European football's governing body UEFA is pressing ahead with plans to stage the Euro 2020 tournament in a dozen countries rather than the usual one or two, Germany's executive committee member Theo Zwanziger said on Tuesday.
Zwanziger, who was formerly head of the German Football Association (DFB), said the plan, which is still to be ratified by the UEFA executive committee, would see a 24-team competition staged in 12 countries.
'Michel Platini [the UEFA President] has told me his plan in a personal discussion,' Zwanziger told Bild newspaper. 'But it still needs to be ratified by the executive committee.'
The 12 nations would be chosen based on their place in the UEFA rankings at the time and whether they have qualified for the competition.
If Germany qualified, they would play their group games at Berlin's Olympic Stadium, according to the newspaper.
Platini said in October he would press ahead with the idea of staging Euro 2020 across the continent only if member associations were in favour of the plan.
The Frenchman said UEFA was awaiting feedback on its proposal, first announced at the end of Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, and confirmed it would be a one-off.
'If the idea is appealing to them we will enter into details to see how we can organise a Euro in several European cities - but only in 2020 mind you,' Platini said in St Petersburg after a meeting of UEFA's executive committee last month.
He said that the expanded competition with 24 teams in 2020 will be too costly for any one nation to stage, although bids from Turkey and a joint proposal involving Scotland, Wales and Ireland are on the table.
A final decision will be made early next year following executive board discussions in December.
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Source: DailyMail
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