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Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)

Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA /juːˈeɪfə/ yoo-AY-fə; French: Union des Associations Européennes de Football; German: Vereinigung Europäischer Fußballverbände) is the administrative body for association football, futsal and beach soccer in Europe, although several member states are primarily or entirely located in Asia. It is one of six continental confederations of world football's governing body FIFA. UEFA consists of 55 national association members.

UEFA represents the national football associations of Europe, runs nation and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship, UEFA Nations League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Super Cup, and controls the prize money, regulations, and media rights to those competitions.

Henri Delaunay was the first general secretary and Ebbe Schwartz the first president. The current president is Aleksander Čeferin, a former Football Association of Slovenia president, who was elected as UEFA's seventh president at the 12th Extraordinary UEFA Congress in Athens in September 2016, and automatically became a vice-president of the world body FIFA.

The match dates for the final tournament of the European Football Championship 2020 became known. So Baku will host the three games of group “A”. Matches in the capital of Azerbaijan will be held on June 13, 17 and 21, 2020. And the quarterfinal game will be held in the Azerbaijani capital on July 4. This was announced on May 24 at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Kiev.

The tournament will begin on June 12 at 23:00 Baku time in Rome at the Olimpico stadium. After that, every day until June 24 will be held from two to four matches.

Baku and Rome will receive three games of group “A”. Matches in the capital of Azerbaijan will be held on June 13, 17 and 21. And the quarter-final game will be held in Baku on July 4 and will begin at 20:00.

The final will be held in London. The game will begin at 23:00 Baku time.

It should be noted that the final tournament of the European Championship 2020 will be hosted by 13 cities of the world, including the Azerbaijani capital.