European Football Championship 2020

    The 2020 European Football Championship (English: UEFA Euro 2020, European Cup 2020) is the 16th European Football Championship. In order to commemorate the 60 years of the European Football Championship, this tournament will adopt a tournament without a host country in Europe. The semi-finals and finals will be held in London's Wembley Stadium.

    The 2020 European Football Championship was postponed to the summer of 2021, but it is still named "European Cup 2020".

    On June 17, 2020, UEFA announced the match schedule for the 2020 European Cup.The match is still held in the original 12 cities, and the match time is June 11-July 11, 2021.

    Host city:

    On September 19, 2014, UEFA announced in Geneva that the 13 host cities for the 2020 European Football Championship were announced. Among them, England is the most watched. The final and two semi-finals will be at Wembley Stadium in London. Hold.

    UEFA also announced that Azerbaijan's Baku, Germany's Munich, Italy's Rome and Russia's St. Petersburg will host the quarter-finals, and will also host three group matches.

    In addition, Brussels, Belgium, Copenhagen, Denmark, Budapest, Hungary, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dublin, Ireland, Bucharest, Romania, Glasgow, Scotland and Bilbao, Spain will host the group and knockout stages.

    The 13 host cities announced on the same day were selected from 19 bidding cities. According to the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee, the 2020 European Championships will not be limited to the location of a certain UEFA member association. 13 cities in different European countries and regions jointly hosted the event. In the end, the two football associations of the United Kingdom, England and Scotland, have both successfully bid for the hosting, and the United Kingdom is also the biggest winner.

    In December 2017, UEFA announced on the official website some details of the 2020 European Cup, including the venue of the opening match, and the withdrawal of Brussels, Belgium, where it was originally held.

    1.The Olympic Stadium in Rome will host the opening match of the 2020 European Cup.

    2. As it did not meet the requirements of the UEFA Executive Committee at the meeting on September 20, 2017, it was decided after the committee voted that the 4 games originally scheduled to be played in Brussels, Belgium (3 group matches, 1 1/8) The final) will be moved to the Wembley Stadium in London, England. This means that Wembley will host a total of 7 matches of the 2020 European Cup. Previously, Wembley Stadium has determined to host two semi-finals. And the final final.

    3. After a random lottery, the host city of each group match has been determined. The 12 host cities are divided into 6 pairs, and the 6 group matches are hosted respectively. The results are as follows:

    Group A: Rome (Italy), Baku (Azerbaijan)

    Group B: St. Petersburg (Russia), Copenhagen (Denmark)

    Group C: Amsterdam (Netherlands), Bucharest (Romania)

    Group D: London (England), Glasgow (Scotland)

    Group E: Bilbao (Spain), Dublin (Ireland)

    Group F: Munich (Germany), Budapest (Hungary)

    4. All hosts that qualify for the 2020 European Cup will play at least two games at home.

    On September 17, 2018, the Russian Federal Government approved visa-free entry for European Cup spectators in 2020. At the same time, European Cup spectators can travel in cities and suburbs within St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast from 0:00 on the day of the match to 12:00 the next day. In terms of transportation, free use of urban ground electric vehicles, suburban railway vehicles and subways on UEFA lines.

    Detailed rules:

    UEFA has previously decided that on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the European Championship in 2020, a "European Championship for Europe" will be held throughout Europe. In the rules announced on the 25th, UEFA emphasized, Each country (region) can only have one court at most, and the host team cannot automatically advance to the finals. However, teams that have already reached the finals and are still the host will play at least 2 of the 3 group matches at home. UEFA said: "The game will be divided into 13 parts-12 cities will each host 3 group matches and 1 knockout (16 rounds or quarter-finals) stage matches; 1 city will host two Semi-finals and finals." [14]

    "A country (region) can only have one stadium to host the event. This means that the semi-finals and finals will be held in the same stadium." The FA has already intended to bid for the Wembley Stadium in London. In the final, it may face competition from Berlin, Istanbul, Madrid and Rome. UEFA President Platini has expressed his support for Istanbul's bid to host the 2020 European Championship.

    In December 2017, UEFA announced that Brussels, Belgium had lost the right to host, and the 2020 European Cup will be hosted by 12 cities in the remaining 11 countries.