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The DFB officially announced the bid for the 2024 tournament
in January. Turkey also plans to bid and Scandinavian countries
are likely to.
Munich's Allianz Arena, Berlin's Olympic stadium and Borussia
Dortmund's Signal Iduna Park are among the 18 stadiums vying for
the 10 tournament locations.
Of those 18, 15 meet a requirement of European soccer's
governing body, UEFA, for at least 30,000 seats. Freiburg and
Karlsruhe have planned capacity increases, but Dresden's
25,000-seat stadium does not meet the standards, the DFB said.
All 18 now have until June to hand in their files to the DFB
which will name the 10 selected stadiums in September. UEFA will
announce all candidate countries on March 10 and its decision on
the winning bid in September 2018.
"This resonance (of 18 cities interested) shows the great
enthusiasm for a Euro in Germany," said DFB President Reinhard
Grindel. "It also underlines the fact that we possess a stadium
infrastructure for such a tournament.
The last time Germany hosted a major soccer event was the 2006
World Cup, for which former DFB presidents and then World Cup
committee organising staff are currently being investigated for
alleged corruption, embezzlement and tax evasion.
Grindel has said the Euro 2024 bid would be transparent.
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann, editing by Larry King)
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