June's Euro 2020 playoff semi-final between Slovakia and the Republic of Ireland has been postponed, with UEFA calling off all national team matches until at least July.
Mick McCarthy's side had been due to go to Bratislava on the first week of June but that fixture is now unlikely to take place before September.
UEFA have also confirmed that all qualifying games for next year's women's European Championships have also been postponed until the end of June, Vera Pauw's Republic of Ireland team had been due to face Ukraine on June the 5th.
European football's governing body made the following announcements after a video conference call this afternoon:
"• All national team matches for men and women due to be played in June 2020 are postponed until further notice. This includes the play-off matches for UEFA EURO 2020 and qualifying matches for UEFA Women’s EURO 2021.
• All other UEFA competition matches, including the centralised international friendly matches, remain postponed until further notice.
• Youth national team competitions:
(i) the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament scheduled for May 2020 is cancelled;
(ii) the UEFA European Women’s Under-19 Championship final tournament scheduled for July 2020 is cancelled;
(iii) the UEFA European Women’s Under-17 Championship final tournament scheduled for May 2020 is postponed until further notice (as it is a qualifying competition for the FIFA U 17 Women's World Cup);
(iv) the UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament scheduled for July 2020 is postponed until further notice (as it is a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-20 World Cup).
• The UEFA Futsal Champions League finals scheduled for April 2020 are postponed until further notice.
• The deadlines related to all 2020/21 UEFA club competitions are postponed until further notice, in particular as regards the admission process and the registration of players. UEFA will set new deadlines in due course."
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