The 2029 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2029 or simply Euro 2029 or Women's Euro 2029, will be the 15th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women's national teams of Europe. The tournament will be played in 2029 in Germany.
Germany has previously hosted the men's 1974 FIFA World Cup, the men's UEFA Euro 1988, the 1989 European Competition for Women's Football, the UEFA Women's Euro 2001, the men's 2006 FIFA World Cup, the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the men's UEFA Euro 2024. It also included the pan-European men's UEFA Euro 2020, where Germany was one of the host nations. It will be the fourth edition since it was expanded to 16 teams.
England are the two-time defending champions, winning the titles back to back in 2022 and 2025.
Host selection
UEFA confirmed the bidding process on 23 July 2024. The timeline is as follows:
DateNotes24 September 2024Deadline for UEFA member associations to confirm their interest in bidding1 October 2024Bid requirements published to all interested bidders12 March 2025Submission of the Preliminary Bid Dossier28 August 2025Submission of the final Bid Dossier3 December 2025Appointment of host(s) of UEFA Women's Euro 2029 Germany were announced as hosts on 3 December 2025. Country(s)Votes15, 20Total17
Confirmed bidders Four bids were submitted by the deadline of 28 August 2025 to host the tournament.
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All five bids submitted their preliminary bid dossier by 12 March 2025 and submitted their final bid dossier by 28 August 2025, after which the final list of candidates will be known ahead of the host(s) announcement on 3 December 2025. Italy withdrew prior to the final bid dossier deadline. Portugal withdrew its bid on 20 November 2025 to focus on co-hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup along with Morocco and Spain.
Venues
The tournament is planned to be held in eight host cities across Germany: three in North Rhine-Westphalia (Cologne, Dortmund, and Düsseldorf), two in Lower Saxony (Hanover and Wolfsburg) and one each in Bavaria (Munich), Hesse (Frankfurt), and Saxony (Leipzig). Frankfurt and Wolfsburg previously hosted the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, while all but the Lower Saxony cities hosted the men's UEFA Euro 2024, and all but Wolfsburg hosted the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Allianz Arena in Munich, the largest venue of the tournament, is planned to host the final, Seven of the eight venues have a capacity above 40,000 – Wolfsburg's 26,000-capacity Volkswagen Arena is the smallest venue in the tournament.
The following 8 host cities and stadiums were selected for Germany's bid: MunichDortmundFrankfurtDüsseldorfAllianz ArenaWestfalenstadionWaldstadionMerkur Spiel-ArenaCapacity: 66,000Capacity: 62,000Capacity: 47,000Capacity: 47,000HanoverCologneLeipzigWolfsburgNiedersachsenstadionRheinEnergieStadionRed Bull ArenaVolkswagen ArenaCapacity: 46,044Capacity: 43,000Capacity: 41,193Capacity: 26,146
Qualification
Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the final tournament alongside host Germany.
Team Qualified as Date of qualification Best performance 1989202513 (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)
Marketing
Sponsorship UEFA Women's Football global sponsorsAdidas Amazon Booking.com Carlsberg Euronics Lidl Lenovo PepsiCo (Walkers) Vodafone
Notes
See also 1989 European Competition for Women's Football UEFA Women's Euro 2001 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
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