Uefa Postpone Women’s Euro 2021 Until Summer 2022

UEFA has postpone the 2021 Women’s European Championships, which are now set to take place in England during the summer of 2022.

The move sees the tournament take place avoid a clash with the men’s EURO tournament, as well as the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, which are both now scheduled for the summer of 2021.

Aleksander Ceferin, President, UEFA, said: “When we had to take an urgent decision on the postponement of UEFA EURO 2020, we always had the impact on UEFA Women’s EURO 2021 in mind. We have carefully considered all options, with our commitment to the growth of women’s football at the forefront of our thinking. By moving UEFA Women’s EURO to the following year, we are ensuring that our flagship women’s competition will be the only major football tournament of the summer, providing it with the spotlight it deserves.”

The move avoids scheduling difficulties where two major women’s international tournaments, the Olympic Games and European Championships, were slated to take place in the same summer, while UEFA has also said that – along with the FA – it has been in discussions with the organisers of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games to, “ensure that 2022 provides a memorable summer of elite sport.”

Ceferin added: “I would also like to thank The Football Association, the local organising committee and our member associations, who are as convinced as we are that the postponement to 2022 will be to the benefit of women’s football at large.

“The football family has once again shown unity, and we are now not only in a position to look forward to a European summer of football in 2021, but in 2022 as well. We are grateful for the cooperation of FIFA and the Commonwealth Games Federation in arriving at these dates.”