Germany will host the 2029 Women’s European Championship after receiving the vast majority of the votes from Uefa’s executive committee. The German campaign pledged to smash records for ticket sales and was selected ahead of a bid from Poland and a joint submission from Denmark and Sweden. Portugal withdrew from the bidding process in November and the Italian Football Federation withdrew in August.
The decision came in the first round of voting, with 15 of the 17 votes going to Germany. The remaining two votes were for the Denmark/Sweden bid.
Germany are record eight-time European champions and the 2029 tournament will come five years after the nation hosted the men’s competition. Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich and Wolfsburg were the eight host cities included in the bid document.
The largest stadium will be the Allianz Arena in Munich, which has a capacity of 75,024, approximately double that of the biggest venue used at Euro 2025 this summer, St Jakob‑Park in Basel, where England defeated Spain on penalties to retain their European title.
Seven venues have capacities of at least 45,000. The smallest venue is Wolfsburg’s Volkswagen Arena and even that is larger than all but three of the stadiums used in Switzerland. That plays into a key message within the campaign of the German Football Association (DFB), which was that it would aim to sell a million tickets.
Poland, Denmark and Sweden attempted to host the tournament in 2025 – the latter two as part of a wider Nordic bid with Finland and Norway. The 2022 edition was staged in England and attracted a record final attendance at Wembley of 87,192 as the Lionesses defeated Germany after extra time.
“We are proud and delighted to be hosting Uefa Women’s Euro 2029,” the DFB president, Bernd Neuendorf, said. “We would like to thank Uefa for the trust they have placed in us. Hosting such an important tournament is an honour, but it also comes with a great deal of responsibility. Following the wonderful Women’s Euro 2025 in Switzerland, we want to set new standards.
“We are absolutely convinced that the tournament will attract more than a million fans and that Uefa will make a financial profit for the first time with a Women’s Euro. We are looking forward to celebrating a great festival of women’s football.”
Meanwhile, the English Football Association announced that Gavin Step, who has been the FA’s interim women’s technical director since May, has been appointed to the role on a full‑time basis, becoming the long‑term successor to Kay Cossington.
