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Berlin to host 2015 Champions League final

Other News Materials 23 May 2013 17:03 (UTC +04:00)
The 2015 Champions League final will be played in Berlin, the executive committee of Europe's governing football body UEFA said on Thursday
Berlin to host 2015 Champions League final

The 2015 Champions League final will be played in Berlin, the executive committee of Europe's governing football body UEFA said on Thursday, dpa reported.

The German capital, which was chosen against several other unnamed candidates at an UEFA executive committee meeting, received the go-ahead two day before the first all-German final in the lucrative competition in London's Wembley stadium.

The 2015 Europa League final will be played in Warsaw.

The final in Berlin will be the second time within three years that the Champions League final is held in Germany as the 2012 final between Bayern Munich and Chelsea was played in Munich's Allianz Arena.

It will be the fifth Champions League final staged in Germany. Munich hosted the 1993, 1997 and 2012 finals, while Gelsenkirchen staged the 2004 final.

The 1959 and 1988 European Cup finals were played in Stuttgart, while the 1979 final of the competition was in Munich.

The 2014 Champions League final will be played in Lisbon.

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