Football Euro 2008
Austria and Switzerland
June 7-29, 2008
Austria and Switzerland
June 7-29, 2008
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 successful joint bid in the competition's history, following the UEFA Euro 2000 hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands. The 2012 competition in Poland and Ukraine is scheduled to become the third jointly-hosted tournament.
A total of 16 teams will participate in the tournament. Austria and Switzerland automatically qualified as hosts; the remaining 14 teams have been determined through qualifying matches which started in August 2006. Austria and Poland will be making their first appearance in the tournament. The winner of Euro 2008 will represent UEFA at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa, unless Italy wins the tournament, in which case the runner-up will be entered, as Italy are already entered as winners of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Prize money
UEFA announced that total of €184 million has been offered to the 16 teams competing in this tournament, increasing from €129 million in the previous tournament. The distributions as below:
- Participating fee: €7.5 million
- Group stage (per match):
-Draw: €500,000
- Quarter-finals: €2 million
- Semi-finals: €3 million
- Runner-up: €4.5 million
- Winner: €7.5 million
If the winner of the tournament wins all three matches in the group stage, they will receive a total prize of €23 million.
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