The competition was cancelled by the International Skating Union on 10 December 2020, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Arena Zagreb began housing COVID-19 patients in November 2020 after the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia worsened.

[6] The competition was to be open to skaters from all European member nations of the International Skating Union.

[7] Skaters would have been eligible for the 2021 European Championships if they had turned 15 years of age before 1 July 2020 and met the minimum technical elements score requirements.

Based on the results of the 2020 European Championships, each qualifying ISU member nation could field one to three entries per discipline.