UEFA Euro 2020
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 | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 51 | 
| Goals scored | 142 (2.78 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) | (5 goals each)  | 
| Best player(s) | |
| Best young player | |
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
    

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
    
    Group A
    
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 0 | 
| 11 June 2021 | ||
| Turkey  | 0–3 | |
| 12 June 2021 | ||
| Wales  | 1–1 | |
| 16 June 2021 | ||
| Turkey  | 0–2 | |
| Italy  | 3–0 | |
| 20 June 2021 | ||
| Switzerland   | 3–1 | |
| Italy  | 1–0 | 
Group B
    
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 3 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 3 | 
| 12 June 2021 | ||
| Denmark  | 0–1 | |
| Belgium  | 3–0 | |
| 16 June 2021 | ||
| Finland  | 0–1 | |
| 17 June 2021 | ||
| Denmark  | 1–2 | |
| 21 June 2021 | ||
| Russia  | 1–4 | |
| Finland  | 0–2 | 
Group C
    
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | 
| 13 June 2021 | ||
| Austria  | 3–1 | |
| Netherlands  | 3–2 | |
| 17 June 2021 | ||
| Ukraine  | 2–1 | |
| Netherlands  | 2–0 | |
| 21 June 2021 | ||
| North Macedonia  | 0–3 | |
| Ukraine  | 0–1 | 
Group D
    
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | 
| 13 June 2021 | ||
| England  | 1–0 | |
| 14 June 2021 | ||
| Scotland  | 0–2 | |
| 18 June 2021 | ||
| Croatia  | 1–1 | |
| England  | 0–0 | |
| 22 June 2021 | ||
| Croatia  | 3–1 | |
| Czech Republic  | 0–1 | 
Group E
    
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | 
| 14 June 2021 | ||
| Poland  | 1–2 | |
| Spain  | 0–0 | |
| 18 June 2021 | ||
| Sweden  | 1–0 | |
| 19 June 2021 | ||
| Spain  | 1–1 | |
| 23 June 2021 | ||
| Slovakia  | 0–5 | |
| Sweden  | 3–2 | 
Group F
    
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | 
| 15 June 2021 | ||
| Hungary  | 0–3 | |
| France  | 1–0 | |
| 19 June 2021 | ||
| Hungary  | 1–1 | |
| Portugal  | 2–4 | |
| 23 June 2021 | ||
| Portugal  | 2–2 | |
| Germany  | 2–2 | 
Ranking of 3rd place teams
    
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +4 | 4 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 3 | |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | 
Knockout stage
    
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 27 June – Seville | ||||||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 July – Munich | ||||||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||||||
| 26 June – London | ||||||||||||||
|   | 
2 | |||||||||||||
|   | 
2 | |||||||||||||
| 6 July – London | ||||||||||||||
|   | 
1 | |||||||||||||
|   | 
1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| 28 June – Bucharest | ||||||||||||||
|   | 
1 (2) | |||||||||||||
|   | 
3 (4) | |||||||||||||
| 2 July – Saint Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
|   | 
3 (5) | |||||||||||||
|   | 
1 (1) | |||||||||||||
| 28 June – Copenhagen | ||||||||||||||
|   | 
1 (3) | |||||||||||||
|   | 
3 | |||||||||||||
| 11 July – London | ||||||||||||||
|   | 
5 | |||||||||||||
|   | 
1 (3) | |||||||||||||
| 29 June – Glasgow | ||||||||||||||
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1 (2) | |||||||||||||
|   | 
1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 July – Rome | ||||||||||||||
|   | 
2 | |||||||||||||
|   | 
0 | |||||||||||||
| 29 June – London | ||||||||||||||
|   | 
4 | |||||||||||||
|   | 
2 | |||||||||||||
| 7 July – London | ||||||||||||||
|   | 
0 | |||||||||||||
|   | 
2 | |||||||||||||
| 27 June – Budapest | ||||||||||||||
|   | 
1 | |||||||||||||
|   | 
0 | |||||||||||||
| 3 July – Baku | ||||||||||||||
|   | 
2 | |||||||||||||
|   | 
1 | |||||||||||||
| 26 June – Amsterdam | ||||||||||||||
|   | 
2 | |||||||||||||
|   | 
0 | |||||||||||||
|   | 
4 | |||||||||||||
Final
    
This 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.
| Italy  | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Report | 
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| Penalties | ||
  | 
3–2 | |
| UEFA Euro 2020 Winners | 
|---|
Italy 2nd title  | 
Statistics
    
    Goalscorers
    
5 goals
 Patrik Schick
 Cristiano Ronaldo
4 goals
 Romelu Lukaku
 Harry Kane
 Karim Benzema
 Emil Forsberg
3 goals
2 goals
 Thorgan Hazard
 Ivan Perišić
 Mikkel Damsgaard
 Joakim Mæhle
 Yussuf Poulsen
 Kai Havertz
 Federico Chiesa
 Ciro Immobile
 Lorenzo Insigne
 Manuel Locatelli
 Matteo Pessina
 Memphis Depay
 Denzel Dumfries
 Pablo Sarabia
 Ferran Torres
 Roman Yaremchuk
 Andriy Yarmolenko
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
    
- "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
    
- UEFA Euro 2020 at UEFA.com