Euro 2020 play-offs were originally scheduled to take place in March, but matches have been postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak Revised October 8 and November 12 dates have been approved at a UEFA meeting in June
Ties were determined by a series of draws in November 2019 and will be played as one-off matches rather than the traditional two sets
The sixteen nations will now start the battle for the four remaining places at Euro 2020
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The matches being played in one go, a winner is required during the night
If a Euro 2020 play-off ends in a draw after 90 minutes, a 30-minute overtime period will follow
Using path A as an example, the winner of Bulgaria against Hungary will face the winner of Iceland against Romania in a play-off final on November 12, with the winner of this meeting earning a place in the ‘Euro 2020
UEFA announced earlier this year that the competition will still be known as Euro 2020, although it will be postponed to next year
A statement read: « After the postponement of UEFA EURO 2020 to summer 2021, and after a thorough internal review as well as several discussions with partners, the UEFA Executive Committee has decided that the tournament will be still known as UEFA EURO 2020
« This decision allows UEFA to retain the original vision of the tournament, which was to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the European Football Championship (1960-2020)
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« It will further serve as a reminder of how the whole football family came together to respond to the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficult times that Europe and the world have had to go through in 2020
« This choice is in line with UEFA’s commitment to make UEFA EURO 2020 sustainable and not to generate additional amounts of waste
« A lot of branded material had already been produced when the tournament was postponed
« A name change for the event would have resulted in the destruction and reproduction of these objects »
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