UEFA Euro 2020

"Euro 2021" and "UEFA Euro 2021" redirect here. For the women's tournament originally scheduled for 2021, see UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2020 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2020) or simply Euro 2020, was the 16th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).^[1] To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the European Championship competition, UEFA president Michel Platini declared that the tournament would be hosted in several nations as a "romantic" one-off event, with 11 cities in 11 UEFA countries each providing venues for the tournament.^[2] Defending champions Portugal, who won UEFA Euro 2016 in France, were eliminated in the round of 16 by Belgium.^[3] Italy won their second European Championship title by beating England on penalties in the final following a 1–1 draw after extra time.^[4] The win came exactly on the 39th anniversary of Italy's 1982 FIFA World Cup Final win over West Germany.^[5]

UEFA Euro 2020

Live It. For Real.
Tournament details
Host countries	11 Azerbaijan Denmark England Germany Hungary Italy Netherlands Romania Russia Scotland Spain
Dates	11 June – 11 July 2021
Teams	24
Venue(s)	11 (in 11 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	51
Goals scored	142 (2.78 per match)
Attendance	1,099,278 (21,554 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristiano Ronaldo Patrik Schick (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Gianluigi Donnarumma
Best young player	Pedri
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The tournament was originally intended to be played between 12 June and 12 July 2020.^[6] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe during that year, the tournament was postponed to June and July 2021, while retaining the name UEFA Euro 2020 and host venues. Alongside special rules regarding COVID-19, UEFA also allowed two extra substitutions^[7] and implemented video assistant referee (VAR) for the first time.^[8]

Initially, there were 13 venues chosen for the tournament but two were later dropped. Brussels was dropped in December 2017 after the city's Eurostadium was abandoned,^[9] while Dublin was dropped in April 2021 because there was no guarantee that spectators could attend. Spain originally intended to use Bilbao as a host venue but later changed it to Seville to allow for spectators at matches.^[10] UEFA chose Stadio Olimpico in Rome to host the opening match between Italy and Turkey, while Wembley Stadium in London was selected as a semi-final and final venue for the second time,^[11] following the 1996 tournament at the original stadium of the same name.

The tournament was well received by fans and commentators, with the most goals per game in a European Championship since the introduction of the group stage, and only two goalless games. The refereeing style was also praised, with a conservative use of VAR and quick decisions made on the pitch.

Bid process

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 bids

While some countries such as Belgium,^[12] Bulgaria and Romania,^[13] Germany,^[14][15] Hungary and Romania,^[16] Ireland, Scotland, and Wales,^[17] the Netherlands,^[18] and Turkey^[19] had already expressed an interest in bidding to host the tournament, then-UEFA president Michel Platini suggested at a press conference on 30 June 2012, a day before the UEFA Euro 2012 Final, that instead of having one host country, or joint hosting by multiple countries, the tournament could be spread over "12 or 13 cities" across the continent, as was done for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship's elite round, where each of the seven groups was hosted by a different country.^[20]

European format decision

On 6 December 2012, UEFA announced the tournament would be held in multiple cities across Europe to mark the 60th anniversary of the tournament.^[21][22] The selection of the host cities did not guarantee an automatic qualifying berth to the national team of that country. UEFA reasoned that the pan-European staging of the tournament was the logical decision at a time of financial difficulty, such as the European debt crisis.^[23][24] Reaction to UEFA's plan was mixed across Europe.^[25] Critics cited the expanded format (from 31 matches featuring 16 nations to 51 featuring 24) and its associated additional costs as the decisive factor for only one nation (Turkey) having put forward a serious bid.^[26]

Bidding venues

The final list of bids was published by UEFA on 26 April 2014, with a decision on the hosts being made by the UEFA Executive Committee on 19 September 2014. There were two bids for the Finals Package (of which one was successful, marked with dark green for semi-finals and final) and 19 bids for the Standard Package (of which 12 were initially successful, marked with light green for quarter-finals and group stage, and yellow for round of 16 and group stage); Brussels, marked with red, were initially selected but removed from the list of venues by UEFA on 7 December 2017.^[27][11][28] Dublin, marked in red, was initially selected but removed from the list of venues by UEFA on 23 April 2021. On the same day, UEFA also announced the matches in Spain would be moved from Bilbao to Seville.^[10]

  Successful bid for group stage and round of 16

  Successful bid for group stage and quarter-finals

  Successful bid for semi-finals and final. Later added: Group stage and round of 16

  Successful bid for group stage and round of 16 at first but later removed from list

  Successful bid for group stage and round of 16 but later changed to another venue in country

  Unsuccessful bid (either rejected as judged by UEFA to not fulfill the bid requirements, or eliminated by vote)

Country	City	Venue	Capacity	Package	Result	#
Azerbaijan	Baku	Olympic Stadium	68,700	Standard Package	Group stage and quarter-finals	4
Belarus	Minsk	Dinamo Stadium	34,000 (to be expanded to 39,000)	Standard Package	Rejected	0
Belgium	Brussels	Eurostadium (proposed new national stadium)	50,000 (62,613 potentially)	Standard Package	Group stage and round of 16 (later cancelled)	0
Bulgaria	Sofia	Vasil Levski National Stadium	43,000 (to be expanded to 50,000)	Standard Package	Rejected	0
Denmark	Copenhagen	Parken Stadium	38,065	Standard Package	Group stage and round of 16	4
England	London	Wembley Stadium	90,000	Finals Package (withdrawn Standard Package)	Semi-finals and final Group stage and two round of 16 (later added)	8
Germany	Munich	Allianz Arena	70,000	Standard Package, Finals Package	Group stage and quarter-finals	4
Hungary	Budapest	Puskás Aréna	56,000 (proposed new 67,215 stadium)	Standard Package	Group stage and round of 16	4
Israel	Jerusalem	Teddy Stadium	34,000 (to be expanded to 53,000)	Standard Package	Rejected	0
Italy	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	70,634	Standard Package	Opening match, group stage and quarter-finals	4
Macedonia^[a]	Skopje	Philip II Arena^[b]	33,460	Standard Package	Rejected	0
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Amsterdam Arena^[c]	54,990 (to be expanded to around 56,000)	Standard Package	Group stage and round of 16	4
Republic of Ireland	Dublin	Aviva Stadium	51,700	Standard Package	Group stage and round of 16 (later cancelled)	0
Romania	Bucharest	Arena Națională	55,600	Standard Package	Group stage and round of 16	4
Russia	Saint Petersburg	Krestovsky Stadium	68,134	Standard Package	Group stage (a second group later added) and quarter-finals	7
Scotland	Glasgow	Hampden Park	51,866	Standard Package	Group stage and round of 16	4
Spain	Bilbao	San Mamés	53,289	Standard Package	Group stage and round of 16 (later moved to La Cartuja in Seville)	4
Sweden	Solna, Stockholm	Friends Arena	54,329	Standard Package	Eliminated	0
Wales	Cardiff	Millennium Stadium	74,500	Standard Package	Eliminated	0

1. Now North Macedonia
2. Renamed in 2019 to Toše Proeski Arena.
3. Renamed in 2018 to Johan Cruyff Arena

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Start of the pandemic and postponement

In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe triggered concerns regarding its potential impact on players, staff and visitors to the twelve host cities of the tournament.^[29] At the UEFA Congress in early March, UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin said the organisation was confident that the situation could be dealt with, while general secretary Theodore Theodoridis stated that UEFA was maintaining contact with the World Health Organization and national governments regarding the coronavirus.^[30] The impact on football grew later that month, as numerous domestic and UEFA competition matches began taking place behind closed doors. By 13 March 2020, upcoming UEFA competition fixtures were postponed, while major European leagues were suspended, including the Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1, Premier League, and Serie A.^[31]

UEFA held a videoconference on 17 March 2020 with representatives of its 55 member associations, along with a FIFPro representative and the boards of the European Club Association and European Leagues, to discuss the response to the outbreak for domestic and European competitions, including Euro 2020.^[32] At the meeting, UEFA announced that the tournament would be postponed to the following year, proposing that it take place from 11 June to 11 July 2021.^[33] The postponement allowed for pressure to be reduced on the public services in affected countries, while also providing space in the calendar for domestic European leagues that had been suspended to complete their seasons.^[34] On the following day, the Bureau of the FIFA Council approved the date change in the FIFA International Match Calendar. As a result, the expanded FIFA Club World Cup, due to take place in June and July 2021, was postponed.^[35] On 23 April 2020, UEFA confirmed that the tournament would still be known as UEFA Euro 2020.^[36][37]

Spectator plans and venue changes

In May 2020, Čeferin stated that in principle the tournament would take place in the twelve selected host cities. However, he did not rule out the possibility of reducing the number of cities, as three hosts were unsure if matches could be held under the new schedule.^[38] The tournament venues and match schedule was reviewed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 17 June 2020.^[39] At the meeting, UEFA confirmed that all twelve original host venues would remain as hosts for the tournament in 2021, and approved the revised match schedule.^[40][41] However, Čeferin stated in October 2020 that it was still possible that the tournament could be played in fewer than the planned twelve host countries.^[42] The following month, UEFA stated that it "intends to hold Euro 2020 in the format and the venues confirmed earlier this year and we are working closely with all host cities on preparations".^[43] It was also announced that each host was discussing with UEFA and local health authorities on whether the venue could host matches at full capacity, between 100% and 50% capacity, at 33% capacity or behind closed doors. Each host city was asked to draw up two or three plans from the four options. The restrictions could also involve only local spectators to be permitted at matches. A final decision on which scenario would be applied individually at each venue was originally to be made on 5 March 2021.^[44][45] In October 2020, it was announced that UEFA matches would be suspended from taking place in Armenia and Azerbaijan until further notice due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.^[46] However, this did not affect the planning of Euro 2020 matches to be held in Baku.^[47] This restriction was lifted in December 2020 following a ceasefire agreement between the countries.^[48]

In a New Year's interview, Čeferin said, "Vaccination has started and I think we will be able to have full stands in the summer. For now, the plan is to play in all twelve countries. Of course, there are backup options in case a country has a problem. We are ready to organise competitions in eleven, ten or nine cities... and even only in one country, if necessary. However, I am 99.9 percent sure that we will have the European Championship in all twelve cities, as planned."^[49][50] On 27 January 2021, UEFA met with the host associations to discuss operational matters, and reaffirmed the tournament would be held across twelve cities.^[51] The deadline for hosts to submit their venue capacity plans was moved to 7 April 2021,^[52] with a final decision on host cities and spectators to originally be made by the UEFA Executive Committee on 19 April 2021.^[53] UEFA announced on the following day that Daniel Koch, the former head of communicable diseases at Switzerland's Federal Office of Public Health, would serve as the tournament's medical advisor on matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[54] In February 2021, the Israel Football Association offered to stage some tournament matches in the country, which had a high rate of vaccination. However, this was turned down by UEFA, who reiterated their commitment to the twelve host cities.^[55] In a March 2021 interview, Čeferin said, "We have several scenarios, but the one guarantee we can make is that the option of playing any Euro 2020 match in an empty stadium is off the table. Every host must guarantee there will be fans at their games." UEFA subsequently stated that no host city would be automatically dropped should they decide to play matches behind closed doors. However, UEFA would need to consider whether it would make sense to play matches without spectators, or if these matches should be reallocated to other venues.^[56] That same month, British prime minister Boris Johnson offered UEFA to host additional tournament matches in England should any venues need to be reassigned.^[57]

On 9 April 2021, UEFA announced that eight of the original twelve tournament hosts confirmed their spectator plans, with stadium capacities ranging from 25% to 100%. Only Bilbao, Dublin, Munich and Rome had yet to submit their plans, with each host originally given an extension until 19 April 2021 to submit their venue capacities.^[58] On 14 April, UEFA announced that Rome had guaranteed spectators for the tournament, and was therefore confirmed as a venue.^[59] On 19 April, it was announced that another extension was given to the three remaining hosts until 23 April, when UEFA would make its final decision.^[60] Due to the need to finalise ticketing details, host cities would have until 28 April to decide on whether to leave their spectator limits unchanged, or to upscale their allowed capacities.^[61]

On 23 April, UEFA announced that Seville would replace Bilbao as tournament host, while the matches of Dublin would be reallocated to Saint Petersburg for the group stage and London for the round of 16.^[10] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland, the Football Association of Ireland was unable to receive assurances from the Government of Ireland and the Dublin City Council to allow spectators into the stadium.^[62][63][64] Meanwhile, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said the sanitary conditions imposed by the Basque Government to host matches in Bilbao were "impossible to comply with", and thus would not allow for spectators to be present.^[65] After being removed as hosts, the Bilbao City Council stated they held UEFA and RFEF "directly responsible for us not staging this sporting event and the unilateral cancellation of our contractual relationships", and threatened legal action for financial compensation.^[66]

Also on 23 April, UEFA announced that local authorities had guaranteed "a minimum of 14,500 spectators" for the matches scheduled in Munich, which was therefore confirmed as host of four games.^[10] However, both the regional government of Bavaria and the German interior ministry subsequently reiterated their position that there was no such guarantee, and admittance of spectators would depend on the actual pandemic situation at the time of the tournament.^[67] A few days later, UEFA president Čeferin backtracked in an interview with a German newspaper, denying that UEFA had demanded guarantees for games with spectators, and conceding that "the local authorities will decide before the games whether spectators will be admitted or not."^[68][69]

