The Corona virus slows down football - and now finally the European Championship 2020, which is planned for summer. Follow all developments for the European Championship here in the news ticker.
- The European Football Championship 2020 was actually planned for June 12 and July 12 in twelve countries.
- Munich should also be an EM venue with the Allianz Arena.
- Now there is a decision by UEFA: The European Championship does not take place as planned due to the corona virus .
Update from March 17th: The dice are down! The European Football Union does not want to carry out the EM planned for summer 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic - and instead postpone it until next year . As reported by SID , the relevant UEFA proposal has already been approved by the national leagues and the European Club Association ECA.
Now, in a further video conference, the 55 national associations still have to agree before the executive committee makes the final decision . The final tournament of the European Championship 2020 was originally supposed to take place from June 12th to July 12th and be held in twelve countries. The Allianz Arena in Munich was the only German venue . The Norwegian association was one of the first to announce the decision. It also says that the tournament is now scheduled for summer 2021:
UEFA has taken place at EM utsettes til 2021. The spilles will be from June 11 to July 11, neste år. More information.
- NorgesFotballforbund (@nff_info) March 17, 2020Literally translated: UEFA has decided to postpone the European Championship until 2021. It will be held from June 11th to July 11th next year. Further information follows.
Euro 2020 canceled - instead Euro 2021 should be rescheduled
In view of the rapid spread of the corona virus (Sars-CoV-2), gaming is currently suspended in almost all European leagues. The DFL general meeting had previously decided that the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga would not be played until at least April 2 . Until the end, UEFA had strictly adhered to the EURO schedule. Due to the postponement, the national leagues would now have the much-needed buffer to be able to play the season over in the summer.
European Football Championship 2020 before cancellation? Russia offers sole direction
Update of March 16, 9:03 p.m .: On Tuesday (10 a.m.) there will be a UEFA conference to discuss how the European Football Championship will look in the course of the Corona crisis next summer. It currently looks as if the pan-European tournament cannot take place .
But Russia is now jumping to the side of battered Europe. "We are ready to close ranks," Alexei Sorokin, head of the organizing committee for the EURO 2020 in St. Petersburg, told Russian sports media: "But first we have to discuss what the format could look like and how many games could take place."
So will Russia host the EURO 2020 ? Russia does not want to impose itself, but only signals its willingness to "help in the difficult situation that the organizers may find themselves in," Sorokin said.
Corona / European Football Championship 2020: mad turn! Russia offers sole direction
Update from March 16, 4:11 p.m .: The signs are growing that the European Football Championship 2020 will not take place in summer. This is what statements by DFL boss Christian Seifert on Monday afternoon at the Bundesliga press conference make clear: "The probability that we will play a perfect European Championship in summer is probably no longer a number before the decimal point," said the league boss.
The Bundesliga will initially be interrupted until April 2. It is not yet clear what will happen next and should only be decided at the end of March. Perhaps the league will “run out of season”, says Seifert. This decision, however, depends on UEFA, which will comment on further planning next Tuesday (17th).
Actually the venue for the EURO 2020: the Allianz Arena in Munich.
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But Seifert "assumes that the national associations will have more flexibility to go into May and June."
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Update from March 15, 8:45 p.m .: A European Football Championship in winter or not until 2021? There is hardly anything to suggest that the pan-European European Championship due to the Corona crisis can take place from June 12th to July 12th in twelve different cities across the continent.
Because of Corona: European Football Championship 2020 should be postponed
According to information from ZDF, the European Football Association Uefa wants to propose a postponement of the European Football Championship 2020.
On Tuesday, Uefa wants to recommend the national leagues and the European Club Association (ECA) and then later all national European football associations to relocate the tournament because of the coronavirus pandemic .
An alternative would be to host the European Football Championship in summer 2021. A second option would be to move the European Championship into late autumn or early winter 2020.
