UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has confirmed that he would not support another pan-European tournament after acknowledging a disadvantage for travelling teams.
The rescheduled Euro 2020 was initially thought out eight years prior to the tournament to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the competition, but the Coronavirus thwarted operations and saw the competition held back a year.
There were 11 different host cities across Europe with Azerbaijan, Denmark, England, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Russia, Scotland and Spain will all host games across Group A-F after 24 different nations battled it out to be crowned Euro 2020 winners only to be whittled down to the last two for the final this Sunday, July 11.
The Slovenian replaced Angel Maria Villar in 2016 as the president of the European governing body and has stated the unique format for the tournament will not be replicated to the same extent in the years to come.
“I would not support it anymore. I think it is too challenging and in a way not correct that some teams have to travel more than 10,000km and others 1,000km,” he told BBC Sports Editor Dan Roan.
Should there be another pan-European competition, the Three Lions may fall foul of potential plans which could scupper another Wembley final.
However, they are amongst the list of nations who may potentially bid for the 2028 European Championships, Romania, Greece. Bulgaria, Turkey and Serbia are the confirmed bidders so far.
England reigned victorious over semi-final opponents Denmark in extra-time after coming from behind following Mikkel Damsgaard's stunning free-kick.
The Dane's booked their place in the last four after beating the Czech Republic by two goals to one just hours before the Three Lions resounding 4-0 win over Ukraine.
Adding to the sweltering heat in Azerbaijan, they had already endured travelling across two time zones and then faced a 4,000 mile round trip for their visit to Wembley.
The unprecedented circumstances saw plans allow for England play their three group matches and two knockout matches in front of a home crowd at Wembley, as well as Sunday's final.
UEFA will likely face less criticism for the next tournament which will be held in Germany across 10 stadiums in 2024. The tournament sees two fewer stadiums than the 2006 World Cup as Kaiserslautern, Hannover and Nuremberg have been removed as host cities with Dusseldorf being included.
England face Italy in their first major tournament final in 55 years after their 2-1 win over Denmark after extra-time.
