Germany named 2029 women’s European Championship hostsAli RamplingWed, December 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM UTC·2 min readGermany will host the 2029 women’s European Championship.
Germany were appointed hosts by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in Nyon, Switzerland on Wednesday and were selected ahead of bids from Poland and a joint bid from Denmark and Sweden. Portugal had also submitted a final bid, but this was withdrawn in November, while Italy withdrew its candidacy earlier in the bidding process.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIt will mark the third time Germany has hosted the women’s Euros, and first since the tournament expanded beyond an eight-team competition. Germany hosted Euro 2001, while a four-team Euro 1989 was held in West Germany. Germany also hosted the men’s Euros in 2024 and women’s World Cup in 2011.
“We hope to expect a fantastic, organised tournament in big stadiums,” Heike Ullrich, vice president of the German football association (DFB) said following the announcement. “We think we can fill these stadiums. Women’s football has such a great development over the last years, and we are confident we can follow up that development.
“We want to welcome the world, we want to welcome the European countries, and we want to welcome everybody in our stadiums. It will be a really open tournament for everybody.”
Germany have a proud history in the women’s Euros, winning a record eight titles — including six in a row between 1995 and 2013. They reached the semi-finals at Euro 2025.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementEuro 2025 was hosted in Switzerland, with the final played at St. Jakob-Park in Basel. Euro 2025 broke the record for the highest attended women’s Euros, surpassing the figure set in England three years earlier, with an accumulative attendance total of 657,291 across the tournament.
Women’s European Championship hosting history
1984 — No official host
1987 — Norway
1989 — West Germany
1991 — Denmark
1993 — Italy
1995 — No official host
1997 — Norway and Sweden
2001 — Germany
2005 — England
2009 — Finland
2013 — Sweden
2017 — Netherlands
2022 — England
2025 — Switzerland
This article originally appeared in The Athletic.
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