While football across most of Europe has ground to a halt because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is some relief for football fans with the online eEURO 2020 tournament – played exclusively on KONAMI’s eFootball PES 2020 – in full swing, and fans able to watch the action unfold on UEFA’s YouTube channel.
The competition’s group stage concluded on Monday, putting Romania and 9 other teams teams directly through to the final tournament.
Qualified teams
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Israel
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Romania
- Serbia
The ten runners-up from the group stage will compete in the play-offs, which will take place on 20 and 27 April. The best six teams, the top three from each of the two groups, will also go through to the final tournament.
Play-offs
Runners-up Group I:
- Austria
- Croatia
- Finland
- Montenegro
- Portugal
Runners-up Group 2:
- Denmark
- Kazakhstan
- Lithuania
- Spain
- Turkey
The top 16 national efootball teams from across the continent will compete in the online final tournament on 23 and 24 May. The finalists had been scheduled to gather in London in July, but the tournament will now take place virtually.
The play-off and final tournament matches will be broadcast on UEFA’s YouTube channel, on the following days:
- MD5 – Monday 20 April, (play-offs)
- MD6 – Monday 27 April, (play-offs)
- Final tournament – 23 & 24 May (featuring top 16 teams)