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Friday, 20 September 2013

Euro 2020 - 32 countries bid to stage matches

32 countries, including England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, have declared an interest in staging Euro 2020 matches.

The candidate nations must submit their full bid dossier by April when they must nominate their host city.
Twelve cities will be awarded a package of three group games plus one knockout-stage game from the round-of-16 or quarter-finals.
A special 13th package, consisting of the semi-finals and final, will be awarded. Countries present up to two bids each, one for the knockout matches and one for the final package.
"We are extremely proud to see the huge interest in the bidding process, with more than half of our member associations willing to host matches at UEFA EURO 2020," said UEFA President Michel Platini.

"The finals will be a great celebration of football across the European continent, and the 60th anniversary edition will be truly special, by really coming to the doorstep of all football fans."
The appointment of the host cities by the UEFA Executive Committee will take place on 25 September 2014.
The 32 member associations that have stated their interest, together with their proposed provisional host cities, are:
Armenia (Yerevan)
Azerbaijan (Baku)
Belarus (Minsk)
Belgium (Brussels)
Bulgaria (Sofia)
Croatia (Zagreb)
Czech Republic (Prague)
Denmark (Copenhagen)
England (London)
Finland (Helsinki)
France (Lyon)
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)
Germany (Munich)
Greece (Athens)
Hungary (Budapest)
Israel (Jerusalem)
Italy (Rome, Milan)
Kazakhstan (Astana)
Netherlands (Amsterdam)
Poland (Warsaw, Chorzow)
Portugal (Lisbon, Porto)
Republic of Ireland (Dublin)
Romania (Bucharest)
Russia (St Petersburg)
Scotland (Glasgow)
Serbia (Belgrade)
Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia)
Sweden (Solna)
Switzerland (Basel)
Turkey (Istanbul)
Ukraine (Kyiv, Donetsk)
Wales (Cardiff)

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