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London to host additional matches for Brussels at UEFA EURO 2020!

The UEFA Executive Committee had met on Thursday, December 7 at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland and amongst other decisions decided to shift UEFA EURO 2020 group matches from Brussels to London.

Due to the Eurostadium project’s failure to meet the conditions imposed by the UEFA Executive Committee during its meeting of September 20, 2017, the four matches initially scheduled to be held in Brussels will now be allocated to Wembley Stadium, London following a vote by the committee. This means Wembley will host a total of seven matches since they were already set to stage the semifinals and final of the tournament.

Meanwhile the Stadio Olimpico in the Italian capital Rome was selected as the venue for the UEFA EURO 2020 opening match.

The host city pairings were decided by means of a random draw – from six different lists of city pairings established on the basis of sporting strength and geographical considerations – and will be as follows:

• Group A: Rome and Baku
• Group B: Saint Petersburg and Copenhagen
• Group C: Amsterdam and Bucharest
• Group D: London and Glasgow
• Group E: Bilbao and Dublin
• Group F: Munich and Budapest

Each qualified host country will play a minimum of two matches at home in the group stage.

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