The 16th European Championship, UEFA Euro 2020 , is finally about to start, having been delayed until this year because of the pandemic. The soccer tournament , held every four years, began as a four-team event in 1960, won by the Soviet Union, and was hosted by one or at most two countries. But it has since grown. This year's event, from Friday to July 11, will be a 24-team Pan-European extravaganza, with 11 host nations staging matches. [ Follow our live Euro 2020 coverage here .] Six groups of four teams will play a round-robin format, with group winners, runners-up and the four third-place teams with the best records advancing to the single-elimination rounds. Baku, Azerbaijan; Munich; St. Petersburg, Russia; and Rome will host the quarterfinals; the semifinals and the championship game are set for Wembley Stadium in London. And fans will be in the stands. Except for Budapest's Puskas Arena, which will allow full houses, stadiums will fill only 25 percent to 50 percent of their capacity. Dreamed up by Henri Delaunay, the first head of European soccer's governing body, UEFA, the European Championship is second in popularity and prestige to only the World Cup. The last UEFA… Read full this story
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