UEFA to decide on European Cups and EURO 2020 today

The current status of UEFA's European competitions amid the COVID-19 crisis will be the focal point of the UEFA Executive Committee's latest meeting on Wednesday and Thursday.

During the two days of videoconference discussions, the committee, chaired by UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin, will analyze the present situation as football at European and national levels continues to face the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This week's Executive Committee meeting will discuss how the 2019/20 campaign could be completed in the major UEFA club competitions – the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Women's Champions League, UEFA Youth League, and UEFA Futsal Champions League – all of which had reached the knockout stages when they were halted by the COVID crisis.

Talks will also center on potential calendars for the qualifying phase, play-offs, and group stage of both the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League, along with the calendar for the 2020/21 UEFA Women's Champions League.

Two major national team final tournaments – UEFA EURO 2020 and UEFA Women's EURO 2021 – have already been moved to 2021 and 2022, respectively.

The Executive Committee will hear an update about the status of the EURO 2020 venues and tournament match schedule and discuss the rescheduling of the EURO 2020 play-offs which will complete the 24-team field for the finals, due to be staged in cities throughout Europe next summer to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the competition.

The schedule for the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League group stage is up for discussion, along with the calendar and format of the 2019-21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Finally, the committee will deliberate on the calendars and formats for two postponed youth tournaments – the 2019/20 UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship and UEFA European Under-19 Championship – and will be briefed about the situation in UEFA's futsal competitions.

An online press conference, attended by UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin, is scheduled to take place following the conclusion of the first day of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on Wednesday and will start at approximately 17:30 local time.

The press conference will be streamed live on UEFA.com.