Geneva, a host city of five women’s women, is taking an “extremely positive” assessment of this sporting event. No security or health incident is attending this event on which the authorities intend to capitalize on the development of women’s sport.
“With a total of 123,000 spectators attendance was beyond the estimates,” said Cindy Reymond, secretary general of the WEURO Geneva association 2025. The distribution between women and men was very balanced. Three of the five games displayed complete. Only 8000 tickets on all five games did not find a taker.
Fans parades between Lancy Pont-Rouge and the Geneva stadium have also exceeded all expectations. The one before the Swiss-Finland decisive match, which brought together more than 10,000 people, will remain memories. The Secretary General underlines the festive atmosphere that has reigned throughout this female euro which will remain an “undeniable popular success”.
A model to follow
The police presence was discreet, but necessary for the safety of a heterogeneous crowd made up of many women and children. In the end, no incident has been reported: “It is unprecedented for such a demonstration”, according to Ms. Reymond. Same observation at the health level: only a few small sores were taken care of.
The organizers had focused on soft mobility and public transport. Winning bet: According to the first estimates, 90% of the public who went to the stadium used public transport or moved on foot or by bicycle. The traditional traffic jams upstream of the matches were thus avoided.
It is now a question of capitalizing on the inheritance of this female euro. Detailed reports will be established in the coming months at the logistical level. But an element is already obvious: female football, and more generally female sport, can serve as a model for the organization of male events, underlines Ms. Reymond.
Other major events
Cited in a press release, Marie Barbey-Chappuis, administrative advisor of the city of Geneva in charge of the department of security and sports considers that “this competition will be a formidable accelerator for the development of women’s football, with the canton, the other municipalities and the cantonal football association, we must continue to work at all levels”.
“Such a tournament encourages us to attract other major events in Geneva to promote women’s sport. This will be the case with the Tour de France female next year, which will stop in our city,” said the magistrate. For the State Councilor in charge of sport Thierry Apothoz, the euro must leave a lasting heritage for women’s football: it is necessary to capitalize on this success.
Festive fanzone
Note also that the fanzone installed by the lake in Baby-Plage attracted more than 60,000 people. At its peak attendance, this space has welcomed up to 4000 people simultaneously, in an always festive, benevolent and respectful atmosphere, note the organizers. No security incident is to be deplored.
Organized by the City of Geneva, the Sport village also closed its doors on Sunday. According to a press release from the authorities, nearly 5,700 people benefited from the 24 activities offered and 500 hours of lessons. The public was able to test in particular tchoukball, trampoline bungee, climbing, unihockey, slackline or even parkour.
This article was published automatically. Source: ATS
