2008 - EURO - 2008

The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship will take place during June and will be jointly hosted by Austria and Switzerland.

Cities involved are:

Basle - Switzerland
Berne - Switzerland
Geneva - Switzerland
Zueich - Switzerland
Innsbruck - Austria
Salzburg - Austria
Vienna - Austria
Klagenfurt - Austria

This championship, organised by UEFA, takes place every 4 years between World Cup events and the qualifying process began shortly after the World Cup competition ended.

Qualifying matches continue up to November 2007 with winners and runners up from all 7 groups being joined by the 2 host countries to make up the last 16 who will participate in the final rounds.

The 7 groups of national teams who will be battling it out:

GROUP A
Portugal - Poland - Serbia - Belgium - Finland - Armenia - Azerbeijan - Kazakhstan

GROUP B
Italy - France - Ukraine - Scotland - Lithuania - Georgia -
Faroe Islands

GROUP C
Greece - Turkey - Norway - Bosnia & Herzegovina - Hungary - Moldova - Malta

GROUP D
Czech Republic - Germany - Slovakia - Republic of Ireland - Wales - Cyprus -
San Marina

GROUP E
England - Croatia - Russia - Israel - Estonia - FYR Macedonia - Andorra

GROUP F
Sweden - Spain - Denmark - Latvia - Iceland - Northern Ireland - Liechenstain

GROUP G
Netherlands - Romania - Bulgaria - Slovenia - Albania - Belarus - Luxembourg

The draw for the final qualifying matches held 2 December 2007

Last 16:

GROUP A:   Switzerland - Czech Republic    /   Portugal - Turkey

GROUP B:   Austria - Croatia  /   Germany - Poland

GROUP C:   Romania - France   /   Netherlands - Italy

GROUP D:   Spain - Russia    /    Greece - Sweden

Previous European Football Championship winners include:

2004 - Greece
2000 - France
1996 - Germany
1992 - Denmark
1988 - Netherlands
1984 - France
1980 - Germany
1976 - Czechoslovakia
1972 - Germany
1968 - Italy
1964 - Spain
1960 - USSR

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