Semi-final and final venue

 

Italian President Sergio Mattarella speaks with the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson before the final

Wembley Stadium's hosting of both the semi-finals and the final was threatened over quarantine restrictions in the United Kingdom that fans and 2,500 VIPs would be subject to. The Puskás Aréna in Budapest was considered as an alternative venue, as Hungary would have no entry restrictions for travel within the Schengen Area and could host the matches at full capacity.^[70] A spokesman for the Hungarian Football Federation said the organisation was "ready to host any high-level football event".^[71] However, UEFA remained confident that Wembley could host the final, as the organisation and the UK government discussed quarantine exemptions,^[72] but did not rule out a change in venue.^[73] Minister Kit Malthouse said the government was doing "as much as we possibly can" to host the final,^[74] while prime minister Boris Johnson stated they would try to make "sensible accommodations" for UEFA while still prioritising public health.^[75] Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said the final should be held in Rome due to rising COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom.^[76] The following week, it was reported that officials and executives travelling for the matches would not need to self-isolate, though they would be subject to restrictions and required to remain in "football bubbles".^[77][78]

Rule changes

On 31 March 2021, the UEFA Executive Committee approved the use of a maximum of five substitutions in matches at the tournament (with a sixth allowed in extra time).^[7] However, each team are only given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity allowed in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.^[79] The use of five substitutes has been permitted by IFAB during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the resulting fixture congestion, which has created a greater burden on players.^[80]

At the start of April 2021, UEFA also said they were considering allowing tournament squads to be expanded from the usual 23 players, following calls from national team managers in case of a possible COVID outbreak in a team, as well as to reduce player fatigue caused by the fixture congestion of the prior season.^[81] On 27 April, it was reported that the UEFA National Team Competitions Committee had approved the expansion of squads to 26 players, subject to confirmation by the UEFA Executive Committee.^[82] On 4 May 2021, the executive committee confirmed the use of 26-player squads. However, teams still may only name a maximum of 23 players on the match sheet for each tournament fixture (of which 12 are substitutes), in line with the Laws of the Game. These 23 must include three goalkeepers. It was also announced that after each team's first match, goalkeepers may still be replaced due to physical incapacity, even if the other goalkeepers from the squad are still available.^[83]

Water breaks were permitted so that players could drink from their own personal bottles.^[84] Cooling breaks, first seen at the 2014 FIFA World Cup were also permitted for games played in higher temperatures.^[85]

Special rules due to COVID-19

On 4 May 2021, the UEFA Executive Committee approved special rules for the final tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe:^[83][86]

• If a group of players of a team were placed into mandatory quarantine or self-isolation following a decision from national or local health officials due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests, the match will go ahead as scheduled as long as the team had at least 13 players available (including at least one goalkeeper). If fewer than 13 players were available (including at least one goalkeeper), additional players could have been called up to meet the minimum of 13 players required. In such a case, an equivalent number of quarantined players must have been definitively withdrawn from the 26-player list.
• If a team cannot field the minimum required number of players due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests, the match may be rescheduled within the next 48 hours of the original date of the match by the UEFA administration, subject to viable rescheduling options being available. Additionally, UEFA may reassign the rescheduled match to an alternative venue if deemed appropriate.
• If the match cannot be rescheduled, the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body will decide on the matter. The team responsible for the match not taking place are considered to have forfeited the match and lost 3–0.
• If any member of the appointed referee team has to be replaced due to positive SARS-CoV-2 test, UEFA can exceptionally appoint a match official of the same nationality as one of the teams or not on the FIFA list.

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

 

  Team qualified for UEFA Euro 2020

  Team failed to qualify

There was no automatic qualifying berth, and all 55 UEFA national teams, including the twelve national teams whose countries were selected to stage matches, had to compete in the qualifiers for the 24 places at the finals tournament.^[87][88] As the host cities were appointed by UEFA in September 2014, before the qualifiers, it was possible for the national teams from the host cities to fail to qualify for the finals tournament. The qualifying draw was held on 2 December 2018 at the Convention Centre Dublin in Dublin, Ireland.^[89]

The main qualifying process started in March 2019, instead of immediately in September 2018 following the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and ended in November 2019. The format remained largely the same, although only 20 of the 24 spots for the finals tournament were decided from the main qualifying process, leaving four spots still to be decided. Following the admission of Kosovo to UEFA in May 2016, it was announced that the 55 members at the time would be drawn into ten groups after the completion of the UEFA Nations League (five groups of five teams and five groups of six teams, with the four participants of the UEFA Nations League Finals guaranteed to be drawn into groups of five teams), with the top two teams in each group qualifying. The qualifiers were played on double matchdays in March, June, September, October and November 2019.^[90]

With the creation of the UEFA Nations League starting in 2018,^{[91][90][92][93]} the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League was linked with Euro qualifying, providing teams another chance to qualify for the tournament. Four teams from each division that had not already qualified for the European Championship competed in the play-offs for each division. The winners of the play-offs for each division, which were decided by two one-off semi-finals (the best-ranked team vs. the lowest-ranked team, and the second-best-ranked team vs. the third-best-ranked team, played at home of higher-ranked teams) and a one-off final (with the venue drawn in advance between the two semi-finals winners), joined the 20 teams that had already qualified for the tournament.^[93]

Qualified teams

Of the 24 teams that qualified for the tournament, 19 were returning from the 2016 edition. Among them were Belgium and Italy, who both had recorded flawless qualifying campaigns (ten wins in ten matches),^[94][95] defending European champions Portugal and world champions France, with Germany also qualifying for a record 13th straight European Championship.^[96] Finland and North Macedonia made their European Championship debuts, having never previously qualified for a major tournament.^[97][98] Scotland, a co-host of the tournament, qualified for their first major international tournament since the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and their first European Championship since 1996.^[99] The Netherlands and Denmark returned after missing out in 2016, with the Dutch featuring in a major tournament for the first time since the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[100][101] For the first time, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Wales reached successive European Championship tournaments.^[102][103] Greece, winners in 2004, were the only former champions that failed to qualify, missing their second straight European Championship and third consecutive major tournament.^[104] Albania, Iceland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Romania failed to qualify after appearing in the 2016 finals.^[105]

Of the eleven host countries, seven managed to qualify directly for the tournament, while Hungary and Scotland qualified via the play-offs. Romania were eliminated in the semi-finals of the play-offs,^[106] and Azerbaijan were eliminated following the qualifying group stage.^[107] The Republic of Ireland, originally selected as a tournament host but later stripped of their hosting rights, were also eliminated in the semi-finals of the play-offs.^[106]

Team^[A]	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^[B]
Belgium	Group I winner	10 October 2019	5 (1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2016)
Italy	Group J winner	12 October 2019	9 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Russia^[C]	Group I runner-up	13 October 2019	11 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Poland	Group G winner	13 October 2019	3 (2008, 2012, 2016)
Ukraine	Group B winner	14 October 2019	2 (2012, 2016)
Spain	Group F winner	15 October 2019	10 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
France	Group H winner	14 November 2019	9 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Turkey	Group H runner-up	14 November 2019	4 (1996, 2000, 2008, 2016)
England	Group A winner	14 November 2019	9 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016)
Czech Republic^[D]	Group A runner-up	14 November 2019	9 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Finland	Group J runner-up	15 November 2019	0 (debut)
Sweden	Group F runner-up	15 November 2019	6 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Croatia	Group E winner	16 November 2019	5 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Austria	Group G runner-up	16 November 2019	2 (2008, 2016)
Netherlands	Group C runner-up	16 November 2019	9 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Germany^[E]	Group C winner	16 November 2019	12 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Portugal	Group B runner-up	17 November 2019	7 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Switzerland	Group D winner	18 November 2019	4 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2016)
Denmark	Group D runner-up	18 November 2019	8 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012)
Wales	Group E runner-up	19 November 2019	1 (2016)
North Macedonia	Play-off Path D winner	12 November 2020	0 (debut)
Hungary	Play-off Path A winner	12 November 2020	3 (1964, 1972, 2016)
Slovakia^[F]	Play-off Path B winner	12 November 2020	4 (1960, 1976, 1980, 2016)
Scotland	Play-off Path C winner	12 November 2020	2 (1992, 1996)

1. Italic indicates team from one of the eleven host associations.
2. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
3. From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.
4. From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.
5. From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
6. From 1960 to 1980, Slovakia competed as Czechoslovakia.

Venues

The 13 original venues were selected and announced by UEFA on 19 September 2014.^[108] However, the UEFA Executive Committee removed Brussels as a host city on 7 December 2017 due to delays with the building of Eurostadium. The four matches (three group stage, one round of 16) initially scheduled to be held in Brussels were reallocated to Wembley Stadium in London.^[9] On 23 April 2021, UEFA announced that due to a lack of guarantees regarding spectators caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Aviva Stadium in Dublin was removed as a tournament host. Their four matches were reallocated to Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg for the three group stage matches, and Wembley Stadium in London for the round of 16 fixture. Similarly, UEFA reassigned the four matches in Spain elsewhere in the country, with La Cartuja in Seville replacing San Mamés in Bilbao.^[10]

On 7 December 2017, it was also announced that the opening match would take place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, chosen ahead of Amsterdam, Glasgow and Saint Petersburg. UEFA decided that if they qualified, the opening match would feature Italy.^[9][109]

Of the eleven selected cities and countries, seven cities and six countries had never hosted a European Championship finals match before. Seville was not a venue when Spain hosted the 1964 European Nations' Cup, and none of Azerbaijan, Denmark, Hungary, Romania, Russia or Scotland had hosted the tournament previously. Of the eleven selected stadiums, only two had hosted a European Championship match before: the Stadio Olimpico (1968 and 1980) and the Johan Cruyff Arena (2000). The original Wembley stadium hosted games and the final in UEFA Euro 1996, but although it stood on the same site, this was classified as a different stadium to the current Wembley Stadium.

London	Rome	London   Rome   Munich   Baku   Saint Petersburg   Budapest   Seville   Bucharest   Amsterdam   Glasgow   Copenhagen		Munich
Wembley Stadium	Stadio Olimpico			Allianz Arena
Capacity: 90,000	Capacity: 70,634			Capacity: 70,000
Baku	Saint Petersburg			Budapest
Olympic Stadium	Krestovsky Stadium			Puskás Aréna
Capacity: 68,000	Capacity: 68,134			Capacity: 67,215
Seville	Bucharest	Amsterdam	Glasgow	Copenhagen
La Cartuja	Arena Națională	Johan Cruyff Arena	Hampden Park	Parken Stadium
Capacity: 57,600	Capacity: 55,600	Capacity: 54,990	Capacity: 51,866	Capacity: 38,065

Each city hosted three group stage matches and one match in the round of 16 or quarter-finals, with the exception of Saint Petersburg, which hosted six group stage matches, and London, which hosted host two matches in the round of 16. The match allocation for the eleven stadiums is as follows:

• Group stage, round of 16, semi-finals and final: London (England)
• Group stage and quarter-finals: Baku (Azerbaijan), Munich (Germany), Rome (Italy), Saint Petersburg (Russia)
• Group stage and round of 16: Amsterdam (Netherlands), Bucharest (Romania), Budapest (Hungary), Copenhagen (Denmark), Glasgow (Scotland), Seville (Spain)

Group stage hosts

The host cities were divided into six pairings, established on the basis of sporting strength (assuming all host teams qualify), geographical considerations and security/political constraints. The pairings were allocated to groups by means of a random draw on 7 December 2017. Each qualified host country played a minimum of two matches at home. The following group venue pairings were announced:^[9]

• Group A: Rome (Italy) and Baku (Azerbaijan)
• Group B: Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Copenhagen (Denmark)
• Group C: Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Bucharest (Romania)
• Group D: London (England) and Glasgow (Scotland)
• Group E: Originally Bilbao (Spain) and Dublin (Republic of Ireland)
  • Later changed to Seville (Spain) and Saint Petersburg (Russia)^[a]
• Group F: Munich (Germany) and Budapest (Hungary)

The following criteria applied to define the home matches of host teams within the same group:^[110]

• If both host teams qualified directly or both advanced to the play-offs, a draw determined which team would play all three group stage matches at home (including the head-to-head match), and which one played only two matches at home.
• If one host team qualified directly, and the other failed to also directly qualify, the directly qualified host team played all three group stage matches at home, and the other host, if qualified, would play only two.
• If one host team advanced to the play-offs, and the other was eliminated entirely, the host team in the play-offs, if qualified, had played all three group stage matches at home.
• No action was necessary should both host teams failed to have qualified.

If a host team in the play-offs failed to qualify, the path winner would take the spot of the host in the match schedule and therefore would play the two or three matches based on the above criteria in the host city of the respective host that failed to qualify. The draw took place on 22 November 2019, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland (along with the draw for the play-offs).^[111] In the draw, which was only necessary for Group B (Denmark and Russia), two balls were prepared, with the first drawn hosting the three matches.^[112]

Allocation of group stage home matches to host countries

Group	Host	Status of host	Draw	Number of home matches
				Three	Two
A	Azerbaijan	Eliminated in qualifying group stage	No	Italy	None
	Italy	Qualified directly to finals
B	Denmark	Qualified directly to finals	Yes	Denmark	Russia
	Russia	Qualified directly to finals
C	Netherlands	Qualified directly to finals	No	Netherlands	None
	Romania	Eliminated via play-offs
D	England	Qualified directly to finals	No	England	Scotland
	Scotland	Qualified via play-offs
E	Republic of Ireland^[a]	Eliminated via play-offs	No	Spain	None
	Spain	Qualified directly to finals
F	Germany	Qualified directly to finals	No	Germany	Hungary
	Hungary	Qualified via play-offs

1. In April 2021, Dublin was removed as a tournament host, with their group stage matches reallocated to Saint Petersburg, who were already hosts of Group B.

