32 nations keen to host Euro 2020


London, Sep 20 (IANS): England, Scotland and Wales are among the 32 countries that have expressed their interest to UEFA to host Euro 2020 games.

UEFA, Europe's football governing body, said 32 of its members have stated an interest in hosting games after deciding the tournament would be shared among 13 cities across Europe, the BBC reported Friday.

England wants to host games in London and Scotland has chosen Glasgow. Wales hopes to have some matches in Cardiff.

The candidates have the right to change their initial host city selection, but must submit their final choices by 25 April next year.

UEFA will decide on Sep 25, 2014 which 13 cities will host games.

Following are the 32 countries and regions interested in hosting Euro 2020 games: Armenia (Yerevan), Azerbaijan (Baku), Belarus (Minsk), Belgium (Brussels), Bulgaria (Sofia), Croatia (Zagreb), Czech Republic (Prague), Denmark (Copenhagen), England (London), Finland (Helsinki), France (Lyon), Macedonia (Skopje), Germany (Munich), Greece (Athens), Hungary (Budapest), Israel (Jerusalem), Italy (Rome and Milan), Kazakhstan (Astana), Netherlands (Amsterdam), Poland (Warsaw and Chorzow), Portugal (Lisbon and Porto), Republic of Ireland (Dublin), Romania (Bucharest), Russia (St Petersburg), Scotland (Glasgow), Serbia (Belgrade), Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia), Sweden (Solna), Switzerland (Basel), Turkey (Istanbul), Ukraine (Kyiv and Donetsk) and Wales (Cardiff).

  

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