Nadine Kessler, UEFA's director of women's football, expresses her emotional commitment to the sport's growth. Euro 2025 has seen record attendance, with 233,000 traveling fans from 160 countries and an average attendance of 21,000, surpassing previous tournaments. Kessler highlights the importance of staging the tournament in Switzerland despite initial concerns about its size. The event has proven successful and has grown the sport's popularity in a country not traditionally devoted to women's football, showcasing a positive step forward for the future of the game.
As Euro 2025 concludes, how would you assess its success? You can see the emotions everywhere you look, the tournament has reached people and they are happy. We have taken the next step with this Euros in a country where people perhaps didn't really think that was possible, so it's fantastic and I'm very proud.
We've proved with facts that you can take things up a level and be successful in a country that wasn't already in love with women's football. It's a great sign for the sport's growth that Switzerland delivered so well.
We've never had so many travelling fans at a women's Euros, there have been 233,000 from 160 countries. The figure in England three years ago was less than half that.
Our average attendance will be 21,000; at Euro 2022 it was 18,500. So you can see the progression in interest and support for women's football.
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