"Football has no room for racism of any kind. Footballers want to win, but with respect and fairness. The colour of a players skin or their religious convictions should not matter."
Michael Ballack, Germany and Chelsea

Euro 2008

The 2008 European Championships will be held jointly in Austria and Switzerland, with the opening game taking place in Basel’s St Jakob Park on 7th June 2008 and the final in the 50,000 capacity Ernst Happel stadium in Vienna on June 29th 2008.

The eight venue stadiums for the finals are:

Austria

Vienna Ernst Happel stadium, capacity 50,000
Klagenfurt Worthersee stadium, capacity 30,000
Salzburg Wals-Seizenheim stadium, capacity 30,000
Innsbruck Tivoli NEU stadium, capacity 30,000

Switzerland

Basel St Jakob stadium, capacity 42,500
Berne Stade de Suisse Wankdorf stadium, capacity 32,000
Geneva Stade de Geneve, capacity 30,000
Zurich Letzigrund stadium, capacity 30,000

16 teams will take part – the two host nations will be joined by the top two teams from each of seven qualifying groups (one group of eight teams, and seven groups of seven). There will be no qualification play-offs. Each team in a group will play each other team home and away, between 7th June 2008 and July 2008.