2021 Under-17 Euros cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Author: Agencies

PARIS: The 2021 men’s and women’s U-17 European Championships have been cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, UEFA said on Friday. “Based on a constant monitoring of the development of the pandemic … the UEFA Executive Committee decided after consultation with all 55 member associations to cancel and/or postpone some of the 2020/21 youth national team competitions,” European soccer’s governing body said in a statement. UEFA also said the men’s U-19 Euros would go ahead in July in Romania, with the women’s event set to take place in July-August in Belarus. Euro 2020, UEFA’s flagship tournament which was due to take place this June, was postponed by a year and will run from June 11–July 11, 2021.

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