This bottle was produced for the Euro 2008 Final Draw.

The draw for the final tournament took place on 2 December 2007, beginning at 12:00 CET. The draw, which was held at Culture and Convention Centre in Lucerne, was conducted by the following people.

• Gianni Infantino, hosting the draw.
• Peter Schmeichel, conducting Pot 1 draw.
• Jürgen Klinsmann, conducting Pot 2 draw.
• Didier Deschamps, conducting Pot 3 draw.
• Theodoros Zagorakis, conducting Pot 4 draw.
• Bernard Dietz, conducting Group A draw.
• Anton Ondrus, conducting Group B draw.
• Franz Beckenbauer, conducting Group C draw.
• Dino Zoff, conducting Group D draw.

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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 to 29 June 2008. It is the second in a series of three successful joint bids in the competition's history, alongside the UEFA Euro 2000, hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands and the 2012 competition in Poland and Ukraine.

A total of 16 teams will participate in the tournament. Austria and Switzerland will automatically qualify 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 the UEFA at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

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 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 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. The Letzigrund stadium hosted its first football match on 23 September 2007.

 

A new trophy will be awarded to the winners of the Euro 2008 tournament.

The new version of the Henri Delaunay Trophy, created by Asprey London, is almost an exact replica of the original designed by Arthus-Bertrand. A small figure juggling a ball on the back of the original has been removed, as has the marble plinth. The silver base of the trophy also had to be enlarged to make it stable. The names of the winning countries that had appeared on the plinth have now been engraved on the back of the trophy, which is made of sterling silver, weighs 8 kilograms and is 60 centimeters tall.

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UEFA Euro 2008
Tournament details
Host nations	Austria /  Switzerland
Dates	June 7 – June 29
Teams	16 (from 52 associations)
Venues	8 (in 8 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches	31

 

Contents 1 Bid process 2 Venues 2.1 Switzerland 2.2 Austria 3 New trophy 4 Qualifying 4.1 Qualified teams 5 Seeding 6 Match officials 7 Warm-up matches 8 Group stage 8.1 Group A 8.2 Group B 8.3 Group C 8.4 Group D 9 Knockout stage 9.1 Quarter-finals 9.2 Semi-finals 9.3 Final 10 Match ball 11 Slogan 12 Mascots 13 Prize money 14 Broadcasting rights 15 References 16 External links