BUCHAREST, November 30. /TASS/. The national team of Russia will face Belgium, Finland and Denmark in the group stage of UEFA Euro 2020, as it was reported at the final tournament draw underway in Bucharest.
Russia is in Group B with Belgium, Denmark and Finland.
In another group stage game of Group B, Denmark will clash with Finland in Copenhagen on June 13. On June 17, the national team of Russia will play Finland in St. Petersburg, while Belgium will face Denmark in Copenhagen the next day. Finally, Russia will go to Copenhagen to meet Denmark and Belgium will play Finland in St. Petersburg. Group B will play the third group stage on June 22.
The Final Draw for the 2020 UEFA Euro Cup was held on November 30 in the Romanian capital of Bucharest. A total of 24 national football teams, which have cleared the qualifications round, were divided into six groups with four teams in each.
Having been placed in Group I during the qualifications stage for the 2020 UEFA Euro Cup the Russian national football team played its matches to finish in second place after Belgium and qualified for the major European football championship.
Russia played 10 international fixtures this year and they were all qualifiers for the 2020 UEFA Euro Cup - in March, Russia lost to Belgium 1-3 and defeated Kazakhstan 4-0; in June, Russia beat San Marino and Cyprus (9-0 and 1-0 respectively); in September, the team routed Scotland (2-1) and Kazakhstan (1-0); in October the Russian footballers blanked Scotland 4-0 and then blazed past Cyprus 5-0.
Playing two international fixtures this month, the Russian team lost again to Belgium 1-4 playing at home and then enjoyed a confident 5-0 away win over San Marino.
The matches of the 2020 Euro Cup will be held at stadiums in 12 different cities across Europe, namely in London (England), Munich (Germany), Rome (Italy), Baku (Azerbaijan), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Bucharest (Romania), Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Dublin (Ireland), Bilbao (Spain), Budapest (Hungary), Glasgow (Scotland) and Copenhagen (Denmark).
St. Petersburg was granted the right to host three group stage matches and one of the quarterfinals of the 2020 UEFA Euro Cup. The newly-built football arena in St. Petersburg hosted the opening and final matches of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and also served as one of 12 stadiums across the country hosting matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
A decision to hold the 2020 Euro Cup, which will be celebrating its 60th anniversary that year, in various European countries instead of in one or two hosting countries was made at the UEFA Executive Committee’s meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on December 6, 2012.