UEFA European Football Championship, Euro 2008

The UEFA European Football Championship, more commonly known as the UEFA Euro is an event that takes place every four years. The UEFA Euro 2008™ final round was co-hosted by Switzerland and Austria and took place between the 7 and 29 June 2008. The competition was made up of sixteen teams of four groups (A, B, C and D) of four teams each. Groups A and C played their matches in Switzerland, in Geneva, Zurich, Basel and Bern. Groups B and D played their matches in Austria in the towns of Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck and Klagenfurt.

Quarter and semi-finals were played in Basel and Vienna with the final on 29 June in Vienna with Spain taking the winner's trophy and the title of European Champion.

Euro 2008 General Information

The Euro 2008 was organised by the administrative and controlling body for European football, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and was contested by fourteen qualifying teams and the two host countries, Switzerland and Austria. The qualifying phases took place between 2 September 2006 and 21 November 2007. 

All the participating teams receive €7.5 million, there are performance bonuses of €1 million for a win and €500,000 for a draw in the group phase. Quarter finalists receive €2 million and semi-finalists €3 million. The winners receives a further €7.5 million. If they won all three of their group matches, total prize money can reach €23 million. 

• The official Euro 2008 website

Euro 2008 in Geneva

In Geneva events took place at the Stade de Genève. A Fan Zone and Fan Village in Geneva to allowed visitors and locals to follow all the matches. 

Getting to and Staying in Geneva

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Geneva has many attractive destinations to visit with children.