Euro 2020 confirmed for 13 cities across Europe

[crodonilson]

Baffling decision. Anyone who has been to the European Championships has seen the difference it makes to a country.

For me cities will be.....

LONDON, PARIS, MADRID, BARCELONA, MUNICH, MILAN, MANCHESTER, ROME, ISTANBUL, PARIS, LISBON, AMSTERDAM, BERLIN.

 

[Boris Yeltsin]

Holland? So did I imagine the Holland/Belgium European Championship recently?

 

[Sam Ovett]

Carbon emissions through the roof.

 

[strings]

I cannot help but wonder how many countries will be given the benefit of home advantage.

 

[Durlston]

Our friends across the channel have 2016 so I don't see why they should get any matches in their country the following one.

The only way this is going to work if it goes to the Balkan countries like Hungary, Bosnia, Romania, Croatia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic etc which only cover a few hundred miles. Still enough travelling though.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Carbon emissions through the roof.

Indeed.

 

[Brovion]

I cannot think of one reason why this will be better than the current format. Can anyone else?

As has been mentioned I think the only point in its favour is that cities in smaller nations (Cardiff, Belfast, Glasgow, Dublin, etc) can host Euro games that they might not have been able to unless they'd been part of a collaborative bid. Not that I expect them to get any plum ties. God knows what the carbon footprint is going to be though.

 

[Durlston]

For me cities will be.....

ISTANBUL, LISBON,

If I had to do that journey after a group match followed by the knockout stage, I would write a letter to Michel Platini and sh*t in it.

 

[chimneys]

So does that mean 13 countries dont have to qualify?

Only going to get those countries truly interested, if their own team is playing at home for at least 1 game.

 

[El Presidente]

For me cities will be.....

LONDON, PARIS, MADRID, BARCELONA, MUNICH, MILAN, MANCHESTER, ROME, ISTANBUL, PARIS, LISBON, AMSTERDAM, BERLIN.

Could not have Madrid & Barcelona, or Munich & Berlin, or Milan & Rome, as there is a maximum of one allotted city per country.

 

[Max Paper]

Could not have Madrid & Barcelona, or Munich & Berlin, or Milan & Rome, as there is a maximum of one allotted city per country.

Can a city have two venues? For example London having say Wembley and The Emirates or is it 13 grounds in 13 countries?