Spectator limits

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions on public gatherings, many of the venues at the tournament were unable to operate at full capacity. UEFA asked each host to devise a spectator plan in conjunction with their local/national government and health authorities. The hosts were given a deadline of 7 April 2021 to communicate their plans with UEFA. On 9 April, UEFA announced that eight of the tournament hosts had confirmed their stadium capacities, ranging from 25% to 100%. The remaining four hosts (Bilbao, Dublin, Munich and Rome) were given an extension until 23 April to submit their venue capacities.^[58] On 14 April, UEFA announced that Rome had also confirmed its venue capacity.^[59] On 23 April, the venue capacity for Munich was also confirmed, while Bilbao was replaced by Seville, which could guarantee spectators. In addition, Dublin was removed as a host, as it was unable to ensure spectators could attend.^[10]

Many of the matches did not see stadiums filled to their allowed capacity, with only Netherlands group stage matches that were played at the Johan Cruyff Arena seeing the stadium come within less than a thousand seats of being full. The match between England and Croatia saw an attendance of 18,497, compared to the allowed capacity of 22,500, with UEFA suggesting quarantine restrictions as the cause for the smaller attendance.^[113]

Allowed capacities of UEFA Euro 2020 venues

City	Venue	Standard capacity	Allowed capacity
Amsterdam	Johan Cruyff Arena	54,990	At least 33% (approximately 16,000), subject to possible increase^[114]
Baku	Olympic Stadium	68,700	50% (approximately 34,350), with no foreign spectators permitted other than citizens of participating teams^[115]
Bucharest	Arena Națională	55,600	At least 25% (approximately 13,000) for the group stage and 50% (approximately 25,000) for the round of 16 match^[116]^[117]
Budapest	Puskás Aréna	67,215	Full capacity, subject to spectators fulfilling strict stadium entry requirements
Copenhagen	Parken Stadium	38,065	40% (approximately 15,900) for the first match against Finland and 67% (approximately 25,000) for the remaining two group stage matches and the round of 16 match.^[118]
Glasgow	Hampden Park	51,866	25% (approximately 12,000)^[119]
London	Wembley Stadium	90,000	25% (approximately 22,500) for the group stage and the first match in the round of 16, 50% (approximately 45,000) for the second match in the round of 16 and 67% (approximately 60,000) for the semi-finals and final^[120]
Munich	Allianz Arena	70,000	20% (14,000)^[121]
Rome	Stadio Olimpico	70,634	At least 25% (approximately 17,659), subject to possible increase^[122]
Saint Petersburg	Krestovsky Stadium	68,134	At least 50% (approximately 34,067), subject to possible increase
Seville	Estadio de La Cartuja	60,000	30% (approximately 18,000)

Team base camps

Each team chose a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. The teams trained and resided in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases. Unlike previous tournaments, each team could set up their base camp anywhere due to the pan-European format, without any obligation of staying in any of the host countries.^[123]

The base camps selected by the 20 directly qualified teams were announced by UEFA on 27 January 2020.^[124] The base camps of the remaining teams qualified via the play-offs were announced in 2021.^[125]

Team	Base camp
Austria	Seefeld in Tirol, Austria
Belgium	Tubize, Belgium
Croatia	Rovinj, Croatia^[a]
Czech Republic	Prague, Czech Republic^[b]
Denmark	Helsingør, Denmark
England	Burton upon Trent, England
Finland	Repino, Saint Petersburg, Russia
France	Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, France
Germany	Herzogenaurach, Germany
Hungary	Telki, Hungary
Italy	Coverciano, Florence, Italy
Netherlands	Zeist, Netherlands
North Macedonia	Bucharest, Romania
Poland	Sopot, Poland^[c]
Portugal	Budapest, Hungary
Russia	Novogorsk, Khimki, Russia
Scotland	Hurworth-on-Tees, England^[128]
Slovakia	Saint Petersburg, Russia^[d]
Spain	Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain
Sweden	Gothenburg, Sweden^[e]
Switzerland	Rome, Italy
Turkey	Baku, Azerbaijan
Ukraine	Bucharest, Romania
Wales	Baku, Azerbaijan

1. Originally St Andrews, Scotland,^[124] but moved due to COVID-19 quarantine restrictions in Scotland.^[126]
2. Originally Currie, Edinburgh, Scotland,^[124] but moved due to COVID-19 quarantine restrictions in Scotland^[127]
3. Originally Portmarnock, Republic of Ireland^[124]
4. Originally Castleknock, Republic of Ireland,^[129][130]
5. Originally Maynooth, Republic of Ireland.^[124]

Final draw

The draw for the final tournament was held on 30 November 2019, 18:00 CET (19:00 local time, EET) at Romexpo in Bucharest, Romania.^{[131][132][133][107]} The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four. The identity of the four play-off teams were not known at the time of the draw and were identified as play-off winners A to D.^[134] Should there have been groups that could not be finalised at the time of the final tournament draw, another draw would have been held after the play-offs on 1 April 2020,^[1] but UEFA confirmed the additional draw was not necessary after the identity of the 20 directly qualified teams and the 16 play-offs teams was known.^[112]

The teams were seeded in accordance with the European Qualifiers overall ranking based on their results in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying. The following was the standard composition of the draw pots:^[135]

• Pot 1: Group winners ranked 1–6
• Pot 2: Group winners ranked 7–10, group runners-up ranked 1–2 (11–12 overall)
• Pot 3: Group runners-up ranked 3–8 (13–18 overall)
• Pot 4: Group runners-up ranked 9–10 (19–20 overall), play-off winners A–D (identity unknown at the time of the draw)

As two host teams from the same group could not be in the same seeding pot, the UEFA Emergency Panel would have either switched one host team with the lowest-ranked team of the higher pot, or switched one host team with the highest-ranked team of the lower pot (based on the principle that the move would have minimal impact on the original seeding). However, no seeding adjustments were necessary.

The draw started with Pot 1 and completed with Pot 4, from where a team was drawn and assigned to the first available group. The position in the group (for the determination of the match schedule) was then drawn. In the draw, the following conditions applied (including for teams that could still qualify via the play-offs):^[136]

• Automatic group assignments: Host teams were automatically assigned to their group based on the host city pairings.
• Prohibited clashes: For political reasons, UEFA set pairs of teams that were considered prohibited clashes. In addition to being unable to be drawn into the same group, non-host teams were prevented from being drawn into a group hosted by a country they clash with, even should the host not qualify. Only one prohibited clash, Russia / Ukraine, applied during the group stage draw. Other prohibited clashes among qualified and play-off teams were Kosovo / Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo / Serbia, but the teams in these pairs were all in the play-offs and in Pot 4 for the draw, and would not be in the same group; Kosovo / Russia was also prohibited,^[137] but they also would not be in the same group due to play-off path pairings necessary for host allocation. However, these prohibited clashes are not excluded for the knockout phase.

Play-off path group allocation

Due to the format of the play-offs, which made anticipating all possible scenarios impossible, the UEFA administration had to wait to solve issues relating to the final tournament draw until the completion of the qualifying group stage.^[110] It was not possible for UEFA to prevent one of the play-off paths from containing two host teams, resulting in Romania (Group C hosts) and Hungary (Group F hosts) being drawn together in Path A. Therefore, the winner of this play-off path needed to be assigned two groups in the final tournament draw. To allow for this, Path A was paired with Path D (which does not contain a host), therefore providing a clear scenario for each possible qualified team. A draw took place on 22 November 2019, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland (along with the play-offs draw), which decided on the order of priority for the allocation of Path A to the final tournament groups.^[112]

Two balls were prepared containing the names of the two groups hosted by the teams in question (Group C and Group F for Romania and Hungary, respectively). The first ball drawn determined the group ("priority group") that was allocated to Path A, with the exception of the host team of the second ball drawn ("non-priority group") winning Path A. In the draw, Group F was selected as the priority group, resulting in the following possible outcomes:

• Path A is won by Bulgaria, Hungary or Iceland: The winner of Path A will enter Group F, and the winner of Path D will enter Group C. (As Romania lost in the semi-finals of the play-offs, this was the resulting group assignment.)
• Path A is won by Romania: Romania will enter Group C, and the winner of Path D will enter Group F.

Seeding

The following was the composition of the pots, with teams divided and seeded as per their European Qualifiers overall ranking:^[138]

Pot 1

Team	Host	Rank
Belgium^[a]		1
Italy	Group A	2
England	Group D	3
Germany	Group F	4
Spain	Group E	5
Ukraine^[a]		6

Pot 2

Team	Host	Rank
France		7
Poland		8
Switzerland		9
Croatia		10
Netherlands	Group C	11
Russia	Group B	12

Pot 3

Team	Host	Rank
Portugal		13
Turkey		14
Denmark	Group B	15
Austria		16
Sweden		17
Czech Republic		18

Pot 4^[b]

Team	Host	Rank
Wales		19
Finland		20
Play-off winner A	Group C & F^[c]	—
Play-off winner B	Group E^[d]
Play-off winner C	Group D^[e]
Play-off winner D^[f]

1. Ukraine could not be drawn into the same group as Russia (Group B host). Since they also could not be drawn into any of the other four groups with Pot 1 hosts, Ukraine were assigned to Group C. Consequently, Belgium were assigned to Group B.
2. Identity of the four play-off winners was unknown at the time of the draw.
3. Romania (Group C host) and Hungary (Group F host) competed in play-off Path A, and thus the winner of Path A was assigned to two groups (Group C and Group F), with the final assignment depending on the identity of the Path A winner.
4. Republic of Ireland (original Group E host) competed in play-off Path B, and thus the winner of Path B was assigned to Group E.
5. Scotland (Group D host) competed in play-off Path C, and thus the winner of Path C was assigned to Group D.
6. Play-off Path D was paired with Path A (which contained two hosts), and thus the winner of Path D was assigned to two groups (Group C and Group F), with the final assignment depending on the identity of the Path A winner.

Draw results and group fixtures

The draw resulted in the following groups (teams in italics are play-off winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw):

Group A

Pos	Team
A1	Turkey
A2	Italy^[a]
A3	Wales
A4	Switzerland

Group B

Pos	Team
B1	Denmark^[a]
B2	Finland
B3	Belgium
B4	Russia^[b]

Group C

Pos	Team
C1	Netherlands^[a]
C2	Ukraine
C3	Austria
C4	North Macedonia

Group D

Pos	Team
D1	England^[a]
D2	Croatia
D3	Scotland^[b]
D4	Czech Republic

Group E

Pos	Team
E1	Spain^[a]
E2	Sweden
E3	Poland
E4	Slovakia

Group F

Pos	Team
F1	Hungary^[b]
F2	Portugal
F3	France
F4	Germany^[a]

1. Tournament host that would play all three group stage matches at home.
2. Tournament host that would play two group stage matches at home.

The fixtures for the group stage were decided based on the draw results, as follows:

Note: Positions for scheduling did not use the seeding pots, and instead used the draw positions, e.g. Team 1 was not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

Group stage schedule

Matchday	Dates	Matches
Matchday 1	11–15 June 2021	1 v 2, 3 v 4
Matchday 2	16–19 June 2021	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Matchday 3	20–23 June 2021	4 v 1, 2 v 3

Squads

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 squads

To lessen the load on players due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in case of an outbreak within a team, squad sizes were increased from 23 (used at every European Championship since 2004) to 26. However, the maximum number of players permitted on the match sheet for each tournament fixture remained 23.^[83] Each nation's squad, which had to include three goalkeepers, was submitted at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament (by 1 June 2021). If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player;^[1] however, goalkeepers could still be replaced after their team's first match due to physical incapacity.^[83]

Match officials

On 27 September 2018, the UEFA Executive Committee approved the use of the video assistant referee (VAR) system for the first time at the UEFA European Championship.^[8] On 12 February 2020, UEFA and CONMEBOL signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance collaboration, including the possibility of a team of South American match officials appointed for the group stage of the tournament.^[139]

On 21 April 2021, UEFA announced the 19 refereeing teams for the tournament.^[140] This included Argentine referee Fernando Rapallini and his assistants, who were the first South American officials to be selected for the European Championship as part of UEFA's referee exchange programme with CONMEBOL. A group of Spanish officials were similarly selected for the 2021 Copa América.^[141]

A refereeing team of nine officials was appointed for each match. The team of five at the stadium consisted of a referee, two assistant referees, a fourth official and a reserve assistant referee.^[141] In addition, four video match officials were located at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. This team consisted of a video assistant referee (the lead video official who was the main point of contact with the referee), an assistant video assistant referee (AVAR 1, who concentrated on following the match), an offside VAR (AVAR 2, who reviewed all potential offside situations) and a support VAR (AVAR 3, who acted in a coordination capacity).^[142] The tournament used the 2021 Laws of the Game, which came into force on 1 July but could be introduced in competitions that began immediately beforehand.^[143]

