Germany has been selected to host the 2029 Women's European Championship after receiving 15 of the 17 votes from Uefa's executive committee. The German bid, which pledged to break ticket sales records, was chosen ahead of proposals from Poland and a joint submission from Denmark and Sweden. Portugal and Italy had previously withdrawn from the bidding process.
The tournament will be held across eight host cities: Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich and Wolfsburg. The largest venue will be the Allianz Arena in Munich, with a capacity of 75,024, nearly double that of the biggest stadium used at Euro 2025. Seven of the eight stadiums have capacities of at least 45,000, and even the smallest, Wolfsburg's Volkswagen Arena, is larger than all but three of the venues used in Switzerland.
The German Football Association (DFB) has set a target of selling one million tickets for the tournament. DFB president Bernd Neuendorf said: 'We are proud and delighted to be hosting Uefa Women's Euro 2029. 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.'
Germany is the record eight-time European champion. The 2029 edition will come five years after the nation hosted the men's European Championship. The previous Women's Euro, in 2022, was staged in England and saw a record final attendance of 87,192 at Wembley, where England defeated Germany after extra time.
