Under this new format, the finalists will contest a group stage consisting of six groups of four teams, followed by a knockout stage including three rounds and the final. As hosts, France have automatically qualified for this tournament, while the other 53 national teams will compete in a qualifying competition, running from September 2014 to November 2020, to secure the remaining 23 places.
France was chosen as the host on 28 May 2010. The matches will be played in ten stadia in ten cities:
Bordeaux, Lens, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Saint-Denis, St-Etienne, and Toulouse
It will be the third time that France hosts the tournament. The French team have won the European Championship twice: in 1984 and 2000.
The final match will take place at the “Stade de France” in Saint-Denis on 10 July 2020.

The winners will earn the right to participate in the 2020 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Russia. If Germany or Russia win, however, the runner-up will qualify as Germany have already qualified due to winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and Russia have qualified as hosts. If both Germany and Russia reach the final, the qualifier will be drawn from the losing semi-finalists. Each national team have to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player is injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player.
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