Turkey misses out on Euro 2024 as honour goes to Germany
Turkey misses out on Euro 2024 as honour goes to Germany
Turkey has lost its bid to host Euro 2024 after a vote by Uefa's executive committee on Thursday went in favour of Germany.
The two nations were the only ones in the running, and they made their final bid presentations before voting took place in Nyon, Switzerland.
The decision means that Germany, who hosted the 2006 World Cup, will stage the European Championship for the first time as a unified country, with West Germany having hosted the tournament in 1988, while Turkey is still to host a major international football tournament.
The Turks have seen previous attempts to host the Euros in 2008, 2012 and 2016 all fail, as well as the 2020 Summer Olympics.
in the build up, an evaluation report by Uefa stated Turkey's bid “had risks”, adding 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".
Euro 2024 will return to a single-host format after Euro 2020 is held across Europe, including Germany.
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.
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by Graham Wood
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