Refereeing teams

Country	Referee	Assistant referees	Matches assigned^[144]
Germany	Felix Brych	Mark Borsch Stefan Lupp	Netherlands–Ukraine (Group C) Finland–Belgium (Group B) Belgium–Portugal (Round of 16) Ukraine–England (Quarter-finals) Italy–Spain (Semi-finals)
Turkey	Cüneyt Çakır	Bahattin Duran Tarık Ongun	Hungary–Portugal (Group F) Ukraine–Austria (Group C) Croatia–Spain (Round of 16)
Spain	Carlos del Cerro Grande	Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez Roberto Alonso Fernández	France–Germany (Group F) Croatia–Czech Republic (Group D)
Sweden	Andreas Ekberg	Mehmet Culum Stefan Hallberg	Austria–North Macedonia (Group C)
Israel	Orel Grinfeld	Roy Hassan Idan Yarkoni	Netherlands–Austria (Group C)
Romania	Ovidiu Hațegan	Radu Ghinguleac Sebastian Gheorghe	Poland–Slovakia (Group E) Italy–Wales (Group A)
Russia	Sergei Karasev	Igor Demeshko Maksim Gavrilin	Italy–Switzerland (Group A) Germany–Hungary (Group F) Netherlands–Czech Republic (Round of 16)
Romania	István Kovács	Vasile Marinescu Ovidiu Artene	North Macedonia–Netherlands (Group C)
Netherlands	Björn Kuipers	Sander van Roekel Erwin Zeinstra	Denmark–Belgium (Group B) Slovakia–Spain (Group E) Czech Republic–Denmark (Quarter-finals) Italy–England (Final)
Netherlands	Danny Makkelie	Hessel Steegstra Jan de Vries	Turkey–Italy (Group A) Finland–Russia (Group B) England–Germany (Round of 16) England–Denmark (Semi-finals)
Spain	Antonio Mateu Lahoz	Pau Cebrián Devís Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar	Belgium–Russia (Group B) England–Scotland (Group D) Portugal–France (Group F)
England	Michael Oliver	Stuart Burt Simon Bennett	Hungary–France (Group F) Sweden–Poland (Group E) Switzerland–Spain (Quarter-finals)
Italy	Daniele Orsato	Alessandro Giallatini Fabiano Preti	England–Croatia (Group D) Spain–Poland (Group E) Sweden–Ukraine (Round of 16)
Argentina	Fernando Rapallini	Juan Pablo Belatti Diego Bonfá	Ukraine–North Macedonia (Group C) Croatia–Scotland (Group D) France–Switzerland (Round of 16)
Germany	Daniel Siebert	Jan Seidel Rafael Foltyn	Scotland–Czech Republic (Group D) Sweden–Slovakia (Group E) Wales–Denmark (Round of 16)
Portugal	Artur Soares Dias	Rui Tavares Paulo Soares	Turkey–Wales (Group A) Czech Republic–England (Group D)
England	Anthony Taylor	Gary Beswick Adam Nunn	Denmark–Finland (Group B) Portugal–Germany (Group F) Italy–Austria (Round of 16)
France	Clément Turpin	Nicolas Danos Cyril Gringore	Wales–Switzerland (Group A) Russia–Denmark (Group B)
Slovenia	Slavko Vinčić	Tomaž Klančnik Andraž Kovačič	Spain–Sweden (Group E) Switzerland–Turkey (Group A) Belgium–Italy (Quarter-finals)

In addition, UEFA announced 22 video match officials and twelve support match officials (who acted as fourth official or reserve assistant referee).^[140] This included support referee Stéphanie Frappart, the first female official at the UEFA European Championship finals.^[141]

Video match officials

Country	Video assistant referees	Offside VAR
England	Stuart Attwell Chris Kavanagh	Lee Betts
France	Jérôme Brisard François Letexier	Benjamin Pagès
Germany	Bastian Dankert Christian Dingert Marco Fritz	Christian Gittelmann
Italy	Marco Di Bello Massimiliano Irrati Paolo Valeri	Filippo Meli
Netherlands	Kevin Blom Pol van Boekel
Poland	Paweł Gil
Portugal	João Pinheiro
Spain	Alejandro Hernández Hernández Juan Martínez Munuera José María Sánchez Martínez	Íñigo Prieto López de Cerain

Support match officials

Country	Fourth official	Reserve assistant referee
Bulgaria	Georgi Kabakov	Martin Margaritov
France	Stéphanie Frappart	Mikaël Berchebru
Italy	Davide Massa	Stefano Alassio
Poland	Bartosz Frankowski	Marcin Boniek
Serbia	Srđan Jovanović	Uroš Stojković
Switzerland	Sandro Schärer	Stéphane De Almeida

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony took place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on 11 June 2021 at 20:35 (CEST) prior to the first match of the tournament. Italian opera tenor Andrea Bocelli performed the song "Nessun dorma".^[145] Martin Garrix, Bono and the Edge also featured, performing the tournament's official anthem, "We Are the People". The performance was a virtual one amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and was filmed at motion-control studios in London and at the Stadio Olimpico to recreate the stadium environment in 3D.^[146]

Group stage

 

Result of teams participating in UEFA Euro 2020

Winner   Runner-up

Semi-finals   Quarter-finals

Round of 16   Group stage

UEFA announced the original tournament schedule on 24 May 2018, which only included kick-off times for the opening match and quarter-finals onward.^[147][148] The kick-off times of the remaining group stage and round of 16 matches were announced on 30 November 2019 following the final draw.^[149] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced the revised match schedule for the tournament in 2021.^[150][151] All match dates, kick-off times and venues remained identical, but shifted one day earlier so matches would remain on the same day of the week (i.e. from 12 to 11 June for the opening match to remain on a Friday). On 23 April 2021, UEFA revised the venue assignments of the match schedule after one stadium was removed from the tournament and another was replaced.^[152]

Group winners, runners-up, and the best four third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA. If the venue was located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:^[1]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams who were still level to determine their final rankings.^[a] If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 10 applied;
5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
7. Higher number of wins in all group matches;^[b]
8. If on the last round of the group stage, two teams were facing each other and each had the same number of points, as well as the same number of goals scored and conceded, and the score finished level in their match, their ranking was determined by a penalty shoot-out. (This criterion was not used if more than two teams had the same number of points.);
9. Lower disciplinary points total in all group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
10. Higher position in the European Qualifiers overall ranking.

Notes

1. If there was a three-way tie on points, the application of the first three criteria could only break the tie for one of the teams, leaving the other two teams still tied. In this case, the tiebreaking procedure was resumed, from the beginning, for the two teams that were still tied.
2. This criterion could only break a tie if a point deduction were to occur, as multiple teams in the same group could not otherwise be tied on points but have a different number of wins.

Group A

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Wales	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4^[a]
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4^[a]
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: UEFA
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11)

21:00

Turkey	0–3	Italy
	Report	Demiral   53' (o.g.) Immobile   66' Insigne   79'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 12,916^[153]

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

12 June 2021 (2021-06-12)

15:00 (17:00 UTC+4)

Wales	1–1	Switzerland
Moore   74'	Report	Embolo   49'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 8,782^[154]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

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16 June 2021 (2021-06-16)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Turkey	0–2	Wales
	Report	Ramsey   42' C. Roberts   90+5'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 19,762^[155]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

16 June 2021 (2021-06-16)

21:00

Italy	3–0	Switzerland
Locatelli   26', 52' Immobile   89'	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 12,445^[156]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

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20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Switzerland	3–1	Turkey
Seferovic   6' Shaqiri   26', 68'	Report	Kahveci   62'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 17,138^[157]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)

18:00

Italy	1–0	Wales
Pessina   39'	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 11,541^[158]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Group B

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Denmark (H)	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3^[a]
3	Finland	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3^[a]
4	Russia (H)	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3^[a]

Source: UEFA
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Denmark +2, Finland 0, Russia −2.

12 June 2021 (2021-06-12)

18:00

Denmark	0–1	Finland
	Report	Pohjanpalo   60'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 13,790^[159]

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

12 June 2021 (2021-06-12)

21:00 (22:00 UTC+3)

Belgium	3–0	Russia
Lukaku   10', 88' Meunier   34'	Report

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 26,264^[160]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

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16 June 2021 (2021-06-16)

15:00 (16:00 UTC+3)

Finland	0–1	Russia
	Report	Miranchuk   45+2'

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 24,540^[161]

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

17 June 2021 (2021-06-17)

18:00

Denmark	1–2	Belgium
Poulsen   2'	Report	T. Hazard   55' De Bruyne   70'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 23,395^[162]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

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21 June 2021 (2021-06-21)

21:00

Russia	1–4	Denmark
Dzyuba   70' (pen.)	Report	Damsgaard   38' Poulsen   59' Christensen   79' Mæhle   82'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 23,644^[163]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

21 June 2021 (2021-06-21)

21:00 (22:00 UTC+3)

Finland	0–2	Belgium
	Report	Hrádecký   74' (o.g.) Lukaku   81'

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 18,545^[164]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Group C

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	North Macedonia	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: UEFA
(H) Host

13 June 2021 (2021-06-13)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Austria	3–1	North Macedonia
Lainer   18' Gregoritsch   78' Arnautović   89'	Report	Pandev   28'

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 9,082^[165]

Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

13 June 2021 (2021-06-13)

21:00

Netherlands	3–2	Ukraine
Wijnaldum   52' Weghorst   58' Dumfries   85'	Report	Yarmolenko   75' Yaremchuk   79'

Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 15,837^[166]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

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17 June 2021 (2021-06-17)

15:00 (16:00 UTC+3)

Ukraine	2–1	North Macedonia
Yarmolenko   29' Yaremchuk   34'	Report	Alioski   57'

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 10,001^[167]

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

17 June 2021 (2021-06-17)

21:00

Netherlands	2–0	Austria
Depay   11' (pen.) Dumfries   67'	Report

Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 15,243^[168]

Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

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21 June 2021 (2021-06-21)

18:00

North Macedonia	0–3	Netherlands
	Report	Depay   24' Wijnaldum   50', 58'

Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 15,227^[169]

Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

21 June 2021 (2021-06-21)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Ukraine	0–1	Austria
	Report	Baumgartner   21'

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 10,472^[170]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Group D

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Croatia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4^[a]
3	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4^[a]
4	Scotland (H)	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: UEFA
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head result (Croatia 1–1 Czech Republic) and overall goal difference (+1). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.

13 June 2021 (2021-06-13)

15:00 (14:00 UTC+1)

England	1–0	Croatia
Sterling   57'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 18,497^[171]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

14 June 2021 (2021-06-14)

15:00 (14:00 UTC+1)

Scotland	0–2	Czech Republic
	Report	Schick   42', 52'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 9,847^[172]

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

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18 June 2021 (2021-06-18)

18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)

Croatia	1–1	Czech Republic
Perišić   47'	Report	Schick   37' (pen.)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 5,607^[173]

Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

18 June 2021 (2021-06-18)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

England	0–0	Scotland
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 20,306^[174]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

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22 June 2021 (2021-06-22)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Croatia	3–1	Scotland
Vlašić   17' Modrić   62' Perišić   77'	Report	McGregor   42'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 9,896^[175]

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

22 June 2021 (2021-06-22)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Czech Republic	0–1	England
	Report	Sterling   12'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 19,104^[176]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Group E

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Spain (H)	3	1	2	0	6	1	+5	5
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Poland	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Source: UEFA
(H) Host

14 June 2021 (2021-06-14)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Poland	1–2	Slovakia
Linetty   46'	Report	Szczęsny   18' (o.g.) Škriniar   69'

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 12,862^[177]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

14 June 2021 (2021-06-14)

21:00

Spain	0–0	Sweden
	Report

La Cartuja, Seville

Attendance: 10,559^[178]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

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18 June 2021 (2021-06-18)

15:00 (16:00 UTC+3)

Sweden	1–0	Slovakia
Forsberg   77' (pen.)	Report

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 11,525^[179]

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

19 June 2021 (2021-06-19)

21:00

Spain	1–1	Poland
Morata   25'	Report	Lewandowski   54'

La Cartuja, Seville

Attendance: 11,742^[180]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

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23 June 2021 (2021-06-23)

