EURO ticket sales from Thursday

Ticket sales for UEFA EURO 2008™ will commence through www.euro2008.com on Thursday. The application phase for tickets for the eagerly-awaited final round in Austria and Switzerland next summer will end on 31 March.

Thursday press conference

Applicants may apply for one match per day and for a maximum of four tickets per match. A press conference will take place in Basle, Switzerland on Thursday to explain the various facets of the ticketing process.

Random lottery

If there is more demand than tickets available, a lottery will determine the successful applications. If there are still tickets available afterwards, these tickets will be offered on a first come, first served basis at a later stage, again through www.euro2008.com.

Ticket prices

Ticket prices will be announced at the start of ticket sales, and the UEFA EURO 2008™ organisers are keeping prices at levels that guarantee that regular football fans will be able to attend the games in Austria and Switzerland. The tournament kicks off on 7 June 2008, with the final at Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion on 29 June 2008. Eight venues - Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Salzburg and Vienna (Austria) and Basle, Berne, Geneva and Zurich (Switzerland) will stage final-round matches.

Time not an issue

Fans are reminded that it will make no difference whether they register on Thursday, or later in the month of March. Each correctly submitted and accepted application will have the same chance of obtaining tickets as a result of the lottery.

Official ticket sales

The products being offered by other companies, or on other platforms, are not part of, or related to, the official ticket sales programme of UEFA EURO 2008™ - Euro 2008 SA has not appointed any company to be its agent for the sale of match tickets. Supporters are strongly recommended not to buy tickets through these channels. Updated information on official ticket sales can only be accessed via euro2008.com.

Overall number

The overall number of tickets available for the EURO final tournament will be around one million. Around 75 per cent of the tickets will be available directly for the fans through this website or through the national associations that take part in the finals. Supporters are advised to contact their relevant national association for tickets for qualifying competition games, which continue until later this year.

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