UEFA has agreed to expand the European Championship to 24 teams starting in 2016, Franz Beckenbauer said Thursday.Beckenbauer, a FIFA executive member who sits in on UEFA's executive committee meetings as a nonvoting observer, said the decision will be officially ratified and announced on Friday.He also dismissed speculation that the 2012 championship would be moved from co-hosts Poland and Ukraine because of organizational delays. Source: UEFA expanding Euro to 24 teams