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Under the controversial format being used for the
tournament's 60th anniversary, those cities will stage four
games each with the semi-finals and final in the English
capital.
Before being elected last week, Ceferin had said the plan was a
risk and would be difficult for traveling fans. In his first
official engagement since the election, however, the Slovenian
lawyer spoke positively about the format at the launch of the
London logo in a ceremony that will be replicated in the other
host cities over the next few weeks.
They are Amsterdam, Baku, Bilbao, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest,
Copenhagen, Dublin, Glasgow, Munich, Rome and St Petersburg.
"I'm delighted to be in England, the country that gave football
to the world," Ceferin told an audience including delegates from
all 13 hosting football associations and England manager Sam
Allardyce.
"The tournament will be unique and memorable in a variety of
ways. "What better way could there be than to take the final
tournament to all four corners of our continent? "London is a
wonderful, vibrant multicultural city and an intense hotbed of
football."
(Editing by Ed Osmond)
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