EURO 2008 INFO

Polish football fans are dissatisfied with the random draw for tickets for the Euro 2008 football championships, which was conducted in Poland last Friday. 

Polish fans claim that although the statute of the lottery said that one person is able to draw two tickets only, the names on the list of the luckiest tend to repeat, which indicates that some people got three or four orders instead of one. 

Spokesman for the Polish Football Association (PZPN) Zbigniew Kozminski explained, however, that the lottery was conducted in accordance with all regulations and everything should be in order.

Fans also complain about the conditions of payment for the so-called conditional tickets, which will be available if Poland’s team goes beyond the group stage and qualifies for the play-offs. It remains to be seen if Poland does so, but those who managed to get such tickets must pay for them now.  

Spokesman Kozminski explained that these are the UEFA norms and in case of Poland’s defeat the money will be returned. 

There were 7,000 tickets available in the lottery, that is only 36 percent of the total ticket pool earmarked for Poland by UEFA. The majority of them is being distributed by PZPN among sponsors and football clubs.

The ticket lottery in Poland was entered in by over one million football fans.