UEFA Euro 2020

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UEFA Euro 2020

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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)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	98 (2.65 per match)
Attendance	663,555 (17,934 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristiano Ronaldo (5 goals)
← 2016 2024 → All statistics correct as of 26 June 2021 (1 of 2 matches finished).

The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2020, or simply Euro 2020, is the 16th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).

The tournament, being held in 11 cities in 11 UEFA countries, was originally scheduled from 12 June to 12 July 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and rescheduled for 11 June to 11 July 2021. It retains the name "UEFA Euro 2020". Portugal are the defending champions, having won the 2016 competition in France, and the video assistant referee (VAR) system makes its debut at the European Championship in this tournament.

UEFA President Michel Platini said in 2012 that the tournament was to be hosted in several nations as a "romantic" one-off event to celebrate the 60th "birthday" of the European Championship competition. Having the largest capacity of any of the stadiums entered for the competition, Wembley Stadium in London is scheduled to host the semi-finals and final for the second time, having done so before at the 1996 tournament in the stadium's former incarnation. The Stadio Olimpico in Rome was chosen to host the opening game, involving Turkey and hosts Italy. Originally to be played at 13 venues, two hosts were later removed: Brussels in December 2017 due to the abandonment of building the Eurostadium, and Dublin in April 2021 as there was no guarantee that spectators could attend. Spain also changed their host city from Bilbao to Seville to allow an audience at matches.

Bid process

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 bids

While some countries 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. At the time, UEFA already used a similar system for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship's Elite Round, where each of the seven groups is hosted by a different country.

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. 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 across Europe. Reaction to UEFA's plan was mixed across Europe. Critics have 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.

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. Dublin, marked in red, were 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.

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

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. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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. On 23 April 2020, UEFA confirmed that the tournament would still be known as UEFA Euro 2020.

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. The tournament venues and match schedule was reviewed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 17 June 2020. 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. 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. 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". 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 will be applied individually at each venue was originally to be made on 5 March 2021. 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. However, this did not affect the planning of Euro 2020 matches to be held in Baku. This restriction was lifted in December 2020 following a ceasefire agreement between the countries.

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." On 27 January 2021, UEFA met with the host associations to discuss operational matters, and reaffirmed the tournament would be held across twelve cities. The deadline for hosts to submit their venue capacity plans was moved to 7 April 2021, with a final decision on host cities and spectators to originally be made by the UEFA Executive Committee on 19 April 2021. 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. 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. 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. That same month, British prime minister Boris Johnson offered UEFA to host additional tournament matches in England should any venues need to be reassigned.

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. On 14 April, UEFA announced that Rome had guaranteed spectators for the tournament, and was therefore confirmed as a venue. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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."

Semi-final and final venue

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. A spokesman for the Hungarian Football Federation said the organistation was "ready to host any high-level football event". However, UEFA remained confident that Wembley could host the final, as the organistaion and the UK governement discussed quarantine exemptions, but did not rule out a change in venue. Minister Kit Malthouse said the government was doing "as much as we possibly can" to host the final, while prime minister Boris Johnson stated they would try to make "sensible accommodations" for UEFA while still prioritising public health. Italian prime minister Mario Draghi said the final should be held in Rome due to rising COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom. 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".

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). 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. 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.

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. 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. 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.

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

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:

• 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 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 12 national teams whose countries were selected to stage matches, had to compete in the qualifiers for the 24 places at the finals tournament. 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.

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.

With the creation of the UEFA Nations League starting in 2018, 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 twenty teams that had already qualified for the tournament.

Qualified teams

Of the 24 teams that qualified for the tournament, 19 are returning from the 2016 edition. Among them are Belgium and Italy, who both recorded flawless qualifying campaigns (10 wins in 10 matches), defending European champions Portugal and world champions France, with Germany also qualifying for a record 13th straight European Championship. Finland and North Macedonia will make their European Championship debut, having never previously qualified for a major tournament. 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. 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. For the first time, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Wales reached successive European Championship tournaments. Greece, winners in 2004, were the only former champions that failed to qualify, missing their second straight European Championship and third consecutive major tournament. Albania, Iceland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Romania failed to qualify after appearing in the 2016 finals.

