{"id":2083,"date":"2023-10-09T10:56:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/euro-2028-uk-and-ireland-bid-to-host-tournament-set-for-approval-by-uefa-football-news\/09\/10\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T10:56:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:56:27","slug":"euro-2028-uk-and-ireland-bid-to-host-tournament-set-for-approval-by-uefa-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/euro-2028-uk-and-ireland-bid-to-host-tournament-set-for-approval-by-uefa-football-news\/09\/10\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro 2028: UK and Ireland bid to host tournament set for approval by UEFA | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The UK and Ireland’s bid to host Euro 2028 is poised to get the formal seal of \napproval on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The UEFA executive committee is set to give the green light to the five-nation bid, which is unopposed after Turkey withdrew last week to focus on its joint bid with Italy for Euro 2032.<\/p>\n
Ten stadia were included in the UK-Ireland’s bid submission in April. Six of the venues are in England, with one each from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales.<\/p>\n
The six in England are Wembley, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the Etihad Stadium, St James’ Park, Villa Park and Everton’s new home at Bramley-Moore Dock.<\/p>\n
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UK & Ireland host stadiums:<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
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Wembley Stadium (London)<\/li>\n
Principality Stadium (Cardiff)<\/li>\n
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London)<\/li>\n
Etihad Stadium (Manchester)<\/li>\n
Everton Stadium (Liverpool)<\/li>\n
St James’ Park (Newcastle)<\/li>\n
Villa Park (Birmingham)<\/li>\n
Hampden Park (Glasgow)<\/li>\n
Aviva Stadium (Dublin)<\/li>\n
Casement Park (Belfast)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n Image:<\/span> \n Ten stadia were included in the UK-Ireland’s bid submission in April \n <\/span> \n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
A redeveloped Casement Park in Belfast, the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Hampden Park in Glasgow and the Principality Stadium in Cardiff are the other stadia included in the submission.<\/p>\n
Even with Turkey in the running, the five-nation bid was the overwhelming favourite to be selected.<\/p>\n
Senior UEFA sources have indicated the importance of another Euro in a major football market, following on from next year’s tournament in Germany, as European football’s governing body seeks to further replenish its reserves after the financial shock of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
The five nations released a joint statement last week following Turkey’s withdrawal, stating they had a “compelling” and “ground-breaking” proposal for UEFA to consider, which would deliver “lasting legacies” across the whole of Ireland and the UK.<\/p>\n
There are nevertheless some major issues that need to be addressed if the UK-Ireland bid is accepted by the ExCo.<\/p>\n
For a start, the Casement Park site is derelict and plans by the Gaelic Athletic Association to redevelop it with a 34,000 capacity have been mired in controversy and hit by delays.<\/p>\n
The Casement project has been delayed by a series of legal challenges and is further complicated by the lack of a functioning Executive at Stormont.<\/p>\n
The redevelopment has also been hit by rising costs, with an original projected price tag from almost a decade ago of \u00a377.5m now believed to have spiralled well above \u00a3100m.<\/p>\n
The GAA is part-funding the project but has yet to reach an agreement with Stormont on how to cover a multi-million-pound shortfall.<\/p>\n
Wembley would be expected to host the final in 2028, another major test for the 90,000-capacity venue after the chaos surrounding its hosting of the Euro 2020 final.<\/p>\n
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\n \n <\/div>\n Image:<\/span> \n Wembley Stadium is a candidate to host the Euro 2028 final \n <\/span> \n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt said in June: “One of the things I am absolutely convinced UEFA’s Exco will ask us is, ‘How can you assure us nobody will storm the turnstiles?’<\/p>\n
“We have to convince every one of those Exco members we have not only thought about it, but that we have planned for it – that we know what we would do in what order and who is accountable.”<\/p>\n
England manager Gareth Southgate said it was a “brilliant opportunity” for the nations involved and added: “They will have huge pride in hosting and if the teams get qualified as well then there’s obviously some home advantage to hosting as well.”<\/p>\n
Qualification for all of the hosts is not guaranteed.<\/p>\n
UEFA’s preferred approach is that all five nations enter qualification, with two host-nation places kept in reserve for any that fail to make it.<\/p>\n
However, if more than two do not qualify by right, then only the best two to miss out will be given host-nation places.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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