Euro 2020

adamski8

What a shame it wasnt bid for by germany or italy. Is it not strange it wasnt? both havent hosted in ages. Does it not make economic sense for them? If they had bid they would have beem guaranteed as host. This format came about due to lack of quality hosts

Johnny Utah

Absolutely terrible idea, although the bigger issue is expanding an exciting, competitive tournament of 16 teams to the larger format of 24 teams, which invariably will allow dross like Northern Ireland and even Scotland to qualify!!! :eek:

batistuta9

keith16 wrote: »

Wales have not applied for the latter stages by the looks of things.

Would be great to see Dublin get a couple of games and you could argue that one group is based between Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Denmark, Sweden and Netherlands could be another cluster.

Looking at the others you can apply the same logic. I think Baku and St. Petersburg are possibly too isolated, but I guess it all depends on who qualifies etc.

Hungary (Budapest) Israel (Jerusalem) Azerbaijan (Baku) Italy (Rome) Spain (Bilbao) are probably the worst off if that's the way they look to go

G & KO
Bulgaria (Sofia)
Romania (Bucharest)
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)

Republic of Ireland (Dublin)
Scotland (Glasgow)
Wales (Cardiff) or England (London)

Belgium (Brussels)
Netherlands (Amsterdam)
Denmark (Copenhagen)

& maybe
Russia (Saint Petersburg)
Sweden (Stockholm)
Belarus (Minsk)

SF & F
Germany (Munich)


i think i thought it was stupid/a bad idea at first but is it really going to be any worse than brazil or USA 94?
ireland went jersey/orlando/jersey then back to orlando, had they won to dallas then out to cali

Deeper Blue

Do people think Dublin has a decent chance of getting a few games?

Omackeral

Oat23 wrote: »

That's their own fault and their problem. They should be told to f*ck off. Sick of worrying about Sligo Rovers drawing one of their teams in Europe.

Same goes for Kazakhstan.

Don't worry, St Pat's Athletic are in Europe this year, they'll cover ya.

ArmaniJeanss

Le Requin wrote: »

Do people think Dublin has a decent chance of getting a few games?

Yes looking at the shortlist I'd say one of the 6 groups will be split between Dublin and Cardiff.
Others could be Glasgow/London, Copenhagen/Stockholm, Brussels/Amsterdam, Skopje/Sofia and Budapest/Bucharest.
Semis and Finals in Munich.

Poland and Russia miss out as recently hosted entire tournaments.
Spain and Italy miss out and told to bid for entire competitions like the big boys they are.
Azeri and Israel are both too isolated, Minsk is unlucky.

Think that all the bidders catered for.

titan18

Le Requin wrote: »

Do people think Dublin has a decent chance of getting a few games?

I'd be pretty surprised if they didn't tbh. Good location, we can't hold the Euros by ourselves, other cities around us are also bidding and have a good chance to get games so makes it easy for teams with travelling and setting up a basecamp.

citytillidie

SEANoftheDEAD wrote: »

It is a stupid concept. UEFA decided out of nowhere to up the criteria for hosting a tournament. To the point where fúck all contries in Europe meet that criteria.
Turkey was well able to host the tournament, but UEFA couldn't hold on to find out the suss with there Olympic bid.

Germany can hold any tournament at a drop of a hat btw.

An all over Europe Euros is a stupid idea and it ruins the concept of culture. Fúck UEFA in this regard.
Hate the idea.
Will never support it.

:mad:

There is no different to the World Cup in 94 in fact it would be less travel

Also a throw back to how it was, teams playing each other home and away before one place held the semi finals and final

The Cush

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Yes looking at the shortlist I'd say one of the 6 groups will be split between Dublin and Cardiff.
Others could be Glasgow/London

London/Dublin or Cardiff or Glasgow, maybe, if Munich are awarded the Final/Semi-final package. That will depend on which teams qualify and what groups they're in and seeding.

