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Football Betting - Euro Cup 2008
History - Facts - Teams - Schedule - Venues - Winners - Fixtures
Important facts
- The UEFA Euro 2008 is the largest football event after the Olympic Summer Games and the FIFA World Cup.
- Match system for the qualifying competition will be played in groups according to the league system, with each team playing all opponents in its group in a series of home and away matches. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a defeat.
- The UEFA European Football Championship has without a doubt become a top world event: it has been watched by more than 446 million viewers in America, 986 million viewers in Africa and 1.1 billion viewers in Asia.
- The draw for the qualifying rounds took place on January 27, 2006 in Monteux, Switzerland.
- The nations selected to host the next Euro 2008 Football Championship are: Austria and Switzerland and the competition will take place from June 7th through 29th, 2008.
- Austria and Switzerland have already qualified for the tournament finals as host nations.
- Austria’s host cities are: Vienna, Salzburg, Klagenfurt and Innsbruck. Switzerland’s host cities are: Zurich, Berne, Basle, and Geneva.
- The tournament’s structure is made of 16-team among which are the winners and runners-up from seven groups qualifying automatically for the Championship and the two remaining spots are filled by the tournament hosts.
- The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship will be held in Poland and Ukraine.
- Inclusion of the new Montenegro national football team in another qualifying group has not been ruled out, but it is unlikely due to the short period between Montenegro's independence and the start of qualifying.
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