“I cannot imagine that the opening game will take place in Rome on June 12th. I expect the Euro to be relocated, ”said Hans-Joachim Watzke, Managing Director of Borussia Dortmund * , this Sunday evening in the ARD sports show .
Update from March 15, 7.42 a.m .: The corona virus continues to play badly with the world. The consequences for social life are already fatal, there is already a curfew in Italy , other countries like Spain are following suit. After all, people stick together - as this video proves *.
Covid-19 also has an enormous impact on football. Will the EM 2020 be postponed? There seems to be no way around this now, after all, the pan-European European Championship is set to increase from June 12 to July 12.
EM 2020: Cancellation due to coronavirus? Crisis session on Tuesday - holding a topic in winter
Now it has become known that there is apparently also a move to the tournament in December 2020 . The Daily Telegraph reports. According to this, UEFA is dealing with this option, which will be discussed at a crisis meeting on Tuesday with all 55 member associations, the executive boards of the European Club Association ECA and the Association of European Leagues, as well as the players' union FIFPro.
A move to the coming December would already be a test run for the World Cup in Qatar , which will take place two years later and is also to be held during the Advent season.
In the light of ongoing developments in the spread of Covid-19, UEFA has invited various stakeholders to discuss European football's response to the outbreak.
Discussions will include all domestic and European competitions, including UEFA EURO 2020.
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In addition, UEFA would avoid the reformed FIFA World Cup , which is scheduled for summer 2021 in China . Originally it was speculated that the tournament would simply be postponed by a year, but the EM would then collide with the Club World Cup .
A postponement of the EM - whether into the winter or the following year - now appears very likely. Almost all European leagues have stopped playing due to the corona pandemic *, including the Bundesliga *. The original termination of Euro 2020 would hardly give leagues the opportunity to bring the competition to a close. It is still completely unclear whether game operations can resume in April as planned.
European Football Championship 2020 due to corona virus before cancellation - Bayern boss Rummenigge comments
Update of March 13, 9:59 am: UEFA meets on Tuesday and talks about the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. It is quite possible that it will be decided to postpone the EM 2020 . Karl-Heinz Rummenigge also commented on the current situation.
“Today, no one can reliably predict how long the issue of coronavirus will keep us busy. The European Championship 2020 is a pan-European event. This complicates the subject and therefore requires particularly sensitive handling, ”said the FC Bayern boss.
EM 2020: Cancellation due to coronavirus? Bayern boss Rummenigge comments
"I am sure that UEFA, with President Alexander Ceferin at the top, will make a serious and responsible decision," added Rummenigge, who emphasized the importance of playing ghost games in Germany: "FC Bayern and all of football must do the same exercise their social responsibility here and do their part to slow the spread of the coronavirus. "
In the meantime, the Bavarian Football Association decided to suspend all amateur games until March 23. You also have a cancellation plan for the Bundesliga. Fourth division club Aalen, on the other hand, has a crazy plan.
Update from March 12, 5:10 p.m .: That would be awesome! In the UEFA statement announced for next Tuesday (17th), it is said to announce that the European Championship should be postponed to 2021 in the summer. At least that's what L'Equipe reports.
UEFA hammer! European Football Championship 2020 postponed due to corona virus
Update of March 11, 9:35 a.m .: The corona virus now also ensures an empty stadium during the DFB game against Italy in Nuremberg. It is still unclear how UEFA will deal with the epidemic regarding the EURO 2020 . The tournament should now start as planned, UEFA announced on Tuesday. But the European association doesn't seem to be quite sure either. Especially since the developments in Italy, where the opening game is increasing, are becoming increasingly worrying. Some professionals are now infected with Sars-CoV-19 *.
As Sport Bild reports, UEFA called a task force in Amsterdam last week. It should run through all possibilities and options regarding the EM 2020. According to the report, there are currently three scenarios:
- Ghost games also at the EURO 2020.
- Transfer of the venues from regions heavily affected by the corona virus to other areas.