Of the 11 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, and Azerbaijan were eliminated following the qualifying group stage. The Republic of Ireland, originally selected as a tournament host, were also eliminated in the semi-finals of the play-offs, but were later stripped of their hosting rights.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
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	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	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	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	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)

Venues

The 13 original venues were selected and announced by UEFA on 19 September 2014. 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. 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.

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.

Of the eleven selected cities and countries, seven cities and six countries have 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 has hosted the tournament previously. Of the eleven selected stadiums, only two have 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 stands on the same site, this is 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: 60,000	Capacity: 55,600	Capacity: 54,990	Capacity: 51,866	Capacity: 38,065

Each city will host three group stage matches and one match in the round of 16 or quarter-finals, with the exception of Saint Petersburg, which will host six group stage matches, and London, which will 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 will play a minimum of two matches at home. The following group venue pairings were announced:

• 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)
• Group F: Munich (Germany) and Budapest (Hungary)

The following criteria apply to define the home matches of host teams within the same group:

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

If a host team in the play-offs failed to qualify, the path winner will 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). 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.

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	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

Spectator limits

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions on public gatherings, many of the venues at the tournament are 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. On 14 April, UEFA announced that Rome had also confirmed its venue capacity. On 23 April, the venue capacity for Munich was also confirmed, while Bilbao were replaced by Seville, which could guarantee spectators. In addition, Dublin was removed as a host, as it was unable to ensure spectators could attend.

Many of the matches did not see stadiums filled to their allowed capacity so far, with only the matches 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.

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
Baku	Olympic Stadium	68,700	50% (approximately 34,350), with no foreign spectators permitted other than citizens of participating teams
Bucharest	Arena Națională	55,600	At least 25% (approximately 13,000), subject to possible increase
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, 67% (approximately 25,000) for the remaining two group stage matches and the round of 16 match.
Glasgow	Hampden Park	51,866	25% (approximately 12,000)
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, 67% (approximately 60,000) for the semi-finals and final
Munich	Allianz Arena	70,000	20% (14,000)
Rome	Stadio Olimpico	70,634	At least 25% (approximately 17,659), subject to possible increase
Saint Petersburg	Krestovsky Stadium	68,134	At least 50% (approximately 34,067), subject to possible increase
Seville	La Cartuja	60,000	30% (approximately 18,000)

Team base camps

Each team chooses a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. The teams will train and reside in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases. Unlike previous tournaments, each team can set up their base camp anywhere due to the pan-European format, without any obligation of staying in any of the host countries.

The base camps selected by the twenty directly qualified teams were announced by UEFA on 27 January 2020. The base camps of the remaining teams qualified via the play-offs were announced in 2021.

Team	Base camp
Austria	Seefeld in Tirol, Austria
Belgium	Tubize, Belgium
Croatia	Rovinj, Croatia
Czech Republic	Prague, Czech Republic
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
Portugal	Budapest, Hungary
Russia	Novogorsk, Khimki, Russia
Scotland	Hurworth-on-Tees, England
Slovakia	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Spain	Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain
Sweden	Gothenburg, Sweden
Switzerland	Rome, Italy
Turkey	Baku, Azerbaijan
Ukraine	Bucharest, Romania
Wales	Baku, Azerbaijan

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. 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. 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, 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.

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:

• 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):

• 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, 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. 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 draw for the play-offs), which decided on the order of priority for the allocation of Path A to the final tournament groups.

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:

Pot 1

Team	Host	Rank
Belgium		1
Italy	Group A	2
England	Group D	3
Germany	Group F	4
Spain	Group E	5
Ukraine		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

Team	Host	Rank
Wales		19
Finland		20
Play-off winner A	Group C & F	—
Play-off winner B	Group E
Play-off winner C	Group D
Play-off winner D

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
A3	Wales
A4	Switzerland

Group B

Pos	Team
B1	Denmark
B2	Finland
B3	Belgium
B4	Russia

Group C

Pos	Team
C1	Netherlands
C2	Ukraine
C3	Austria
C4	North Macedonia

Group D

Pos	Team
D1	England
D2	Croatia
D3	Scotland
D4	Czech Republic

Group E

Pos	Team
E1	Spain
E2	Sweden
E3	Poland
E4	Slovakia

Group F

Pos	Team
F1	Hungary
F2	Portugal
F3	France
F4	Germany

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 will remain 23. Each nation's squad, which must include three goalkeepers, was submitted at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament (by 1 June 2021). If a player becomes injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player. However, goalkeepers may still be replaced after his team's first match due to physical incapacity.

