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The 2029 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2029 or simply Euro 2029, will be the 15th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women's national teams of Europe. The tournament will be played in summer 2029. It will be the fourth edition since it was expanded to 16 teams.

Host selection

The bidding process is due to start in late 2024. UEFA confirmed the bidding process on 23 July 2024.

The winning bids will be announced in December 2025.

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. On 8 February, before the 2024 UEFA Congress in Paris, Denmark and Sweden expressed an interest in hosting the event. 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. Norway was reportedly disappointed with their decision and wants to negotiate with them about joining the bid. On 24 April 2024, Denmark and Sweden decided against bringing Norway into the bid. However, after UEFA's requirements came out, problems regarding Denmark's stadiums rose due to the lack of stadiums meeting capacity requirements. To combat this issue, the Danish federation are negotiating with municipalities to construct a 20,000 capacity stadium. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. After the announcement of the bid, Hamburg, Hannover and Leverkusen all expressed an interest in being a host city. Augsburg have already rejected to proposition of hosting games.

•  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. 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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External links

• Official website

• UEFA Women's Championship tournaments
• 2028–29 in European football
• 2020s in European women's sport
• 2020s in women's association football
• Scheduled association football competitions