Nordic Nations Drop EURO 2024 Interest

A collective of Nordic football associations has decided to drop plans to bid for Uefa Euro 2024 in favour of exploring efforts to land national team events in women’s and youth football.

The working collective of Nordic football associations had provisionally agreed to submit a bid to host either EURO 2024 or 2028, but have now decided against bidding for the former tournament. The decision is due to doubts over whether the required infrastructure could feasibly be completed in the time frame.

Danish Football Association President Jesper Moller said, “We must recognise that we are not prepared for a European Championship finals for men’s national teams in 2024, but we are also not yet ready to close the door on a possible joint Nordic bid for a European Championship finals at a later time.”

Germany and Turkey have already declared plans to bid for the 2024 tournament.