UEFA President Says Germany To Make 'Fantastic Host' For Euro 2024

UEFA President Says Germany to Make 'Fantastic Host' for Euro 2024

Germany will be a fantastic host for the Euro 2024 football championship, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said Thursday.

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th September, 2018) Germany will be a fantastic host for the Euro 2024 football championship, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said Thursday.

Earlier in the day, UEFA announced that Germany will host Euro 2024. Turkey was the only other candidate.

"Let me offer my congratulations to both the German and Turkish football associations for their excellent bids. I am really looking forward to another celebration of the best of European national team football in 2024, and I know that Germany will be fantastic hosts and that we will see a wonderful tournament both on and off the pitch," Ceferin said as quoted on the UEFA website.

In turn, German Football Association (DFB) President Reinhard Grindel thanked UEFA for its trust, and promised that the country would do everything to meet the high expectations.