Record Attendances And Carnival Atmosphere - Euro 2025 A Hit For Hosts

After 25 days of football-filled drama, Euro 2025 is astir over.

The winners will beryllium decided successful a heavyweight conflict successful Sunday's last successful Basel, pinch England hoping to take sides their title while world champions Spain hunt for their first Euro crown.

How has nan tourney been received disconnected nan pitch? And what benignant of hosts person Switzerland been?

Euro 2025 has been a record-breaking tournament.

After Spain's semi-final triumph complete Germany successful Zurich, nan full attendance crossed nan arena stood astatine 623,088 - surpassing nan 574,875 group successful England successful 2022.

That is particularly awesome erstwhile you see that Switzerland, dissimilar England, does not person 70,000-plus capacity stadiums for illustration Wembley and Old Trafford.

Basel's St Jakob-Park, which holds 34,250 spectators, is nan country's largest stadium and will big nan final.

Plus, nan Swiss Women's Super League is not yet master and nan mean attendance crossed nan convention was conscionable 569 past season.

With 29 of 31 matches astatine Euro 2025 sold out, nan full attendance is group to transcend 650,000 erstwhile Sunday's last is factored in.

"It's a women's tourney but nan number of fans, broadcast attention, broadcast deals, nan enthusiasm of nan cities hosting nan games - each of this has mixed to astir apt make this a breakthrough tourney for Uefa and each of nan participating nations," said Uefa vice-president and erstwhile Wales skipper Laura McAllister.

About 35% of tickets person been bought by travelling fans, pinch 160 nationalities represented among nan summons holders.

Fans person flocked to Switzerland successful their thousands to bask nan football, on pinch nan picturesque towns, crystal clear lakes and breathtaking Alpine scenery.

More than 1 cardinal supporters person packed retired nan instrumentality zones dotted astir nan 8 big cities, while much than 95,000 fans person joined nan pre-match instrumentality walks.

For each of Switzerland's 4 games, a oversea of reddish has flooded nan streets, pinch 20,000 fans turning retired successful Bern earlier their quarter-final against Spain.

The celebrated marches person created a carnival-type ambiance earlier kick-off pinch each nation's fans chanting, dancing and drumming their measurement to nan stadiums - putting supporters successful a statement temper and enhancing nan ambiance wrong nan grounds.

As always, supporters person been decked retired successful their country's colours, but a recurring taxable has emerged complete nan tournament, pinch fans adding flavour to nan festivities pinch 'food war' signs.

Pasty complete pasta. Paella complete fondue. Jamon complete currywurst.

Those were conscionable immoderate of nan witty food-related comments written connected homemade signs to substance nan playful rivalries betwixt fans.

Supporters person besides been helped by Switzerland's promise to big a sustainable tourney pinch free nationalist carrier to games for anyone pinch a ticket.

And Uefa has trained much than 10,000 visitors successful CPR arsenic portion of its Get Trained Save Lives campaign.

In what turned retired to beryllium Switzerland's past crippled of nan tournament, erstwhile they fell to a 2-0 conclusion by Spain, immoderate fans held up signs that publication "women's shot is present to stay".

In reaching nan quarter-finals for nan first time, nan hosts captured nationalist attention.

Home fans filled stadiums and roared connected Pia Sundhage's side, while they stayed good aft full-time pursuing their quarter-final nonaccomplishment to convey nan players for their efforts during nan tournament.

Switzerland's kit manufacturer, Puma, said it sold 7 times arsenic galore Swiss shirts during Euro 2025 arsenic during nan Women's World Cup successful 2023.

"I americium very, very proud of Switzerland," Sundhage said aft nan conclusion by Spain.

"If you look astatine nan group coming to nan games, it has been phenomenal, it has been a once-in-a-lifetime emotion and very emotional.

"It was much than I had dreamed of."

The tourney feels for illustration a pivotal infinitesimal for women's shot successful Switzerland, and 1 that will thief nan Swiss FA's ambition of doubling nan number of girls and women playing shot successful nan state from 40,000 to 80,000 by 2027.