Pic taken from: https://allianz-arena.com/de/die-arena/euro-2020#The FormatThe 2020 UEFA European Football Championship will be held from June 11th to July 11th 2021.
This years edition will feature a new format, where not one (or two) country will be the host, but the matches will be spread among 12 cities in Europe and Asia.
A total of 24 teams will be present at this tournament, divided into six groups.
The group stage will be followed by the knockout phase with round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and the big final, where the new European Football Champion will be crowned then.
The VenuesCity | Stadium | Capacity | Matches |
________________________ | ________________________ | ________________________ | ________________________ |
London | Wembley Stadium | 90,000 | 3x Gr. D, R16, 2x SF, F |
Baku | Olympic Stadium | 68,700 | 3x Gr. A, QF |
Munich | Allianz Arena | 70,000 | 3x Gr. F, QF |
Rome | Stadio Olimpico | 70,698 | 3x Gr. A, QF |
Glasgow | Hampden Park | 52,500 | 3x Gr. D, R16 |
Saint Petersburg | Krestovsky Stadium | 68,134 | 3x Gr. B, QF |
Dublin | Aviva Stadium | 51,700 | 3x Gr. E, R16 |
Copenhagen | Parken | 38,190 | 3x Gr. B, R16 |
Bilbao | San Mamés | 53,332 | 3x Gr. E, R16 |
Amsterdam | Johan Cruyff Arena | 54,990 | 3x Gr. C, R16 |
Budapest | Puskás Aréna | 67,889 | 3x Gr. F, R16 |
Bucharest | Arena Națională | 55,600 | 3x Gr. C, R16 |
The GroupsGroup A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F |
___________________ | ___________________ | ___________________ | ___________________ | ___________________ | ___________________ |
Turkey | Denmark | Netherlands | England | Spain | TBD |
Italy | Finland | Ukraine | Croatia | Sweden | Portugal |
Wales | Belgium | Austria | TBD | Poland | France |
Switzerland | Russia | TBD | Czech Republic | TBD | Germany |
First two teams in each group and four best third placed teams will advance to knockout phase.
For the TBD teams, please see the second post in this thread.
The OddsAs of February 26th 2020, taken from Bet365.
I am not a big fan of this new format, but lets see. The fact that there will be matches played in countries that didn't qualify is kind of weird and I fear that some Euro-vibes will be missing because of that. The European Championships were always a very colourful event, where football fans from all over Europe would meet and celebrate together. Now everything is spread over the whole continent and the fans have to travel a lot and can't just stay for maybe a 4-week vacation in the same country, mixing it up with watching some football in the stadiums.
Group F is of course the most competitive one, will be interesting to see which teams will be able to advance to knockout phase from that group. Group D looks interesting and if Scotland is able to win their playoffs, they will join that group - should be fun then.
I made this thread self-moderated. I don't plan to delete a lot of posts, but rather let a fruitful discussion unfold. If it gets too spammy, I will delete posts though. So just stay on topic, share your thoughts, discuss the teams, odds, matches and don't spam useless stuff.