The FA has selected the final venues for the UEFA European Women’s
Championship, which will be played across eight English host cities in the
summer of 2021, including Brighton & Hove.
UEFA Women’s EURO 2021 promises to be a record-breaking tournament, with
approximately 700,000 tickets due to be available for fans across the country
and extensive coverage of every game of the tournament available on free-to-air
television, radio and online.
Two of the stadia are current FA Women’s Super League grounds and four of
the venues, including Brighton & Hove offer a capacity of over 30,000.
The showpiece Final will be staged at Wembley Stadium, meaning the national
stadium will host back-to-back men’s and women’s UEFA EURO Finals in 2020 and
2021.
As tournament hosts, England qualify automatically and will be joined by
another 15 teams for the final tournament in July 2021. The official match
schedule will be announced later this year.
The nine stadiums are: Bramall Lane, Sheffield; Brentford Community
Stadium, London; Brighton & Hove Community Stadium, Brighton & Hove;
Leigh Sports Village, Wigan & Leigh; Manchester City Academy Stadium,
Manchester; New York Stadium, Rotherham; Stadium MK, Milton Keynes; St. Mary’s
Stadium, Southampton; Wembley Stadium, London.
Brighton & Hove has a successful track record in hosting major sporting
events, including the Rugby World Cup in 2015. In 2014 the city welcomed Stage
7 of the Tour of Britain bike race and the annual Brighton Marathon is the UK’s
second largest.
The event will showcase the city to an international audience, supporting
tourism and the local economy.
