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UEFA is withdrawing hosting rights from Bilbao, according to the organizers

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Aleksander Ceferin has to reschedule with regard to the venues

According to the local organizers, there will be no games in Bilbao at the European Football Championship in summer. The European Football Union had withdrawn their host rights, they announced on Wednesday. You called the UEFA decision “unilateral” in a statement. The organizers are examining the extent to which they are demanding compensation for previous expenses. In the San Mames stadium, the Spaniards (Group E) should have met Poland, Sweden and Slovakia.

On Tuesday, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that the final decision on the original twelve European Championship venues would be postponed to Friday. The status of Dublin and Munich, which have not yet been confirmed as venues, is still unclear. On the other hand, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Baku, St. Petersburg, Bucharest, Budapest, Glasgow, London and, most recently, Rome have been determined.

UEFA boss Aleksander Ceferin had made the award dependent on the extent to which the cities can make commitments to admit at least a limited number of viewers despite the corona pandemic. Munich's Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter and the Bavarian state government have emphasized that they are currently unable to give any guarantees.

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