EURO 2020: COVID-19 forfeit opinion

The European Championships (EURO) 2020 were postponed by one year as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and took place in 11 different nations across Europe from June 11 to July 11, 2021. In a survey in June 2021 in various countries, 60 percent of Spanish fans believed it to be unfair if a team were to automatically forfeit a match if they were not able to field a full team due to COVID-19. The tournament was ultimately able to take place without great disruption and Italy emerged as champions of Europe for the second time in the nation's history.

Fan opinion on automatic forfeit in case of lack of players due to COVID-19 during the UEFA European Championships (EURO) 2020

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Release date

June 2021

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

June 8-10, 2021

Number of respondents

See Supplementary notes

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online interview

Supplementary notes

1,434 Adults in England / 1,030 Adults in Italy / 2,034 Adults in Germany / 1,093 Adults in France / 1,059 Adults in France

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Under the Euro 2020 competition rules, if a team cannot field a full team to one of their matches due to COVID-19 cases among players or staff they forfeit the game and are considered to have lost 0-3. How fair or unfair do you think this rule is?"

Missing percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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