A Change of Venues: Coronavirus Complications Results in New Euro 2020 Fixtures

Following Dublin’s and Bilbao’s failure to guarantee safe access for spectators and football fans into their stadiums, UEFA decided to move things around for the European Football Championship this year. Thus, new Euro 2020 fixtures and venues have been announced.

Ideally, if you’re going to be Euro betting, you’ll update yourself with these changes. Thankfully for you, we’re here to help you out. We’ll be going over which venues have been chosen to replace the old ones as well as what the new fixtures are.

UEFA’s Change of Host Cities: Who’s Out & Who’s In?

Before the host cities could be confirmed, UEFA was expecting them to guarantee safe access to fans in their stadiums. This meant that host cities needed to confirm that at least 25% of the stadiums’ capacity could safely host spectators.

10 host cities had managed to confirm safe access for spectators, which are:

• Rome
• London
• Amsterdam
• Baku
• Budapest
• Bucharest
• Copenhagen
• St Petersburg
• Munich
• Glasgow

Unfortunately for Dublin and Bilbao, the final 2 cities, they could not confirm on time. As a result, Dublin’s fixtures have been transferred to St Petersburg and London. On the other hand, Bilbao has been replaced by Seville.

Thanks to the assistance provided by the Royal Spanish Football Federation and the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain managed to retain its matches in the Euro. Therefore, the matches intended for Bilbao will now be played at the Estadio La Cartuja in Seville.

What Are the New Fixtures for the Euro 2020?

Most of the fixtures have remained largely the same. The new fixtures are the ones that will now be hosted at Seville instead of Bilbao, and the fixtures that are replacing those that were meant to be held at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.

Firstly, Seville’s Estadio La Cartuja has a capacity of 60,000 spectators and is guaranteeing at least 30% of its capacity for its Euro matches. This means that there will be at least 18,000 spectators at the stadium.

You can find the matches that will be taking place at Seville below:

• Monday, 14th June, 20:00 – Group E: Spain vs Sweden
• Saturday, 19th June, 20:00 – Group E: Spain vs Poland
• Wednesday, 23rd June, 17:00 – Group E: Slovakia vs Spain
• Sunday, 27th June 20:00 – Round of 16: 1B vs 3A/D/E/F

On the other hand, 3 of Dublin’s matches will now be going to St Petersburg instead. These are:

• Monday, 14th June, 17:00 – Group E: Poland vs Slovakia
• Friday, 18th June, 14:00 – Group E: Sweden vs Slovakia
• Wednesday, 23rd June, 17:00 – Group E: Sweden vs Poland

The last of the matches that were meant to take place in Dublin will now be held at London’s Wembley Stadium. This will be held at the following fixture:

• Tuesday, 29th June, 17:00 – Round of 16: 1D vs 2F

So, make sure to tune in to the UEFA European Championship on these dates. And don’t forget to log in to your Betiton™ account as well!