Why it is called Euro 2020 and not Euro 2021?
The sun is finally here - but the news doesn't stop. Sign up for our newsletter Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe for free Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice  Euro 2020 will finally take place this summer, a year after the scheduled competition was originally planned following the postponement due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Pan-European competition will see 24 teams battle it out across 51 matches, in 11 different cities with the semi-finals and final at Wembley Stadium on July 11. England, Wales and Scotland are all representing the home nations in the tournament with Hampden Park the other venue playing host to the group stage and some knockout fixtures. Both the home of English and Scottish football will be at 25 per cent capacity, 22,500 and 12,000 fans respectively. Gareth Southgate and Steve Clarke's sides have been drawn alongside each other in Group D and will go toe-to-toe on June 18. Qualification for the tournament started began in March 2019 with the delayed play-offs taking place in November 2020. It was early as October 2019 that Roberto Martinez's Belgium had qualified for the tournament after they coasted to qualification from qualifying Group I. The pandemic posed a number of different obstacles and Euro 2020 was no different. UEFA insisted that maintaining the name would keep the vision of the competition. But also, prior to the global lockdowns, marketing and branding material had already been released with more merchandise in the pipeline. UEFA said in a statement: It will furthermore serve as a reminder of how the whole football family came together to respond to the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, and of the difficult times that Europe, and the world, had to go through in 2020. This choice is in line with UEFAs commitment to make UEFA EURO 2020 sustainable and not to generate additional amounts of waste. "A lot of branded material had already been produced by the time of the tournaments postponement. A name change for the event would have meant the destruction and reproduction of such items.  Wales are the first of the home nations to play with their game against Turkey commencing at 2pm on Saturday, June 12. England kick-off their tournament against 2018 World Cup semi-final opponents Croatia on Sunday, June 13 at 2pm. Andy Robertson will lead Scotland out against the Czech Republic at Hampden Park on Monday, June 14 at 2pm.