Euro 2012 Tickets
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UEFA Euro 2012 Football Championships Tickets
The Euro 2012 competition, or the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship as it is officially known, will take place in Poland and the Ukraine. This will be the fourteenth competition, and will take place in the Summer of 2012. Three other joint bids have previously been successful; Belgium/Netherlands in 2000, and Austria/Switzerland in 2008.
Although there are some concerns about the readiness of Poland and the Ukraine to take on a tournament of this scale, the awarding of the competition is seen as a way of moving away from the usual football circuit for European competitions and shifting the emphasis this time to some of the central and Eastern European countries which have demonstrated a strong passion for the game. The added benefit for the region is that although many of the host cities are well known and popular visitor destinations, the infrastructure in the two countries is unlikely to be adequate for the number of fans expected. Therefore, the bid included plans to expand and modernise roads and highways.
The bid also included the intention to build two new stadia, the Shakhtar Stadium in Donetsk and the Dnipro Stadium in Dnipropetrovsk which has already been completed and holds thirty one thousand supporters, and is completed to the UEFA five star criteria.
Concerns about the progress of the development has led UEFA to issue warnings that the competition will be held outside the area, and Scotland has already proposed a bid to hold the competition, should the event not be able to go ahead in the countries already awarded the competition. Ukraine has already admitted that it is having problems completing the project, although infrastructure building is on schedule. Poland have committed themselves to still sharing the competition with the Ukraine, however, UEFA have already stated that the majority of the matches will go to Poland unless the Ukraine can give guarantees by November 2009.
The main venues proposed are in Kiev, Donetsk, Lviv and Kharkiv in the Ukraine, and in Warsaw, Poznan, Wroclaw and Gdansk in Poland. The NSK Olypiyski Stadium in Kiev holds over eighty three thousand people. It is the home of Dynamo Kiev, and it is expected that this stadium will hold three group qualifying matches, a quarter final, semi final and possibly the final. The Shakhtar Donetsk stadium, the Donbas Arena in Donetsk will hold fifty thousand and is expected to host group three matches. Over thirty three thousand fans will fill the Ukraina Stadium in Lviv for group three matches. Originally, a reserve venue, the Metalist Stadium at Kharviv holds forty thousand people, but is still to be confirmed which matches will be allocated to it.
Poland’s choice of venues includes the fifty five thousand National Stadium in Warsaw. This is the home of the Polish national team. It is intended that this venue will host group matches, quarter final and semi final. The Municipal Stadium in Posnan will host group matches. It holds forty six thousand spectators, and is the home of Lech Poznan Football Club. The Stadium Maslice, home of Slask Wroclaw will hold group matches in its forty four thousand seater stadiums. Finally, The Baltic Arena in Gdansk is the chosen venue for group three matches and quarter final. This venue is the home of Laechia Gdansk and Arka Gdynia and holds forty seven thousand spectators.
The Euro 2012 competition will feature sixteen teams. This has been the format of the competition since 1996. There was a move to expand the competition to twenty four teams to take into account the large rise in the membership of UEFA in recent years. In April 2006, there were fifty three teams, which compares to thirty three before the breakup of the former Soviet Union. The Executive Committee of UEFA have decided that for the time being, the competition will remain as it is, but that at the Euro 2016 competition, the numbers will be increased to twenty four. The draw for the 2016 competition is due to take place in 2010 in Poland.
Already demand for tickets has already been enormous and the expected demand is in the region of ten million. However, tickets are unlikely to go on sale before 2010 and may possibly not be on sale until early to mid 2011, depending on the progress of the proposed venues. A Certain percentage of the ticket allocation will go to UEFA and its officials, and a substantial number to the home countries hosting the event. There are a number of websites already offering to allow fans to register their interest online. Several web sites are recommending regular return to keep themselves updated regarding ticket news. It may be advisable to sign up for e-mail reminders.
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