Now it’s decided what stadiums that will be used for the European Football Championship 2020. 2012 the UEFA president Michel Platini suggested that the 2020 championships should be played in more than one or two countries. The championships will be held in thirteen European cities as seen below. This is the first time the championships are divided by this number of hosts. The Euro 2012 was hosted by Poland and Ukraine. The current champions are Spain who also won the Euro 2008 in Switzerland and Austria.
These are the hosting arenas:
England, London: Wembley, here comes the final and semi-finals will be held.
Germany, Munich: Allianz Arena, a quarterfinal and three group matches.
Azerbaijan, Baku: Olympic Stadium, a quarterfinal and three group matches.
Russia, St. Petersburg: New Zenit Stadium, a quarterfinal and three group matches.
Italy, Rome: Olympic Stadium, a quarterfinal and three group matches.
Belgium, Brussels: National Arena, one round of 16 and three group matches.
Denmark, Copenhagen: The park, one round of 16 and three group matches.
Ireland, Dublin: Aviva Stadium, one round of 16 and three group matches.
Holland, Amsterdam: Amsterdam Arena, one round of 16 and three group matches.
Romania, Bucharest: National Stadium, one round of 16 and three group matches.
Scotland, Glasgow: Hampden Park, one round of 16 and three group matches.
Spain, Bilbao: San Mames Barria, one round of 16 and three group matches.
Hungary, Budapest: New Puskas Stadium, (unclear which games).
This is an interesting idea for sure, even if there is some disappointment in Sweden for not getting a single match in the Euro 2020. It was quite a while since we hosted a large tournament now. In 1992 the European Championships were held in four Swedish cities. Then, Denmark won the gold after defeating Germany in the final. Sweden got eliminated by Germany in the semifinal after two goals by Karl-Heinz Riedle.
Meanwhile, we follow the qualifiers for the European Football Championship in France in 2016 where the first round just finished.
