2020 UEFA Euro Betting
This year’s UEFA European Championships will be a true continental affair. We will see 24 teams taking part in this competition, and there will be 12 different countries that host matches. Defending champions Portugal are looking to follow in the footsteps of Iberian Peninsula counterpart Spain by repeating as winners of this competition, but the Portuguese have been drawn into the Group of Death.
EURO 2020 will begin on June 11, 2021 and conclude on July 11, 2021 after it was postponed for a year due to the COVID pandemic. This will be the second year that the tournament will have 24 teams, and it will be mainly broadcast on ESPN in the United States with ESPN2 and ABC also broadcasting matches.
2020 UEFA Euro Groups
EURO 2020 Schedule
The group stage for EURO 2020 will run from June 11 to June 23. The knockout round will begin on June 26 with two games a day until June 29. The quarterfinals will be held on July 2-3 before the four remaining teams move to London for the last three matches. The semifinals are set to take place on July 6-7 with the finals slated for July 11at Wembley Stadium.
GROUP STAGE
Friday June 11
Group A: Italy vs. Turkey (Rome; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Saturday June 12
Group A: Wales vs. Switzerland (Baku; 9 a.m. ET, 3 p.m.)
Group B: Denmark vs. Finland (Copenhagen; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Group B: Belgium vs. Russia (Saint Petersburg; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Sunday June 13
Group D: England vs. Croatia (London; 9 a.m. ET, 3 p.m.)
Group C: Austria vs. North Macedonia (Bucharest; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Group C: Netherlands vs. Ukraine (Amsterdam; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Monday June 14
Group D: Scotland vs. Czech Republic (Glasgow; 9 a.m. ET, 3 p.m.)
Group E: Poland vs. Slovakia (Dublin; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Group E: Spain vs. Sweden (Bilbao; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Tuesday June 15
Group F: Hungary vs. Portugal (Budapest; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Group F: France vs. Germany (Munich; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Wednesday June 16
Group B: Finland vs. Russia (Saint Petersburg; 9 a.m. ET, 3 p.m.)
Group A: Turkey vs. Wales (Baku; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Group A: Italy vs. Switzerland (Rome; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Thursday June 17
Group C: Ukraine vs. North Macedonia (Bucharest; 9 a.m. ET, 3 p.m.)
Group B: Denmark vs. Belgium (Copenhagen; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Group C: Netherlands vs. Austria (Amsterdam; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Friday June 18
Group E: Sweden vs. Slovakia (Dublin; 9 a.m. ET, 3 p.m.)
Group D: Croatia vs. Czech Republic (Glasgow; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Group D: England vs. Scotland (London; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Saturday June 19
Group F: Hungary vs. France (Budapest; 9 a.m. ET, 3 p.m.)
Group F: Portugal vs. Germany (Munich; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Group E: Spain vs. Poland (Bilbao; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Sunday June 20
Group A: Italy vs. Wales (Rome; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Group A: Switzerland vs. Turkey (Baku; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Monday June 21
Group C: North Macedonia vs. Netherlands (Amsterdam; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Group C: Ukraine vs. Austria (Bucharest; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Group B: Russia vs. Denmark (Copenhagen; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Group B: Finland vs. Belgium (Saint Petersburg; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Tuesday June 22
Group D: Czech Republic vs. England (London; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Group D: Croatia vs. Scotland (Glasgow; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Wednesday June 23
Group E: Slovakia vs. Spain (Bilbao; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Group E: Sweden vs. Poland (Dublin; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Group F: Germany vs. Hungary (Munich; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Group F: Portugal vs. France (Budapest; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
*Top two in each group plus four best third-placed teams advance
ROUND OF 16
Saturday, June 26
Wales vs. Denmark (Amsterdam; noon ET)
Italy vs. Austria (London; 3 p.m. ET)
Sunday, June 27
Netherlands vs. Czech Republic (Budapest; noon ET)
Belgium vs. Portugal (Seville; 3 p.m. ET)
Monday, June 28
Croatia vs. Spain (Copenhagen; noon ET)
France vs. Switzerland (Bucharest; 3 p.m. ET)
Tuesday, June 29
England vs. Germany (London; noon ET)
Sweden vs. Ukraine (Glasgow; 3 p.m. ET)
QUARTERFINALS
Friday, July 2
Switzerland vs Spain (Saint Petersburg; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Belgium vs Italy (Munich; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Saturday, July 3
Czech Republic vs Denmark (Baku; noon ET, 6 p.m.)
Ukraine vs England (Rome; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
SEMIFINALS
Tuesday, July 6
Italy vs Spain (London; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Wednesday, July 7
England vs Demark (London; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
FINAL
Sunday, July 11
England vs Italy (London; 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m.)
Will we see another debutante claim its first European Championship? England and Belgium certainly hope that is the case. England are the favorites to win EURO 2020 thanks to a favorable group and subsequent draw. The Three Lions have never even made it to a EURO Finals, but they have played great football since Gareth Southgate took over after England’s disappointing Round of 16 loss to Iceland at the last European Championships.
Belgium’s one trip to the finals of this competition came in 1980. The Red Devils are in the middle of a golden generation, making this small country a football juggernaut with talents like Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, and Kevin De Bruyne. We saw Belgium upset Brazil in the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup before falling to eventual champions France in the semifinals.
The current World Cup champions have been drawn into a nightmare group. France, Germany, and Portugal are all in the same group, and whichever team doesn’t win Group F will have its work cut out for it in this tournament.
UEFA EURO Winners
| YEAR |
WINNER |
RUNNER-UP |
| 2020 |
Italy |
England |
| 2016 |
Portugal |
France |
| 2012 |
Spain |
Italy |
| 2008 |
Spain |
Germany |
| 2004 |
Greece |
Portugal |
| 2000 |
France |
Italy |
| 1996 |
Germany |
Czechia |
| 1992 |
Denmark |
Germany |
| 1988 |
Netherlands |
Soviet Union |
| 1984 |
France |
Spain |
| 1980 |
West Germany |
Belgium |
| 1976 |
Czechoslovakia |
West Germany |
| 1972 |
West Germany |
Soviet Union |
| 1968 |
Italy |
Yugoslavia |
| 1964 |
Spain |
Soviet Union |
| 1960 |
Soviet Union |
Yugoslavia |
The two most successful countries in the history of this competition are Germany and Spain. Germany has made it to the European Championship Finals six times, winning it all in 1972, 1980, and 1996. The Germans have made it to the semifinals of the last three Euros.
Spain won the second Euros over the Soviet Union in 1964, and then they became the most dominant soccer power in the world in the late 2000s and early 2010s. La Roja became the only team to win back-to-back Euros in 2008 and 2012, and they won the 2010 World Cup in between those titles.
France is the other country with multiple Euro wins. The French have generally only played well with the tournament in their back yard though. They hosted the 1984 Euros when they won the title, and they finished runner-up in 2016 as host. Their second win came when the final was held in Rotterdam in 2000 with David Trezeguet notching a golden goal in France’s victory.
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