April 25, 2024

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Greece will host two UEFA finals – the Super Cup and the Champions League

At the Athens Stadium “G. Karaiskakis” the final will take place Super Bowl 2023and the match that will determine the winner Conference leagues season 2023-24, will be held on “OPAP Arena“.

Greece is becoming the center of football in Europe as the UEFA Executive Committee has designated stadiums in Attica to host two matches that will determine important UEFA titles, so Greece will host not one but two Euro Finals!

According to onsports.grthe Super Bowl final starts at the stadium “G. Karaiskakis” August 16, 2023. Then the European Super Cup final will take place. The team that wins the Conference League this season will face the team that wins the Europa League. The event was supposed to take place in Kazan, which, of course, was impossible due to the sanctions against Russia.

Thus, UEFA had a choice between the following options:

  • In Germany, the stadiums that will host EURO 2024 are ready.
  • Any available stadium in Switzerland
  • A stadium in an accessible country with Super Bowl requirements (capacity 35,000-40,000) that has been sufficiently tested at the level of first-class European competition.

According to the last criterion, the headquarters of Olympiacos, the stadium “G. Karaiskakis”, which is located in the Athens district of Faliro. The final will also be held at the stadium owned by the sports club AEK.

The newly builtOPAP Arena» will open its gates for the third final in history Conference leagues, season 2023-24, next spring. The specific match will take place at the “home” stadium of the union, which will give Greek fans another great opportunity to attend a top-level football celebration.





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