The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship is generally referred to as UEFA Euro 2020 or just Euro 2020. It is scheduled to be the 16th UEFA European Championship.
It will be held from 12 June to 12 July 2020 in 12 cities of 12 European countries. Portugal are the defending champions who were the winning team in the 2016 edition. The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system is going to be used at the UEFA European Football Championship for the first time. The semi-finals and final will be hosted by Wembley Stadium in London for the second time, they had also hosted in the 1996 tournament.
Each European city will host three group stage matches and one match in the quarter-finals or round of 16. The match distribution for the 12 stadiums is as follows:
| Group Stage, Round of 16, Semi-Finals, and Final | London (England) |
| Group Stage and Quarter-Finals | Munich (Germany), Baku (Azerbaijan), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Rome (Italy) |
| Group Stage and Round of 16 | Copenhagen (Denmark), Bucharest (Romania), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Dublin (Republic of Ireland), Bilbao (Spain), Budapest (Hungary), Glasgow (Scotland) |
The host European cities were divided into six combinations, established on the basis of geographical considerations, sporting strength, and political constraints. The combinations were allotted to groups by means of a draw on 7 December 2017. Each qualified host European country will play a minimum of two matches at home. The group venue combinations are as follows:
| Group A | Rome (Italy) and Baku (Azerbaijan) |
| Group B | Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Copenhagen (Denmark) |
| Group C | Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Bucharest (Romania) |
| Group D | London (England) and Glasgow (Scotland) |
| Group E | Bilbao (Spain) and Dublin (Republic of Ireland) |
| Group F | Munich (Germany) and Budapest (Hungary) |
Team Germany
Germany’s recent regression has been shocking as well as rapid after winning the World Cup in 2014. A semifinal appearance at Euro 2016 is as good as it’s got for Die Mannschaft since being crowned world champions five years ago, with the team getting eliminated in the group stages of Russia 2018 and transferred from their Nations League group.
With none of the players over the age of 30, many felt their quality and experience could still be advantageous to an ailing squad.
But their time off has left space in the squad for a new generation of players, three of whom scored in Germany’s electrifying Euro 2020 qualifier. In stoppage time, Nico Schulz scored Germany’s winner. Germany has defeated the Netherlands on Dutch soil for the first time in 23 years.
Die Mannschaft’s future is notional at best. However, it is certain that change is essential. The modern game of football is developing, and Germany is on the edge of being left behind.
While the players may not have accomplished to their absolute best, the major part of the blame has to fall on Low’s shoulders for the Germans’ embarrassment.
There’s a lot of room for change, but it must start with the squad selection by Joachim Low. Without any doubt, Germany will perform much differently at Euro 2020 than they did the previous summer.
Team Spain
Spain is one of the few national teams to have been termed worldwide champions. They have participated in a total of 15 FIFA World Cups and have been qualifying constantly since 1978. Spain has earned three continental titles. They have also appeared at 10 UEFA European Championships.
Spain was the first European team outside Europe to win a FIFA World Cup, having won back-to-back European titles in Euro 2008, as well as having won the 2010 tournament in South Africa and Euro 2012, defeating Italy and Germany in the respective finals, making them the sole national team to gain three major titles in a row.
Morata’s double at the Ta’Qali stadium had set two wins to Spain from two in Euro 2020 qualifying and also the perfect start in Group F. Ronald Koeman has awakened the international football, judged on a series of talented routines against Germany and France in the Nations League. Virgil van Dijk is a rock at the back, Memphis Depay, Luuk de Jong, and Quincy Promes have arrived of age up front, while Matthijs de Light and Frankie de Jong could be budding megastars.
The pressure will mount for Spain at Euro 2020 after the three consecutive underwhelming tournaments. They won Euro 2008 which was a dominating run, World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012 – Spain has collided early in the three recent play-offs in spite of having a strong pool of talent. It may be easy for a few fans to oversee Spain due to the rivaling countries, Spain is going to have as good of a chance as any other country of Europe to win the tournament. At Euro 2020, it is expected from them to return to form by reaching the finals for the first time in eight years.
Important Dates
| Dates | Event |
| 24 January 2018 | UEFA Nations League draw; this will divide the four associate leagues into groups of either three or four. |
| 19–27 March 2018 | Next international friendlies window |
| 14 June to 15 July 2018 | FIFA World Cup finals |
| 6-8 September 2018 | UEFA Nations League matchday one |
| 9-11 September 2018 | UEFA Nations League matchday two |
| 11-13 October 2018 | UEFA Nations League matchday three |
| 14-16 October 2018 | UEFA Nations League matchday four |
| 15-17 November 2018 | UEFA Nations League matchday five |
| 18-20 November 2018 | UEFA Nations League matchday six |
| 2 December 2018 | European Qualifiers group stage draw |
| 21–26 March 2019 | Start of UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying. Subsequent qualifying fixtures will take place in the following windows in 2019: 7–8 & 10–11 June 5–10 September, 10–15 October & 14–19 November. |
| 5/6 and 9 June 2019 | UEFA Nations League Finals. This event is for the teams that win the four groups within the top division. |
| 22 November 2019 | European Qualifiers play-off draw |
| 30 November 2019 | UEFA EURO 2020 final tournament draw |
| 26–31 March 2020 | European Qualifiers play-offs |
| 12 June to 12 July 2020 | UEFA EURO 2020 final tournament |
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