UEFA Euro 2020

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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.

UEFA Euro 2020

Live It. For Real.

Tournament details

Host countries show

11

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)  Patrik Schick

 Cristiano Ronaldo

(5 goals each)

Best player(s)  Gianluigi Donnarumma

Best young player  Pedri

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The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to 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 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]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe during 2020, the tournament was postponed
to summer 2021,[5] while retaining the name UEFA Euro 2020 and host venues.
[6]
 Alongside special rules regarding COVID-19, UEFA also allowed more
substitutions [7] and implemented video assistant referee (VAR) for the first time.[8]
Initially, 13 venues were chosen for the tournament but two were later
dropped. Brussels was dropped in December 2017 after the building of 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.
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. Belgium, France, and Sweden lost to
lower-ranked sides.