German Bid For Euro 2020 On The Cards-Will They Crack It?

Discussion started by Marc Sibbons , on Wednesday, 11 April 2012 14:06

Fresh news this week: President of The German Football Association, Wolfgang Niersbach, is considering putting in a bid for the 2020 European championships, according to reports.

The deadline for the 53 member nations to apply to host the tournament has been set for May 15. UEFA will make a decision by late 2013 or early 2014 on the 2020 championships

In my view, i think the idea of a European tournament in Germany would turn out to be a hugely successful one. They showed during the World Cup in 2006 they can be great hosts and have equally impressive stadia/infrastructure already in place so i'm all for them bidding for the tournament.

Seeing as Germany has only held the Euro's once in 1988, but were hosts for the fairly recent 2006 WC, will this be an advantage/disadvantage when UEFA consider their vote on May 15?

Do you agree that Germany is ready to host another major football event in 8 years time? How can they build on the success of the 2006 WC and make the Euro tournament an even better event?

In recent times, football has seen major tournaments awarded to smaller countries with less footballing history in order to expand football on a global scale and help build associated countries/continents with the revenue/exposure it brings (Qatar 2022 World cup, Poland/Ukraine 2012 EC). With this in mind, will UEFA prefer to continue this pattern or will they look to break the mould and award the tournament to countries who are established giants in the sport?

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Arunava Chaudhuri,

If Germany bid to host the Euro2020 then surely one can expect a great tournament like the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 Women's FIFA World Cup. The stadia are in place, infrastructure, organisation, etc.

Germany is ready to host such an event at short notice even if the need arises.

But as mentioned especially FIFA and now UEFA with Euro2012 in Poland/Ukraine has been going into new markets to expand the base of the game.

Still for Germany a tournament in 2020 would be good to redevelop or further develop infrastructure build for the 2006 World Cup and also ensure further investments in infrastructure.

Also one aspect one should not forget, Germany is one of few European economies which is growing and strong.

405 days ago

Marc Sibbons,

Yes Michael, I think Turkey could also be an interesting destination for Euro 2020. As you mentioned it is a growing tourist hotspot and it would fit in with UEFA's plan in introducing the beautiful game towards new, exciting avenues. With France and the Netherlands also competing, it's certainly going to be interesting to see where the tournament will end up!

406 days ago

Michael Cunnah,

Germany have proved that they can host successful football tournaments however UEFA have already chosen one "safe" host country for Euro 2016 i.e. France. Turkey is a growing economy, a growing tourist destination and a growing football nation. Shouldn't Euro 2020 be in Turkey? What would be the point of going back to Germany again?

406 days ago

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