The EM will be canceled in 2020 due to the corona virus. It should take place in 2021 - in the meantime Munich was questionable as the venue. A decision has now been made.
- The European Football Championship * will not take place in 2020.
- Instead, the tournament is to be held in 2021 - including in Munich *.
- But does the state capital remain a venue? A decision has now been made.
Update from April 29th: The "European Football Championship dahoam" is no longer in the way - as long as the 2021 corona virus is involved. In any case, fans of the German national team can look forward to home games in Munich at the EURO postponed to the coming yearlooking forward. On Wednesday, the city council approved a proposal by the sports department to maintain the four matches in the Allianz Arena.
DFB Vice Rainer Koch received this news with great relief. "This was certainly not an easy decision," said Koch. The Bavarian Football Association, chaired by the lawyer, is the city "very grateful to them also in the EURO 2021 will be there. Munich is a cosmopolitan city and has several times as perfect hosts. ”Most recently at the 2006 World Cup, when the DFB team started their“ summer fairy tale ”there with a 4-2 in the opening game against Costa Rica.
At the upcoming European Championship (June 11th to July 11th, 2021) , national coach Joachim Löw's team will play their group games against world champion France, defending champion Portugal and a play-off winner in the Bavarian capital. A quarter-finals are also played in Munich . All tickets remain valid. Fans who want to return their tickets can do so.
"The EM brings with it a lot of positive impulses for our city and the city society," said Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD): "Right now we need a view of such events." Sports officer Beatrix Zurek said: “Sports give many people support. (...) The shift to 2021 is a ray of hope: it will go up again. That is an important signal. "
Update from April 29: Football fans can look forward to games of the postponed European Championship in Munich next year . According to information from the German Press Agency, the Bavarian capital wants to approve the relocation of the four games canceled in the Allianz Arena due to the corona pandemic to 2021.
This emerges from a resolution that the sports department presents to the city council in these hours. The tournament is scheduled to run from June 11th to July 11th, 2021 . Three group games with the German national team and a quarter-finals are planned in Munich.
EM 2021: Munich remains the venue - decision apparently made
The city council is expected to agree that Munich will remain one of the hosts of the pan-European tournament after the postponement of the European Championship finals with 24 nations. The UEFA had planned the tournament this year with twelve venues in twelve countries.
EM 2021 / Munich: Will Allianz Arena not be the venue? Other cities are also questionable
First announcement from April 12: Munich - It could have been a party. Germany would certainly have had the home advantage in three group games in Munich * in June 2020 . And also with these blast games: Portugal and France as opponents. But then the corona pandemic came and everything was gone * - and was postponed to 2021.
EM 2021: Coronavirus postpones the tournament - will Munich remain as the venue?
But will Joachim Löw's team appear again in Munich * next year, or are there any doubts? The venue is currently not 100 percent secure. The European Championship takes place for the first time across Europe in twelve different stadiums. Munich * is Germany's flagship . However, the city's sports department said according to dpa: "After the postponement of the European Football Championship EURO 2020 to 2021, the further action of the state capital Munich is currently being examined within the city". At the end of April, a decision is to be made as to whether all twelve locations can also host the tournament in 2021.
Other venues besides Munich would be:
- Rome
- Baku
- St. Petersburg
- Copenhagen
- Amsterdam
- Bucharest
- London
- Glasgow
- Bilbao
- Dublin
- Budapest
Corona and the aftermath of football: will venues be withdrawn?
Recently it was speculated, mainly because of the consequences of the corona virus, that Bilbao, among others, might no longer be an organizer. UEFA Executive Committee member Alexei Sorokin told Tass agency: “Should any city fail, there are few options. The second option is less time consuming ”. The second option is probably to distribute the games to the other cities.
The British Daily Mail also claims to have heard of serious doubts about the Italian football association in Rome. In addition, there are collisions with other events planned for 2021 in the respective arenas in Amsterdam, Glasgow, Dublin and at the final location in London.
In addition to the games against France and Portugal and a third opponent, the Allianz Arena * would also have been the organizer in the quarter-finals. The effects of local elections * could also play a role. Because since March 15, the Greens have been the strongest party before the CSU and the SPD in the city council. As is well known, the SPD also provides the city's mayor with Dieter Reiter.
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