Euro 2020 were rescheduled for a year because of the global pandemic, and are now due to be played this summer, with the final scheduled for July 11th.
Unlike with previous tournaments, the finals were due to be played across Europe, with 12 cities London, Glasgow, Dublin, Amsterdam, Munich, Copenhagen, Rome, Budapest, Bucharest, Bilbao, Baku, and St Petersburg hosting group games.
This was done partly on cost grounds and it is very expensive to host a major sporting event and sharing it round helps to spread the financial burden. It is also was a bid to attract more fans to games. Not just those who could afford the travel costs and the time off work.
However, due to the continued challenges posed by the health crisis, UEFA are now considering switching the championships to one venue only, with Russia, Germany, and London the three candidates under consideration.
Russia already has the necessary infrastructure, having staged the last World Cup, as does Germany, whilst London has a number of suitable stadiums, and is due to stage both semi-finals and the final itself at Wembley.
Concentrating the teams in one location helps to minimise the risk of the transmission of the virus throughout Europe, and makes it easier to create a bio-secure bubble around them.
Although tickets for many of the games have already been sold, privately UEFA, European footballs governing body, have conceded that it is unlikely matches can be played in front of capacity crowds.
That means that ticket holders will be entitled to a full refund if games are moved more than 35 miles from where they were originally meant to be staged.
However, UEFA have ruled out cancelling the Championships altogether. They believe that the financial impact in member associations would be too great, after a year when football, like so many other sports, has suffered major economic damage because of the pandemic.