Switzerland has been awarded the suitable to host the ladies's Euro-2025 event, UEFA introduced on Tuesday, after its government committee assembly in Lisbon.
The bid was most popular to France, a quartet of Nordic nations (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) and Poland -- taking up from England, who hosted and gained the European Championship in 2022.
Sixteen nations will participate within the competitors, which can be held in June and July 2025 in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Zurich, St Gallen, Sion, Lucerne and Thun, in accordance with an announcement from the Swiss Soccer Affiliation.
It has by no means hosted a European Ladies's Championship on its soil, in contrast to Norway (1987, 1997 with Sweden), Denmark (1991), Finland (2009) and Sweden (2013).
A strategic resolution
Whereas the 4 Nordic international locations -- the place girls's soccer may be very common -- have been anticipated to host the competitors, Switzerland undoubtedly benefited from its central place on the continent.
“Our event must be a four-week celebration for the entire of Switzerland and, because of our location within the coronary heart of Europe, additionally for neighbouring international locations,” stated in a assertion Marion Daube, head of girls's soccer on the Swiss Soccer Affiliation and head of the bid undertaking.
The French host of the 2019 Ladies's World Cup might have been damage by the fiasco of the Champions League remaining on the Stade de France in Could 2022, but additionally by the disaster on the French FA, which led to the resignation of president Noel Le Graët, and by the psychodrama at Les Bleues with the ousting of coach Corinne Diacre, who has been publicly let down by a variety of senior gamers.
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