By Prosper Mene
European football’s governing body UEFA has confirmed that Germany will host the 2029 UEFA Women’s European Championship, with England entering the tournament as back-to-back defending champions.
Germany, who hold a record eight Women’s Euro titles, saw off rival bids from Poland and a joint proposal from Sweden and Denmark. The country will stage the women’s competition for the third time, only five years after hosting the men’s Euro 2024.
The decision offers partial consolation to the German FA (DFB), which lost out to Brazil in the race to stage the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
In its successful bid document, Germany pledged to unlock the “enormous potential” of women’s football. DFB president Bernd Neuendorf recently declared: “We have the big stadiums and I’m convinced we will fill them.”
Eight venues have been selected, led by Munich’s 70,000-seat Allianz Arena and Dortmund’s 66,000-capacity Signal Iduna Park (Westfalenstadion), plus six further stadiums with capacities ranging from 45,000 to 54,000.
Organisers expect to sell more than one million tickets across the 31 matches — a significant increase on the 657,291 tickets sold for the 2025 tournament in Switzerland.
Germany emphasised its central location in Europe and excellent public-transport network as key strengths. Sustainability was another major focus in the bidding process; for comparison, Switzerland reported that 86 per cent of fans at this year’s Women’s Euro reached venues by public transport, bicycle or on foot.
