Berlin: The German Football Association (DFB) announced yesterday that it is applying to host the 2024 European championships.
The DFB has rubber-stamped the decision to apply for the finals with European football's governing body UEFA having set the deadline for confirmed interest by March 3 with candidates announced on March 10.
The final decision on the 2024 host is set to be announced by September 2018 at the earliest. So far, the Germans can expect competition from the Scandinavian nations with Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden planning a joint bid.
"The 2024 European championships can become an important lighthouse project for the whole of German football," said DFB president Reinhard Grindel. "We will submit a first-class application and will make sure we select the ten best possible venues in a transparent comprehensive process."
The ten stadiums, most probably from the Bundesliga's top clubs, must be decided by September 15, 2017, and each must have a minimum capacity of 30,000. "We have the stadiums in Germany, we have the infrastructure and we have the know-how to create an economically sound 'Euro'," added Grindel.
