EUROPEADA 2020 – APPLICATIONS IMPRESS

In 2020, the EUROPEADA – the European football championship of the autochthonous national minorities, will take place for the 4th time. Following the call for expression of interest for hosting, the two applicants have sent their final application materials to the FUEN.The two candidates for hosting the EUROPEADA 2020 are:

•    The German-Danish border region (Region Sønderjylland-Schleswig) represented by the four minorities living in the area, with the motto “The EUROPEADA 2020 between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea – the cross-border football festival“

and

•    The Carinthian Slovenes with the motto “The EUROPEADA 2020 in Carinthia/Koroška – TOGETHER UNIQUE/SKUPNO ENKRATNI - together we celebrate the uniqueness of our diversity in Europe“.

"We are excited. Already while looking through the application portfolios, the football festival suggests to be exciting in both regions. We look forward to a fair competition and the attention the minorities are already receiving throughout the application phase," said FUEN Secretary General Susann Schenk.
After the FUEN examines both application documents, they will be published. A presentation by the applicants as well as the decision on the host of the event will take place in Cluj-Napoca / Kolozsvár / Klausenburg, Romania, at the Delegation's Meeting on 20.05.2017.

Background
EUROPEADA is a major European event that connects the fair competition and the enthusiasm for a sporting event with the interests of the autochthonous national minorities. The focus is on the encounter, the exchange of minorities and the public promotion. FUEN is the organiser of the EUROPEADA.

After the three successful European football championships of the autochthonous national minorities, hosted by the Romansh people in Grisons/Switzerland in 2008, the Lusatian Sorbs in Germany in 2012 and the German-speaking South Tyroleans and the Ladins in South Tyrol/Italy in 2016, the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) is looking for the host of the 4th  EUROPEADA in 2020.

The tournament is open to teams belonging to minorities and who are non-professional football players. The FUEN is responsible for the management in regards to the sporting tournament, the European marketing and the political flanking of the EUROPEADA. A supporting program and media marketing accompany the tournament.
The EUROPEADA will be an excellent opportunity for the host to present the minority and region to the European and domestic audience.