The 2024 European Championships in Germany managed to draw in eye-watering and unprecedented sums of money for European football’s governing body.
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The 2024 European Championship in Germany raked in a financial windfall of €2.5billion for Europe’s football federation UEFA.
UEFA finance director Josef Koller announced the figure at the 49th Congress in Belgrade, declaring it a new record revenue for the tournament.
In total, the EUROs in Germany amassed around €600million more than the previously highest-grossing championship in France in 2016.
With regards to profits, a whopping €1.276billion was generated by UEFA in the Bundesrepublik.
The tournament profits stemmed from the 51 matches played across the 10 host cities which included: Hamburg, Berlin, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Leipzig, Düsseldorf, Köln, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich.
