Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland submit a joint bid to organize the Women’s European Championships in 2025
Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland have submitted a joint bid to host the women’s European Championship in 2025.
The Nordic bid will compete with France, Poland and Switzerland to host the 14th edition of the tournament.
Ukraine had expressed interest in hosting the event before the Russian invasion and war in their country.
“Women’s football in the Nordic countries has so much to offer,” says Lise Klaveness, president of the Norwegian Football Association.
“We offer to share with the rest of Europe our shared ambition to leave a long-lasting legacy of truly equal opportunities in football.”
The planned venues for the Nordic bid include each country’s capital – Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki.
Each country would also have an additional host city with Odense in Denmark, Gothenburg in Sweden, Trondheim in Norway and Tampere in Finland.
More than 800,000 tickets would be on sale and the final would be held at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, a stadium with 50,000 seats.
Ari Lahti, President of the Finnish Football Association, said: “Football is a powerful opportunity to make a change.
“Our Nordic offer offers to take the UEFA Women’s Euros to the next level by growing the fan culture in women’s football and organizing the biggest ever Women’s European Championship”.
The UEFA Executive Committee will announce the winning bid on 25 January 2023.