STOCKHOLM —
Football federations in the
Nordic countries on Wednesday announced they had
submitted a joint bid to host the women’s European Championship in 2025.
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The bid by Denmark,
Sweden, Norway, and Finland stressed their vision to “inspire to build truly
equal opportunities for
women’s football across Europe”, the organizations said
in a statement.
“All Nordic
football associations agree about the importance of organizing major
championships in our countries, and together we have great ambitions for the
development of women’s football,” Karl-Erik Nilsson, president of the Swedish
Football Association, said.
Under the Nordic
plan the games would be held in the countries’ capitals — Copenhagen,
Stockholm,
Oslo, and Helsinki — as well as one additional city from each nation: Odense in
Denmark, Gothenburg in Sweden, Trondheim in Norway, and Tampere in Finland.
The four countries
announced a “preliminary bid” already in April but on Wednesday the official
bid was submitted, according to the statement.
England hosted and
won the last edition, which was postponed from 2021 to the summer of 2022 due
to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to
France, which has been a candidate since February, Poland, Switzerland, and
Ukraine have also expressed an interest.
The Nordic bid also
has the support of Iceland, but the country will not host games in the
tournament.
The women’s World
Cup is scheduled for 2023 in Australia and New Zealand.
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