UEFA reveal nearby town chosen as base camp for Women's Euro 2022 Iceland national team
By Deborah Bowyer
6th Jul 2022 | Local News
Iceland women's national football team will have their base camp in Crewe during the Euro 2022 tournament - as it kicks off today
The UEFA Women's EURO 2022 will be played across England from today (July 6) to July 31.
The 16 competing countries confirmed their base camps for UEFA Women's EURO 2022 on June 14.
Iceland women's national football team will be based in Crewe throughout the tournament.
They kick-off their Euro campaign against Belgium this Sunday (10 July) at 5pm.
Iceland played a friendly against Poland last Wednesday (June 29), winning 3-1. It was their last game before the tournament.
The exact location of where the team is based in Crewe hasn't been revealed.
Iceland women's national team are nicknamed 'Stelpurnar Okkar,' meaning Our Girls.
They are placed in group D with the likes of Belgium, France and Italy.
England Women's national team have confirmed they will be based in Teddington, South-West London.
The hosts will be hoping that playing within their own country can play an advantage in winning the tournament.
They will play under under the leadership of head coach Sarina Wiegman.
England finished runners-up to Finland in 2009 - the closest they have ever been to winning the Euros.
The Lionesses last hosted the women's Euros in 2005. That tournament, England were knocked out at the group stage.
They will have to get past the likes of Austria, Northern Ireland and Norway in Group A to reach the knockout stage.
Crewe is also not the only place in Cheshire where a national women's team will be based.
The Sweden women's national team will be based in Chester.
For the other 13 national teams, they will be based as follows:
- Austria: Bagshot, Surrey
- Belgium: Wigan, Greater Manchester
- Denmark: Richmond, Surrey
- Finland: Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
- France: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
- Germany: Isleworth, West London
- Italy: Accrington, Lancashire
- Netherlands: Manchester, Greater Manchester
- Northern Ireland: Southampton, Hampshire
- Norway: Uckfield, Sussex
- Portugal: Manchester, Greater Manchester
- Spain: Marlow, Buckinghamshire
- Switzerland: Leeds, Yorkshire
It is up to the nations themselves to confirm specific details of where they will be based.
Nub News has contacted the Iceland women's team for confirmation.
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