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. 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.

On 21 April 2021, UEFA announced the 19 refereeing teams for the tournament. This includes Argentine referee Fernando Rapallini and his assistants, who are 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.

A refereeing team of nine officials will be appointed for each match. The team of five at the stadium will consist of a referee, two assistant referees, a fourth official and a reserve assistant referee. In addition, four video match officials will be located at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. This team will consist of a video assistant referee (the lead video official who is the main point of contact with the referee), an assistant video assistant referee (AVAR 1, who concentrates on following the match), an offside VAR (AVAR 2, who reviews all potential offside situations) and a support VAR (AVAR 3, who acts in a coordination capacity). The tournament will use the 2021 Laws of the Game, which come into force on 1 July but can be introduced in competitions that begin immediately beforehand.

Refereeing teams

Country	Referee	Assistant referees	Matches assigned
Germany	Felix Brych	Mark Borsch Stefan Lupp	Netherlands–Ukraine (Group C) Finland–Belgium (Group B) Belgium–Portugal (Round of 16)
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)
Netherlands	Danny Makkelie	Hessel Steegstra Jan de Vries	Turkey–Italy (Group A) Finland–Russia (Group B)
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)
Italy	Daniele Orsato	Alessandro Giallatini Fabiano Preti	England–Croatia (Group D) Spain–Poland (Group E)
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)

In addition, UEFA announced 22 video match officials and 12 support match officials (who acts as fourth official or reserve assistant referee). This includes support referee Stéphanie Frappart, the first female official at the UEFA European Championship finals.

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". 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 and was filmed at motion-control studios in London and at the Stadio Olimpico to recreate the stadium environment in 3D.

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. The kick-off times of the remaining group stage and round of 16 matches were announced on 30 November 2019 following the final draw. On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced the revised match schedule for the tournament in 2021. 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.

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

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

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied:

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 have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams who are still level to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 10 apply;
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;
8. If on the last round of the group stage, two teams are facing each other and each has the same number of points, as well as the same number of goals scored and conceded, and the score finishes level in their match, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out. (This criterion is not used if more than two teams have 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.

Group A

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group A

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Group B

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group B

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Group C

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group C

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Group D

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group D

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Group E

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group E

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Group F

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group F

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Knockout phase

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 knockout phase

In the knockout phase, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each), with each team being allowed to make a sixth substitution. The full extra time is played: there is no golden goal or silver goal. If still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there is no third place play-off.

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

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

27 June 2021 – Seville

Belgium

1

2 July 2021 – Munich

Portugal

0

Belgium

1

26 June 2021 – London

Italy

2

Italy (a.e.t.)

2

6 July 2021 – London

Austria

1

Italy (p)

1 (4)

28 June 2021 – Bucharest

Spain

1 (2)

France

3 (4)

2 July 2021 – Saint Petersburg

Switzerland (p)

3 (5)

Switzerland

1 (1)

28 June 2021 – Copenhagen

Spain (p)

1 (3)

Croatia

3

11 July 2021 – London

Spain (a.e.t.)

5

Italy (p)

1 (3)

29 June 2021 – Glasgow

England

1 (2)

Sweden

1

3 July 2021 – Rome

Ukraine (a.e.t.)

2

Ukraine

0

29 June 2021 – London

England

4

England

2

7 July 2021 – London

Germany

0

England (a.e.t.)

