In the first part of the news file prepared by AA before UEFA’s decision on the host countries of the 2032 European Football Championship, which will be announced on Tuesday, Turkey’s EURO 2032 candidacy process and previous candidacy applications were discussed.
Turkey, which has previously been a candidate for the European Championship 7 times but could not obtain the right to host it, will organize the largest organization of European football together with Italy in 2032.
Only Türkiye and Italy had applied for candidacy for EURO 2032. With the offer received from the Italian Football Federation to the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) in July, the two countries decided to become joint candidates and the conflict was eliminated. The only candidate to host EURO 2032 was the partnership of Türkiye and Italy.
UEFA also announced that the application of the two countries to jointly organize EURO 2032 was being evaluated.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TUESDAY
Turkey and Italy’s hosting of EURO 2032 will be officially announced after the UEFA Executive Board Meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on Tuesday.
Federation delegations from the two countries will meet at UEFA headquarters today and make their final presentations to the UEFA Executive Board on Tuesday. The UEFA Executive Board, which listens to the presentations of the two countries, will announce its final decision.
Speaking about the joint candidacy process, UEFA Board Member Servet Yardimci said, “The application deadline for candidacy to host EURO 2032 ended at the end of last year. Therefore, there will be no other candidate for EURO 2032 other than the partnership of Turkey and Italy. The tournament hosted by Turkey and Italy “It will be the best European Championship. I believe it will be a great organization.” He used the following expressions:
Türkiye WITHDRAWED FROM EURO 2028 CANDIDACY
Turkey, which decided to organize EURO 2032 together with Italy, withdrew from its candidacy for EURO 2028.
After Turkey’s withdrawal, there was no competition left against the joint candidacy of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland to host EURO 2028.
TFF had previously announced that it would withdraw from the EURO 2028 candidacy if the EURO 2032 candidacy application was accepted.
EURO 2032 WILL BE HELD IN 5 CITIES EACH IN Türkiye AND ITALY
EURO 2032 will be held in a total of 10 cities in Türkiye and Italy.
The two countries selected 10 cities each in the files they prepared for a single candidacy. After the joint candidacy is officially announced, the federations of the two countries will determine 5 cities in each country where the matches will be played.
The same number of group, round of 16, quarter and semi-final matches will be played in both countries. UEFA Board Member Servet Yardimci said, “There is no need to rush to decide on the host cities. With the negotiations to be held within three years, where the opening, closing, group matches and finals will be played will become clear.” made his assessment.
OPENING AND FINAL MATCHES WILL BE SHARED
One of the most curious topics for hosting EURO 2032 is in which country the opening and final matches will be played.
It is expected that both countries will request for the final match. In his statement on the subject, TFF President Mehmet Büyükekşi said, “There is a stadium requirement of over 80 thousand capacity for the final. Whoever can achieve this first by the end of 2026 will win the final. If both sides provide it, maybe then there will be a draw. We hope the final match will be played in Istanbul Let’s do it in.” He used the following expressions:
TURKEY’S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP CANDIDACY ADVENTURE
Turkey, which was unsuccessful in its previous 4 candidacies and withdrew from 2 of its candidacies before the voting process, is preparing to host the tournament in its 7th attempt.
Turkey, which was a candidate for EURO 2008 with Greece, applied for candidacy alone for EURO 2012, EURO 2016 and EURO 2024.
Turkey decided to withdraw from EURO 2020 and 2028 candidacies.
HE LOST IN THE FINAL VOTE IN EURO 2008
Turkey made a joint application with Greece to host the 2008 European Football Championship (EURO 2008).
In addition to Turkey-Greece’s candidacy, Austria-Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina-Croatia, Denmark-Finland-Norway-Sweden and Scotland-Ireland made joint applications, while Hungary and Russia became candidates on their own.
After the introductions of seven candidates, Russia, Hungary and the Bosnia and Herzegovina-Croatia partnership failed to pass the preliminary round. At the end of the first round of voting, the Northern countries alliance (Denmark-Finland-Sweden-Norway) and the Scotland-Republic of Ireland partnership were eliminated. Türkiye-Greece partnership and Austria-Switzerland partnership made it to the finals.
In the final, the EURO 2008 organization was awarded to the Austrian-Swiss partnership.
HE WAS A CANDIDATE FOR EURO 2012 ON HIS OWN FOR THE FIRST TIME
Turkey became the sole candidate to host the 2012 European Football Championship (EURO 2012).
Greece, Italy, Poland-Ukraine and Hungary-Croatia partnerships also applied for candidacy for EURO 2012.
While Turkey and Greece were eliminated in the preliminary voting, the Polish-Ukrainian partnership won the EURO 2012 organization in the final voting.
HE COMPETED WITH 2 RIVALS IN EURO 2016
Turkey narrowly lost its candidacy to host the 2016 European Football Championship (EURO 2016) against France in the final.
Four applications representing five countries were made to host EURO 2016, the first European Championship with 24 teams.
To organize the tournament, for which the Turkish Football Federation made an official application in February 2009, Turkey, Italy and France were the sole candidates, while Norway and Sweden applied for joint candidacy.
After the governments of Sweden and Norway informed the country’s football federations that they would not provide financial support to the organization, this partnership announced that it withdrew from candidacy.
While Italy was eliminated in the first round of voting at the UEFA Board of Directors meeting held in Geneva, Turkey and France competed in the final. In the final, when 7 of the 13 UEFA Board members chose France and 6 chose Turkey, Turkey, which wanted to host the European Football Championship for the first time in its history, was narrowly eliminated.
HE WAS A CANDIDATE FOR EURO 2020, THEN GIVEN UP
Turkey applied for candidacy for the 2020 European Championship (EURO 2020).
TFF announced that it was decided not to be a candidate for EURO 2020, which will be hosted by 11 European cities with the later changed format, and that the candidacy study for EURO 2024 has been initiated.
The organization, hosted by more than two countries for the first time in its history, was held in 11 different countries. Rome, the capital of Italy, London, the capital of England, Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, Bucharest, the capital of Romania, Budapest, the capital of Hungary, as well as Saint Petersburg, Russia. , Germany’s Munich, Spain’s Sevilla and Scotland’s Glasgow city hosted the matches.
GERMANY WON TO HOST EURO 2024
Turkey became a sole candidate for EURO 2024 and competed with Germany to host it.
Germany won the right to host the tournament in the voting of the UEFA Board of Directors members. In the statement made by UEFA, it was announced that Germany received 12 votes and Turkey received 4 votes.