Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) represents European national football associations, and includes 53 national organizations. The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 2008) will be held in Austria and Switzerland (7-29 June, 2008). The sponsors of the championship are important companies, such as KIA Motors Corporation, Carlsberg, Coca-Cola, JVC, MasterCard, McDonald's, Adidas, Continental, Castrol.
In the upcoming tournament, Austria and Switzerland will be qualified as hosts; the remaining 14 teams were determined according to qualifying matches in August 2006. Switzerland will play all of its group-stage matches at Basel, and Austria will play its group-stage matches at Vienna. After the 2000 European Football Championship, hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, it is the second successful joint bid in the competition's history. The winner of Euro 2008 will represent the UEFA at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.
UEFA Euro 2008 chose as their slogan “Expect Emotions”. The slogan represents the excitement shared by players and football fans, who will witness the games of the strongest football teams. The winners will be awarded a new trophy. The names of the winning countries will be engraved on the back of the trophy, made of sterling silver.
The Euro 2008 championship is the most important event in European Sports. Bets are already being made to choose the strongest football team. Many news articles discuss the possible results and strategies of the tournament, reviews are being written – everyone is looking forward to see the new upcoming results of European championship.
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
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