Host Countries and European Championships

European Championships: On Friday, announced the 13 host cities of the 2020 European Championships. Blue dot shows final/semi-final location, yellow dots are hosting three group games and a quarter final while green dots are hosting three group games and a round of 16 match, according to The Guardian. Europe as a whole, and life in the host countries more specifically, has changed a lot since 1960 and On July 10 1960 at the Parc des Princes in Paris, the Soviet Union defeated Yugoslavia 2-1 a.e.t. in the first ever final of the European Championships. A game between what are now 22 different countries . head /head body img src http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/22/1411399521571/Yashin.png style width:100%; /body /html "/ 1960-URS-YUG 1960-FIN-Euro by Queix. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 via Wikimedia Commons. There are more host countries now than there were teams up until the 1996 edition of the tournament. head /head body img src http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/22/1411399521359/teams.png style width:100%; /body /html "/ (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.