European Championship
Qualification 2021
The 2020 UEFA European
Football Championship,
commonly referred to as
UEFA Euro 2020 or simply
Euro 2020, was scheduled
to be the 16th UEFA
European Championship,
the quadrennial
international men's
football championship of
Europe organised by
UEFA. It is scheduled
to be held in 11 cities
in 11 European countries
from 12 June to 12 July
2020. In March 2020 UEFA
announced that the
tournament would be
postponed by a year due
to the COVID-19 pandemic
in Europe, and proposed
it take place from 11
June to 11 July 2021.
Portugal are the
defending champions,
winning the 2016
edition. For the first
time, the video
assistant referee (VAR)
system will be used at
the UEFA European
Championship.