- Postponement of the EM to the next year. According to the specialist journal, this option would be met with little favor by UEFA. After all, the Club World Cup in China is already planned for summer 2021.
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Update from March 10, 12:39 pm: The corona virus also keeps those responsible in top-level sports in suspense . In the meantime there are already some ghost games, the Serie A is completely paused for several weeks. And then there will be another mega event all over Europe in summer 2020: what will happen to the European Championship?
European Football Championship 2020: Cancellation due to corona virus? UEFA under pressure
As the Italian newspaper Tuttosport reports, the various associations are apparently asking to postpone the tournament by one year. The background: the end of the season should be relaxed to bring the national championships on stage . Literally, Tuttosport says: "The pressure on UEFA is increasing: Almost all associations are now demanding to postpone the Euro 2020 so that the national championships can be completed with a minimum of regularity."
What happens now? UEFA boss Aleksander Ceferin is under increasing pressure every day. Against the background that more and more events with more than 1000 people are canceled, a European championship across the entire continent seems completely impossible. Every day, Tuttosport goes on to say, the risk of it becoming mandatory to cancel everything increases.
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European Football Championship 2020 at risk due to corona virus? Host Munich makes an assessment
Update of March 9, 4:20 p.m .: The corona virus has finally reached German football.
Specifically: The DFL is expecting ghost games without spectators on the 26th matchday of the Bundesliga (13 to 15 March) - among other things, the district derby between BVB and FC Schalke is affected.
But who will pay for the ticket prices of thousands of disappointed fans in the Bundesliga? We dared to search for clues.
First report: At work. In WhatsApp groups. At friends. It is the main topic, a negative one on top of that: the corona virus .
Since the outbreak of the sometimes fatal lung disease Covid-19, numerous major events have been canceled in Europe so that the transmission path can be traced and, at best, interrupted.
Football EURO 2020 with DFB games in Munich - despite corona virus?
Now the craft fair in Munich also has to be postponed - with implications for the economy. A huge event in summer is also the pan-European soccer championship 2020 * in twelve countries (June 12 to July 12).
Munich will be one of the EM venues with the Allianz Arena *. The three preliminary round matches of the DFB team will take place in the Bavarian capital: on June 16 against world champion France, on June 20 against European champion Portugal and on June 24 against a third opponent.
The EM quarter-finals will also take place on July 3 at the Munich soccer arena , as the Allianz Arena will be called during UEFA EURO 2020.
Does the corona virus spoil the European Football Championship 2020 - also in Munich?
But: is the corona virus now also spoiling the European Championship ? Together with the huge planned public viewing with a fan zone and football village in the Olympic Park for up to 25,000 visitors?
"I would like to quote the Uefa: The games will take place from June 12th," said the sports officer of the city of Munich , Beatrix Zurek, and referred to the Uefa : "At the moment it looks as if things are going well. You are in contact with the international and local authorities, including us, and observe the development. "
Corona virus: Ex-Bayern star Philipp Lahm believes in the European Football Championship 2020
At a press conference, Zurek was asked what if things with the corona virus didn't go well instead.
"I can't tell you anything more specific about that. I have quoted the UEFA . There is no need at the moment. Things can develop and are in a state of flux, ”the sports officer continued:“ I would read coffee grounds if I wanted to explain more. ”
Ex-Bayern star and EM ambassador: Philipp Lahm.
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She looked thoughtful. The Munich EM ambassador Philipp Lahm , on the other hand, radiated more confidence at the PK for the European Football Championship 2020 . The 2014 world champion said that his anticipation was not diminished.
EM cancellation due to coronavirus? Philipp Lahm does not see DFB responsible
The former professional of FC Bayern * also noted that the sports associations were not responsible for a possible EM cancellation.
"If it comes to this, it will reach a level at which it is no longer the DFB , the DFB Euro GmbH or the Uefa that has to decide. Then it will affect the World Health Organization and the countries, ”said the 36-year-old.
No EM 2020 due to the corona virus ? It currently doesn't look like it.
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