EURO 2008 INFO

At three months of the launch of European football championship to be held in Switzerland and Austria from 7 to June 29, there are still tickets for the matches of the second round. You can also visit one of the eight host cities, to see broadcasts on giant screens.

The fans' zones' opencast

Web surfers and fans Bleus, your mouse: The final tickets for Euro 2008 will go on sale tomorrow on the Web. Two conditions to get his ticket for a Swiss or Austrian stage: how quickly and… pray that the French team is qualified for the second round. Marketed by the French Football Federation (FFF), the final contingent of seats does, in fact, that the games that will contend it is hoped the French. A year ago already that the bulk of tickets for the general public European (1.05 million) and all matches were allocated by lottery by the Federation of International Football Associations (UEFA). And next Friday, the FFF award by lot also, the last places for matches of the first round of Bleus. Needless however you rush: Registration is closed. The point, then, on the sequel.

The available seats for the 2nd round. They provide access to three games: quarter-finals in Basel on June 21 or 22 in Vienna and a semi-final in Vienna on 26 and the final, always in Vienna on 29. For each match, will be sold 500 tickets (out of a stock of 6000, but the 5500 FFF in reserve to its licensees and sponsors). No lottery this time, the first come, first served. The sale will also be limited to two tickets per match and buyer.

How much does it cost? Quarter final: 110 and 180 € (places of categories 2 and 1). Semi-finals: 80 and € 180 (squares of Categories 3 and 2). Final: 160 and 335 € (places categories 3 and 2).

How to proceed? From 9 am tomorrow morning, heading out on the website of the FFF: www.fff.fr, click on "tickets" and then on "With the Blues" to the euro. Like any purchase on the Web, it will be giving a credit card number. Your account will be debited in the wake and you will receive a ticket "conditional". If the Blues are well qualified for the match you have chosen, the ticket will be exchanged on the spot, or in Basle in Vienna, therefore, against an access to the stadium, the day before or the day of the competition (details in May on the website of the FFF). If the French do not play, you will be repaid before August 31.

Book your trip. Some hotels already full display. With or without a ticket, it is necessary to organize his trip in Switzerland or Austria without delay. The sites of tourist offices in these two countries (and www.suisse.com www.austria.info) devoted a special chapter on the Euro 2008, in conjunction with the sites of the host cities (Basel, Geneva, Zurich, Bern Switzerland, Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Austria) where we can make their reservations online. In addition, the grouping comprises Austria Pro France quantity of establishments providing the host french (www.autriche.com). The four Swiss cities are served by the TGV Lyria from Paris and we can, by reserving now benefit from a rate "piccolo" from € 20 each way in second class and 50 in the first € (www.tgv-lyria.com).

The Swiss Bleus. In the first round, the French team will play exclusively in Switzerland: Zurich, against Romania on June 9 and Italy on 17 and 13 in Bern, against the Netherlands. (Full calendar of matches on www.eurofoot2008.fr).