UEFA confirmed on Wednesday that the next Euro football tournament (June 11-July 11, 2021) will be held in the original twelve host cities, despite the complications linked to the postponement, for health reasons, of the tournament initially scheduled for summer 2020 "The twelve original host cities have been confirmed," Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA deputy secretary general, told a press conference after an executive committee of the European football body held on Wednesday.
Kick off in Rome
The leader also confirmed the dates of the tournament, with a kick-off on June 11, 2021 in Rome and the final disputed on July 11 in London, also host of the semi-finals. The 16th edition of the European Nations Championship, postponed by one year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will take place in Amsterdam, Baku, Bilbao, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, Glasgow, Munich and Saint-Germain Petersburg, in addition to Rome and London. The calendar and the location of the meetings are not changed, France will go to Munich to face Germany and then Budapest for its matches against Portugal and the last roadblocker, whom we will know in the fall.
The new Euro program had raised doubts about the ability of a “reduced number” of cities to maintain their commitment in 2021, according to UEFA's own admission.
“The idea is that we stay in the same cities. We have spoken with nine cities and everything is settled. But with three cities, we have problems, "admitted its president Aleksander Ceferin to the beIN Sports channel in May.
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