The rules of the European Cup schedule are announced: the final will be held in London on January 1, 2024

According to CCTV5 program list (January 14, 2024), the rules of the European Cup schedule are announced: the final will be held in London on January 1, 2024. The European Cup is the highest level national team event in European football. It is held every four years and hosted by the European Football Federation. The European Cup was originally scheduled to be held in 2020

According to CCTV5 program list (January 14, 2024), the rules of the European Cup schedule are announced: the final will be held in London on January 1, 2024. The European Cup is the highest level national team event in European football. It is held every four years and hosted by the European Football Federation. The current European Cup was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but due to the impact of the new coronal epidemic, it was postponed to the summer of 2023, and the name of the "2020 European Cup" remains. This European Cup is also the first time that there is no single host country. It is held in 12 European cities, namely Munich (Germany), Amsterdam (Netherlands), London (England), Glasgow (Scotland), Dublin (Republic of Ireland), Bilbao (Spain), Rome (Italy), Copenhagen (Denmark) St. Petersburg (Russia), Budapest (Hungary), Bucharest (Romania), Baku (Azerbaijan) [^ 1 ^] [1].

There are 24 teams participating in the European Cup, which are divided into 6 groups, with 4 teams in each group. In the group stage, the top two teams of each group and the third team of the four groups with the best results, a total of 16 teams were promoted to the knockout stage. The knockout phase starts from the eighth final, and the winner will be determined in one game. If the game is tied within 90 minutes, a 30 minute overtime game will be played. If the game is still tied in overtime, a penalty shoot out will be played until the winner is determined. Finally, the two teams will compete for the European Cup championship at Wembley Stadium in London [^ 2 ^] [2].

The schedule of the European Cup is as follows: the group stage will start on June 9, 2023 and end on June 28, 2023, with a total of 36 matches. The knockout phase will start on June 30 and end on July 9, with 15 matches in total. The final stage will be held on January 1, 2024, which is the first time in the history of the European Cup that the final will be held on New Year's Day, and will bring a New Year's feast to fans all over the world [^ 3 ^] [3].

The grouping of the European Cup is as follows: Group A: Turkey, Italy, Wales, Switzerland; Group B: Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Russia; Group C: Netherlands, Ukraine, Austria, Northern Macedonia; Group D: England, Croatia, Scotland, Czech Republic; Group E: Spain, Sweden, Poland, Slovakia; Group F: Hungary, Portugal, France, Germany [^ 4 ^] [4].

The schedule of European Cup group matches is as follows (Beijing time):

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