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UEFA Postpones Euro 2020 to 2021 Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

Euro 2020 will become Euro 2021.

UEFA is postponing its quadrennial international competition by a year, the Norwegian federation let slip on Tuesday, a day when Europe's governing body was set to decide the fate of the competition amid the coronavirus outbreak.

With domestic leagues across the continent on hold and this edition of the European Championship set to take place in 12 cities in different countries, it became increasingly obvious that a postponement needed to take place. There's also the matter of filling the 24-team field. Four places had yet to be claimed, with the playoffs for those originally scheduled for late March.