England will host the 13th edition of the 2022 European Championship, without a doubt the one that has generated the most expectation in all its editions. As reported by UEFA, organizer of the tournament, a total of ten stadiums spread over nine venues located in the cities of Sheffield, Southampton, Brighton and Hove, Milton Keynes, Leigh, Rotherham, Manchester and London will be used.
In fact, the English capital will host the final at the legendary Wembley Stadium, which has a capacity for 90,000 spectators. The opening match will take place in another temple of football, Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium.
England and Austria open the Euro
The tournament will begin on Wednesday, July 6, with the match between England and Austria in group A, and will end on Sunday, July 31, with the final at Wembley.
It is the second time that England organizes the competition after 2005, the edition that had Germany as champion.
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The British were awarded the contract to organize the European Championship in 2018, but at that time, of course, it was still the Women’s European Championship 2021. The covid pandemic caused the event to be held by a year. However, the venues and stadiums for the Women’s Euro 2022 were set for a long time.
Here are all the venues for each group:
The venues by groups
Group A: Old Trafford, St. Mary’s Stadium, Brighton Community Stadium.
Group B: Stadium MK, Brentford Community Stadium.
Group C: Bramall Lane, Leigh Sports Village.
Group D: New York Stadium, Manchester City Academy Stadium.
Quarterfinals: Brighton Community Stadium, Brentford Community Stadium, Leigh Sports Village, New York Stadium
Semi-finals: Bramall Lane, Stadium MK
Final: Wembley Stadium, London.
As for the stadiums, there are legendary stadiums such as Old Trafford and Wembley that will host the opening match and the final, respectively. Also others from the Premier League, such as Brighton, Brentford and Southampton, will host the rest of the matches. The Spanish team will play two of its group stage matches precisely at the Brentford Community Stadium, against Germany and Denmark, and the other, against Finland, at the Stadium MK in Milton Keynes.
The stadiums of the European Championship are the following:
Brighton & Hove Community Stadium
30,000 viewers
Opened in 2011, Brighton & Hove Albion’s stadium, on the south coast of England and an hour’s train ride from London, will host two group stage matches and one quarter-final match.
Brentford Community Stadium
17,000 spectators
The new Brentford stadium, which in 2020 left Griffin Park for the modern Brentford Community Stadium, will host two matches for the Spanish team, against Germany and Denmark, and another in the same group, as well as one in the quarterfinals. It is situated in West London and north of the Thames, near Kew Bridge.
Wembley Stadium
90,000 viewers
The temple of English football, the home of the English team, is chosen for the final of the Women’s Euro Cup, on July 31. It will be, in fact, the only game played at Wembley, used to the great events of domestic and European football.
Old Trafford
74,000 viewers
The ‘Theatre of Dreams’, the home of Manchester United is another of the great world-famous and historic stadiums of this Women’s Euro Cup. With capacity for almost 75,000 spectators, it will only host the opening match, between England and Austria.
Manchester City Academy Stadium
7,000 spectators
Manchester is, together with London, the only city in which matches will be played in two different stadiums. In addition to Old Trafford, the other will be that of the City Sports City, where the women’s citizen and the youth usually play together. It is right next to the Etihad Stadium and three Group D games will be played.
new york stadium
12,000 spectators
Opened in 2012, and located in the city of Rotherham, the New York Stadium is named after the area where it was built in South Yorkshire. This is where Rotherham United, promoted to the Championship this season, play their games. It will host three Group D matches and one quarter-final match.
Bramall Lane
30,000 viewers
Sheffield United’s home ground is considered to be the oldest football stadium in the world, having been opened in 1855 as a cricket ground. Since its founding in 1889, Sheffield United have always played here. With capacity for 30,000 spectators, it will host three Group C matches and one of the two semi-finals.
St. Mary’s Stadium
32,000 viewers
Southampton’s home ground, on England’s south coast, was opened in 2001. It is so named as it pays homage to St Mary’s Church, located near the stadium and whose former members founded the club. It will host all three of Northern Ireland’s Group A matches, including one against England.
Stadium MK
30,000 viewers
Opened in 2007 and less than an hour by train from London, Stadium MK is home to the MK Dons. It has already hosted matches for the English women’s team and the Under-21s and in this European Championship, three matches will be played in the group stage, including Spain’s debut against Finland, and one of the semi-finals.
Leigh Sports Village
8,000 spectators
The Leigh Sports Village, where Manchester United women’s and youth usually play, is also the home of the Leigh Centurions rugby union. Located in the town of Leigh, which is part of the Wigan metropolitan district, between Manchester and Liverpool, it will host three Group C matches, all three for the Portuguese team, and a quarter-final.
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