Officially. UEFA has decided to postpone youth and women's national teams tournaments

13.08.2020 19:29

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The UEFA Executive Committee, with the UAF President Andrii Pavelko as its member, has decided to postpone a number of Euro tournaments with the participation of youth and women's national teams in order to protect participants and reduce the burden on national associations.

Following consultations with 55 national associations, the UEFA Executive Committee today adopted several decisions on youth and women's tournaments, taking into account the current situation in Europe with COVID-19, the UEFA official website reports.. 

Decisions on tournaments for boys and girls were made in order to reduce the additional operational and financial burden on national associations, which is associated with compliance with sanitary and hygienic requirements when traveling and accommodating teams, as well as health checks of athletes to reduce the risk of infection.

Euro-2019/2020

Women's under 17:

- the elite round and the final part are canceled;

- If the World Under-17 Championship is confirmed, the three European teams with the highest coefficients (England, Germany and Spain) will play in the final stage.

Youth under 19:

- the elite round will be held in October 2020;

- The final part will take place in Northern Ireland (group stage - in November 2020, playoffs - in March 2021).

Euro-2020/2021

The UEFA Executive Committee has also decided to suspend qualifying matches in the youth tournaments of the 2020/2021 season until the spring of 2021 and reduce the number of such matches.

Women's under 17:

- the qualifying round will be held by the end of February 2021 (12 mini-tournaments);

- the elite round is replaced by play-offs;

- play-offs (14 national teams) will be held until the end of March 2021;

The final part will take place on schedule (in May 2021 in the Faroe Islands).

Youth under 17:

- the qualifying round will be held by the end of March 2021 (13 mini-tournaments);

- elite round canceled;

- 13 group winners and 2 seeded teams will receive tickets to the final part, which takes place on schedule (in May 2021 in Cyprus).

Women's under 19:

- the qualifying round will be held in February 2021 (12 mini-tournaments);

- the elite round is replaced by play-offs;

- play-offs (14 national teams) will be held in April 2021;

- The final part will take place on schedule (in July 2021 in Belarus).

Youth under 19:

- the qualifying round will be held in March 2021 (13 mini-tournaments);

- the elite round is replaced by play-offs;

- play-offs (14 national teams) will be held in May 2021;

- The final part will take place on schedule (in July 2021 in Romania).