Wainy316 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Germany have beaten Turkey to host the Euros in 6 years time. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45666950 Quote Germany has beaten Turkey to host Euro 2024 after a vote by Uefa's executive committee on Thursday. The two countries made final bid presentations before voting took place in Nyon, Switzerland. The decision means Germany will stage the European Championship for the first time as a unified country, with West Germany having hosted the 1988 tournament. Turkey is yet to host a major international football tournament. It has seen previous attempts to host the Euros in 2008, 2012 and 2016 fail, as well as the 2020 Summer Olympics. Germany staged the 2006 World Cup. 'The procedure was transparent' Euro 2024 will return to a single-host format after Euro 2020 is held across Europe, including Germany. Before announcing the winner, Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin said Germany and Turkey had made "very strong bids". After announcing the winner, he added: "The procedure was transparent. The voting was democratic. Every democratic decision is the right decision so I can only say I am looking forward to seeing a fantastic Euro in 2024." Euro 2024 will feature 24 teams, taking place in June and July, with 51 games scheduled for up to 32 days. Berlin will stage the final, while matches will also take place in Cologne, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart. Former Germany captain Philipp Lahm, an ambassador for his country's bid, said: "We have amazing stadiums, fans who love football, first and foremost we have people who love celebrating with other Europeans. "We will organise a huge football party in Germany." Germany and Turkey were the only countries in the running for Euro 2024 and, in the build up, an evaluation report by Uefa stated Turkey's bid had risks. The report added that Turkey's lack of an action plan in the area of human rights and limited hotel capacity in many cities were matters "of concern". It also labelled the scale of transport infrastructure work required "a risk". However, it did say the Turkish bid was "in line with the long-term objectives of Uefa." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Turkey never had a chance. Germany a great place to watch football and everything is ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Thank god it never went turkey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Great choice, Be happy for them to stage it there every time tbh. wonder how UEFA will manage to destroy the tournament? I hear there is talk of penalty shoot outs in the group games to avoid draws for the 22 WC. Might be something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Still makes it annoying that a country like ours has never held a major tournament since 96, a country with our facilities transport etc should havw had the world cup. I think should we bid for next world cup we would win as the major countries have all had world cups since us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Still makes it annoying that a country like ours has never held a major tournament since 96, a country with our facilities transport etc should havw had the world cup. I think should we bid for next world cup we would win as the major countries have all had world cups since us. 2030 might be a British Isles bid including Republic supported by Sepp Blatter but they say Brexit will block it getting votes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Zatman said: 2030 might be a British Isles bid including Republic supported by Sepp Blatter but they say Brexit will block it getting votes Sepp Blatter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 The rumour years back was we would put our weight behind a germany euros bid if their FA then put their weight behind our next WC bid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av1 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 22 hours ago, Zatman said: Turkey never handed over a big enough "brown envelope". Fixed 22 hours ago, Zatman said: Germany a great place to watch football and everything is ready Joking aside, that's the exact reason i thought it might go to Turkey. They never seem to take the sensible approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 32 minutes ago, villa4europe said: The rumour years back was we would put our weight behind a germany euros bid if their FA then put their weight behind our next WC bid Yes i remember this too. Hopefully will help. With all due respect to our united kingdom neighbours I would prefer it was a solo England bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 1 hour ago, One For The Road said: Sepp Blatter? Dont get more trustworthy than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 On 28/09/2018 at 18:10, Demitri_C said: Still makes it annoying that a country like ours has never held a major tournament since 96, a country with our facilities transport etc should havw had the world cup. I think should we bid for next world cup we would win as the major countries have all had world cups since us. The only thing that matter is how full of cash the brown paper bag is. Facilities and fairness do not come into it one bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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