UEFA European Football Championship 2020 UEFA
Euro 2020 is the 16th edition
of the European Championship, a tournament held
every four years among the national teams that are
part of UEFA. It was supposed to take place from
June 12 to July 12, 2020, but due to the COVID-19
pandemic, it took place a year later, from June 11 to
July 11, 2021. At the same time, like the Summer
Olympic Games in Tokyo, the tournament retained
its original name with the indication of 2020. This is
the first European Football Championship to be
postponed due to emergency circumstances. On 23
April 2021, UEFA decided that spectators would be
allowed to play in the tournament, however most
matches, including the semi-finals and the final,
were subject to a maximum capacity of 50%.
In the tournament, as in Euro
2016, there were 24
teams. Italy won the championship after beating
England on penalties in the final.
This is the first
European Championship held not on
the territory of one or two bordering countries, but
on 11 stadiums in 11 cities of 10 states (11 UEFA
national associations).