Wembley To Host Euro 2020 Finals

London’s Wembley Stadium will host the final and semi-finals of Euro 2020 after Uefa confirmed the full line up for the pan-continent tournament, with Baku, Munich, Rome, Saint Petersburg, Copenhagen, Bucharest, Amsterdam, Dublin, Bilbao, Budapest, Brussels and Glasgow also awarded games.

The quarter-finals and three group matches will be held in Munich (Germany), Baku (Azerbaijan), Rome (Italy) and St Petersburg (Russia).

Danish capital Copenhagen, Bucharest in Romania, Amsterdam, Irish capital Dublin, Spanish city Bilbao, Hungarian capital Budapest, Brussels and Glasgow will host three group games each, plus one round of 16 match.

Munich was the only other city apart from London to bid for the finals package, although media reports indicate that Germany’s Football Association will now consider a bid to host the entire 2024 tournament.

Wembley staged the Champions League finals for Uefa in both 2011 and 2013, achieving record hospitality figures.

The unusual format follows a lack of single-nation bidders for the quadrennial tournament. Turkey had originally appeared set to make a bid before ultimately taking on an ill-fated bid to host the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Istanbul.

Since Uefa’s announcement, regional zones have been introduced in a bid to cut travel times for players, fans and officials.

32 national associations made initial expressions of interest in October last year, with the number dwindling to 19 when formal bids were received earlier this year.

The Uefa executive committee voted on the bids in Geneva on Friday morning, ahead of the public announcement.

Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium was the biggest casualty on the list, with the 72,500-seater venue overlooked from the final list.

Platini said: ‘This is a historic moment because we’ll be able to bring this competition to all the countries of Europe and especially to countries that would never otherwise have the chance to host such a competition.’