Coronavirus is the main topic around the world. After the emergence in China and other countries in that region, Europe lives now with the reality of having to deal with the epidemic. Several European countries already took measures to prevent and control the spread of the disease. From transports to public institutions and sports, many sectors are suffering from constraints due to the plans of action that are being put in place by several countries.

Cancelations, postponements or games played behind close doors are some of the measures that are being imposed in sports activities all around Europe. Italy is the most affected country in Europe and all sports activities have already been canceled until the 3rd of April. France, England, Spain, and Portugal are other examples of countries that are being forced to impose these measures, meaning that the European national leagues are struggling to reorganize their calendars to finish the competitions in time. If we think that EURO 2020 will begin on June 12th, we can agree it's almost impossible to run everything on time.

UEFA maintains the calendar for EURO 2020.

UEFA already put some measures in place, with several Champions League and Europa League games being suspended or played behind close doors. However, there are no plans for canceling UEFA competitions, meaning that the European national leagues must take care of their calendars to have their clubs and national teams available. And this means that countries like Italy will need to be radical if they want to run their competitions until the end. For example, Serie A has 13 fixtures to play and, assuming that everything will be ready from April 3rd on, that means they only have around 6 weeks to play all of them!

UEFA keeps its intention not to delay EURO 2020, mainly due to all the logistics and organizational plans that were put in place to build the event. For the first time in history, the European tournament will be played in 12 cities from 12 different countries.

UEFA expects €2,5 billion in turnover with EURO 2020

That's a record! If we compare this scenario with the €600 million four years ago, that explains UEFA's reluctance in delaying the tournament. But the idea of postponing the competition continues to gain steam. European federations are looking for the possibility to play the tournament in 2021 and UEFA could be forced to accept their demands.

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