EURO 2008 INFO

Coaches of sixteen European national teams soccer qualified for the finals of the European Football Championship 2008, scheduled from 7 to June 29, are seminar in Vienna Wednesday and Thursday, in preparation for the Austrian-Swiss tournament in June, reports l European Union Football Association (UEFA) on its website.

Each delegation was allowed to send eight people, including the president of the association, the secretary general, the breeder, the head of ticketing, a leader and a doctor.

The day Wednesday will be devoted to presentations, while groups will be formed Thursday on more specific subjects.

The topics cover the most important guidelines for the tournament, services and facilities made available to qualified teams, the organisation of UEFA EURO 2008 and SA, accommodation, transport, accreditation, lawns The operational activities in matches, the medical sector, the issues concerning the media and television, and the fight against doping.

The sixteen associations will sign a charter doping at a ceremony to be held at the Ernst-Happel Stadium in Vienna, the stadium which will host the final on June 29. According to the charter, countries give their full support to the anti-doping campaign of UEFA.