2

27 June 2021 – Budapest

Denmark

1

Netherlands

0

3 July 2021 – Baku

Czech Republic

2

Czech Republic

1

26 June 2021 – Amsterdam

Denmark

2

Wales

0

Denmark

4

Round of 16

26 June 2021 (2021-06-26)

18:00

Wales	0–4	Denmark
	Report	Dolberg 27', 48' Mæhle 88' Braithwaite 90+4'

Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 14,645

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

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26 June 2021 (2021-06-26)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Italy	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Austria
Chiesa 95' Pessina 105'	Report	Kalajdžić 114'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 18,910

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

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27 June 2021 (2021-06-27)

18:00

Netherlands	0–2	Czech Republic
	Report	Holeš 68' Schick 80'

Puskás Aréna, Budapest

Attendance: 52,834

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

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27 June 2021 (2021-06-27)

21:00

Belgium	1–0	Portugal
T. Hazard 42'	Report

Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville

Attendance: 11,504

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

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28 June 2021 (2021-06-28)

18:00

Croatia	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Pedri 20' (o.g.) Oršić 85' Pašalić 90+2'	Report	Sarabia 38' Azpilicueta 57' F. Torres 77' Morata 100' Oyarzabal 103'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 22,771

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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28 June 2021 (2021-06-28)

21:00 (22:00 UTC+3)

France	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Switzerland
Benzema 57', 59' Pogba 75'	Report	Seferovic 15', 81' Gavranović 90'
Penalties
Pogba Giroud Thuram Kimpembe Mbappé	4–5	Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas Mehmedi

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 22,642

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

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29 June 2021 (2021-06-29)

18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)

England	2–0	Germany
Sterling 75' Kane 86'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 41,973

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

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29 June 2021 (2021-06-29)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Sweden	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine
Forsberg 43'	Report	Zinchenko 27' Dovbyk 120+1'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 9,221

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Quarter-finals

2 July 2021 (2021-07-02)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Switzerland	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Shaqiri 68'	Report	Zakaria 8' (o.g.)
Penalties
Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas	1–3	Busquets Olmo Rodri Gerard Oyarzabal

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 24,764

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

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2 July 2021 (2021-07-02)

21:00

Belgium	1–2	Italy
Lukaku 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Barella 31' Insigne 44'

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 12,984

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

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3 July 2021 (2021-07-03)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Czech Republic	1–2	Denmark
Schick 49'	Report	Delaney 5' Dolberg 42'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 16,306

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

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3 July 2021 (2021-07-03)

21:00

Ukraine	0–4	England
	Report	Kane 4', 50' Maguire 46' J. Henderson 63'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 11,880

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Semi-finals

6 July 2021 (2021-07-06)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Chiesa 60'	Report	Morata 80'
Penalties
Locatelli Belotti Bonucci Bernardeschi Jorginho	4–2	Olmo Gerard Thiago Morata

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 57,811

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

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7 July 2021 (2021-07-07)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

England	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Denmark
Kjær 39' (o.g.) Kane 104'	Report	Damsgaard 30'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 64,950

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Final

11 July 2021 (2021-07-11)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.)	England
Bonucci 67'	Report	Shaw 2'
Penalties
Berardi Belotti Bonucci Bernardeschi Jorginho	3–2	Kane Maguire Rashford Sancho Saka

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 67,173

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Statistics

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 statistics

Goalscorers

There were 142 goals scored in 51 matches, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.

The tournament had the highest goal average since UEFA Euro 1976, prior to the introduction of the group stage. Eleven own goals were scored in the tournament, two more than at all the previous tournaments combined. With his goals in this tournament, Cristiano Ronaldo became the top goalscorer at the European Championship with 14 goals.

5 goals

• Patrik Schick
• Cristiano Ronaldo

4 goals

• Romelu Lukaku
• Harry Kane
• Karim Benzema
• Emil Forsberg

3 goals

• Kasper Dolberg
• Raheem Sterling
• Georginio Wijnaldum
• Robert Lewandowski
• Álvaro Morata
• Haris Seferovic
• Xherdan Shaqiri

2 goals

• Thorgan Hazard
• Ivan Perišić
• Mikkel Damsgaard
• Joakim Mæhle
• Yussuf Poulsen
• Kai Havertz
• Federico Chiesa
• Ciro Immobile
• Lorenzo Insigne
• Manuel Locatelli
• Matteo Pessina
• Memphis Depay
• Denzel Dumfries
• Pablo Sarabia
• Ferran Torres
• Roman Yaremchuk
• Andriy Yarmolenko

