UEFA eEURO 2020: key dates
Monday, August 19, 2019
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Take note of the important dates to ensure you do not miss the action on the way to the finals.
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UEFA and Konami announced the creation of UEFA eEURO 2020 at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, on 20 August 2019. Here are the key dates.
Mid-September 2019: Official tournament launch – including details of how gamers could compete in the tournament.
November 2019–January 2020: National associations recruited and selected their players, either through an online or physical tournament or by appointing a national efootball team already in existence.
15 January 2020: The draw for the online qualification phase took place. Competing countries were drawn into ten groups, just like the European Qualifiers for UEFA EURO 2020.
9–30 March 2020: The online qualification group stage matches took place. The ten group winners qualify directly for the final tournament.
20 and 27 April 2020: The ten group runners-up took part in a play-off tournament to determine the other six finalists.
23 and 24 May 2020: UEFA eEURO 2020 final event – the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be played out over the course of two days.