UEFA ‘could refund ALL Euro 2020 tickets and re-start buying process’

UEFA are reportedly considering refunding all tickets for Euro 2020 and re-start the buying process once venue capacities are announced.   

Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, UEFA still plan to go ahead with their original 12-nation host plan, though stadiums would unlikely be at full capacity.

A meeting took place on Wednesday of tournament organisers from the 12 host countries, which include England, Scotland and Ireland, to speak about potential plans.

UEFA are reconsidering refunding tickets and restarting the sale process for Euro 2020

Host nations are pushing UEFA to take steps to prevent international travel for the tournament

The Times have reported that tickets already sold could be refunded, and the process of sales will only start once venues have confirmed how many fans will be permitted by their national governments to attend games.

More than 1.5 million of the three million tickets for the tournament had already been sold, though many of them will have been returned to Uefa before this week’s deadline.

It’s said that current plans would see only home fans allowed into group games for the delayed tournament.  

Meanwhile, ‘very limited’ numbers of travelling supporters would be able to make the journey for latter stages of the competition. 

The meeting on Wednesday saw many of the representatives push UEFA to take steps to prevent international travel, and suggest that it would be easier to get governments to allow supporters into venues if only domestic fans could attend. 

Sources told The Times that the Football Association’s plan for Wembley is for the venue to be 30 to 35 per cent full, based on one-metre social distancing.

FA chiefs are understood to have said they would like 2,000 or 3,000 travelling fans for the semi-finals and final

Wembley is currently set to host all three of England’s group games, a round-of-16 game, both semi-finals and the final. 

FA chiefs are understood to have told the organisers they would ideally like 2,000 or 3,000 travelling fans for the semi-finals and final by maintaining social bubbles.

They would be flown to London on charter flights, taken straight to the stadium and then back to the airport directly after the match.   

A decision on plans will depend on how the pandemic develops between now and the start of April, and on the impact of the vaccination programme in the host countries.