Euro 2020 postponed until 2021 with Scotland's playoff v Israel scheduled for June 2020

Uefa have confirmed postponing the tournament until 2021

Uefa have confirmed postponement of Euro 2020 until next year in a move which will allow leagues around Europe to potentially complete their season in the summer.

The organisation held a video conference call with its 55 member associations on Tuesday to discuss plans for the short-term future of football on the continent following the coronavirus outbreak.

It was agreed to play the tournament next summer. It will now take place from 11 June to 11 July, 2021.

Euro 2020 won't go ahead this summer with Uefa postponing the tournament until next year. Picture: Getty

Many leagues around Europe have already postponed football until April, with others, including Scotland, doing so until further notice.

Scotland’s Euro 2020 play-off with Israel which was due to be played later this month at Hampden Park will now be played “in the international window at the start of June, subject to a review of the situation” a Uefa statement confirmed.

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said: “It was important that, as the governing body of European football, UEFA led the process and made the biggest sacrifice. Moving EURO 2020 comes at a huge cost for UEFA but we will do our best to ensure that the vital funding for grassroots, women’s football and the development of the game in our 55 countries is not affected. Purpose over profit has been our guiding principle in taking this decision for the good of European football as a whole.

“Football is an uplifting and powerful force in society. The thought of celebrating a pan-European festival of football in empty stadia, with deserted fan zones while the continent sits at home in isolation, is a joyless one and one we could not accept to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the competition.”

Euro 2021 will, at the moment, still take place in the 12 cities and stadiums initially proposed. Fans with tickets and hospitality clients whom are unable to attend next year will be refunded in full.

In terms of the SPFL, Uefa have put together a group tasked with providing “calendar solutions”.

The statement read: “A working group has been set up with the participation of leagues and club representatives to examine calendar solutions that would allow for the completion of the current season and any other consequence of the decisions made today.”