UEFA Euro 2028
18th edition of UEFA European Championship
The 2028 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2028 or simply Euro 2028, will be the 18th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international football championship for European teams. It will be co-hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, and the Republic of Ireland, and it will take place from 9 June to 9 July 2028.
Spain are the defending champions after winning the 2024 final against England, one of the upcoming hosts.
Bid process
On 23 March 2022, UEFA announced that they had received three proposals from countries declaring an interest in hosting the tournament: one from Russia, one from Turkey and a joint bid by all five UEFA members from the UK and Ireland, including Northern Ireland. Russia and Turkey were simultaneously bidding to host Euro 2032.
Russia submitted its bids despite the ongoing ban by UEFA on Russian clubs and national teams due to the country's invasion of Ukraine, and in May 2022 its bids for both 2028 and 2032 were declared ineligible. In early October 2023, Turkey withdrew its submission to focus on bidding for Euro 2032 together with Italy.
The joint bid thus remained unopposed, and was selected unanimously on 10 October 2023 in Nyon, Switzerland, meaning that the tournament would be organised by the Republic of Ireland and the four Home Nations of football, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. By late 2024, the proposed Northern Irish venue of Casement Park in Belfast was dropped, and it was confirmed that Northern Ireland would not host any games as originally planned, nor would it be eligible for automatic qualification.
Euro 2028 will be the fifth European Championship since 2000 to take place in multiple nations, and the second to take place in more than two countries.
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