18:00

Slovakia	0–5	Spain
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Euro 2021 and UEFA Euro 2021 redirect here For the women s tournament originally scheduled for 2021 see UEFA Women s Euro 2022 The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2020 stylised as UEFA EURO 2020 or simply Euro 2020 was the 16th UEFA European Championship the quadrennial international men s football championship of Europe organised by the Union of European Football Associations UEFA 1 To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the European Championship competition UEFA president Michel Platini declared that the tournament would be hosted in several nations as a romantic one off event with 11 cities in 11 UEFA countries each providing venues for the tournament 2 Defending champions Portugal who won UEFA Euro 2016 in France were eliminated in the round of 16 by Belgium 3 Italy won their second European Championship title by beating England on penalties in the final following a 1 1 draw after extra time 4 The win came exactly on the 39th anniversary of Italy s 1982 FIFA World Cup Final win over West Germany 5 UEFA Euro 2020Live It For Real Tournament detailsHost countries11AzerbaijanDenmarkEnglandGermanyHungaryItalyNetherlandsRomaniaRussiaScotlandSpainDates11 June 11 July 2021Teams24Venue s 11 in 11 host cities Final positionsChampions Italy 2nd title Runners up EnglandTournament statisticsMatches played51Goals scored142 2 78 per match Attendance1 099 278 21 554 per match Top scorer s Cristiano Ronaldo Patrik Schick 5 goals each Best player s Gianluigi DonnarummaBest young playerPedri 20162024 The tournament was originally intended to be played between 12 June and 12 July 2020 6 However due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Europe during that year the tournament was postponed to June and July 2021 while retaining the name UEFA Euro 2020 and host venues Alongside special rules regarding COVID 19 UEFA also allowed two extra substitutions 7 and implemented video assistant referee VAR for the first time 8 Initially there were 13 venues chosen for the tournament but two were later dropped Brussels was dropped in December 2017 after the city s Eurostadium was abandoned 9 while Dublin was dropped in April 2021 because there was no guarantee that spectators could attend Spain originally intended to use Bilbao as a host venue but later changed it to Seville to allow for spectators at matches 10 UEFA chose Stadio Olimpico in Rome to host the opening match between Italy and Turkey while Wembley Stadium in London was selected as a semi final and final venue for the second time 11 following the 1996 tournament at the original stadium of the same name The tournament was well received by fans and commentators with the most goals per game in a European Championship since the introduction of the group stage and only two goalless games The refereeing style was also praised with a conservative use of VAR and quick decisions made on the pitch Contents 1 Bid process 1 1 European format decision 1 2 Bidding venues 2 Effects of the COVID 19 pandemic 2 1 Start of the pandemic and postponement 2 2 Spectator plans and venue changes 2 3 Semi final and final venue 2 4 Rule changes 2 5 Special rules due to COVID 19 3 Qualification 3 1 Qualified teams 4 Venues 4 1 Group stage hosts 4 2 Spectator limits 4 3 Team base camps 5 Final draw 5 1 Play off path group allocation 5 2 Seeding 5 3 Draw results and group fixtures 6 Squads 7 Match officials 8 Opening ceremony 9 Group stage 9 1 Tiebreakers 9 2 Group A 9 3 Group B 9 4 Group C 9 5 Group D 9 6 Group E 9 7 Group F 9 8 Ranking of third placed teams 10 Knockout phase 10 1 Bracket 10 2 Round of 16 10 3 Quarter finals 10 4 Semi finals 10 5 Final 11 Statistics 11 1 Goalscorers 11 2 Awards 11 3 Prize money 11 4 Discipline 12 Marketing 12 1 Logo and slogan 12 2 Match ball 12 3 Mascot 12 4 Official song 12 5 Video game 12 6 Sponsorship 13 Broadcasting 14 Incidents and controversies 14 1 Ukraine kit 14 2 Collapse of Christian Eriksen 14 3 Marko Arnautovic insult 14 4 Removing marketing drink bottles 14 5 Greenpeace protest 14 6 Captain s rainbow armband 14 7 Illumination of the Allianz Arena in rainbow colours 14 8 Confiscation of rainbow flag in Baku 14 9 England vs Denmark incidents 14 10 Italy vs England incidents 14 10 1 Storming of Wembley stadium before final 14 10 2 Online racist abuse after final 15 Reception 16 References 17 External linksBid process EditMain article UEFA Euro 2020 bids While some countries such as Belgium 12 Bulgaria and Romania 13 Germany 14 15 Hungary and Romania 16 Ireland Scotland and Wales 17 the Netherlands 18 and Turkey 19 had already expressed an interest in bidding to host the tournament then UEFA president Michel Platini suggested at a press conference on 30 June 2012 a day before the UEFA Euro 2012 Final that instead of having one host country or joint hosting by multiple countries the tournament could be spread over 12 or 13 cities across the continent as was done for the UEFA European Under 17 Championship s elite round where each of the seven groups was hosted by a different country 20 European format decision Edit On 6 December 2012 UEFA announced the tournament would be held in multiple cities across Europe to mark the 60th anniversary of the tournament 21 22 The selection of the host cities did not guarantee an automatic qualifying berth to the national team of that country UEFA reasoned that the pan European staging of the tournament was the logical decision at a time of financial difficulty such as the European debt crisis 23 24 Reaction to UEFA s plan was mixed across Europe 25 Critics cited the expanded format from 31 matches featuring 16 nations to 51 featuring 24 and its associated additional costs as the decisive factor for only one nation Turkey having put forward a serious bid 26 Bidding venues Edit The final list of bids was published by UEFA on 26 April 2014 with a decision on the hosts being made by the UEFA Executive Committee on 19 September 2014 There were two bids for the Finals Package of which one was successful marked with dark green for semi finals and final and 19 bids for the Standard Package of which 12 were initially successful marked with light green for quarter finals and group stage and yellow for round of 16 and group stage Brussels marked with red were initially selected but removed from the list of venues by UEFA on 7 December 2017 27 11 28 Dublin marked in red was initially selected but removed from the list of venues by UEFA on 23 April 2021 On the same day UEFA also announced the matches in Spain would be moved from Bilbao to Seville 10 Successful bid for group stage and round of 16 Successful bid for group stage and quarter finals Successful bid for semi finals and final Later added Group stage and round of 16 Successful bid for group stage and round of 16 at first but later removed from list Successful bid for group stage and round of 16 but later changed to another venue in country Unsuccessful bid either rejected as judged by UEFA to not fulfill the bid requirements or eliminated by vote Country City Venue Capacity Package Result Azerbaijan Baku Olympic Stadium 68 700 Standard Package Group stage and quarter finals 4 Belarus Minsk Dinamo Stadium 34 000 to be expanded to 39 000 Standard Package Rejected 0 Belgium Brussels Eurostadium proposed new national stadium 50 000 62 613 potentially Standard Package Group stage and round of 16 later cancelled 0 Bulgaria Sofia Vasil Levski National Stadium 43 000 to be expanded to 50 000 Standard Package Rejected 0 Denmark Copenhagen Parken Stadium 38 065 Standard Package Group stage and round of 16 4 England London Wembley Stadium 90 000 Finals Package withdrawn Standard Package Semi finals and finalGroup stage and two round of 16 later added 8 Germany Munich Allianz Arena 70 000 Standard Package Finals Package Group stage and quarter finals 4 Hungary Budapest Puskas Arena 56 000 proposed new 67 215 stadium Standard Package Group stage and round of 16 4 Israel Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 34 000 to be expanded to 53 000 Standard Package Rejected 0 Italy Rome Stadio Olimpico 70 634 Standard Package Opening match group stage and quarter finals 4 Macedonia a Skopje Philip II Arena b 33 460 Standard Package Rejected 0 Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Arena c 54 990 to be expanded to around 56 000 Standard Package Group stage and round of 16 4 Republic of Ireland Dublin Aviva Stadium 51 700 Standard Package Group stage and round of 16 later cancelled 0 Romania Bucharest Arena Națională 55 600 Standard Package Group stage and round of 16 4 Russia Saint Petersburg Krestovsky Stadium 68 134 Standard Package Group stage a second group later added and quarter finals 7 Scotland Glasgow Hampden Park 51 866 Standard Package Group stage and round of 16 4 Spain Bilbao San Mames 53 289 Standard Package Group stage and round of 16 later moved to La Cartuja in Seville 4 Sweden Solna Stockholm Friends Arena 54 329 Standard Package Eliminated 0 Wales Cardiff Millennium Stadium 74 500 Standard Package Eliminated 0 Now North Macedonia Renamed in 2019 to Tose Proeski Arena Renamed in 2018 to Johan Cruyff ArenaEffects of the COVID 19 pandemic EditStart of the pandemic and postponement Edit In early 2020 the COVID 19 pandemic in Europe triggered concerns regarding its potential impact on players staff and visitors to the twelve host cities of the tournament 29 At the UEFA Congress in early March UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said the organisation was confident that the situation could be dealt with while general secretary Theodore Theodoridis stated that UEFA was maintaining contact with the World Health Organization and national governments regarding the coronavirus 30 The impact on football grew later that month as numerous domestic and UEFA competition matches began taking place behind closed doors By 13 March 2020 upcoming UEFA competition fixtures were postponed while major European leagues were suspended including the Bundesliga La Liga Ligue 1 Premier League and Serie A 31 UEFA held a videoconference on 17 March 2020 with representatives of its 55 member associations along with a FIFPro representative and the boards of the European Club Association and European Leagues to discuss the response to the outbreak for domestic and European competitions including Euro 2020 32 At the meeting UEFA announced that the tournament would be postponed to the following year proposing that it take place from 11 June to 11 July 2021 33 The postponement allowed for pressure to be reduced on the public services in affected countries while also providing space in the calendar for domestic European leagues that had been suspended to complete their seasons 34 On the following day the Bureau of the FIFA Council approved the date change in the FIFA International Match Calendar As a result the expanded FIFA Club World Cup due to take place in June and July 2021 was postponed 35 On 23 April 2020 UEFA confirmed that the tournament would still be known as UEFA Euro 2020 36 37 Spectator plans and venue changes Edit In May 2020 Ceferin stated that in principle the tournament would take place in the twelve selected host cities However he did not rule out the possibility of reducing the number of cities as three hosts were unsure if matches could be held under the new schedule 38 The tournament venues and match schedule was reviewed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 17 June 2020 39 At the meeting UEFA confirmed that all twelve original host venues would remain as hosts for the tournament in 2021 and approved the revised match schedule 40 41 However Ceferin stated in October 2020 that it was still possible that the tournament could be played in fewer than the planned twelve host countries 42 The following month UEFA stated that it intends to hold Euro 2020 in the format and the venues confirmed earlier this year and we are working closely with all host cities on preparations 43 It was also announced that each host was discussing with UEFA and local health authorities on whether the venue could host matches at full capacity between 100 and 50 capacity at 33 capacity or behind closed doors Each host city was asked to draw up two or three plans from the four options The restrictions could also involve only local spectators to be permitted at matches A final decision on which scenario would be applied individually at each venue was originally to be made on 5 March 2021 44 45 In October 2020 it was announced that UEFA matches would be suspended from taking place in Armenia and Azerbaijan until further notice due to the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war 46 However this did not affect the planning of Euro 2020 matches to be held in Baku 47 This restriction was lifted in December 2020 following a ceasefire agreement between the countries 48 In a New Year s interview Ceferin said Vaccination has started and I think we will be able to have full stands in the summer For now the plan is to play in all twelve countries Of course there are backup options in case a country has a problem We are ready to organise competitions in eleven ten or nine cities and even only in one country if necessary However I am 99 9 percent sure that we will have the European Championship in all twelve cities as planned 49 50 On 27 January 2021 UEFA met with the host associations to discuss operational matters and reaffirmed the tournament would be held across twelve cities 51 The deadline for hosts to submit their venue capacity plans was moved to 7 April 2021 52 with a final decision on host cities and spectators to originally be made by the UEFA Executive Committee on 19 April 2021 53 UEFA announced on the following day that Daniel Koch the former head of communicable diseases at Switzerland s Federal Office of Public Health would serve as the tournament s medical advisor on matters related to the COVID 19 pandemic 54 In February 2021 the Israel Football Association offered to stage some tournament matches in the country which had a high rate of vaccination However this was turned down by UEFA who reiterated their commitment to the twelve host cities 55 In a March 2021 interview Ceferin said We have several scenarios but the one guarantee we can make is that the option of playing any Euro 2020 match in an empty stadium is off the table Every host must guarantee there will be fans at their games UEFA subsequently stated that no host city would be automatically dropped should they decide to play matches behind closed doors However UEFA would need to consider whether it would make sense to play matches without spectators or if these matches should be reallocated to other venues 56 That same month British prime minister Boris Johnson offered UEFA to host additional tournament matches in England should any venues need to be reassigned 57 On 9 April 2021 UEFA announced that eight of the original twelve tournament hosts confirmed their spectator plans with stadium capacities ranging from 25 to 100 Only Bilbao Dublin Munich and Rome had yet to submit their plans with each host originally given an extension until 19 April 2021 to submit their venue capacities 58 On 14 April UEFA announced that Rome had guaranteed spectators for the tournament and was therefore confirmed as a venue 59 On 19 April it was announced that another extension was given to the three remaining hosts until 23 April when UEFA would make its final decision 