France, Italy, Turkey, and stood together between Sweden and Norway, will fight the seat of the EURO 2016.The four candidates were formalized before midnight Monday, the limit provided for the submission to UEFA.
According to a press statement released on Tuesday, said UEFA will take into account the previous experience of federations, cities and venues in sporting events before confirming the official list of contestants.
Each candidate must submit a detailed proposal to UEFA before the February 15, 2010. The UEFA Executive Committee will make the final decision around May 27 of that year.
The timeframe will allow the host 2016 to six years for the organization of the tournament, which means an extra year over the period were Poland and Ukraine in their preparations to the troubled Euro 2012.
The 2016 edition will be the participation of 24 new computers, after UEFA decided last year to increase the current total of 16.
It will require that the host has nine stages, each with a capacity of at least 30,000 spectators. The stadium where the final will be played must have a minimum capacity of 50,000.
Fracia hosted the Euro 1984, where the current UEFA president Michel Platini was highlighted as the master of the selected local proclaimed champion.
Italy, which staged the tournament in 1980, was favorite to win the broad host the Euro 2012, but lost the vote to Poland-Ukraine.
Both France and Italy have organized world in the last 20 years. Italy did in 1990 and France in 1998.
The president of the French Football Federation (FFF), Jean-Pierre Escalettes said March 5 that France "would have to go to the conquest" of the organization of Euro 2016, dismissing the idea of a co-nomination with Italy .
The former France defender Lilian Thuram selection will be the "master key of a group of athletes that will be the nomination of ambassadors from France to the organization in 2016.
Sweden hosted the tournament in 1992, which was the last year in which eight teams. Norway has never hosted the event, but the edition that ranked the Netherlands and Belgium set up in 2000.
Turkey also mounted the Euro for the first time. Last year, the Turkish government offered to take the seat in 2012 if Poland and Ukraine could not fulfill their commitments.
The Turks were the revelation of the last European Championship in the summer of 2008, and was eliminated by Germany in the semis. Turkey will host the season in Istanbul, the final of the UEFA Cup on May 20.
The enlargement from 16 to 24 participating countries and the difficult economic conditions did flinch at the nominations of Scotland Gales.que and were interested.
Because of increased competition, the organizers should provide new stadium with a capacity of at least 30,000 spectators.
