UEFA says each of its 55 members is getting up to 4.3 million euros ($4.7 million) they are due in central funding through next season.
The 16th edition of the European Championship was scheduled to be held from June 12 to July 12 this year but the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic had forced European football's governing body UEFA to defer it to next year.
A long-standing agreement between UEFA and the European Club Association guarantees clubs at least 200 million euros (216 million) from Euro 2020 revenues to compensate for releasing players to national duty in the 2018-20 cycle.
The committee has decided that it will decide qualifications on the basis of "sporting merit," as opposed to the UEFA coefficient ranking.
The coefficient is calculated on the basis of club's performance (points for wins, draws and bonus points for knockout qualification) in the last five years in the Champions League and the Europa League.
UEFA softened its tone on Tuesday toward competition organizers who want to end seasons early before completing all games — with some governments set to take those decisions out of football’s hands.
Csanyi has told Hungarian media that October and November are options but there is still uncertainty about when football can resume in Europe amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
This would also result in the group stage of the 2020/21 season of the Champions League being postponed to October 20.
If all the European leagues resume their seasons by July, there is a possibility of the Champions League final taking place in late August.
The European continental club competitions Champions League and Europa League have both been on indefinite suspensions due to the pandemic that has infected over 2 million people around the world killing nearly 145,000.
Santos and a Copenhagen staff member were charged by Police Scotland in connection with an alleged assault on an officer as his side celebrated their second goal in the 3-1 win in Glasgow on February 27
UEFA does not want national bodies making quick decisions to end its domestic season.
Liverpool, managed by Jurgen Klopp, are presently 25 points clear at the top of the table and Manchester City placed second with eight more games to go.
Football across the continent has come to a halt as the world fights against the novel coronavirus. Champions League too was stopped with the round of 16 yet to be completed.
In a joint letter sent by UEFA, the European Club Association and the European Leagues to their members on Thursday, the leagues were told not to abandon their competitions yet
Bayern were ordered to pay 20,000 euros ($22,000) for “transmitting a provocative message of an offensive nature” during a Champions League game at Chelsea in February.
The club football season in Europe, which was supposed to enter its decisive final stretch in March, April and May before the start of the 2020 Euros, has grinded to a halt due to the crisis caused by the spread of coronavirus.
UEFA says no decision has been made finding a new date, amid a shutdown of European soccer due to the coronavirus pandemic that has no end in sight.
Football’s European Championship is now being played in 2021 though it's not yet clear what it will be officially called.
UEFA on Tuesday announced in a statement that they look to complete all the domestic and European club competitions by June 20.
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