House of European Football, Nyon, Switzerland. 27th September, 2018.
1. 00:00 UEFA headquarters
2. 00:06 UEFA Champions League and European Championship trophies
3. 00:12 UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin arrives for Euro 2024 host country draw
4. 00:17 Germany head coach Joachim Low arrives for Euro 2024 host country draw
5. 00:24 SOUNDBITE (English): Joachim Low, Germany head coach:
(About why Germany's bid to host Euro 2024 was successful)
"Of course, yesterday and today (Wednesday and Thursday), we were really excited for this decision. Now, at the moment, we are very happy because I think we did everything over the last few months and years to get this chance to host this tournament - (Euro) 2024. So we are happy and we will do everything to have a good tournament. We saw in 2006 (World Cup), in Germany, the people were so emotional. All the world came together and it was really a big party. We will do our best to feel the same in six years."
6. 01:12 Germany delegates, including Oliver Bierhoff and Celia Sasic, arrive for Euro 2024 host country draw
7. 01:26 Reinhard Grindel arrives for Euro 2024 host country draw
8. 01:32 SOUNDBITE (English): Reinhard Grindel, DFB President:
(About why Germany's bid to host Euro 2024 was successful)
"I think that we had a very good bid book with a clear concept for the world of football, to share with other FA's (Football Associations) our experience, which we get in the following months and years and to also be the country at the heart of Europe where you can celebrate football without being anxious, where you can live the values of football also for every human being."
9. 02:06 Franz Beckenbauer, Joachim Low and Germany delegates enter Euro 2024 host country draw hall
10. 02:22 SOUNDBITE (English): Joachim Low, Germany head coach:
(About the importance of Germany hosting Euro 2024 and whether he will still be in charge of the national team at that time)
"I think for the whole federation and for our country, it's important. It's the next step in the future, for the future and, of course, it will be a great motivation for our young players, for the youth, for the kids, because they see six years later on that their will be a (home) tournament, so this is a big motivation. For my work, at the moment, nothing will change now because in the next few weeks, we have two important games. We were too disappointed in the summer (at the World Cup), of course, but our way in the last 10 years, was very good. We will continue and we have the confidence and everything. So yeah, we will see. At the moment, I am happy that, in six years, there will be a tournament in our country. But we have to look, for me as a coach, at the next month and the next European Championship (in 2020)."
Q: Can you see yourself there in Euro 2024 leading the team?
"I don't know. As a coach, you can't plan for six years. But I would love to be involved in whatever capacity. But, as a coach, I don't know at the moment."
11. 03:40 European Championship trophy
12. 03:46 SOUNDBITE (German): Reinhard Grindel, DFB President:
"I sense a great trust from my colleagues here in the UEFA ExCo (Executive Committee). We already heard that we won with a clear majority of 12 votes to 4. That shows a trust in the power of our organisation. That shows that our bid had a great appeal. So I must say a big 'thank you' to my colleagues at the DFB (German Football Association) who have been meticulously working on this over a long time. We also must thank the Bundesliga who have made sure their stadiums are in such a good condition. That also contributed to our success today."
13. 04:24 SOUNDBITE (German): Reinhard Grindel, DFB President:
(On the importance of a clean bid after the corruption allegations around the successful German bid for the 2006 World Cup)
"That's always alluded to with the so-called '"Summer Fairytale" (the nickname for Germany 2006). It's a massive compliment for UEFA and shows how good UEFA is set up that that we have received such a big support in the UEFA ExCo with a concept based on facts, sustainability, transparency and good arguments. It's also a victory for our new integrity. That's very important for us at the DFB, that's what I'm responsible for and we have achieved that."
14. 05:08 SOUNDBITE (German): Reinhard Grindel, DFB President:
"I battled, not for me, but for the DFB. For the big goal of being successful in our bid for Euro 2024. After the World Cup it's been the motivation driving our colleagues, members and fans that we have, most importantly, a good perspective. On the one hand to develop a nice story around Euro 2024 but also with the Bundesliga and the DFB to working together to produce a team which is absolutely ready to play a European Championships on home soil. But further than that, it will give a boost to grassroots football, which I am always particularly interested in. So that's why I am really looking forward to the task ahead of us."
