With the UK and Ireland now the sole bidder to host the 2028 European Championships, formal ratification will come on Tuesday morning at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Initially a five association feasibility study was commissioned to the 2030 World Cup, with the FAI joining the four UK associations in the winter of 2018. A joint Spain/Portugal bid quickly emerged as a strong favourite to host the World Cup, and so the focus switched to Euro 2028.
Last week, speaking on RTÉ's News at One, Minister of State for Sport Thomas Byrne told Bryan Dobson that"there is State funding involved , when the State funds major events a very detailed cost benefit analysis is done to make sure we are getting value for money."The Aviva Stadium had been due to host four games at Euro 2020, the tournament was delayed by a year due to Covid.
Five hosts will not mean five automatic qualifiers for the 24 Nation tournament. UEFA have yet to formalise the qualification format. The indications are that the five host nations will compete in the normal qualifying campaign, with the safety net of two wild card spots held in reserve for the nations that fail to qualify automatically.
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