Euro 2020 Stadiums and Fixtures

Euro 2020 was in fact held in 2021 but it kept its original name largely because UEFA and all the sponsors had spent a load on branding and didn’t want to change the name.  The tournament was always going to be unique thanks to the fact that it was the first to not have a single host, rather it was played in 11 stadiums in 11 different cities across Europe.  It was even more of an unknown in the end thanks to being delayed by one year due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Most matches were played in stadiums with reduced fans and in some instances fans were heavily restricted in traveling to follow their team.

Originally 12 cities were due to host but Dublin pulled out due to local COVID-19 restriction in place at the time.  Despite looking for a while like the event might be scrapped altogether thankfully it went ahead and proved to be a resounding success, possibly the best Euros since it began.

Although the Euros was pan-European some teams did get home advantage, most notably England who reach the final playing all but one game at Wembley.  Italy also reached the final playing three games in Italy in the group stages and three games at Wembley.  It is perhaps that consistency that helped those teams over others.

Despite huge anticipation with England reaching their first European Championship final the same old ghosts haunted the team with Italy beating England 3-2 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in normal time.  While it may be remembered for yet another English penalty failure most people will agree it was a highly entertaining tournament.  Over the 51 matches 142 goals were scored, which is 34 more than the 108 scored in France for Euro 2016.  the goal fest was helped by the fact that there were only 2.9 yellow cards per game compared to 4 at Euro 2016, the referring quality was high, games were allowed to flow and even VAR was used with a light touch and was a positive inclusion.

If you want a trip down memory lane we’ve got all the stadiums and fixtures below.  If you want to see more about the upcoming tournament see our main Euros page.

Fixtures

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Last 16

Quarter Finals

Semi-Finals

Final