Tournament details | |
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Host country | England |
Dates | 11 July – 1 August 2021 |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 9 (proposed) (in 8 host cities) |
The 2021 UEFA Women's Championship will be the 13th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women's national teams of Europe. It will be the second edition since it was expanded to 16 teams. The championship will be held in England from 11 July–1 August 2021, with the final to take place at the Wembley Stadium. England last hosted the tournament in 2005, the last edition featuring eight teams. [1] [2]
The Netherlands are the defending champions.
England was the only country to submit a bid before the deadline. [3]
England were confirmed as hosts at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 3 December 2018. [4] [2] [1]
A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Cyprus which entered for the first time at senior women's level, and Kosovo which entered their first Women's Euro), and with the hosts England qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. [5] Different from previous qualifying competitions, the preliminary round has been abolished and all entrants start from the qualifying group stage. The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: [6]
The draw for the qualifying group stage was held on 21 February 2019 in Nyon. [7] [1] The qualifying group stage will take place from August 2019 to September 2020, while the play-offs will take place in October 2020. [6] [1]
The following 16 teams qualify for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Women's Euro 1 |
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England | Hosts | 3 December 2018 [1] | 8 ( 1984, 1987, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017) |
Netherlands | Group A winners | 2020 | |
Italy | Group B winners | 2020 | |
Norway | Group C winners | 2020 | |
Spain | Group D winners | 2020 | |
Portugal | Group E winners | 2020 | |
Sweden | Group F winners | 2020 | |
France | Group G winners | 2020 | |
Belgium | Group H winners | 2020 | |
Germany | Group I winners | 2020 | |
Greece | Best three runners-up | 2020 | |
Switzerland | Best three runners-up | 2020 | |
Serbia | Best three runners-up | 2020 | |
Wales | Play-off winners | October 2020 | |
Hungary | Play-off winners | October 2020 | |
Russia | Play-off winners | October 2020 |
The final tournament draw will take place at the 02 arena on 22 January 2021.
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The following stadiums are proposed to host matches in the tournament: [1]
Meadow Lane in Nottingham and London Road in Peterborough were initially included on the list of stadiums when the Football Association submitted the bid to host the tournament. These were changed with the City Ground in Nottingham and St Mary's in Southampton due to UEFA requirements. [8] [9]
London | Brentford | Nottingham | Manchester | |
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Wembley Stadium | Brentford Community Stadium | City Ground | Manchester City Academy Stadium | |
Capacity: 90,000 | Capacity: 17,250 | Capacity: 30,445 | Capacity: 7,000 | |
Sheffield | ||||
Bramall Lane | ||||
Capacity: 32,702 | ||||
Rotherham | Milton Keynes | Southampton | Brighton | |
New York Stadium | Stadium MK | St Mary's Stadium | Brighton Community Stadium | |
Capacity: 12,021 | Capacity: 30,500 | Capacity: 32,505 | Capacity: 30,750 | |