ENGLAND WILL HOST the 2021 Women’s European Championship, Uefa has announced.
The Football Association was the only bidder to stage the tournament, and was confirmed as the host nation by the Uefa Executive Committee following a meeting in Dublin on Monday.
The draw for the qualifying group stage will take place on 22 February, where Ireland will discover who they are up against to book their spot in the tournament across the water.
Ireland are still looking to qualify for a major tournament after missing out on a place in the 2019 World Cup earlier this year. They recorded some encouraging results during the campaign, but their fate was sealed following defeat to Norway in June.
2019: #FIFAWWC, France
— Lionesses (@Lionesses) December 3, 2018
2020: #Tokyo2020, Tokyo
2021: #WEURO2021, ENGLANDDDDDDDDDDDD 🎉🎉🎉 pic.twitter.com/fGVI2d2oJ7
The 16 sides will be drawn into four groups of four for the Euros, with the top two in each section progressing to the knockout phase.
As hosts, England will receive a bye to the finals while the remaining teams will be drawn into nine groups of five or six.
The nine group winners and the three runners-up with the best record against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their section qualify directly. The other six runners-up will play off for the remaining three finals slots.
The qualifying and play-off stages are provisionally scheduled to run between August and October 2020 before the finals head to England in 2021.
The final will be held in Wembley Stadium and seven other venues across the country have been proposed to host matches during the tournament.
You can find out more information about the women’s European Championship on the Uefa website.
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And United fans still wish Souness was in charge at Liverpool.
There’s a rumour that Souness smiled once. Nasty rumour to spread.
Souness is obsessed with Pogba..
@John Barry: and the 42 are obsessed with Souness’ obsession with Pogba.
Zzzzzz …
Getting sad at this stage
‘Former Liverpool Boss’, ‘Ex Scotland International’, ‘Former Rangers and Newcastle Boss’.
Think you leftout a few lads. what about Previous Galatasary legend, and ex Southampton flop?
@Ardmore02: I think he won trophies at every club he managed except for Newcastle
@padar: you can add torino, benfica and Southampton to that list.
@Ardmore02: I,m old enough to remember him in his pomp playing for Liverpool, great midfielder, tough f….r, similar to Keane at Utd, (but not quiet as good). Some think he is a p…k, but can’t take away what he did as a player.
Here we go and he hasn’t kicked a ball yet. That Souness is some fcukin spa
No utd must keep pogba coz as long as he’s there they’ll win f*** all
@Dan2078: already won trophies with pogba
@Brian Dunne: but have they won the trophies that matter – PL, champions league? And they won’t with Pogba. He is a good player but the prob is he thinks he’s better than he is
@Dan2078: the lad has won a bloody World Cup mate
@IAmTheTruth: he likes playing for France, has good players to carry him. Come back to me when he wins something of merit with utd and you have something insightful to contribute
@Dan2078: where is your cave at?
@Dan2078: Dan your argument is as pathetic as yourself
@mark: why, do u want to call over?
@Ruairi McEntegart: thanks, I love you too
As a utd fan he’s dead right.
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Reminds me of when Dunphy had a personal vendetta against Cristiano. Calling him a clown and a spoofer every week as Ronaldo struggled yo find consistency. Dunphy labelled Linekar a clown for saying Ronaldo might be the world’s best. The when CR7 won his first Ballon D’Or, Dunphy made some embarrassing comment how he hated CR7 because he’s rich and good looking.
I wonder what Sounness will say when Pogba wins a Ballon D’Or at Madrid? That the reason he hated him all along is because Pogba’s bird is way better than his own?
@Stanley Baggins: souness is no Dunphy; he knows what he’s talking about. Dunphy just made it up as he went (a true spoofer)
@Stanley Baggins: Ballon d’Ope will be the only thing pogba will win
Stfu sourness no utd fan or employee of club gives a crap what u think