1 goal

• Marko Arnautović
• Christoph Baumgartner
• Michael Gregoritsch
• Saša Kalajdžić
• Stefan Lainer
• Kevin De Bruyne
• Thomas Meunier
• Luka Modrić
• Mislav Oršić
• Mario Pašalić
• Nikola Vlašić
• Tomáš Holeš
• Martin Braithwaite
• Andreas Christensen
• Thomas Delaney
• Jordan Henderson
• Harry Maguire
• Luke Shaw
• Joel Pohjanpalo
• Antoine Griezmann
• Paul Pogba
• Leon Goretzka
• Robin Gosens
• Attila Fiola
• András Schäfer
• Ádám Szalai
• Nicolò Barella
• Leonardo Bonucci
• Wout Weghorst
• Ezgjan Alioski
• Goran Pandev
• Karol Linetty
• Raphaël Guerreiro
• Diogo Jota
• Artem Dzyuba
• Aleksei Miranchuk
• Callum McGregor
• Milan Škriniar
• César Azpilicueta
• Aymeric Laporte
• Mikel Oyarzabal
• Viktor Claesson
• Breel Embolo
• Mario Gavranović
• İrfan Kahveci
• Artem Dovbyk
• Oleksandr Zinchenko
• Kieffer Moore
• Aaron Ramsey
• Connor Roberts

1 own goal

• Simon Kjær (against England)
• Lukas Hradecky (against Belgium)
• Mats Hummels (against France)
• Wojciech Szczęsny (against Slovakia)
• Rúben Dias (against Germany)
• Raphaël Guerreiro (against Germany)
• Martin Dúbravka (against Spain)
• Juraj Kucka (against Spain)
• Pedri (against Croatia)
• Denis Zakaria (against Spain)
• Merih Demiral (against Italy)

Source: UEFA

Prize money

The prize money was finalised in February 2018. Each team receives a participation fee of €9.25 million, with the winner able to earn a maximum of €34 million.

Round achieved	Amount	Number of teams
Final tournament	€9.25m	24
Group stage	€1.5m for a win €750,000 for a draw	24
Round of 16	€2m	16
Quarter-finals	€3.25m	8
Semi-finals	€5m	4
Runner-up	€7m	1
Winner	€10m	1

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:

• Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
• Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches; yellow cards expire after the completion of the quarter-finals (yellow card suspensions are not carried forward to any other future international matches)

The following offences warranted a suspension during the tournament:

Player	Offence(s)	Suspension(s)
Grzegorz Krychowiak	in Group E vs Slovakia (matchday 1; 14 June 2021)	Group E vs Spain (matchday 2; 19 June 2021)
Marko Arnautović	Insulting another player in Group C vs North Macedonia (matchday 1; 13 June 2021)	Group C vs Netherlands (matchday 2; 17 June 2021)
Ethan Ampadu	in Group A vs Italy (matchday 3; 20 June 2021)	Round of 16 vs Denmark (26 June 2021)
Hakan Çalhanoğlu	in Group A vs Wales (matchday 2; 16 June 2021) in Group A vs Switzerland (matchday 3; 20 June 2021)	Team eliminated from tournament
Çağlar Söyüncü	in Group A vs Italy (matchday 1; 11 June 2021) in Group A vs Switzerland (matchday 3; 20 June 2021)	Team eliminated from tournament
Ezgjan Alioski	in Group C vs Austria (matchday 1; 13 June 2021) in Group C vs Netherlands (matchday 3; 21 June 2021)	Team eliminated from tournament
Dejan Lovren	in Group D vs Czech Republic (matchday 2; 18 June 2021) in Group D vs Scotland (matchday 3; 22 June 2021)	Round of 16 vs Spain (28 June 2021)
Jan Bořil	in Group D vs Croatia (matchday 2; 18 June 2021) in Group D vs England (matchday 3; 22 June 2021)	Round of 16 vs Netherlands (27 June 2021)
Ondrej Duda	in Group E vs Sweden (matchday 2; 18 June 2021) in Group E vs Spain (matchday 3; 23 June 2021)	Team eliminated from tournament
Endre Botka	in Group F vs France (matchday 2; 19 June 2021) in Group F vs Germany (matchday 3; 23 June 2021)	Team eliminated from tournament
Harry Wilson	in Round of 16 vs Denmark (26 June 2021)	World Cup qualification vs Belarus (5 September 2021)

Marketing

Logo and slogan

The official logo was unveiled on 21 September 2016, during a ceremony at the City Hall in London. The logo depicts the Henri Delaunay Trophy surrounded by celebrating fans on a bridge, which, according to UEFA, represents how football connects and unifies people.

