Euro 2008 Begins

by jordan | June 7, 2008 at 01:04 pm | 259 views | 4 comments

Switzerland faces the Czech Republic, and Portugal squares off against Turkey for the UEFA 2008 openers in Basel. Euro 2008 is to be played out at stadiums in Switzerland and Austria, with the final taking place on June 29.

It is open to teams finishing in leading positions behind the champions in their domestic top flights, the winners of national cup competitions, the winners of the League Cup in certain countries, the eleven winners of the final matches in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, and three clubs from UEFA's Fair Play League.

I remember being in London during Euro 2000- the riot police were standing by in Trafalgar Square in case England lost to Germany!

Earlier coverage here.

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antonikon

at 03:28 on June 9th, 2008

Spain-USA (1-0) in Santander (north of Spain) was the last match of Spain before the Euro. Xavi (FC Barcelona) was the scorer and Spain didn´t play a good match. We hope against Russia is another story.

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_becaro_

at 03:58 on June 9th, 2008

Ballack, Barnetta, Ivanschitz and Mutu celebrate the teamspirit in zurich mainstation hall.

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mnikita7

at 17:25 on June 30th, 2008

Well obviously spain beat germany 1-0 in the final. i have wathced all the euro 2008 matches, and euro 2008 was a really good tournament. Cant wait till euro 2012 comes in ukraine and poland and the final is going to be in kiev (Where i live). I wonder how the euro 2012 ball will look like?

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ed.vaughan

at 06:37 on July 1st, 2008

Scotland fans just knew the team could - on the day - beat the mighty Italians... but it wasn't to be.

Well done Spain for winning a great tournament.

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