The bidding process for the UEFA Women's Euro 2029 started on 23 July 2024 and will end in December 2025 with the announcement of the host. [1]
Hosting requirements
The tournament is expected to continue the format of the 2017, 2022 and 2025 editions, with a total of 31 matches taking place for a duration of up to 25 days, with 16 teams competing in the tournament.
The requirements for the stadiums are as follows:
- 6-8 stadiums with 8,000-20,000 seats
- Minimum of 4 stadiums with at least 20,000 seats
- Minimum of 3 stadiums with at least 30,000 seats
- Minimum of 1 stadium with at least 50,000 seats (potential final hosting)
- 4 quality training facilities per stadium
- 4 hotels per stadium
- All proposed stadiums must have natural grass playing surfaces
UEFA confirmed the bidding process on 23 July 2024.[1]
The winning bids will be announced in December 2025.[2]
| Date | Notes |
|---|---|
| 24 September 2024 | Deadline for UEFA member associations to confirm their interest in bidding |
| 1 October 2024 | Bid requirements published to all interested bidders |
| 12 March 2025 | Submission of the Preliminary Bid Dossier |
| 28 August 2025 | Submission of the final Bid Dossier |
| December 2025 | Appointment of host(s) of UEFA Women's Euro 2029 |
Confirmed bids
Five declarations of interest have been made by the deadline of 24 September 2024 to host the tournament:
Denmark and 
Sweden – After the two nations failed to receive the 2025 hosting rights with Finland and Norway, the president of the Swedish Football Association, Fredrik Reinfeldt said they would look into potentially bidding in the future.[3] On 8 February, before the 2024 UEFA Congress in Paris, Denmark and Sweden expressed an interest in hosting the event.[4][5] The four Nordic countries planned to bid again, but after the evaluation report for 2025 stated the likelihood of winning would increase with only two hosts, Denmark and Sweden decided to pair up.[6][7] Norway was reportedly disappointed with their decision and wants to negotiate with them about joining the bid.[8][9] On 24 April 2024, Denmark and Sweden decided against bringing Norway into the bid.[10] However, after UEFA's requirements came out, problems regarding Denmark's stadiums rose due to the lack of stadiums meeting capacity requirements.[11][12] To combat this issue, the Danish federation are negotiating with municipalities to construct a 20,000 capacity stadium.[13][14] Denmark previously hosted the UEFA Women's Euro 1991 while Sweden already hosted the men's 1958 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1992, 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro 1997, co-hosted by Norway and UEFA Women's Euro 2013 as sole host.
- Predicted stadiums for the Denmark-Sweden bid:
- Copenhagen – Parken, capacity 38,190
- Brøndby – Brøndby Stadium, capacity 26,000
- Odense – Nature Energy Park, capacity 13,990
- TBA – New stadium, capacity 20,000
- Gothenborg – Gamla Ullevi, capacity 15,000
- Malmö – Malmö Stadion, capacity 21,000
- Solna – Strawberry Arena, capacity 50,653
- Stockholm – 3Arena, capacity 28,000
Poland – After failing to receive the 2025 hosting rights to Switzerland, on 26 July 2024 president of the Polish Football Association, Cezary Kulesza, announced that Poland will bid once again to host the tournament in 2029.[15] Poland hosted the men's UEFA Euro 2012, the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
- Predicted stadiums for the Poland bid:
- Warsaw – Kazimierz Górski National Stadium, capacity 56,826
- Wrocław – Tarczyński Arena Wrocław, capacity 42,771
- Poznań – Stadion Poznań, capacity 42,837
- Gdańsk – Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk, capacity 41,620
- Kraków – Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium, capacity 33,326
- Zabrze – Arena Zabrze, capacity 31,871
- Białystok – Stadion Miejski, capacity 22,432
- Szczecin – Florian Krygier Municipal Stadium, capacity 21,613
Portugal - On 4 September 2024 the Portuguese Football Federation, after a general meeting with the board, announced they would present a bid to host Euro 2029.[16][17] Portugal previously hosted the men's UEFA Euro 2004.
Germany – The German Football Association decided on 20 September 2024 that they would make a bid for Euro 2029 and submit their interest to UEFA by the deadline of 24 September.[18][19] DFB president Bernd Neuendorf said in a statement the bid was the organisation's "flagship project" which will give an "additional boost" to women's football in Germany.[20] Germany previously hosted the men's 1974 FIFA World Cup, the men's UEFA Euro 1988, UEFA Women's Euro 1989, UEFA Women's Euro 2001, the men's 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the men's UEFA Euro 2024. On 28 November 2024, it was announced that the following 17 cities have submitted applications to host matches: Munich, Berlin, Bremen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Hanover, Cologne, Leipzig, Mainz, Rostock, Stuttgart, and Wolfsburg, [21] with Augsburg having already rejected to proposition of hosting games.[22]
Italy - On 1 October 2024, the Italian Football Federation announced that it will bid to host the tournament as a build-up to host the men's UEFA Euro 2032 with Turkey. However, their bid could be affected by the stadium conditions.[23] Italy previously hosted the men's 1934 FIFA World Cup, the men's UEFA Euro 1968, the men's UEFA Euro 1980, the men's 1990 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Women's Euro 1993.
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