For the group stage, a maximum of two host teams will be drawn into each group, with each qualified host team guaranteed to play two home matches in the group stage. However, there is no guarantee that a host team will play any knockout matches at home. The composition of teams in the group stage will still be subject to seeding and draw, but the allocation of host teams to each group will take into account of travel distances (flights between host cities in the same group should not exceed two hours).

SEANoftheDEAD

citytillidie wrote: »

There is no different to the World Cup in 94 in fact it would be less travel

Also a throw back to how it was, teams playing each other home and away before one place held the semi finals and final

At least 94 was held in one country.

It's not the travel I have an issue with, it's the all over Europe tournament that's the problem.

yabadabado

SEANoftheDEAD wrote: »

At least 94 was held in one country.

It's not the travel I have an issue with, it's the all over Europe tournament that's the problem.

Why do you have a problem with it being spread over Europe ?

OneEightSeven

citytillidie wrote: »

There is no different to the World Cup in 94 in fact it would be less travel

So American states use different currencies and languages?

Fr Tod Umptious

yabadabado wrote: »

Why do you have a problem with it being spread over Europe ?

Cos it's an idea that UEFA came up with and as we all know ideas that UEFA come up with are stupid and nothing more than money grabbing exercises.

The Cush

UEFA EURO 2020 hosts to be revealed in a ceremony in Geneva on Friday 19 September, midday Irish time - http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2132176.html

The UEFA EURO 2020 bid evaluation report was published this week, Ireland page 54 - http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/14/49/29/2144929_DOWNLOAD.pdf
http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2144930.html

Positive news for FAI's Euro 2020 bid after UEFA review - http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/european-championships/positive-news-for-fais-euro-2020-bid-after-uefa-review-30578521.html
FAI poised to deliver Euro 2020 to Dublin - http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/12995/fai-poised-to-deliver-euro-2020-to-dublin/

Match packages
The matches have been split into 13 different packages. There are 12 standard packages, including three group matches and one knockout round match (round of 16 or quarter-finals), and one package for the semi-finals and the final.

The 19 member associations/cities that have submitted bid dossiers for the standard package, in alphabetical order, are:
Azerbaijan/Baku
Belarus/Minsk
Belgium/Brussels
Bulgaria/Sofia
Denmark/Copenhagen
England/London
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia/Skopje
Germany/Munich
Hungary/Budapest
Israel/Jerusalem
Italy/Rome
Netherlands/Amsterdam
Republic of Ireland/Dublin
Romania/Bucharest
Russia/Saint Petersburg
Scotland/Glasgow
Spain/Bilbao
Sweden/Stockholm
Wales/Cardiff

The member associations/cities that have submitted bid dossiers for the semi-finals/final package, in alphabetical order, are:

England/London
Germany/Munich

Kidchameleon

Looks like only Germany and England bid for the final.

The Cush

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Looks like only Germany and England bid for the final.

And the latest speculation is that Germany may withdraw their bid before the vote next Friday in favour of a bid to host the entire Euro 2024 tournament.

The Cush

UEFA EURO 2020 decision: live stream today - http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=1844904.html

Beefy78

Fingers crossed for Dublin and the UK cities.

I really think this has the potential to be an amazing tournament.

adamski8

The Cush wrote: »

And the latest speculation is that Germany may withdraw their bid before the vote next Friday in favour of a bid to host the entire Euro 2024 tournament.

Why oh why didn't Germany just go for the whole 2020 tournament.

The Cush

adamski8 wrote: »

Why oh why didn't Germany just go for the whole 2020 tournament.

