UEFA Women’s EURO is Europe’s biggest women’s sport event. It is also among the top sports events in the world.
LONDON: The UEFA Executive Committee has confirmed that the postponed UEFA Women’s EURO 2021 will be played in England from July 6 to 31, 2022.
It is planned to use the same venues that were originally proposed to host the event.
Commenting on the rescheduling, UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin said: “When we had to take an urgent decision on the postponement of EURO 2020. We always had the impact on UEFA Women’s EURO 2021 in mind.
We have carefully considered all options, with our commitment to the growth of women’s football at the forefront of our thinking. By moving UEFA Women’s EURO to the following year, we are ensuring that our flagship women’s competition will be the only major football tournament of the summer, providing it with the spotlight it deserves.”
The decision to move UEFA Women’s EURO came after UEFA announced on March 17 that EURO 2020 would be postponed to 2021 following the global outbreak of COVID-19.
“The duty of UEFA to protect the health of all those involved in the game, while allowing domestic leagues and European competitions to be completed,” the UEFA said on their website.
UEFA’s chief of women’s football, Nadine Kessler, said: “The core question guiding us together with the English FA was: What is best for women’s football? With the Olympics now being confirmed for summer 2021, we firmly believe that moving to 2022 is in the best interests of the tournament, players, fans, stakeholders.”
UEFA Women’s EURO is Europe’s biggest women’s sport event. It is also among the biggest sports events in the world, and therefore needs and deserves a platform of its own.