Each individual host city also has their own unique logo. The rectangular logos feature the text "UEFA EURO 2020" on the top, the city name above the text "host city" on the bottom (all in uppercase), the main tournament logo on the left and a local bridge on the right. Each logo exists in English, along with variations in the local language when applicable. The logos were unveiled from September 2016 to January 2017.

Logos of host cities

Host city	Date announced	Bridge	Other language	Ref.
London	21 September 2016	Tower Bridge	—
Rome	22 September 2016	Ponte Sant'Angelo	Italian
Baku	30 September 2016	Baku cable-stayed bridge	Azerbaijani
Bucharest	15 October 2016	Basarab Overpass	Romanian
Glasgow	25 October 2016	Clyde Arc	—
Munich	27 October 2016	Wittelsbacherbrücke	German
Copenhagen	1 November 2016	Circle Bridge	Danish
Budapest	16 November 2016	Széchenyi Chain Bridge	Hungarian
Amsterdam	16 December 2016	Magere Brug	Dutch
Saint Petersburg	19 January 2017	Palace Bridge	Russian
Seville	—	Alamillo Bridge	Spanish

Logos of removed host cities

Host city	Date announced	Bridge	Other language(s)	Ref.
Dublin	24 November 2016	Samuel Beckett Bridge	Irish
Brussels	14 December 2016	Pont Sobieski	Dutch, French
Bilbao	15 December 2016	San Antón Bridge	Spanish

The official slogan of the tournament is "Live It. For Real." The slogan is meant to encourage fans to see the matches live in the stadiums across Europe.

Match ball

Official match ball "Uniforia"

On 6 November 2019, UEFA announced that the Uniforia by Adidas would be the tournament's official match ball. Predominantly white, the ball features black strokes with blue, neon and pink stripes. The name is derived from a portmanteau of "unity" and "euphoria".

Mascot

The official mascot of the tournament, Skillzy, was unveiled on 24 March 2019. The character is inspired by freestyle football, street football and panna culture.

Official song

Main article: We Are the People (Martin Garrix song)

On 19 October 2019, Dutch DJ and music producer Martin Garrix was announced as the official music artist of the tournament. He produced the official song of the tournament, as well as the walkout music preceding matches and the television broadcast music. The official song, "We Are the People", features Bono and the Edge from Irish rock band U2 and was released on 14 May 2021. It was first performed in full at a virtual opening ceremony at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Video game

See also: UEFA European Championship video games

The game was released by Konami as a free DLC on eFootball PES 2020 in June 2020, and on the 2021 Season Update on launch day. It includes the official kits and player likenesses for all 55 officially licensed UEFA teams. The update also includes five out of eleven venues of the tournament, as well as the official match ball.

Sponsorship

UEFA has the following "partners":

• "National Team Football Official Sponsors": Alipay, Booking Holdings, FedEx, Gazprom, Hisense, and Volkswagen.
• "EURO 2020 Official Sponsors": Coca-Cola, Heineken, Qatar Airways, Takeaway.com, TikTok, and Vivo Mobile.
• "EURO 2020 Official Licensees": Adidas, Hublot, IMG, Konami, Panini

Broadcasting

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 broadcasting rights

The International Broadcast Centre (IBC) will be located at the Expo Haarlemmermeer in Vijfhuizen, Netherlands.

Incidents and controversies

Collapse of Christian Eriksen

The Denmark vs Finland match in Group B was suspended minutes prior to half-time after Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch due to a cardiac arrest. He was transferred to Rigshospitalet and stabilised, with the match resuming by the decision of the Danish team later that evening. Following the match, the Danish team stated that it was unfair they had to decide to continue playing the match.

Arnautović insult

In Austria's match against North Macedonia on 13 June 2021, Austrian player Marko Arnautović insulted Macedonian player Ezgjan Alioski and his family after his goal to make it 3–1. Arnautović is of Serbian descent, and Alioski is of Albanian descent; both countries have been in political conflict due to Kosovo for decades. The Football Federation of Macedonia lodged a complaint with UEFA after the game, demanding a clear penalty. The UEFA Control Committee then opened an investigation. As a result, Arnautović was banned from the next game by UEFA for "insulting another player" and therefore unable to play in Austria's second group game against the Netherlands.