Turkey were the favourites to host the Euro2020 final tournament but instead they went with Michel Platini's proposal to host it across several cities in Europe

bren2001

The Cush wrote: »

Turkey were the favourites to host the Euro2020 final tournament but instead they went with Michel Platini's proposal to host it across several cities in Europe

Istanbul was also bidding to host the 2020 Olympics. For a period of time it looked like they were favourites for it. Uefa said they could not have the Euros and the Olympics. Uefa were not happy with the bids coming from other countries so decided to host it in several countries.

iDave

Big day. Hope we get it.
I actually felt a bit sorry for the FAI when we had the Europa. Their big day was completely overshadowed by the queen visit and Braga weren't exactly a big draw.
Hope this will be a great series of events for Dublin and Irish football.

Lovely Bloke

Would be good for the city & country as a whole, but I'd love to see Delaney's face if we get refused.

Cookiemunster

London picked to host the Semis and Final. We'll probably be last out (if we get it)

Lovely Bloke

Is that 3 different grounds in London, or Semi at Wembley and another one, then the final at Wembley, or all games at Wembley?

iDave

San Siro has 2016 Champions League

Cookiemunster

Quarter-final venues: Azerbaijan/Baku, Germany/Munich, Italy/Rome, Russia/Saint Petersburg.

Cookiemunster

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Is that 3 different grounds in London, or Semi at Wembley and another one, then the final at Wembley, or all games at Wembley?

All three at Wembley.

Copper_pipe

3 group games and a last 16 game for dublin

Cookiemunster

We're in.

UEFA EURO 2016 ‏@UEFAEURO 46s

Amsterdam, Dublin and Bucharest join Copenhagen in hosting #EURO2020 round of 16 matches...

Benteke

Get in there, Dublin got a game

alchemist33

Copenhagen, Bucharest, Amsterdam, Dublin will each host a last-16 tie and three group-stage games. Now Glasgow and Cardiff sweat over the final-four places.

marvin80

Copper_pipe wrote: »

3 group games and a last 16 game for dublin

One of the papers this morning said if Ireland qualify, two of their group games would be in Dublin

Cookiemunster

Bilbao, Budapest, Brussels and Glasgow are the last 4.

iDave

Great news

ebbsy

wonder how much that cost

Beefy78

Awesome news. Congratulations to Dublin, London and Glasgow.

Collie D

ebbsy wrote: »

wonder how much that cost

Here we go....

deadybai

Collie D wrote: »

Here we go....

Probably cancel it too!

MagicIRL

As long as it's not subject to license! Hopefully get to a game or two!

deadybai

MagicIRL wrote: »

As long as it's not subject to license! Hopefully get to a game or two!

I think Ireland get to play in Dublin if they qualify. Any know if this is true?

Agent Coulson

Nice one I guess the handball in Paris helped

Nerdlingr

How did St. Petersburg/Russia get a game?
I thought UEFA/FIFA wanted to show racism the red card??

JPA

Nerdlingr wrote: »

How did St. Petersburg/Russia get a game?
I thought UEFA/FIFA wanted to show racism the red card??

Sure aren't they hosting the next world cup!
UEFA/FIFA don't care about morals.

Collie D

deadybai wrote: »

I think Ireland get to play in Dublin if they qualify. Any know if this is true?

Minimum of two home games if they qualify. We'll probably be grouped with Glasgow. So we'll have two matches in Dublin and Scotland will have two matches in Hampden and then the Ireland-Scotland game in either venue - whatever way they decide that - seeding I'd imagine

Guy:Incognito

deadybai wrote: »

I think Ireland get to play in Dublin if they qualify. Any know if this is true?

Hopefully it's just 1 match and we get to see some top teams in the others.

Kerrydude1981

London gets the final and semi finals straight away Nick Collins appears on SSN talking about England's chances of winning the tournament.

iDave

London AND Glasgow. How did the same country get 2 cities?




























































runs and hides

ronjo

So we will have 2 group games at home. They semi and final in London.
I wonder how far we will have to travel for the other 3 games

Fr Tod Umptious

So 12 years on from the embarrassing failure of the Ireland/Scotland Euro 2008 bid Dublin are getting as many games as they probably would have in 2008