SHOWS: NYON, SWITZERLAND (JANUARY 25, 2013) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UEFA SECRETARY GENERAL, GIANNI INFANTINO SAYING: "The matches of the Euro will be split into 13 packages basically. 12 cities who would include three group stage matches and one knockout round, eight-final or quarter-final and one city which would host the semi-finals and the finals. There will be only one venue per country it means one stadium for each of the available 13 packages can be proposed by the members associations. This means also that both semi-finals and the final will be played in the same stadium." STORY: Euro 2020 will be held in 13 cities across the continent and the two semi-finals and final will all be played in the same stadium, UEFA said on Friday (January 25) as it announced the first concrete plans for the tournament. UEFA secretary general Gianni Infantino said that no more than one venue per country would be permitted for the 24-team tournament and venues would be chosen in September next year. "The matches of the Euro will be split into 13 packages basically," Infantino told a news conference in Nyon. UEFA voted in December to stage the tournament in cities across the continent rather than one or two host countries, in a radical departure from the traditional format for major tournaments. European soccer's governing body said the move would allow smaller countries a slice of the action as they would not be able to stage the unwieldy 24-team tournament on their own. Twelve cities will be awarded a package of three group games plus one knockout-stage game, with the 13th receiving a "special package" consisting of the two semi-finals and final. UEFA said that its associations could present up to two bids each, one for the knockout package matches and one for the final plus semi-finals. "Twelve cities who would include three group stage matches and one knockout round, a eight-final or quarter-final and one city which would host the semi-finals and the finals." "There will be only one venue per country it means one stadium for each of the available 13 packages can be proposed by the members associations. This means also that both semi-finals and the final will be played in the same stadium." The required stadium capacities would be 70,000 for the semi-finals and final, 60,000 for the quarter-finals and 50,000 for the group stage and round of 16 matches, although two exceptions would be made where 30,000 capacity stadiums would be permitted. Euro 2020 marks the competition's 60th anniversary.