UEFA Euro 2020
16th edition of the quadrennial football championship
The UEFA European Football Championship 2020 (also known as the UEFA Euro 2020) was the 16th UEFA European Football Championship. It took place between 11 June and 11 July 2021. It was held in 11 cities in 11 different countries. This was done because 2020 was the 60th "birthday" of the UEFA European Football Championship.[3]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 June – 11 July 2021 |
| Teams | 24 |
| Venue(s) | 11 (in 11 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Italy (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  England |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 51 |
| Goals scored | 142 (2.78 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Cristiano Ronaldo Patrik Schick(5 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | Gianluigi Donnarumma[1] |
| Best young player |  Pedri[2] |
Portugal were the defending champions. However, Italy won their 2nd title after defeating England.
The games were postponed to mid-2021 on 17 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.[4]
Venues
change
Eleven stadiums were used for the tournament. The opening match will be held at the Stadio Olimpico in Italy.
Below is the full list of stadiums:
- Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany
- Arena Națională in Bucharest, Romania
- Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan
- Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland
- Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Krestovsky Stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia
- La Cartuja in Seville, Spain
- Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary
- Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy
- Wembley Stadium in London, England
Group stage
changeGroup A
change| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
| 2 |  Wales
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Switzerland
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Turkey
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 0 |
| 11 June 2021 | ||
| Turkey |
0–3 | Italy
|
| 12 June 2021 | ||
| Wales |
1–1 | Switzerland
|
| 16 June 2021 | ||
| Turkey |
0–2 | Wales
|
| Italy |
3–0 | Switzerland
|
| 20 June 2021 | ||
| Switzerland |
3–1 | Turkey
|
| Italy |
1–0 | Wales
|
Group B
change| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Belgium
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
| 2 |  Denmark
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Finland
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 3 |
| 4 |  Russia
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 3 |
| 12 June 2021 | ||
| Denmark |
0–1 | Finland
|
| Belgium |
3–0 | Russia
|
| 16 June 2021 | ||
| Finland |
0–1 | Russia
|
| 17 June 2021 | ||
| Denmark |
1–2 | Belgium
|
| 21 June 2021 | ||
| Russia |
1–4 | Denmark
|
| Finland |
0–2 | Belgium
|
Group C
change| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
| 2 |  Austria
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Ukraine
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| 4 |  North Macedonia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
| 13 June 2021 | ||
| Austria |
3–1 | North Macedonia
|
| Netherlands |
3–2 | Ukraine
|
| 17 June 2021 | ||
| Ukraine |
2–1 | North Macedonia
|
| Netherlands |
2–0 | Austria
|
| 21 June 2021 | ||
| North Macedonia |
0–3 | Netherlands
|
| Ukraine |
0–1 | Austria
|
Group D
change| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 |
| 2 |  Croatia
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Czech Republic
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Scotland
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| 13 June 2021 | ||
| England |
1–0 | Croatia
|
| 14 June 2021 | ||
| Scotland |
0–2 | Czech Republic
|
| 18 June 2021 | ||
| Croatia |
1–1 | Czech Republic
|
| England |
0–0 | Scotland
|
| 22 June 2021 | ||
| Croatia |
3–1 | Scotland
|
| Czech Republic |
0–1 | England
|
Group E
change| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sweden
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
| 2 | Spain
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 |
| 3 |  Slovakia
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |
| 4 |  Poland
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
| 14 June 2021 | ||
| Poland |
1–2 | Slovakia
|
| Spain |
0–0 | Sweden
|
| 18 June 2021 | ||
| Sweden |
1–0 | Slovakia
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| 19 June 2021 | ||
| Spain |
1–1 | Poland
|
| 23 June 2021 | ||
| Slovakia |
0–5 | Spain
|
| Sweden |
3–2 | Poland
|
Group F
change| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| 2 |  Germany
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Portugal
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Hungary
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| 15 June 2021 | ||
| Hungary |
0–3 | Portugal
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| France |
1–0 | Germany
|
| 19 June 2021 | ||
| Hungary |
1–1 | France
|
| Portugal |
2–4 | Germany
|
| 23 June 2021 | ||
| Portugal |
2–2 | France
|
| Germany |
2–2 | Hungary
|
Ranking of 3rd place teams
change| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech Republic
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
| 2 | Switzerland
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 4 |
| 3 | Portugal
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 4 | Ukraine
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| 5 | Finland
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 3 |
| 6 | Slovakia
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |
Knockout stage
change| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 27 June – Seville | ||||||||||||||
| Belgium
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1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 July – Munich | ||||||||||||||
| Portugal
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Belgium
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1 | |||||||||||||
| 26 June – London | ||||||||||||||
| Italy
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Italy (aet)
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| 6 July – London | ||||||||||||||
| Austria
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Italy (p)
|
1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| 28 June – Bucharest | ||||||||||||||
| Spain
|
1 (2) | |||||||||||||
| France
|
3 (4) | |||||||||||||
| 2 July – Saint Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
| Switzerland (p)
|
3 (5) | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland
|
1 (1) | |||||||||||||
| 28 June – Copenhagen | ||||||||||||||
| Spain (p)
|
1 (3) | |||||||||||||
| Croatia
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| 11 July – London | ||||||||||||||
| Spain (aet)
|
5 | |||||||||||||
| Italy (p)
|
1 (3) | |||||||||||||
| 29 June – Glasgow | ||||||||||||||
| England
|
1 (2) | |||||||||||||
| Sweden
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 July – Rome | ||||||||||||||
| Ukraine (aet)
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine
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0 | |||||||||||||
| 29 June – London | ||||||||||||||
| England
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4 | |||||||||||||
| England
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2 | |||||||||||||
| 7 July – London | ||||||||||||||
| Germany
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0 | |||||||||||||
| England (aet)
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2 | |||||||||||||
| 27 June – Budapest | ||||||||||||||
| Denmark
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| 3 July – Baku | ||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Czech Republic
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| 26 June – Amsterdam | ||||||||||||||
| Denmark
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Wales
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Denmark
|
4 | |||||||||||||
Final
changeThis final was the 28th time England and Italy played each other.[5] The last time they played each other in a UEFA European tournament was in 2012 in the quarter-finals in which Italy defeated England during a penalty shootout.
| UEFA Euro 2020 Winners |
|---|
 Italy 2nd title |
Statistics
changeGoalscorers
change5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Marko Arnautović
- Christoph Baumgartner
- Michael Gregoritsch
- Saša Kalajdžić
- Stefan Lainer
- Kevin De Bruyne
- Thomas Meunier
- Luka Modrić
- Mislav Oršić
- Mario Pašalić
- Nikola Vlašić
- Tomáš Holeš
- Martin Braithwaite
- Andreas Christensen
- Thomas Delaney
- Jordan Henderson
- Harry Maguire
- Luke Shaw
- Joel Pohjanpalo
- Antoine Griezmann
- Paul Pogba
- Leon Goretzka
- Robin Gosens
- Attila Fiola
- András Schäfer
- Ádám Szalai
- Nicolò Barella
- Leonardo Bonucci
- Wout Weghorst
- Ezgjan Alioski
- Goran Pandev
- Karol Linetty
- Raphaël Guerreiro
- Diogo Jota
- Artem Dzyuba
- Aleksei Miranchuk
- Callum McGregor
- Milan Škriniar
- César Azpilicueta
- Aymeric Laporte
- Mikel Oyarzabal
- Viktor Claesson
- Breel Embolo
- Mario Gavranović
- İrfan Kahveci
- Artem Dovbyk
- Oleksandr Zinchenko
- Kieffer Moore
- Aaron Ramsey
- Connor Roberts
1 own goal
- Simon Kjær (against England)
- Lukáš Hrádecký (against Belgium)
- Mats Hummels (against France)
- Wojciech Szczęsny (against Slovakia)
- Rúben Dias (against Germany)
- Raphaël Guerreiro (against Germany)
- Martin Dúbravka (against Spain)
- Juraj Kucka (against Spain)
- Pedri (against Croatia)
- Denis Zakaria (against Spain)
- Merih Demiral (against Italy)
References
change- ↑ "Gianluigi Donnarumma named EURO 2020 Player of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ↑ "Pedri named EURO 2020 Young Player of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ↑ Martin Samuel (24 May 2013). "Martin Samuel meets Michel Platini". Mail Online. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ↑ "Euro 2020 postponed until summer 2021; domestic leagues, UEFA competitions to be completed by June 30". Sky Sports. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ↑ "England national football team: record v Italy". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ "Full Time Summary – Italy v England" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
Other websites
change- UEFA Euro 2020 at UEFA.com