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Dublin in the hat to host Euro 2020 matches

UEFA has confirmed London, Cardiff, Glasgow and Dublin are among thirty-two cities to have declar...
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10.32 20 Sep 2013


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Dublin in the hat to host Euro 2020 matches

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10.32 20 Sep 2013


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UEFA has confirmed London, Cardiff, Glasgow and Dublin are among thirty-two cities to have declared an interest in hosting matches at Euro 2020.

The tournament will be held in 13 cities across Europe, with a final decision to be made next September.

Each football association can bid for two packages.

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12 will be awarded for three group matches and a knock-out game, with one package awarded for the semi-finals and final.

"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 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) and Wales (Cardiff).


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