According to a UEFA statement, the championship will take place from June 9 to July 9, 2028, and matches will be held at nine stadiums in Great Britain and Ireland.

List of Euro-2028 Stadiums

Cardiff: National Stadium of Wales.

Dublin: "Dublin Arena."

Glasgow: "Hampden Park."

Newcastle: "St. James' Park."

Manchester: "Etihad Stadium."

Liverpool: "Goodison Park."

Birmingham: "Villa Park."

London: "Tottenham Hotspur Stadium," "Wembley."

Opening Match

The opening match of the tournament will take place at the National Stadium of Wales in Cardiff. A Group A game is scheduled for Friday, June 9, 2028.

Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals

Matches of the Round of 16 will be held at eight out of nine host stadiums (excluding "Wembley"). Quarter-final matches will take place in Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, and London.

To ensure fairness and equal treatment for all teams, winners of the Round of 16 will play their quarter-finals in a different city.

Semifinals and Final

Matches of the semifinals and final will take place at "Wembley" in London. Semifinal matches are scheduled for Tuesday, July 4 and Wednesday, July 5, while the final is set for Sunday, July 9.

Format of the Euro-2028 Final Tournament

The format remains unchanged since Euro-2016. Twenty-four teams will qualify for the group stage and be divided into six groups with four participants each. The top two teams from each group, along with the best four third-placed teams, will advance to the Round of 16. Further matches will take place in a knockout format.

«Group Leaders»

Most teams will play their three group stage matches at three different stadiums. However, each of the six quartets will have a «group leader», who will conduct all three games in one or more previously selected cities.

In five groups, the position of «group leader» is reserved for one of the four hosts (England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland) and Northern Ireland if they qualify at the time of the final tournament draw. In the sixth group and any others where the four hosts and/or Northern Ireland do not qualify, positions of «group leaders» will be distributed among teams from the first pot of the draw.

If the hosts and Northern Ireland qualify, they will play their group stage matches as follows:

England: "Etihad Stadium" (1), "Wembley" (2).

Northern Ireland: "Tottenham Hotspur Stadium" (1), "Villa Park" (1), "Wembley" (1).

Ireland: "Dublin Arena" (3).

Scotland: "Hampden Park" (3).

Wales: National Stadium of Wales (3).

Kick-off Times

Three kickoff times have been approved for the tournament: 16:00, 19:00 and 22:00 Kyiv time.

The final will start at 19:00 in Kiev. Full information about each match will be announced after the draw of the final part of the tournament in 2027.

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Draw and Format of Group Stage Qualification Round

The draw will take place on December 6, 2026 in Belfast (Northern Ireland).

Twelve qualification groups with four or five teams each will be formed.

The tournament hosts (England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales), seeded in different groups, will also participate in the qualification round. Twelve group winners and eight best second-placed teams will qualify directly to the Euro-2028 final tournament. Two places in the final tournament will be reserved for two host countries with the best ranking who do not qualify as group winners or best second-placed teams after the completion of the qualification round.

The remaining places will be distributed through a playoff between second-placed teams in qualifying groups and League A 2026/2027 group winners who did not qualify for Euro-2028.

Depending on the number of licenses obtained by host countries, the number of places in the final tournament to be contested through playoffs may vary from two to four under one of three scenarios:

1) Both reserved qualification spots for hosts are taken up: eight teams will compete in two paths for two places in the final tournament with one-legged semifinals and finals.

2) One reserved qualification spot for hosts is taken up: twelve teams will compete in three paths for three places in the final tournament with one-legged semifinals and finals.

3) No reserved qualification spots for hosts are taken up: eight teams will compete in four home-and-away playoffs, and four winners will qualify to the final tournament.

Qualification for Euro-2028 will start in March 2027 and end in November. Play-off matches will take place in March 2028.