February 22 – Munich has become the first city to apply to the German Football Federation (DFB) to be Germany’s host city for the 2020 European Championship.
At a joint press conference on Thursday, Christian Ude, Mayor of Munich, Bavarian state governor Horst Seehofer, and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, chairman of Bayern Munich announced Munich is the first applicant to become a Euro 2020 host city
Rummenigge said Munich is bidding to host the final and semifinals, as well as three group games and a knockout match. According to Rummenigge, “Bavarians have proved on innumerable occasions that they are very tolerant hosts. That’s the strongest asset.”
The federation has until September to nominate candidate cites to UEFA, with Euro 2020 host cities to be chosen in September 2014.
Other cities to have expressed an interest in hosting matches include Cardiff and Sofia, but the Allianz Arena, which hosted games at the World Cup in 2006, enters the running as one of the favourites to host the final matches.
In January, UEFA announced that 13 countries will host Euro 2020 matches, with each providing a single stadium for the 24-team tournament. http://www.insideworldfootball.com/component/content/article/226-latest-news/11907-uefa-announces-criteria-for-euro-2020-hosting
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