2.7 million spectators attended the matches in the German tournament
MADRID, 20 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
UEFA will redistribute a record sum of 935 million euros after having gathered 2.7 million people in stadiums in Germany during Euro 2024, an edition in which normality was restored after the 2021 edition, which was held with hardly any spectators in the stadiums, due to the COVID-19 pandemic that had delayed its dispute by a year.
In total, more than 190 nationalities were present in Germany, with 2.7 million people in the stadiums and 6.2 million visiting one of the 18 ‘fan zones’ spread across the country, UEFA announced on its website on Tuesday.
According to the press release, up to 5.2 billion people followed the tournament on television around the world, and just over 4.5 billion watched videos of the competition through social media.
“Over the next four years, a record €935 million of EURO 2024 revenue will be redistributed among UEFA’s 55 member associations through the ‘HatTrick’ programme,” said the European body, which also confirmed that it had awarded €331 million to the associations in prize money and another €240 million to clubs that loaned players for the tournament.
In addition, throughout the competition, UEFA carried out initiatives such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation courses, which were given to a total of 38,000 people. Another of the objectives of this edition was sustainability, highlighting that 81% of the transport used to go to the stadiums was ecological, for which the organisation invested 32 million euros and hired 500 volunteers.
The latter, some 16,000 in total, provided their services at the 24 base camps spread across Germany (one for each participating team), supplying 168 vehicles, 2,400 vests and 180,000 drinks. Regarding these volunteers, UEFA says in its report that they “worked closely with the staff in charge of the playing fields to ensure the safety of the players and the consistency and uniformity of the playing surfaces.”
“The feelings of unity, pride and joy generated by the EURO are harder to measure, but no less significant, and will also live long in the memory,” concludes the report by Europe’s governing body.