Germany to host 2029 Women's Euro | OneFootball

Germany will host the next edition of the Women's Euro Cup, scheduled for 2029, UEFA announced this Wednesday, ruling out the bids from Poland and a joint bid from Sweden and Denmark, with the promise of accelerating the growth of women's football.

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A giant in the sport, with eight continental titles, Germany will host the tournament for the third time (after 1989 and 2001), just five years after the sporting, organizational, and attendance success of the men's Euro Cup in 2024.

Driven by a thirst for revenge after FIFA chose Brazil to host the 2027 Women's World Cup, Germany wants to "help make a reality (...) the enormous potential still untapped" in women's football, according to its bid dossier.

"We have great stadiums and I'm sure we can fill them," recently commented Bernd Neuendorf, president of the German Football Federation.

Germany has eight stadiums that easily meet UEFA's capacity requirements.

While Wolfsburg's stadium offers only 26,000 seats, those in Leipzig, Cologne, and Hanover have more than 40,000; Düsseldorf and Frankfurt have more than 50,000, and Dortmund and Munich's Allianz Arena have capacity for more than 60,000 people.

In total, Germany aims for "more than one million tickets sold," compared to the 657,291 sold in this year's edition in Switzerland. This is a crucial criterion, given that the Women's Euro Cup remains a deficit tournament for UEFA, despite its growing popularity.

The country also has a privileged geographic location and an extensive railway network.

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