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NYON, Switzerland – Germany was chosen Thursday as host of the European Football Championship in 2024, beating Turkey in a vote by UEFA officials, the governing body of European football.
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin announced that the winner after a campaign that saw the politics and concerns about human rights in Turkey play a central role. Germany, a campaign favorite who has proven successful in organizing major events, hoped that winning these rights would help him spend months of public controversy and criticism over his premature departure from the Cup. of the world in Russia.
Turkey is now four times losing; it has also launched failed offers to host Euro 2008, 2012 and 2016.
UEFA is counting on the competition to fund its 55 member federations. The turnover of the Euro 2016 to 24 teams in France was nearly 2 billion euros (2.35 billion dollars). UEFA recorded a profit of 850 million euros ($ 1 billion).
Germany will propose to UEFA about 400,000 additional seats for sale compared to the French organizers in 2016. It plans to use 10 stadiums for the 51-match tournament and to play the final in Berlin or in Munich.
Earlier Thursday, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that it would introduce the use of video assistant referees in its club competition, the Champions League, starting next season. UEFA has also announced its intention to use V.A.R.s at Euro 2020, as well as its second-tier club championship, the Europa League.
V.A.R. The system will be used for the last qualifying round, the group stage and the knockout stages of the Champions League next season.
"We are confident that the introduction of V.A.R.s in August 2019 will give us enough time to put in place a robust system and to train game managers to ensure an effective and successful implementation of V.A.R. in the Champions League, "said Ceferin.
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