Breathe a sigh of relief in German football! The DFB will host the European championship in 2024. This is the result of the vote of the UEFA in Nyon in Switzerland. Competitor Turkey comes back empty-handed.
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Supplement for DFB – EM 2024 in Deutschland
Germany will host the European football championship in 2024. The majority of the 17 choice of the people of the UEFA Executive Committee voted for the application of the DFB. The Aleksander Ceferin, President of the European football Union UEFA has given this Thursday in Nyon in Switzerland. Twelve members of the panel voted for Germany, four for the Turkey and one abstention.
Thus, Germany is, for the second Time after 1988, a EM. At that time, the Netherlands had won the title. Turkey is assumed, however, after your unsuccessful Try for the tournaments in 2008, 2012 and 2016, in the fourth start-up empty.
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“DFB President Reinhard Grindel, according to the EM-allocation”.
DFB President Reinhard Grindel said immediately after the announcement: “It is nice that we are experiencing a good day for the professionals and the Amateurs in Germany. Thank you for the trust. I feel responsibility. We will do everything to justify it.” The games will be played in Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Cologne, Hamburg, Leipzig, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen and Frankfurt am Main. What city gets what the game is yet to be determined. For the finals, only Munich and Berlin are eligible but really.
Turkey-shortcoming: the human rights
At lunch EM had presented to Ambassador Philipp Lahm and German national coach Joachim Löw, the application, and later integration Ambassador, Celia Sasic, application Manager Markus Stenger and DFB were also General Secretary of the Friedrich Curtius the questions of elective officials and to answer questions. The DFB had travelled with a 21-member Delegation to Switzerland.
Philipp Lahm: “we Want to celebrate a big Feast with the whole of Europe”, on the right, Aleksander Ceferin
Already in the last week of the evaluation report of the UEFA, the German application was attested to the benefits. In Turkey, among other things, a “plan of action in terms of human rights is lacking”, it said in the report. In addition, it was questioned whether the planned and necessary billion-could fall in investment in the infrastructure of the Turkish economic and financial crisis for the victim.
Lame, than to be Active in the home-world Cup 2006 and world champion-captain in 2014, said: “We want to celebrate a great Festival, we are very hospitable and open, and we want to show in 2024.”