60 Due to the need to finalise ticketing details host cities would have until 28 April to decide on whether to leave their spectator limits unchanged or to upscale their allowed capacities 61 On 23 April UEFA announced that Seville would replace Bilbao as tournament host while the matches of Dublin would be reallocated to Saint Petersburg for the group stage and London for the round of 16 10 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland the Football Association of Ireland was unable to receive assurances from the Government of Ireland and the Dublin City Council to allow spectators into the stadium 62 63 64 Meanwhile the Royal Spanish Football Federation RFEF said the sanitary conditions imposed by the Basque Government to host matches in Bilbao were impossible to comply with and thus would not allow for spectators to be present 65 After being removed as hosts the Bilbao City Council stated they held UEFA and RFEF directly responsible for us not staging this sporting event and the unilateral cancellation of our contractual relationships and threatened legal action for financial compensation 66 Also on 23 April UEFA announced that local authorities had guaranteed a minimum of 14 500 spectators for the matches scheduled in Munich which was therefore confirmed as host of four games 10 However both the regional government of Bavaria and the German interior ministry subsequently reiterated their position that there was no such guarantee and admittance of spectators would depend on the actual pandemic situation at the time of the tournament 67 A few days later UEFA president Ceferin backtracked in an interview with a German newspaper denying that UEFA had demanded guarantees for games with spectators and conceding that the local authorities will decide before the games whether spectators will be admitted or not 68 69 Semi final and final venue Edit Italian President Sergio Mattarella speaks with the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson before the final Wembley Stadium s hosting of both the semi finals and the final was threatened over quarantine restrictions in the United Kingdom that fans and 2 500 VIPs would be subject to The Puskas Arena in Budapest was considered as an alternative venue as Hungary would have no entry restrictions for travel within the Schengen Area and could host the matches at full capacity 70 A spokesman for the Hungarian Football Federation said the organisation was ready to host any high level football event 71 However UEFA remained confident that Wembley could host the final as the organisation and the UK government discussed quarantine exemptions 72 but did not rule out a change in venue 73 Minister Kit Malthouse said the government was doing as much as we possibly can to host the final 74 while prime minister Boris Johnson stated they would try to make sensible accommodations for UEFA while still prioritising public health 75 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said the final should be held in Rome due to rising COVID 19 cases in the United Kingdom 76 The following week it was reported that officials and executives travelling for the matches would not need to self isolate though they would be subject to restrictions and required to remain in football bubbles 77 78 Rule changes Edit On 31 March 2021 the UEFA Executive Committee approved the use of a maximum of five substitutions in matches at the tournament with a sixth allowed in extra time 7 However each team are only given three opportunities to make substitutions with a fourth opportunity allowed in extra time excluding substitutions made at half time before the start of extra time and at half time in extra time 79 The use of five substitutes has been permitted by IFAB during the COVID 19 pandemic due to the resulting fixture congestion which has created a greater burden on players 80 At the start of April 2021 UEFA also said they were considering allowing tournament squads to be expanded from the usual 23 players following calls from national team managers in case of a possible COVID outbreak in a team as well as to reduce player fatigue caused by the fixture congestion of the prior season 81 On 27 April it was reported that the UEFA National Team Competitions Committee had approved the expansion of squads to 26 players subject to confirmation by the UEFA Executive Committee 82 On 4 May 2021 the executive committee confirmed the use of 26 player squads However teams still may only name a maximum of 23 players on the match sheet for each tournament fixture of which 12 are substitutes in line with the Laws of the Game These 23 must include three goalkeepers It was also announced that after each team s first match goalkeepers may still be replaced due to physical incapacity even if the other goalkeepers from the squad are still available 83 Water breaks were permitted so that players could drink from their own personal bottles 84 Cooling breaks first seen at the 2014 FIFA World Cup were also permitted for games played in higher temperatures 85 Special rules due to COVID 19 Edit On 4 May 2021 the UEFA Executive Committee approved special rules for the final tournament due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Europe 83 86 If a group of players of a team were placed into mandatory quarantine or self isolation following a decision from national or local health officials due to positive SARS CoV 2 tests the match will go ahead as scheduled as long as the team had at least 13 players available including at least one goalkeeper If fewer than 13 players were available including at least one goalkeeper additional players could have been called up to meet the minimum of 13 players required In such a case an equivalent number of quarantined players must have been definitively withdrawn from the 26 player list If a team cannot field the minimum required number of players due to positive SARS CoV 2 tests the match may be rescheduled within the next 48 hours of the original date of the match by the UEFA administration subject to viable rescheduling options being available Additionally UEFA may reassign the rescheduled match to an alternative venue if deemed appropriate If the match cannot be rescheduled the UEFA Control Ethics and Disciplinary Body will decide on the matter The team responsible for the match not taking place are considered to have forfeited the match and lost 3 0 If any member of the appointed referee team has to be replaced due to positive SARS CoV 2 test UEFA can exceptionally appoint a match official of the same nationality as one of the teams or not on the FIFA list Qualification EditMain article UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Team qualified for UEFA Euro 2020 Team failed to qualify There was no automatic qualifying berth and all 55 UEFA national teams including the twelve national teams whose countries were selected to stage matches had to compete in the qualifiers for the 24 places at the finals tournament 87 88 As the host cities were appointed by UEFA in September 2014 before the qualifiers it was possible for the national teams from the host cities to fail to qualify for the finals tournament The qualifying draw was held on 2 December 2018 at the Convention Centre Dublin in Dublin Ireland 89 The main qualifying process started in March 2019 instead of immediately in September 2018 following the 2018 FIFA World Cup and ended in November 2019 The format remained largely the same although only 20 of the 24 spots for the finals tournament were decided from the main qualifying process leaving four spots still to be decided Following the admission of Kosovo to UEFA in May 2016 it was announced that the 55 members at the time would be drawn into ten groups after the completion of the UEFA Nations League five groups of five teams and five groups of six teams with the four participants of the UEFA Nations League Finals guaranteed to be drawn into groups of five teams with the top two teams in each group qualifying The qualifiers were played on double matchdays in March June September October and November 2019 90 With the creation of the UEFA Nations League starting in 2018 91 90 92 93 the 2018 19 UEFA Nations League was linked with Euro qualifying providing teams another chance to qualify for the tournament Four teams from each division that had not already qualified for the European Championship competed in the play offs for each division The winners of the play offs for each division which were decided by two one off semi finals the best ranked team vs the lowest ranked team and the second best ranked team vs the third best ranked team played at home of higher ranked teams and a one off final with the venue drawn in advance between the two semi finals winners joined the 20 teams that had already qualified for the tournament 93 Qualified teams Edit Of the 24 teams that qualified for the tournament 19 were returning from the 2016 edition Among them were Belgium and Italy who both had recorded flawless qualifying campaigns ten wins in ten matches 94 95 defending European champions Portugal and world champions France with Germany also qualifying for a record 13th straight European Championship 96 Finland and North Macedonia made their European Championship debuts having never previously qualified for a major tournament 97 98 Scotland a co host of the tournament qualified for their first major international tournament since the 1998 FIFA World Cup and their first European Championship since 1996 99 The Netherlands and Denmark returned after missing out in 2016 with the Dutch featuring in a major tournament for the first time since the 2014 FIFA World Cup 100 101 For the first time Austria Hungary Slovakia and Wales reached successive European Championship tournaments 102 103 Greece winners in 2004 were the only former champions that failed to qualify missing their second straight European Championship and third consecutive major tournament 104 Albania Iceland Northern Ireland the Republic of Ireland and Romania failed to qualify after appearing in the 2016 finals 105 Of the eleven host countries seven managed to qualify directly for the tournament while Hungary and Scotland qualified via the play offs Romania were eliminated in the semi finals of the play offs 106 and Azerbaijan were eliminated following the qualifying group stage 107 The Republic of Ireland originally selected as a tournament host but later stripped of their hosting rights were also eliminated in the semi finals of the play offs 106 Team A Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament B Belgium Group I winner 10 October 2019 5 1972 1980 1984 2000 2016 Italy Group J winner 12 October 2019 9 1968 1980 1988 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Russia C Group I runner up 13 October 2019 11 1960 1964 1968 1972 1988 1992 1996 2004 2008 2012 2016 Poland Group G winner 13 October 2019 3 2008 2012 2016 Ukraine Group B winner 14 October 2019 2 2012 2016 Spain Group F winner 15 October 2019 10 1964 1980 1984 1988 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 France Group H winner 14 November 2019 9 1960 1984 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Turkey Group H runner up 14 November 2019 4 1996 2000 2008 2016 England Group A winner 14 November 2019 9 1968 1980 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2012 2016 Czech Republic D Group A runner up 14 November 2019 9 1960 1976 1980 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Finland Group J runner up 15 November 2019 0 debut Sweden Group F runner up 15 November 2019 6 1992 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Croatia Group E winner 16 November 2019 5 1996 2004 2008 2012 2016 Austria Group G runner up 16 November 2019 2 2008 2016 Netherlands Group C runner up 16 November 2019 9 1976 1980 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 Germany E Group C winner 16 November 2019 12 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Portugal Group B runner up 17 November 2019 7 1984 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Switzerland Group D winner 18 November 2019 4 1996 2004 2008 2016 Denmark Group D runner up 18 November 2019 8 1964 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2012 Wales Group E runner up 19 November 2019 1 2016 North Macedonia Play off Path D winner 12 November 2020 0 debut Hungary Play off Path A winner 12 November 2020 3 1964 1972 2016 Slovakia F Play off Path B winner 12 November 2020 4 1960 1976 1980 2016 Scotland Play off Path C winner 12 November 2020 2 1992 1996 Italic indicates team from one of the eleven host associations Bold indicates champion for that year Italic indicates host for that year From 1960 to 1988 Russia competed as the Soviet Union and in 1992 as CIS From 1960 to 1980 the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia From 1972 to 1988 Germany competed as West Germany From 1960 to 1980 Slovakia competed as Czechoslovakia Venues EditThe 13 original venues were selected and announced by UEFA on 19 September 2014 108 However the UEFA Executive Committee removed Brussels as a host city on 7 December 2017 due to delays with the building of Eurostadium The four matches three group stage one round of 16 initially scheduled to be held in Brussels were reallocated to Wembley Stadium in London 9 On 23 April 2021 UEFA announced that due to a lack of guarantees regarding spectators caused by the COVID 19 pandemic Aviva Stadium in Dublin was removed as a tournament host Their four matches were reallocated to Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg for the three group stage matches and Wembley Stadium in London for the round of 16 fixture Similarly UEFA reassigned the four matches in Spain elsewhere in the country with La Cartuja in Seville replacing San Mames in Bilbao 10 On 7 December 2017 it was also announced that the opening match would take place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome chosen ahead of Amsterdam Glasgow and Saint Petersburg UEFA decided that if they qualified the opening match would feature Italy 9 109 Of the eleven selected cities and countries seven cities and six countries had never hosted a European Championship finals match before Seville was not a venue when Spain hosted the 1964 European Nations Cup and none of Azerbaijan Denmark Hungary Romania Russia or Scotland had hosted the tournament previously Of the eleven selected stadiums only two had hosted a European Championship match before the Stadio Olimpico 1968 and 1980 and the Johan Cruyff Arena 2000 The original Wembley stadium hosted games and the final in UEFA Euro 1996 but although it stood on the same site this was classified as a different stadium to the current Wembley Stadium London Rome London Rome Munich Baku Saint Petersburg Budapest Seville Bucharest Amsterdam Glasgow Copenhagen MunichWembley Stadium Stadio Olimpico Allianz ArenaCapacity 90 000 Capacity 70 634 Capacity 70 000 Baku Saint Petersburg BudapestOlympic Stadium Krestovsky Stadium Puskas ArenaCapacity 68 000 Capacity 68 134 Capacity 67 215 Seville Bucharest Amsterdam Glasgow CopenhagenLa Cartuja Arena Națională Johan Cruyff Arena Hampden Park Parken StadiumCapacity 57 600 Capacity 55 600 Capacity 54 990 Capacity 51 866 Capacity 38 065 Each city hosted three group stage matches and one match in the round of 16 or quarter finals with the exception of Saint Petersburg which hosted six group stage matches and London which hosted host two matches in the round of 16 The match allocation for the eleven