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Euro 2020 set to be postponed after UEFA cancels hotel bookings

The UEFA EURO 2020 logo on display with the European Championship trophy during the launch Action Images via Reuters / Tony O'Brien/File Photo Livepic [COURTESY]

The postponement of soccer’s Euro 2020 Championship may already have been decided after UEFA last week canceled its hotel bookings in Copenhagen, one of the host cities, Reuters learned from the hotels on Tuesday.

The CPH Hotel told Reuters over the phone that UEFA had booked 80 of its 102 rooms but canceled them a little over a week ago. The Marienlyst Strandhotel, where the Danish team usually bases itself, told Reuters in an email that UEFA had canceled the rooms booked on behalf of the Danish side.

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