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2008 European Football Championship
The 2008 European Football Championship will take place in Austria and Switzerland.
Austria and Switzerland will automatically qualify as hosts. The remaining 14 teams will be determined in a qualifying tournament that will start in 2006.
Venues
- Basel / St.Jakob-Park / First match, 2 group matches, 2 quarterfinal matches, 1 semifinal match
- Bern / Wankdorfstadion / 3 group matches
- Geneva / Stade de Géneve / 3 group matches
- Zürich / Stadion Zürich / 3 group matches
- Innsbruck / Tivoli-Neu Stadion / 3 group matches
- Klagenfurt / Waidmannsdorf-Neu Stadion / 3 group matches
- Salzburg / Salzburg-Stadion / 3 group matches
- Vienna / Ernst-Happel-Stadion / 3 group matches, 2 quarterfinal matches, 1 semifinal match and final
In 2004, the Zürich venue became a problem for organizers. 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.
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