stadiums is as follows Group stage round of 16 semi finals and final London England Group stage and quarter finals Baku Azerbaijan Munich Germany Rome Italy Saint Petersburg Russia Group stage and round of 16 Amsterdam Netherlands Bucharest Romania Budapest Hungary Copenhagen Denmark Glasgow Scotland Seville Spain Group stage hosts Edit The host cities were divided into six pairings established on the basis of sporting strength assuming all host teams qualify geographical considerations and security political constraints The pairings were allocated to groups by means of a random draw on 7 December 2017 Each qualified host country played a minimum of two matches at home The following group venue pairings were announced 9 Group A Rome Italy and Baku Azerbaijan Group B Saint Petersburg Russia and Copenhagen Denmark Group C Amsterdam Netherlands and Bucharest Romania Group D London England and Glasgow Scotland Group E Originally Bilbao Spain and Dublin Republic of Ireland Later changed to Seville Spain and Saint Petersburg Russia a Group F Munich Germany and Budapest Hungary The following criteria applied to define the home matches of host teams within the same group 110 If both host teams qualified directly or both advanced to the play offs a draw determined which team would play all three group stage matches at home including the head to head match and which one played only two matches at home If one host team qualified directly and the other failed to also directly qualify the directly qualified host team played all three group stage matches at home and the other host if qualified would play only two If one host team advanced to the play offs and the other was eliminated entirely the host team in the play offs if qualified had played all three group stage matches at home No action was necessary should both host teams failed to have qualified If a host team in the play offs failed to qualify the path winner would take the spot of the host in the match schedule and therefore would play the two or three matches based on the above criteria in the host city of the respective host that failed to qualify The draw took place on 22 November 2019 12 00 CET at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon Switzerland along with the draw for the play offs 111 In the draw which was only necessary for Group B Denmark and Russia two balls were prepared with the first drawn hosting the three matches 112 Allocation of group stage home matches to host countries Group Host Status of host Draw Number of home matchesThree TwoA Azerbaijan Eliminated in qualifying group stage No Italy None Italy Qualified directly to finalsB Denmark Qualified directly to finals Yes Denmark Russia Russia Qualified directly to finalsC Netherlands Qualified directly to finals No Netherlands None Romania Eliminated via play offsD England Qualified directly to finals No England Scotland Scotland Qualified via play offsE Republic of Ireland a Eliminated via play offs No Spain None Spain Qualified directly to finalsF Germany Qualified directly to finals No Germany Hungary Hungary Qualified via play offs a b In April 2021 Dublin was removed as a tournament host with their group stage matches reallocated to Saint Petersburg who were already hosts of Group B Spectator limits Edit Due to the COVID 19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions on public gatherings many of the venues at the tournament were unable to operate at full capacity UEFA asked each host to devise a spectator plan in conjunction with their local national government and health authorities The hosts were given a deadline of 7 April 2021 to communicate their plans with UEFA On 9 April UEFA announced that eight of the tournament hosts had confirmed their stadium capacities ranging from 25 to 100 The remaining four hosts Bilbao Dublin Munich and Rome were given an extension until 23 April to submit their venue capacities 58 On 14 April UEFA announced that Rome had also confirmed its venue capacity 59 On 23 April the venue capacity for Munich was also confirmed while Bilbao was replaced by Seville which could guarantee spectators In addition Dublin was removed as a host as it was unable to ensure spectators could attend 10 Many of the matches did not see stadiums filled to their allowed capacity with only Netherlands group stage matches that were played at the Johan Cruyff Arena seeing the stadium come within less than a thousand seats of being full The match between England and Croatia saw an attendance of 18 497 compared to the allowed capacity of 22 500 with UEFA suggesting quarantine restrictions as the cause for the smaller attendance 113 Allowed capacities of UEFA Euro 2020 venues City Venue Standard capacity Allowed capacityAmsterdam Johan Cruyff Arena 54 990 At least 33 approximately 16 000 subject to possible increase 114 Baku Olympic Stadium 68 700 50 approximately 34 350 with no foreign spectators permitted other than citizens of participating teams 115 Bucharest Arena Națională 55 600 At least 25 approximately 13 000 for the group stage and 50 approximately 25 000 for the round of 16 match 116 117 Budapest Puskas Arena 67 215 Full capacity subject to spectators fulfilling strict stadium entry requirementsCopenhagen Parken Stadium 38 065 40 approximately 15 900 for the first match against Finland and 67 approximately 25 000 for the remaining two group stage matches and the round of 16 match 118 Glasgow Hampden Park 51 866 25 approximately 12 000 119 London Wembley Stadium 90 000 25 approximately 22 500 for the group stage and the first match in the round of 16 50 approximately 45 000 for the second match in the round of 16 and 67 approximately 60 000 for the semi finals and final 120 Munich Allianz Arena 70 000 20 14 000 121 Rome Stadio Olimpico 70 634 At least 25 approximately 17 659 subject to possible increase 122 Saint Petersburg Krestovsky Stadium 68 134 At least 50 approximately 34 067 subject to possible increaseSeville Estadio de La Cartuja 60 000 30 approximately 18 000 Team base camps Edit Each team chose a team base camp for its stay between the matches The teams trained and resided in these locations throughout the tournament travelling to games staged away from their bases Unlike previous tournaments each team could set up their base camp anywhere due to the pan European format without any obligation of staying in any of the host countries 123 The base camps selected by the 20 directly qualified teams were announced by UEFA on 27 January 2020 124 The base camps of the remaining teams qualified via the play offs were announced in 2021 125 Team Base camp Austria Seefeld in Tirol Austria Belgium Tubize Belgium Croatia Rovinj Croatia a Czech Republic Prague Czech Republic b Denmark Helsingor Denmark England Burton upon Trent England Finland Repino Saint Petersburg Russia France Clairefontaine en Yvelines France Germany Herzogenaurach Germany Hungary Telki Hungary Italy Coverciano Florence Italy Netherlands Zeist Netherlands North Macedonia Bucharest Romania Poland Sopot Poland c Portugal Budapest Hungary Russia Novogorsk Khimki Russia Scotland Hurworth on Tees England 128 Slovakia Saint Petersburg Russia d Spain Las Rozas de Madrid Spain Sweden Gothenburg Sweden e Switzerland Rome Italy Turkey Baku Azerbaijan Ukraine Bucharest Romania Wales Baku Azerbaijan Originally St Andrews Scotland 124 but moved due to COVID 19 quarantine restrictions in Scotland 126 Originally Currie Edinburgh Scotland 124 but moved due to COVID 19 quarantine restrictions in Scotland 127 Originally Portmarnock Republic of Ireland 124 Originally Castleknock Republic of Ireland 129 130 Originally Maynooth Republic of Ireland 124 Final draw EditThe draw for the final tournament was held on 30 November 2019 18 00 CET 19 00 local time EET at Romexpo in Bucharest Romania 131 132 133 107 The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four The identity of the four play off teams were not known at the time of the draw and were identified as play off winners A to D 134 Should there have been groups that could not be finalised at the time of the final tournament draw another draw would have been held after the play offs on 1 April 2020 1 but UEFA confirmed the additional draw was not necessary after the identity of the 20 directly qualified teams and the 16 play offs teams was known 112 The teams were seeded in accordance with the European Qualifiers overall ranking based on their results in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying The following was the standard composition of the draw pots 135 Pot 1 Group winners ranked 1 6 Pot 2 Group winners ranked 7 10 group runners up ranked 1 2 11 12 overall Pot 3 Group runners up ranked 3 8 13 18 overall Pot 4 Group runners up ranked 9 10 19 20 overall play off winners A D identity unknown at the time of the draw As two host teams from the same group could not be in the same seeding pot the UEFA Emergency Panel would have either switched one host team with the lowest ranked team of the higher pot or switched one host team with the highest ranked team of the lower pot based on the principle that the move would have minimal impact on the original seeding However no seeding adjustments were necessary The draw started with Pot 1 and completed with Pot 4 from where a team was drawn and assigned to the first available group The position in the group for the determination of the match schedule was then drawn In the draw the following conditions applied including for teams that could still qualify via the play offs 136 Automatic group assignments Host teams were automatically assigned to their group based on the host city pairings Prohibited clashes For political reasons UEFA set pairs of teams that were considered prohibited clashes In addition to being unable to be drawn into the same group non host teams were prevented from being drawn into a group hosted by a country they clash with even should the host not qualify Only one prohibited clash Russia Ukraine applied during the group stage draw Other prohibited clashes among qualified and play off teams were Kosovo Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo Serbia but the teams in these pairs were all in the play offs and in Pot 4 for the draw and would not be in the same group Kosovo Russia was also prohibited 137 but they also would not be in the same group due to play off path pairings necessary for host allocation However these prohibited clashes are not excluded for the knockout phase Play off path group allocation Edit Due to the format of the play offs which made anticipating all possible scenarios impossible the UEFA administration had to wait to solve issues relating to the final tournament draw until the completion of the qualifying group stage 110 It was not possible for UEFA to prevent one of the play off paths from containing two host teams resulting in Romania Group C hosts and Hungary Group F hosts being drawn together in Path A Therefore the winner of this play off path needed to be assigned two groups in the final tournament draw To allow for this Path A was paired with Path D which does not contain a host therefore providing a clear scenario for each possible qualified team A draw took place on 22 November 2019 12 00 CET at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon Switzerland along with the play offs draw which decided on the order of priority for the allocation of Path A to the final tournament groups 112 Two balls were prepared containing the names of the two groups hosted by the teams in question Group C and Group F for Romania and Hungary respectively The first ball drawn determined the group priority group that was allocated to Path A with the exception of the host team of the second ball drawn non priority group winning Path A In the draw Group F was selected as the priority group resulting in the following possible outcomes Path A is won by Bulgaria Hungary or Iceland The winner of Path A will enter Group F and the winner of Path D will enter Group C As Romania lost in the semi finals of the play offs this was the resulting group assignment Path A is won by Romania Romania will enter Group C and the winner of Path D will enter Group F Seeding Edit The following was the composition of the pots with teams divided and seeded as per their European Qualifiers overall ranking 138 Pot 1 Team Host Rank Belgium a 1 Italy Group A 2 England Group D 3 Germany Group F 4 Spain Group E 5 Ukraine a 6Pot 2 Team Host Rank France 7 Poland 8 Switzerland 9 Croatia 10 Netherlands Group C 11 Russia Group B 12Pot 3 Team Host Rank Portugal 13 Turkey 14 Denmark Group B 15 Austria 16 Sweden 17 Czech Republic 18Pot 4 b Team Host Rank Wales 19 Finland 20Play off winner A Group C amp F c Play off winner B Group E d Play off winner C Group D e Play off winner D f a b Ukraine could not be drawn into the same group as Russia Group B host Since they also could not be drawn into any of the other four groups with Pot 1 hosts Ukraine were assigned to Group C Consequently Belgium were assigned to Group B Identity of the four play off winners was unknown at the time of the draw Romania Group C host and Hungary Group F host competed in play off Path A and thus the winner of Path A was assigned to two groups Group C and Group F with the final assignment depending on the identity of the Path A winner Republic of Ireland original Group E host competed in play off Path B and thus the winner of Path B was assigned to Group E Scotland Group D host competed in play off Path C and thus the winner of Path C was assigned to Group D Play off Path D was paired with Path A which contained two hosts and thus the winner of Path D was assigned to two groups Group C and Group F with the final assignment depending on the identity of the Path A winner Draw results and group fixtures Edit The draw resulted in the following groups teams in italics are play off winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw Group A Pos TeamA1 TurkeyA2 Italy a A3 WalesA4 SwitzerlandGroup B Pos TeamB1 Denmark a B2 FinlandB3 BelgiumB4 Russia b Group C Pos TeamC1 Netherlands a C2 UkraineC3 AustriaC4 North MacedoniaGroup D Pos TeamD1 England a D2 CroatiaD3 Scotland b D4 Czech RepublicGroup E Pos TeamE1 Spain a E2 SwedenE3 PolandE4 SlovakiaGroup F Pos TeamF1 Hungary b F2 PortugalF3 FranceF4 Germany a a b c d e f Tournament host that would play all three group stage matches at home a b c Tournament host that would play two group stage matches at home The fixtures for the group stage were decided based on the draw results as follows Note Positions for scheduling did not use the seeding pots and instead used the draw positions e g Team 1 was not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw Group stage schedule Matchday Dates MatchesMatchday 1 11 15 June 2021 1 v 2 3 v 4Matchday 2 16 19 June 2021 1 v 3 2 v 4Matchday 3 20 23 June 2021 4 v 1 2 v 3Squads EditMain article UEFA Euro 2020 squads To lessen the load on players due to the COVID 19 pandemic and in case of an outbreak within a team squad sizes were increased from 23 used at every European Championship since 2004 to 26 However the maximum number of players permitted on the match sheet for each tournament fixture remained 23 83 Each nation s squad which had to include three goalkeepers was submitted at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament by 1 June 2021 If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team s first match he could be replaced by another player 1 however goalkeepers could still be replaced