15. 05:52 Joachim Low talking to reporters in mixed zone
16. 05:59 SOUNDBITE (German): Joachim Low, Germany head coach:
"This has got nothing to do with my progress or the progress of the team. We must concentrate on what's coming up over the next few weeks. No question that we had a bad World Cup but I think we had a good start at the DFB (winning the 2014 World Cup and 2017 Confederations Cup). Within our ranks over the last few weeks and months there's been a total focus on what this bid means for us. I know that we have done everything we possibly can in the build-up to this to win this tournament and it's a good step forward for the next few years."
17. 06:39 SOUNDBITE (German): Joachim Low, Germany head coach:
(Will he still be the German national team manager in 2024?)
"Everyone who is responsible for this in our organization can now start planning for it. But that doesn't concern me as coach because my position here is totally dependent on the success I have over the next months or at the next tournament. It's difficult as a coach to look so far ahead."
18. 07:01 Joachim Low leaves UEFA headquarters
19. 07:08 Reinhard Grindel leaves UEFA headquarters
20. 07:23 Various of Turkish delegates leaving UEFA headquarters
SOURCE: SNTV
DURATION: 07:34
Reaction from Germany head coach Joachim Low and DFB (German Football Association) President Reinhard Grindel after the country was chosen as hosts of Euro 2024 ahead of Turkey at the UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Thursday (27th September).
SCRIPTING INFORMATION:
Germany won the right to host football's 2024 European Championship on Thursday, beating Turkey following a politically charged campaign.
Germany, which hosted the 2006 World Cup, was the long-time favourite and won the UEFA executive committee vote 12-4. There was one abstention.
Three months after FIFA members picked a North American bid over Morocco to host the 2026 World Cup, UEFA also opted for a more proven and profitable option.
Unlike FIFA, UEFA does not publish who the voters picked.
Turkey is now a four-time losing candidate after failed bids to host Euro 2008, 2012 and 2016.
This was the first time UEFA built human rights assessments into the process.
UEFA relies on its signature national-team competition to help fund 55 member federations.
Revenue from the first 24-team Euro, hosted in 2016 by France, was almost 2 billion euros ($2.35 billion).
UEFA received 850 million euros ($1 billion) in profit.
Germany should have about 400,000 more tickets to sell than the Euro 2016 organisers - they also had 300,000 more seats than Turkey's bid.
The UEFA voters were given confidential revenue projections for each candidate's plan.
Germany plan to use 10 stadiums for the 51-game tournament and play the final in Berlin or Munich.
Turkey proposed its strongest, government-backed bid yet with eight of 10 stadiums already completed and owned by the sports ministry.
Yet it was likely to struggle in the first UEFA hosting vote with a human rights assessment.
The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become increasingly authoritarian and a UEFA report into the candidates published last week noted Turkey's lack of a tournament plan to address human rights.
A currency crisis in Turkey has also seen the lira lose almost half its value against UEFA's working currency, the Euro, in the past year.
Germany will look to recapture the positive feeling of its month-long 2006 World Cup, which became known as the nation's "Summer Fairytale."
A well-liked and underrated national team helped Germans express a fresh pride in their national identity and symbols more than a decade after reunification with East Germany.
Europe's signature competition was hosted in 1988 by West Germany, one year before the Berlin Wall came down.
The election victory on Thursday is a welcome revival for the German football federation and its leader after four months of turmoil.
The federation and fans have had troubled relations with national team players Mesut Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan, whose roots are Turkish, before and after a poor showing at the World Cup as defending champions in Russia.
The issue flared after the players posed for photos with Erdogan in London in May - Ozil then became a scapegoat for the team's early World Cup exit.
Bid officials from Turkey quickly left UEFA headquarters and avoided international media.
Their compensation is that the same UEFA voting panel in May decided the 2020 Champions League final will be played at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.
