The French Football Association has chosen to keep Reims among the eight cities that could vibrate to the rhythm of the European Women’s Football 2025. The host country will be known in January 2023.
In March 2022, Reims was one of 12 preselected cities to host the UEFA Women’s Euro in 2025. Now, the city of Reims is getting a little closer to the continental meeting. The French Football Association has in fact decided to keep Reims among the 8 competition territories proposed to UEFA in the final file of the FFF.
“Reims is one of the cradles of women’s football in the world. Reims players, nicknamed “Les Pionnières”, played a key role in the emergence of women’s football in France in 1968, “explains Arnaud Robinet, Mayor of Reims.” After the 2019 FIFA World Cup, what’s next? more legitimate for our City to host several UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 matches with passion and pride? “
Reims, city of women’s football
Seeing Reims in the last eight selected cities is no surprise. During the 2019 World Cup held in France, the Auguste Delaune stadium hosted six matches. A great football party that had allowed to obtain important influxes, maintaining the dynamics of women’s football in Champagne. The United States, world champions, trod the Reims lawn in particular during the international competition organized three years ago.
The choice of host country for Euro 2025 will be made on January 25, 2023. France is currently competing with Poland and a joint bid between several northern European countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands). The Euro finals will bring together the best sixteen European nations and will allow 31 matches to be seen in eight stadiums. Who knows, the city of Coronations could bring luck to the French team, in search of a European crown.