Removing marketing drink bottles

At a press conference before Portugal's first game on 14 June 2021, Cristiano Ronaldo removed Coca-Cola bottles from the table and then held a water bottle in front of the camera. After France's first game against Germany, Paul Pogba moved bottles of non-alcoholic Heineken beer from the table at a press conference. After these two actions, UEFA spoke with each team participating in the European Championship, in which it pointed out the importance of sponsors.

Since the Coca-Cola share collapsed slightly shortly after Ronaldo's action, there was speculation about a possible connection. The speculations were denied a few days later. Instead, the price loss was explained by the imminent dividend payment.

Greenpeace protest

In the run-up to the match between Germany and France on 15 June 2021 in Munich, a man with a paramotor got stuck on a fixed rope during a flight over the Allianz Arena, fell into a descent, grazed the spectator stands and landed on the pitch. In the action planned as a protest by Greenpeace against car manufacturer Volkswagen, in which only a large ball with a label was supposed to be thrown onto the field, two people in the stands suffered head injuries and had to receive medical care. The campaign provoked strong criticism due to the endangerment of viewers. UEFA criticised it as a “reckless and dangerous action” that could have had serious consequences for many people. The German Football Association (DFB), the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder and other politicians made similar statements; Greenpeace apologised. A total flight ban has been issued over the Allianz Arena for the duration of the European Championship. The Munich police are investigating the paramotor pilot for dangerous bodily harm, trespassing and violation of the Aviation Act.

Captain's rainbow armband

In connection with Pride Month, the German team used related symbolism. Team captain Manuel Neuer wore a captain's armband in rainbow colours at friendly against Latvia on 7 June 2021 and continued to wear the armband in Germany's subsequent games. An investigation by UEFA followed during the group stage of the tournament. They assessed the armband as a "team symbol for diversity" and thus as a "good cause". UEFA decided not to impose a penalty because of the rule broken by Neuer, which obliges team captains to wear UEFA captains' armbands.

Illumination of the Allianz Arena in rainbow colours

Lighting of the Allianz Arena in rainbow colours (2016)

Before the group stage match between Germany and Hungary on 23 June 2021, Munich City Council applied to UEFA to have the facade of the stadium illuminated in rainbow colours as a sign of diversity and tolerance. Since the project was understood as a protest against a law passed by the Hungarian Parliament that restricts the information rights of young people with regard to homosexuality and gender changes, UEFA rejected the application with reference to its status as a politically and religiously neutral organisation. After initially approving the illumination of the stadium in rainbow colours, the DFB joined the UEFA position. The Mayor of Munich, Dieter Reiter criticised these decisions and described the illumination not as a political measure, but as a sign of humanity and a symbol for the acceptance of equality between people. In contrast, the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó welcomed UEFA's decision “not to be involved in a political provocation against Hungary”. Numerous reactions from almost all German political parties condemned the ban by UEFA. Nationwide, however, other football stadiums, such as those in Cologne, Augsburg, Frankfurt, Wolfsburg, Berlin and Darmstadt, are to be illuminated in the rainbow colours. Munich illuminated the Town Hall, Olympic Tower and the wind turbine right next to the football arena. In the Netherlands the Erasmus bridge, Ziggo Dome, tower in Alphen aan de Rijn and several town halls were illuminated. In protest against the UEFA ban, large corporations are also dipping their company logos on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook in rainbow colours, including BMW, Volkswagen, Telekom, Siemens, Sparkasse and HypoVereinsbank. Amnesty International and CSD Germany announced that they would be distributing up to 11,000 flags, 5,000 cardboard boxes and 4,500 stickers with the words “Don't Kick LGBTIQ Rights” to fans in front of the stadium. On the 23rd UEFA itself also changed their logo in social media to include a rainbow background, with a statemente that "the rainbow is not a political symbol, but a sign of our firm commitement to a more diverse and inclusive soiety". As a counter-action, Gábor Kubatov, president of the Hungarian football club Ferencvárosi TC and vice-president of the Fidesz party, has called for stadiums in Hungary to be illuminated in the Hungarian national colours. In addition, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán cancelled a visit to Munich in protest.

External links

• Official website