UEFA moved the European football championship to 2021

TASS, March 17. The Union of European football associations (UEFA) has decided to postpone the 2020 European championship to the summer of 2021. This is reported by the press service of the Russian football Union.

The tournament will be held from June 11 to July 11, 2021. The transfer was approved by all European federations.

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For the first time in the history of the continental championship was postponed. The tournament was to be held from June 12 to July 12, 2020 in honor of the 60th anniversary. The play-offs, which will determine the last four participants of the European championship, will be held in June 2020. The Nations League final, the European women's youth championship (players under 21) and the 2022 world Cup qualifiers, which were scheduled to take place in the summer of 2021, will be moved to other dates.

The European championship is scheduled to be held in 12 European cities - St. Petersburg, London, Munich, Baku, Rome, Bucharest, and Dublin,