Continental Football Championships to be postponed for 2021

Coronavirus hits strongly football. 2020 is the year of continental championships. But, for the first time after World War II, we shall have one full year postponement for European Championship and Coppa America. Both very well known and well-followed competitions.      

The decision for transforming EURO 2020 into EURO 2021 was announced by Alexander Ceferin, president of UEFA. He explained the reasons for such a decision:

"It is at times like these, that the football community needs to show responsibility, unity, solidarity and altruism. The health of fans, staff and players has to be our number one priority and in that spirit, Uefa tabled a range of options so that competitions can finish this season safely and I am proud of the response of my colleagues across European football.

There was a real spirit of co-operation, with everyone recognising that they had to sacrifice something in order to achieve the best result."  

The UEFA president did not forget to mention about the confusion such change brings to the tight calendar of football activities. He described it as "the biggest sacrifice" and added, "it will come forward with huge costs". New scheduled dates for EURO 2021 are 11 June - 11 July 2021.   

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) was in a similar standing in its announcement about the postponing of Copa America 2020 to 2021.   

Other Important Football Championships to be postponed 

Club World Cup originally planned to happen in June 2021 in China is postponed, but not specified yet the new date. 

Women European Championship planned to start on 7 July 2021 in England, postponed without a new date set yet.

The Nations League originally planned to happen during summer 2021.

European Under-21 Championship planned to be held in summer 2021. 

Football governing bodies announced that was established a special committee, which will work specifically to fix the calendar of football events. And, I must say their work is going to be quite challenging.           

I'm glad such decisions are taken and have clarified all question marks among football fans communities around the world. 

This is the way football will be coping with coronavirus crisis, apart from FIFA donation of $10M to the World Health Organisation Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund. This comes after Christiano Ronaldo's already-made-public contribution. I'm sure more direct contributions will come from the football stars and football clubs to help with the war against the so-called 'invisible enemy'.       

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