the game of fairplay
1st World Football Congress

The Place: Istanbul Turkey
September 1-3
2008
Formula 1
Quotes
"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.
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