Baku may host top UEFA events
By Laman Ismayilova
Azerbaijan has put forward Baku's Olympic Stadium to host the UEFA 2019 Champions League final and Europa League final.
The over 68,000-seater stadium will go up against Atletico Madrid's new stadium - the Estadio Metropolitano - to host the Champions League final.
The Europa League final, meanwhile, will be contested by Baku and two other stadiums - the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Sevilla and Turkey's Besiktas Arena.
The UEFA announced on June 8 the list of national associations that nominated their candidature and submitted the bid book before the deadline for final meetings of club tournaments and the UEFA Super Cup matches, which will be held in 2019.
The Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) reported that the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee on the stadiums, where the matches will be held, will be announced on September 21.
The Baku Olympic Stadium was constructed to host the 2015 European Games and had recently welcomed the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games.
The World Congress of Stadiums-2017 has recognized the Baku Olympic Stadium as "The best new stadium in the world".
Last spring the Stadium was recognized as the best project by the American Council of Engineering Companies. In 2015 the stadium was named the best project in sports and entertainment by Engineering News Record magazine.
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