Euro 2028 LIVE: Uefa announce UK and Ireland as hosts - with Euro 2032 location also confirmed
Wembley Stadium is expected to host the Uefa Euro 2028 final with games scheduled for nine other stadiums
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Your support makes all the difference.The United Kingdom and Ireland have been announced as the hosts for Uefa Euro 2028 with another joint bid between Turkey and Italy the destination for the 2032 edition.
Uefa granted official approval to both bids, which were unopposed, when they met inSwitzerland on Tuesday morning.
Ten stadiums across the UK and Ireland are set to play host to Euro 2028 with Wembley Stadium (London), Principality Stadium (Cardiff), Hampden Park (Glasgow), Aviva Stadium (Dublin), and Casement Park (Belfast) all named as venues in the bid. The final is due to be held at Wembley, the same location where the Lionesses won the 2022 Euros and where the men lost to Italy in the 2020 Euro final.
Germany host the competition next year after the previous edition was held in 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Follow along with all of the latest updates as the 2028 and 2032 hosts are announced.
Euro 2028 and Euro 2032 hosts announcement
Writing on X, formerly Twitter, Uefa said: “CONFIRMED: #EURO2028 will take place in the UK and Republic of Ireland!
“Proposed venues include Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool, London (x2) Manchester and Newcastle.
“Congratulations to our confirmed hosts!”
Euro 2028 and Euro 2032 hosts announcement
There’s now a video playing building up the excitement for Euro 2028. It’s a pretty good and the hype for that tournament starts now.
The announcement video for Italy and Turkey takes a more musical route which doesn’t quite work as well (in my opinion).
Euro 2028 and Euro 2032 hosts announcement
For 2032, Aleksander Ceferin announces that the hosts will be Italy and Turkey. Congratulations are given all round to the hosts of both tournaments.
Euro 2028 and Euro 2032 hosts announcement
Straight to it, the Uefa president wastes no time in confirming that the UK and Ireland are the hosts for Euro 2028. A delegation of fans, including Gareth Bale come onto the stage to accept the formal responsibility.
Euro 2028 and Euro 2032 hosts announcement
Pedro Pinto is back to host today’s announcement and takes to the stage for the preamble and statements about how Uefa plan to grow the game through these tournaments.
Aleksander Ceferin, Uefa President, is introduced.
Euro 2028 and Euro 2032 hosts announcement
The announcement for the two hosts of Euro 2028 and Euro 2032 is just starting on Uefa’s website. We’ll have all the updates from the presentation but it’s expected to be a formality.
UK and Ireland for 2028, Italy and Turkey for 2032.
Euro 2024 tickets
More than 1.2 million tickets are on sale now for Euro 2024 in Germany with over 80% of the total 2.7 million tickets set to be sold to fans of the participating teams and the general public.
The initial application period runs until 26 October, with tickets available from just €30. The allocation of tickets will take place via lottery once the application window closes.
A further one million tickets will also go on sale – in close cooperation with the national associations concerned – to supporters of the participating teams following the final tournament draw on 2 December this year.
Who are the bidders for Euro 2028 and Euro 2032?
The football associations of England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales submitted a joint bid to stage Uefa Euro 2028.
The Italian and Turkish football associations, which started as individual bidders, decided to join forces and submitted a joint bid to stage Euro 2032.
The presentations at that meeting will be an important part of the process which will take due consideration of the content of the bid submissions before reaching a final decision.
When will Euro 2028 host be announced by Uefa?
The host nations for Euro 2028 and 2032 will be announced by the Uefa Executive Committee on Tuesday 10th October. The meeting will begin at 9am BST with the announcement expected to follow at approximately 11-11:30am BST.
The United Kingdom and Ireland currently have an unopposed bid to host the competition as Turkey withdrew to form a joint bid with Italy for 2032. As a result, the UK and Ireland are set to be named as hosts for 2028.
Turkey’s bid was officially withdrawn on the 4 October which meant the home nations and the Republic of Ireland have the final remaining bid.
When will Euro 2028 host be announced?
A joint-bid between the United Kingdom and Ireland is set to be approved on Tuesday
More details from the UK and Ireland bid
Cardiff has been proposed as the host city for the opening game, with Wembley hosting the semis and final if ratified by Uefa.
The proposed split of the matches will put six in Scotland, Wales and Republic of Ireland, five in Northern Ireland, with the remaining 28 games in the English stadiums.
Everton’s new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock is set to host a few games as is Casement Park in Belfast with a capacity of 35,000.
The Northern Ireland stadium will not have any games beyond the last 16 though as the the quarter-finals will be split across the remaining four hosts.
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