after their team s first match due to physical incapacity 83 Match officials EditOn 27 September 2018 the UEFA Executive Committee approved the use of the video assistant referee VAR system for the first time at the UEFA European Championship 8 On 12 February 2020 UEFA and CONMEBOL signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance collaboration including the possibility of a team of South American match officials appointed for the group stage of the tournament 139 On 21 April 2021 UEFA announced the 19 refereeing teams for the tournament 140 This included Argentine referee Fernando Rapallini and his assistants who were the first South American officials to be selected for the European Championship as part of UEFA s referee exchange programme with CONMEBOL A group of Spanish officials were similarly selected for the 2021 Copa America 141 A refereeing team of nine officials was appointed for each match The team of five at the stadium consisted of a referee two assistant referees a fourth official and a reserve assistant referee 141 In addition four video match officials were located at UEFA s headquarters in Nyon Switzerland This team consisted of a video assistant referee the lead video official who was the main point of contact with the referee an assistant video assistant referee AVAR 1 who concentrated on following the match an offside VAR AVAR 2 who reviewed all potential offside situations and a support VAR AVAR 3 who acted in a coordination capacity 142 The tournament used the 2021 Laws of the Game which came into force on 1 July but could be introduced in competitions that began immediately beforehand 143 Refereeing teams Country Referee Assistant referees Matches assigned 144 Germany Felix Brych Mark BorschStefan Lupp Netherlands Ukraine Group C Finland Belgium Group B Belgium Portugal Round of 16 Ukraine England Quarter finals Italy Spain Semi finals Turkey Cuneyt Cakir Bahattin DuranTarik Ongun Hungary Portugal Group F Ukraine Austria Group C Croatia Spain Round of 16 Spain Carlos del Cerro Grande Juan Carlos Yuste JimenezRoberto Alonso Fernandez France Germany Group F Croatia Czech Republic Group D Sweden Andreas Ekberg Mehmet CulumStefan Hallberg Austria North Macedonia Group C Israel Orel Grinfeld Roy HassanIdan Yarkoni Netherlands Austria Group C Romania Ovidiu Hațegan Radu GhinguleacSebastian Gheorghe Poland Slovakia Group E Italy Wales Group A Russia Sergei Karasev Igor DemeshkoMaksim Gavrilin Italy Switzerland Group A Germany Hungary Group F Netherlands Czech Republic Round of 16 Romania Istvan Kovacs Vasile MarinescuOvidiu Artene North Macedonia Netherlands Group C Netherlands Bjorn Kuipers Sander van RoekelErwin Zeinstra Denmark Belgium Group B Slovakia Spain Group E Czech Republic Denmark Quarter finals Italy England Final Netherlands Danny Makkelie Hessel SteegstraJan de Vries Turkey Italy Group A Finland Russia Group B England Germany Round of 16 England Denmark Semi finals Spain Antonio Mateu Lahoz Pau Cebrian DevisRoberto Diaz Perez del Palomar Belgium Russia Group B England Scotland Group D Portugal France Group F England Michael Oliver Stuart BurtSimon Bennett Hungary France Group F Sweden Poland Group E Switzerland Spain Quarter finals Italy Daniele Orsato Alessandro GiallatiniFabiano Preti England Croatia Group D Spain Poland Group E Sweden Ukraine Round of 16 Argentina Fernando Rapallini Juan Pablo BelattiDiego Bonfa Ukraine North Macedonia Group C Croatia Scotland Group D France Switzerland Round of 16 Germany Daniel Siebert Jan SeidelRafael Foltyn Scotland Czech Republic Group D Sweden Slovakia Group E Wales Denmark Round of 16 Portugal Artur Soares Dias Rui TavaresPaulo Soares Turkey Wales Group A Czech Republic England Group D England Anthony Taylor Gary BeswickAdam Nunn Denmark Finland Group B Portugal Germany Group F Italy Austria Round of 16 France Clement Turpin Nicolas DanosCyril Gringore Wales Switzerland Group A Russia Denmark Group B Slovenia Slavko Vincic Tomaz KlancnikAndraz Kovacic Spain Sweden Group E Switzerland Turkey Group A Belgium Italy Quarter finals In addition UEFA announced 22 video match officials and twelve support match officials who acted as fourth official or reserve assistant referee 140 This included support referee Stephanie Frappart the first female official at the UEFA European Championship finals 141 Video match officials Country Video assistant referees Offside VAR England Stuart AttwellChris Kavanagh Lee Betts France Jerome BrisardFrancois Letexier Benjamin Pages Germany Bastian DankertChristian DingertMarco Fritz Christian Gittelmann Italy Marco Di BelloMassimiliano IrratiPaolo Valeri Filippo Meli Netherlands Kevin BlomPol van Boekel Poland Pawel Gil Portugal Joao Pinheiro Spain Alejandro Hernandez HernandezJuan Martinez MunueraJose Maria Sanchez Martinez Inigo Prieto Lopez de CerainSupport match officials Country Fourth official Reserve assistant referee Bulgaria Georgi Kabakov Martin Margaritov France Stephanie Frappart Mikael Berchebru Italy Davide Massa Stefano Alassio Poland Bartosz Frankowski Marcin Boniek Serbia Srđan Jovanovic Uros Stojkovic Switzerland Sandro Scharer Stephane De AlmeidaOpening ceremony EditThe opening ceremony took place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome Italy on 11 June 2021 at 20 35 CEST prior to the first match of the tournament Italian opera tenor Andrea Bocelli performed the song Nessun dorma 145 Martin Garrix Bono and the Edge also featured performing the tournament s official anthem We Are the People The performance was a virtual one amid the COVID 19 pandemic in Europe and was filmed at motion control studios in London and at the Stadio Olimpico to recreate the stadium environment in 3D 146 Group stage Edit Result of teams participating in UEFA Euro 2020 Winner Runner up Semi finals Quarter finals Round of 16 Group stage UEFA announced the original tournament schedule on 24 May 2018 which only included kick off times for the opening match and quarter finals onward 147 148 The kick off times of the remaining group stage and round of 16 matches were announced on 30 November 2019 following the final draw 149 On 17 June 2020 UEFA announced the revised match schedule for the tournament in 2021 150 151 All match dates kick off times and venues remained identical but shifted one day earlier so matches would remain on the same day of the week i e from 12 to 11 June for the opening match to remain on a Friday On 23 April 2021 UEFA revised the venue assignments of the match schedule after one stadium was removed from the tournament and another was replaced 152 Group winners runners up and the best four third placed teams advanced to the round of 16 Times are CEST UTC 2 as listed by UEFA If the venue was located in a different time zone the local time is also given Tiebreakers Edit If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches the following tie breaking criteria were applied 1 Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question If after having applied criteria 1 to 3 teams still had an equal ranking criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams who were still level to determine their final rankings a If this procedure did not lead to a decision criteria 5 to 10 applied Superior goal difference in all group matches Higher number of goals scored in all group matches Higher number of wins in all group matches b If on the last round of the group stage two teams were facing each other and each had the same number of points as well as the same number of goals scored and conceded and the score finished level in their match their ranking was determined by a penalty shoot out This criterion was not used if more than two teams had the same number of points Lower disciplinary points total in all group matches 1 point for a single yellow card 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards 3 points for a direct red card 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card Higher position in the European Qualifiers overall ranking Notes If there was a three way tie on points the application of the first three criteria could only break the tie for one of the teams leaving the other two teams still tied In this case the tiebreaking procedure was resumed from the beginning for the two teams that were still tied This criterion could only break a tie if a point deduction were to occur as multiple teams in the same group could not otherwise be tied on points but have a different number of wins Group A Edit Main article UEFA Euro 2020 Group A Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Italy H 3 3 0 0 7 0 7 9 Advance to knockout phase2 Wales 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 4 a 3 Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 4 a 4 Turkey 3 0 0 3 1 8 7 0Source UEFA H HostNotes a b Tied on head to head result Wales 1 1 Switzerland Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker 11 June 2021 2021 06 11 21 00Turkey 0 3 ItalyReport Demiral 53 o g Immobile 66 Insigne 79 Stadio Olimpico RomeAttendance 12 916 153 Referee Danny Makkelie Netherlands 12 June 2021 2021 06 12 15 00 17 00 UTC 4 Wales 1 1 SwitzerlandMoore 74 Report Embolo 49 Olympic Stadium BakuAttendance 8 782 154 Referee Clement Turpin France 16 June 2021 2021 06 16 18 00 20 00 UTC 4 Turkey 0 2 WalesReport Ramsey 42 C Roberts 90 5 Olympic Stadium BakuAttendance 19 762 155 Referee Artur Soares Dias Portugal 16 June 2021 2021 06 16 21 00Italy 3 0 SwitzerlandLocatelli 26 52 Immobile 89 ReportStadio Olimpico RomeAttendance 12 445 156 Referee Sergei Karasev Russia 20 June 2021 2021 06 20 18 00 20 00 UTC 4 Switzerland 3 1 TurkeySeferovic 6 Shaqiri 26 68 Report Kahveci 62 Olympic Stadium BakuAttendance 17 138 157 Referee Slavko Vincic Slovenia 20 June 2021 2021 06 20 18 00Italy 1 0 WalesPessina 39 ReportStadio Olimpico RomeAttendance 11 541 158 Referee Ovidiu Hațegan Romania Group B Edit Main article UEFA Euro 2020 Group B Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Belgium 3 3 0 0 7 1 6 9 Advance to knockout phase2 Denmark H 3 1 0 2 5 4 1 3 a 3 Finland 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 3 a 4 Russia H 3 1 0 2 2 7 5 3 a Source UEFA H HostNotes a b c Tied on head to head points 3 Head to head goal difference Denmark 2 Finland 0 Russia 2 12 June 2021 2021 06 12 18 00Denmark 0 1 FinlandReport Pohjanpalo 60 Parken Stadium CopenhagenAttendance 13 790 159 Referee Anthony Taylor England 12 June 2021 2021 06 12 21 00 22 00 UTC 3 Belgium 3 0 RussiaLukaku 10 88 Meunier 34 ReportKrestovsky Stadium Saint PetersburgAttendance 26 264 160 Referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz Spain 16 June 2021 2021 06 16 15 00 16 00 UTC 3 Finland 0 1 RussiaReport Miranchuk 45 2 Krestovsky Stadium Saint PetersburgAttendance 24 540 161 Referee Danny Makkelie Netherlands 17 June 2021 2021 06 17 18 00Denmark 1 2 BelgiumPoulsen 2 Report T Hazard 55 De Bruyne 70 Parken Stadium CopenhagenAttendance 23 395 162 Referee Bjorn Kuipers Netherlands 21 June 2021 2021 06 21 21 00Russia 1 4 DenmarkDzyuba 70 pen Report Damsgaard 38 Poulsen 59 Christensen 79 Maehle 82 Parken Stadium CopenhagenAttendance 23 644 163 Referee Clement Turpin France 21 June 2021 2021 06 21 21 00 22 00 UTC 3 Finland 0 2 BelgiumReport Hradecky 74 o g Lukaku 81 Krestovsky Stadium Saint PetersburgAttendance 18 545 164 Referee Felix Brych Germany Group C Edit Main article UEFA Euro 2020 Group C Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Netherlands H 3 3 0 0 8 2 6 9 Advance to knockout phase2 Austria 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 63 Ukraine 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 34 North Macedonia 3 0 0 3 2 8 6 0Source UEFA H Host 13 June 2021 2021 06 13 18 00 19 00 UTC 3 Austria 3 1 North MacedoniaLainer 18 Gregoritsch 78 Arnautovic 89 Report Pandev 28 Arena Națională BucharestAttendance 9 082 165 Referee Andreas Ekberg Sweden 13 June 2021 2021 06 13 21 00Netherlands 3 2 UkraineWijnaldum 52 Weghorst 58 Dumfries 85 Report Yarmolenko 75 Yaremchuk 79 Johan Cruyff Arena AmsterdamAttendance 15 837 166 Referee Felix Brych Germany 17 June 2021 2021 06 17 15 00 16 00 UTC 3 Ukraine 2 1 North MacedoniaYarmolenko 29 Yaremchuk 34 Report Alioski 57 Arena Națională BucharestAttendance 10 001 167 Referee Fernando Rapallini Argentina 17 June 2021 2021 06 17 21 00Netherlands 2 0 AustriaDepay 11 pen Dumfries 67 ReportJohan Cruyff Arena AmsterdamAttendance 15 243 168 Referee Orel Grinfeld Israel 21 June 2021 2021 06 21 18 00North Macedonia 0 3 NetherlandsReport Depay 24 Wijnaldum 50 58 Johan Cruyff Arena AmsterdamAttendance 15 227 169 Referee Istvan Kovacs Romania 21 June 2021 2021 06 21 18 00 19 00 UTC 3 Ukraine 0 1 AustriaReport Baumgartner 21 Arena Națională BucharestAttendance 10 472 170 Referee Cuneyt Cakir Turkey Group D Edit Main article UEFA Euro 2020 Group D Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 England H 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 7 Advance to knockout phase2 Croatia 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 4 a 3 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 4 a 4 Scotland H 3 0 1 2 1 5 4 1Source UEFA H HostNotes a b Tied on head to head result Croatia 1 1 Czech Republic and overall goal difference 1 Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker 13 June 2021 2021 06 13 15 00 14 00 UTC 1 England 1 0 CroatiaSterling 57 ReportWembley Stadium LondonAttendance 18 497 171 Referee Daniele Orsato Italy 14 June 2021 2021 06 14 15 00 14 00 UTC 1 Scotland 0 2 Czech RepublicReport Schick 42 52 Hampden Park GlasgowAttendance 9 847 172 Referee Daniel Siebert Germany 18 June 2021 2021 06 18 18 00 17 00 UTC 1 Croatia 1 1 Czech RepublicPerisic 47 Report Schick 37 pen Hampden Park GlasgowAttendance 5 607 173 Referee Carlos del Cerro Grande Spain 18 June 2021 2021 06 18 21 00 20 00 UTC 1 England 0 0 ScotlandReportWembley Stadium LondonAttendance 20 306 174 Referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz Spain 22 June 2021 2021 06 22 21 00 20 00 UTC 1 Croatia 3 1 ScotlandVlasic 17 Modric 62 Perisic 77 Report McGregor 42 Hampden Park GlasgowAttendance 9 896 175 Referee Fernando Rapallini Argentina 22 June 2021 2021 06 22 21 00 20 00 UTC 1 Czech Republic 0 1 EnglandReport Sterling 12 Wembley Stadium LondonAttendance 19 104 176 Referee Artur Soares Dias Portugal Group E Edit Main article UEFA Euro 2020 Group E Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Sweden 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 7 Advance to knockout phase2 Spain H 3 1 2 0 6 1 5 53 Slovakia 3 1 0 2 2 7 5 34 Poland 3 0 1 2 4 6 2 1Source UEFA H Host 14 June 2021 2021 06 14 18 00 19 00 UTC 3 Poland 1 2 SlovakiaLinetty 46 Report Szczesny 18 o g Skriniar 69 Krestovsky Stadium Saint PetersburgAttendance 12 862 177 Referee Ovidiu Hațegan Romania 14 June 2021 2021 06 14 21 00Spain 0 0 SwedenReportLa Cartuja SevilleAttendance 10 559 178 Referee Slavko Vincic Slovenia 18 June 2021 2021 06 18 15 00 16 00 UTC 3 Sweden 1 0 SlovakiaForsberg 77 pen ReportKrestovsky Stadium Saint PetersburgAttendance 11 525 179 Referee Daniel Siebert Germany 19 June 2021 2021 06 19 21 00Spain 1 1 PolandMorata 25 Report Lewandowski 54 La Cartuja SevilleAttendance 11 742 180 Referee Daniele Orsato Italy 23 June 2021 2021 06 23 18 00Slovakia 0 5 SpainReport Dubravka span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article , read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. © Copyright 2021, All Rights Reserved  |   www.wiki3.en-us.nina.az Rss Feed SiteMap Ping DMCA Contact Us HomePage Closed Call: