Who are the hosts of Euro 2024?

Cameron Smith

• 2 Nov 2023 04:00 CDT
• 3 min read

The 2024 European Championship is edging ever closer, with qualifying for the tournament nearly at its conclusion.

Several teams have already booked their place at Euro 2024 - including England, Portugal, Scotland and France - while the play-offs await for countries who have not managed to seal qualification through the regular method.

Below, FootballTransfers runs through everything you need to know about who is hosting the 2024 European Championship and the stadiums in which the action will take place.

Which country is hosting Euro 2024?

Germany will host the European Championship in 2024. The three-time winners of the tournament have previously hosted the Euros on one occasion before (1988), although that was as West Germany before the country’s reunification.

The 2024 Euros will be the first international men’s football tournament held in Germany since the 2006 World Cup.

What are the Euro 2024 host cities?

In total, there are 10 host cities for the 2024 European Championship in Germany. They are: Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Dortmund, Leipzig, Gelsenkirchen, Stuttgart and Dusseldorf.

Berlin, the capital, will host the final.

What stadiums will host matches at Euro 2024?

Olympiastadion Berlin

Home Team - Hertha Berlin

Capacity - 70,000

RheinEnergieSTADION

Home Team - FC Koln

Capacity - 47,000

Signal Iduna Park

Home Team - Borussia Dortmund

Capacity - 66,000

Merkur Spiel-Arena

Home Team - Fortuna Dusseldorf

Capacity - 47,000

Deutsche Bank Park

Home Team - Eintracht Frankfurt

Capacity - 46,000

Veltins-Arena

Home Team - Schalke

Capacity - 50,000

Volksparkstadion Hamburg

Home Team - Hamburger SV

Capacity - 50,000

Red Bull Arena

Home Team - RB Leipzig

Capacity - 42,000

Allianz Arena

Home Team - Bayern Munich

Capacity - 67,000

MHPArena

Home Team - VfB Stuttgart

Capacity - 54,000

Previous hosts of the European Championships

The first ever European Championship was held in France back in 1960. The final was held at the Parc des Princes in Paris, with the Soviet Union beating Yugoslavia 2-1 after extra-time. France lost the third-place play-off to Czechoslovakia.

The most recent European Championship was delayed from 2020 until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was hosted by 11 countries in total, with both semi-finals and the final held at England’s national team stadium Wembley.

Italy emerged triumphant in the final, beating England on penalties. They are the reigning European Championship winners.

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