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UEFA Euro 2008

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The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, will take place in Austria and Switzerland, from 7 June to 29 June 2008. It is the second in a series of three successful joint bids in the competition's history, alongside the 2000 European Football Championship, hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands and the 2012 competition in Poland and the Ukraine.

A total of 16 teams will participate in the tournament. Austria and Switzerland will automatically qualify as hosts; Austria will be making its first appearance in the tournament. The remaining 14 teams will be determined through qualifying matches which started in August 2006.

Bid Process

The two countries jointly bid to host the games, and faced major competition from Greece/Turkey, Scotland/Ireland, Russia, Hungary, Croatia/Bosnia-Herzegovina and a 4-way Nordic bid from Norway/Sweden/Denmark/Finland. Austria had already bid with another country before, which was Hungary for Euro 2004. They had eventually lost to Portugal.

Austria/Switzerland, Greece/Turkey, and Hungary were recommended before the final vote. Greece and Turkey were rejected and let Hungary and Austria/Switzerland battle for the win.

Venues

Switzerland

City Stadium Capacity Host Club Host Matches and more
Basel St. Jakob-Park 42,500 FC Basel Switzerland's 3 group matches (including opening match), 2 Quarter-Finals, Semi-Final.
Berne Stade de Suisse Wankdorf 32,000 BSC Young Boys Three Group Matches
Geneva Stade de Genève 32,000 Servette FC Three Group Matches
Zürich Letzigrund Stadion 30,000 FC Zürich Three Group Matches

Austria

City Stadium Capacity Host Club Host Matches and more
Innsbruck Tivoli-Neu Stadion 30,000 FC Wacker Tirol Three Group Matches
Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion 32,000 FC Kärnten Three Group Matches
Salzburg Wals Siezenheim Stadium 30,000 Red Bull Salzburg Three Group Matches
Vienna Ernst Happel Stadion 53,000 Austria Austria's 3 group matches, 2 Quarter-Finals, Semi-Final and Final.
 
Euro 2008 venues

Switzerland will play all of its group-stage matches at Basel, and Austria will play all of its group-stage matches at Vienna.

In 2004, the Zürich venue became a problem for the organisers. Originally, the Hardturm stadium was to be renovated and used as the city's venue, but legal challenges delayed the plan to a point that would not have allowed the ground to be used in 2008. This created a problem, as the agreement between UEFA and the organizers stipulated that four venues would be used in each country. The problem was solved when the organizers proposed renovating Letzigrund instead; UEFA approved the revised plan in January 2005. The Letzigrund stadium will be ready in September 2007 [1].

Qualifying

Main article: 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying

The draw for the qualifying round took place in Montreux, Switzerland on 27 January, 2006 at 12:00 CET.

The qualifying process commenced a month after the 2006 World Cup. Austria and Switzerland automatically qualified for the tournament finals as host nations.

The qualifying format has been changed compared to previous tournaments. The winners and runners-up from seven groups will automatically qualify for the Championship, with the hosts filling the other two slots in the 16-team tournament. The change means there will be no play-offs between teams finishing in second place in the groups - they will qualify directly for the finals. Teams finishing in third place will not have any further opportunity to qualify. Six of the qualifying groups contain seven teams, and the other, Group A, contains eight.

The individual qualifying groups are as follows:

Group A Group B Group C Group D
Group E Group F Group G

Standings

Teams in Green qualify Teams in Red cannot qualify

Group A

Template:2008 UEFA Euro qualifying Group A

Notes on the current tiebreaking situation:

  • Serbia take the second place due to their results against Finland and Portugal;
    • Serbia - 4pts (2-0 Finland, 1-1 Portugal)
    • Portugal - 2pts (1-1 Finland, 1-1 Serbia)
    • Finland - 1pt (1-1 Portugal, 0-2 Serbia)
  • Belgium have a better head to head record against Armenia. (Armenia 0–1 Belgium - 3pts)

Biggest Win

Template:POLf 5:0 Azerbaijan  

Group B

Template:2008 UEFA Euro qualifying Group B Notes on the current tiebreaking situation:

  • France and Scotland are ranked by their head-to-head records:
    • France – 0 pts (0:1 vs Scotland)
    • Scotland – 3 pts (1:0 vs France)

Notes on the current elimination situation:

  • Faroe Islands cannot qualify

Biggest Win

Template:SCOf 6:0 Faroe Islands  

Template:FROf 0:6 Georgia  

Group C

Template:2008 UEFA Euro qualifying Group C Notes on the current tiebreaking situation:

  • Bosnia & Herzegovina and Norway are ranked by their head-to-head records:
    • Bosnia & Herzegovina – 3 pts (2:1 vs Norway)
    • Norway – 0 pts (1:2 vs Bosnia & Herzegovina)

Biggest Win

Template:TURf 5:0 Moldova  

Group D

Template:2008 UEFA Euro qualifying Group D Biggest Win

Template:SMRf 0:13 Germany  

Group E

Template:2008 UEFA Euro qualifying Group E Notes on the current tiebreaking situation:

  • Estonia and Andorra have not played each other, and thus are ranked by their goal differences.

