UEFA Executive Committee confirmed the original 12 host cities of Euro 2020, which had to be postponed twelve months due to the health crisis, and the new dates of the competition; in which Spain will debut against Sweden on June 14, in Bilbao.
The second commitment of La Roja will be on June 19 against Poland and the third on 23, both also in San Mamés, against an opponent who will emerge from the last qualifying rounds and who will be the winner of the Bosnia / Herzegovina-Northern Ireland and Slovakia-Republic of Ireland crossings.
The competition, with which UEFA will commemorate its 60th anniversary, therefore maintains the cities of Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Baku, Bilbao, Bucharest, Budapest, Dublin, Glasgow, Saint Petersburg, Munich, Rome and London.
The last qualifying rounds will be on October 8 and November 12.
UEFA confirmed the validity of tickets already purchased for the new dates in 2021, although those who want to request a refund may do so from June 18 to 25 (via euro2020.com/tickets).
Selections windows
He also announced that the windows for national teams October and November 2020 will now have triple clashes instead of doubles, which will allow the postponed matches of these heats to be rescheduled at the start of the heats, on October 8 and on November 12.
The matches of the group stage of the League of Nations 2020/21 will be played on the following days: 3/4/5 and 6/7/8 September; 11/10 and 13/14 October; 14/15 and 17/18 November 2020.
And the friendly matches will be played on 7/8 October and 11/12 November.