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UEFA have confirmed Germany will host Euro 2024.

Germany and Turkey had been the candidates to stage the 24-team tournament.

But a vote by UEFA's executive committee confirmed Germany had been selected as the host nation.

Germany's case was boosted after Turkey fell short on an assessment of human rights.

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It will be Germany's first major tournament since hosting the World Cup in 2006, having also hosted the European Championships 20 years ago.

The success of that World Cup worked in their favour as UEFA selected the hosts for the tournament.

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Germany boss Joachim Loew was in attendance at the announcement, as was World Cup-winning captain Phillip Lahm, who is the ambassador for the bid.

Berlin's Olympic Stadium will host the final of the 24-team tournament, with a total of 51 games scheduled for up to 32 days in June and July.

The nine other cities that will be used for games are Cologne, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart.

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This is Turkey's fourth defeat in the last five Euro bidding races and it had been hoping to mark the republic's 100th anniversary in 2024 by staging its first major international football tournament.

But while Germany's hotel stock, stadiums and transport infrastructure are all in place and of high quality, Turkey's bid was marked down for needing to upgrade airports, railways, roads and stadiums, particularly at a time when its economy is struggling.

UEFA 2020 will be held in 12 cities in 12 different counties, with Wembley set to stage the final and semi-final.

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