Notes on the current elimination situation:

  • Andorra cannot qualify
  • Estonia cannot qualify


Biggest Win

Template:CROf 7:0 Andorra  

Group F

Template:2008 UEFA Euro qualifying Group F Notes:

  • Sweden and Spain are ranked by their head-to-head records, with Sweden ahead by virtue of their victory over Spain in their only meeting so far.
  • Liechtenstein and Iceland are ranked by their head-to-head records, Liechtenstein is ahead on away goals.
  • The result of the abandoned match between Denmark and Sweden is not counted, pending UEFA's investigation.

Biggest Win

  • Sweden 5:0 Iceland

Group G

Template:2008 UEFA Euro qualifying Group G Notes on the current tiebreaking situation:

  • Romania takes first place due to goal difference, as the match with Netherlands ended 0-0

Biggest Win

Template:NEDf 3:0 Belarus  

Template:ROUf 3:0 Luxembourg  

Template:BULf 3:0 Slovenia  

Qualified teams

Denmark-Sweden Abandonment

Main article: 2008 UEFA qualifier fan attack

On 2 June 2007 the match between Template:SWEf and Template:DENf was abandoned in the 89th minute after a fan attacked the referee. Sweden were awarded a penalty because Danish Christian Poulsen had punched Swedish Marcus Rosenberg in the stomach. (Rosenberg later admitted that he provoked Poulsen by hitting him, but he maintained that the red card was fair). A Danish fan then ran onto the pitch and tried to attack the referee, but he was stopped by Danish players. The officials left the pitch and later deemed the Swedish team the winner of the match by 3-0, despite the score having been 3-3 at the time of abandonment. A Hearing will take place on Friday 8th June 2007 to decide the result of the match.

Denmark  3–3
(A) 89'		  Sweden
Agger 34'
Tomasson 62'
Andreasen 75'		 (Report) Elmander 7', 26'
Hansson 23'

Group Stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:SWIf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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A3–A4
A2–A3
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A2–A4

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:AUTf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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B3–B4
B2–B3
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Template:AUTf2–B3
B2–B4

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C3–C4
C1–C2
C2–C3
C1–C4
C1–C3
C2–C4

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D3–D4
D1–D2
D2–D3
D1–D4
D1–D3
D2–D4

Knockout Stages

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 June - Basel
 
 
A1
 
25 June - Basel
 
B2
 
 
 
20 June - Vienna
 
 
 
C1
 
29 June - Vienna
 
D2
 
 
 
21 June - Basel
 
 
 
B1
 
26 June - Vienna
 
A2
 
 
 
22 June - Vienna
 
 
 
D1
 
 
C2
 

Broadcasting Rights

Gained

The following have gained broadcasting rights for Euro 2008 as of 29 May 2007

Europe

  •   Albania - Top Channel / Digitalb
  •   Azerbaijan - Lider TV
  •   Belarus - ONT
  •   Bosnia and Herzegovina - BHT
  •   Bulgaria - DIEMA
  •   Czech Republic - Prima TV
  •   Croatia - HRT
  •   Denmark - TV2
  •   Georgia - Rustavi2
  •   Greece - ERT
  •   Hungary - MTV / Sport 1
  •   Finland - YLE
  •   Iceland - RUV
  •   Italy - RAI
  •   Kazakhstan - Khabar TV
  •   Netherlands - NOS
  •   Norway - TV2 / Telenor
  •   Poland - Polsat
  •   Portugal - TVI / SportTv
  •   Romania - TVR
  •   Slovenia - PRVA / TV3
  •   Sweden - TV4
  •   Switzerland - SRG
  •   Turkey - ATV

Ex-Europe

  •   USA and   Canada - ESPN -- Joint Contract
  •   India,   Pakistan,   Nepal,   Bhutan,   Sri Lanka,   Bangladesh,   Maldives - ESPN -- Joint Contract
  • Middle East, and North Africa - Al Jazeera -- Joint Contract
  •   Hong Kong - PCCW
  •   Malaysia - Astro

Still Undergoing Talks

The following territories are still undergoing talks to earn the rights to broadcast the event

Europe

  •   Austria
  •   France
  •   Germany
  •   Israel
  •   FYR Macedonia
  •   Moldova
  •   Ireland
  •   Russia
  •   Serbia
  •   Spain
  •   United Kingdom
  •   Ukraine

Ex-Europe

  •   Argentina
  •   Australia
  •   Brazil
  •   Chile
  •   China
  •   Indonesia
  •   Japan
  •   Malaysia
  •   Mexico
  •   New Zealand
  •   South Africa
  •   Thailand
  •   Venezuela
  •   Vietnam
 
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