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Women's Euro 2021 tournament delayed until 2022, claim Danish FA

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The Danish Football Association (DBU) claim that the Women's European Championship scheduled for 2021 has been delayed by a year due to the coronavirus crisis.

The tournament was due to be held in England - who automatically qualify as hosts - next summer between July 7 and August 1 in 10 venues across eight host cities including Wembley Stadium and Old Trafford.

However, those dates would now clash with the Tokyo Olympic Games, which have been pushed back by 12 months as a result of the Covid-19 crisis and rescheduled to run between July 23 and August 8, 2021.

The men's 2020 European Championship - originally scheduled to be held across 12 countries beginning on June 12 - has also been postponed by one year.

Qualifying for the Women's Euros has been halted by the coronavirus shutdown, with Uefa announcing that all international matches set for June have now been postponed.

They are yet to officially confirm the postponement of the tournament itself, though the Danish FA claimed via their official website that the decision had been made at a virtual Uefa meeting on Wednesday featuring representatives from all 55 member associations including DBU director Jakob Jensen.

The statement added that the 2021 Under-21 European Championship - set to be hosted jointly by Hungary and Slovenia - was also set to be delayed until 2022.

Additional reporting by the Press Association.

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