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]

UEFA Euro 2020

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]
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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

The final was held at Wembley Stadium.

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	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

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

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

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

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
19 June 2021
Spain	1–1	Poland
23 June 2021
Slovakia	0–5	Spain
Sweden	3–2	Poland

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	France	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
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

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

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

27 June – Seville

Belgium

1

2 July – Munich

Portugal

0

Belgium

1

26 June – London

Italy

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

0

29 June – London

England

4

England

2

7 July – London

Germany

0

England (aet)

2

27 June – Budapest

Denmark

1

Netherlands

0

3 July – Baku

Czech Republic

2

Czech Republic

1

26 June – Amsterdam

Denmark

2

Wales

0

Denmark

4

Final

See the main article: UEFA Euro 2020 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.)	England
Bonucci  67'	Report	Shaw  2'
Penalties
Berardi Belotti Bonucci Bernardeschi Jorginho	3–2	Kane Maguire Rashford Sancho Saka

11 July 2021 (2021-07-11)

20:00 BST

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 67,173^[6]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

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

• Kasper Dolberg
• Raheem Sterling
• Georginio Wijnaldum
• Robert Lewandowski
• Álvaro Morata
• Haris Seferović
• Xherdan Shaqiri

2 goals

• Thorgan Hazard
• Ivan Perišić
• Mikkel Damsgaard
• Joakim Mæhle
• Yussuf Poulsenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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

1. "Gianluigi Donnarumma named EURO 2020 Player of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
2. "Pedri named EURO 2020 Young Player of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
3. Martin Samuel (24 May 2013). "Martin Samuel meets Michel Platini". Mail Online. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
4. "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.
5. "England national football team: record v Italy". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
6. "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