The Euro2020 is set to be the 16th UEFA European Championship. It takes place every four yearsand isorganized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The soccer competition was originally scheduled forJune 12 to July 12, 2020. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournamentwas delayed for a wholeyear and is now rescheduled to start on June 11 and end onJuly 11, 2021.
The Wembley Stadium in London is set to host the Semi-Finals and the Finalsince it has thehighest capacity of all of the stadiums. The Stadio Olimpico in Rome has been selected as the opening venue. The tournament was originally meant to have 13 host venues, but two of them werelater removed.Brussels, and Dublin. As a result, itwill be held in 11 cities in 11 differentcountries.
Spain has moved its host city to Seville from Bilbao. Cristiano Ronaldo‘sPortugal, who dominated the Euro2016, are the defending champions. The VARwill make its debut in this tournament at the European Championship in 2021.
Which national team has won the most trophies?
Germany celebrate after winning the final of the European nations cup in 1980. (Getty)
10 national teams dominated the 15 European Tournaments:Germanyand Spain have won three titles;France have two titles; andUSSR, Italy, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Denmark, Greece and Portugal have all won the tournament only once.
To date, the only team in history to have managed to win two consecutive titles, isSpain,in 2008 and 2012.After the FIFA World Cup, this is the second most watched soccer competition in the world. A world population of about 300 million watched the Euro 2012 Fiinal.
Portugal, who beatFrance 1-0 in 2016atthe Stade de France in Saint-Denis, was the most recent championship.The final was also the second most watched game in European tournament’shistory, with an average of 284 millions viewers.
