Coronavirus: All UEFA matches scheduled till 19 March postponed

Published at :March 13, 2020 at 9:27 PM

Modified at :March 15, 2020 at 5:58 PM

The fixtures will not take place next week as originally slated.

In the light of developments due to the spread of Coronavirus(COVID-19) in Europe and related decisions made by different governments, all UEFA club competitions matches scheduled next week are postponed.

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This includes the remaining UEFA Champions League, Round of 16 second leg matches scheduled on 17 and 18 March 2020; all UEFA Europa League, Round of 16 second leg matches scheduled on 19 March 2020; all UEFA Youth League, quarter-final matches scheduled on 17 and 18 March 2020.

Further decisions on when these matches take place will be communicated in due course.

As a consequence of the postponements, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League quarter-final draws scheduled for 20 March have also been postponed.

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UEFA yesterday invited representatives of its 55 member associations, together with the boards of the European Club Association and the European Leagues and a representative of FIFPro, to a videoconference meeting on Tuesday 17 March to discuss European football’s response to the outbreak.

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