Football · Euro 2028
Euro 2028: the first European Championship hosted across the UK and Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland will stage the 24-team tournament in the summer of 2028. Here is the format, and the record England take into it.
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Euro 2028 will be the first men's European Championship staged across the UK and Ireland, hosted jointly by England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland. England last hosted a whole tournament at Euro 96, and Wembley staged the semi-finals and final of the pan-European Euro 2020.
Euro 2028 at a glance
- Hosts
- England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland
- Teams
- 24
- Format
- Six groups of four, then a round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final
- When
- Summer 2028
The format
Twenty-four teams take part in six groups of four. The group winners and runners-up go through to the round of 16 with the four best third-placed teams, and from there it is knockout football all the way to the final. It is the same structure used at Euro 2016, Euro 2020 and Euro 2024.
England at the Euros
England arrive with momentum. They have reached the last two finals, and lost both.
England at the European Championship
- Tournaments played
- 11
- 1968 to 2024
- Finals
- 2
- 2020 and 2024
- Semi-finals
- 4
- 1968, 1996, 2020 and 2024
- 1968 Third place Beaten by Yugoslavia in the semi-final in Florence, then a 2–0 win over the Soviet Union in Rome.
- 1996 Semi-finals at home Germany win on penalties at Wembley after a 1–1 draw.
- 2020 Runners-up Italy win the final on penalties at Wembley, played in 2021.
- 2024 Runners-up again Spain win the final 2–1 in Berlin.
Italy
1 
England
1 
Spain
2
England
1 What we will track
As qualifying and the draw take shape, our European Championship hub will carry England's fixtures, group, outright markets and coverage, alongside a page for every past tournament.
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