The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, frequently described as UEFA Euro 2020 (decorative as UEFA EURO 2020) or merely Euro 2020, was the 16th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial global men's football champion of Europe organized by the Union of European Football Organizations (UEFA). To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the European Championship competition, UEFA head of state Michel Platini proclaimed that the tournament would certainly be organised in numerous nations as an enchanting one-off event, with 11 cities in 11 UEFA nations each providing places for the tournament. Safeguarding champs Portugal, who won UEFA Euro 2016 in France, were eliminated in the round of 16 by Belgium. Italy won their second European Championship title by defeating England on charges in the final complying with a 1-- 1 draw after extra time. The win came exactly on the 39th anniversary of Italy's 1982 FIFA World Cup Final gain West Germany. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europ...