June and July of 2028 - exactly seven years since England and Scotland both hosted games during the re-arranged tournament, which was held across Europe. Where will the games be played? The six venues in England are Wembley, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the Etihad Stadium, St James' Park, Villa Park and Everton's new home at Bramley-Moore Dock, which is currently under construction. A redeveloped Casement Park in Belfast, the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Hampden Park in Glasgow and the Principality Stadium in Cardiff were the other stadia included in the submission. There are going to be 24 teams involved with 51 games played during the tournament. Sky Sports News understands 28 matches will be played in England with six each in Scotland, Wales and Ireland plus five in Northern Ireland. The opening game is expected to be played in Cardiff with the semi-finals and final played at Wembley. The quarter-finals will take place at Wembley, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Would Wembley host Euro 2028 final? Sky Sports News chief reporter Kaveh Solhekol: "The UEFA executive committee has had assurances from The FA that there won't be a repeat of the disgraceful scenes that we saw at Wembley for the Euro 2020 final. "Anyone who was there that day will remember what a shocking experience it was. There was very little security, so many people seemed to gain access to the stadium without tickets. An official report found that it was basically a miracle that nobody lost their lives. "The FA say they have learned lessons and nothing like that is going to happen again. UEFA have confidence in The FA because they've given them the Champions League final at Wembley at the end of this season. "It's not just The FA who have questions to answer because everyone saw what happened at the last two Champions League finals in Paris and Istanbul. "I was at both and a lot of the supporters, especially from Liverpool and Manchester City, said they have absolutely no faith in UEFA any longer and would not want to go to any major games organised by them. "There are not just questions for the FA to answer but also serious questions for UEFA and their executive committee to answer about whether they are fit for purpose when it comes to hosting major tournaments and finals."
I've heard from a mate who has some contacts at the council that Sunderland council and SAFC were surprised and disappointed not to be included in the bid, as they put a pretty solid package out as a host. Particularly as this includes that two venues being chosen that haven't been built yet (Everton and Casement Park) and the political shenanigans surrounding Casement Park and it's funding. Supposed to be the reasons that Liverpool and Man U pulled out of contention, Man U very late on as they were expected to be picked ahead of Man City. He reckons that we were given the Lionesses game recently as a bit of compensation for having to miss out. I don't know if it's true or not, but it sounds realistic.
Happy days. Home tournaments are brilliant and bring massive feel good factor, and no doubt money to the country.
I don’t watch any European or World Cup football so don’t care to be honest. A shame for the city though, if one of the unbuilt grounds doesn’t come off and they come back and ask us I’d tell them to f uck off.
Not in the least bit bothered. The Saudis were always going to get chosen ahead of us due to the transport links that heavily favour Newcastle over Sunderland. **** 'em
I suppose it depends who we talk about. Policing bills will be high for example, but pubs and local economies will make a fortune I would bet. Anyway I cant wait, atmosphere will be cracking I think.
So 101 years ago, Ierland wanted away form the UK. They have the euro as currency yet still are included in the likes of "The British and Irish lions", the euros are in the UK and Ierland etc, why aren't they a stand alone country? May seem a daft question and someone with more knowledge than I, could probably answer. Just seems very "cake and eat it too" to me.
Basically mate, England were going to bid alone for the 2030 world cup, but UEFA encouraged them to bid for the Euros instead. Politics to keep the Spanish and Portuguese happy and stop strong Euro bids cancelling each other out for someone else to slip in from somewhere else (not with standing what's happened since). When it was announced that they'd want to bid, the Scots said they'd want to take part as well, and the Government encouraged it. Once the Scots were on board the Welsh and Northern Irish wanted on board as well. The the Republic of Ireland jumped on as well for the Northern Ireland "peace process". Both governments started pushing for it and we end up where we are. Wales, Scotland and all of Ireland made a bid for Euro 2008, which ended up just Scotland and the Irish Republic and it failed miserably. The others don't have enough suitable stadiums to bid on there own or jointly together (Scotland kind of do, but 3 of them are in Glasgow and the other is a rugby stadium in Edinburgh (Murrayfield)). So they've piggy backed on England's bid, as they know it's pretty much the only chance they've got. As a compromise only 10 venues have been picked, with 6 from England to make it look more "fair" than it actually is, which us why we've missed out and Liverpool and Man U pulled out not happy about the terms of holding it.
Can't say I'm bothered, as it will be lesser games up here anyway. Certainly we were included in the bid to host 2018, and at one point I'm sure I'd read that the Sol would be included if we hosted the Euros in 2028, though that was probably when we were bidding alone. All of that said, Saudi Arabia probably weren't a ground in contention then, and there would have been no "persuasion" in the matter.
Yeah Liverpool quite early on, Man U just before the short list was announced when it was expected that they'd be picked instead of Man City. Leeds, Derby, Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest all pulled out or declined to apply very early on, due to the terms. There's also some unhappiness that there 2 London venues with Spurs being selected, when most expected another Midlands venue. A gripe in those cases is that both Everton and Spurs need the money to help pay for the stadiums (as Spurs went quite a bit over budget).
Nice Post mate and thank you. That explains the football, but what about everything else Ierland are a part of?
