UEFA Considering Reducing Number Of Euro 2020 Hosts

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said that he is "confident the postponed Euro 2020 tournament will go ahead next year" despite a fresh wave of COVID-19 cases across Europe, though it could be staged in "fewer than the planned 12 countries if necessary." A new surge of coronavirus infections has "raised doubts" over whether the tournament can be played in the rescheduled June-July 2021 slot. Ceferin said, "The plan is that we do the Euro exactly as it is. But I have to say that, instead of 12 countries, we could do a Euro instead in 11, in eight, in five or in one country." He added that it was "too soon to say whether matches would be played without spectators, in full stadiums or with reduced capacities" (London INDEPENDENT, 10/16).