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The 2028 European Championship, will be hosted by the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, UEFA has confirmed.
The bid from UK and Ireland became unoppose when Turkey withdrew to focus on a bid with Italy for Euro 2032, which was also confirmed at a meeting in Switzerland.
This means that UEFA EURO 2028 will be hosted by all the entities in the UK namely; England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Wales.
The UK and Ireland focused on Euro 2028, with Uefa’s approval, after they ended a plan to be Europe’s preferred candidate for the 2030 World Cup.
According to the memoradum of Understanding between them, Cardiff’s Principality Stadium hosts the opening match of the 2028 tournament with the final at London’s Wembley.
“For me as a Welshman, I would love for Cardiff to host the opening match,” said former Wales captain Gareth Bale, who attended the presentation in Nyon.
“We have the stadium and infrastructure for it.”
The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales have never hosted a major football tournament.
Matches at Euro 2028 are set to be held at 10 different grounds, including Glasgow’s Hampden Park and Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. Belfast’s Casement Park and Everton’s Bramley-Moore Dock stadium, the former unbuilt while the latter is still under construction, were also included in the bid.
England were one of the 11 countries to host Euro 2020 along with Scotland, as well as being sole hosts of the 1966 World Cup and Euro ’96. England also hosted the record-breaking Women’s European Championship in 2022.
While Italy had only bid for the 2032 tournament, Turkey had initially bid to host both Euro 2028 and 2032.