Euro 2008 tickets

[johan neeskens]

Wow , i ddint realize how fast these tickets are gonan go

Well my question is, is there a way I can still get some tickets for reasonable amount ( close to the face value) maybe from ebay. Are thye going to be printing peoples names on tickets this time just like on world cup.?

bascillay can I stil lget tickets at reasonable price?

Thanks

The only way you can get tickets at a reasonable price is through UEFA or your local FA (if your country has qualified). Your local FA will start taking ticket applications following qualification. In Holland they sell tickets through their supporters association. It's the luck of the draw but the longer you are a member the more heavily your lot weighs, i.e. you can't just sign up and immediately expect tickets.

They will put names on the tickets but it is impossible to check the identity of 50,000 people at the gate on the day. That's why you will always be able to get tickets on the black market (at very high prices though).

[Rig1964]

Question: I'm from Canada and follow the Italian National Team

I want to go to Euro 2008 but was not clued into the fact that tickets for Euro 2008 went for sale online months ago. Am I out of luck or is there another way to secure tickets?

Thanks for any help!

MOJO

It depends how much you are prepared to pay.
Between the time the draw is made and the start of the tournament thousands of tickets will become available on ebay.

[BENOIT100]

ebay will remove listings for football tickets if memory serves me correct for major tornaments. i feel UEFA will have a few more sales phases available as FIFA did for the world cup - some may be restricted view seats etc, or tickets rertunred from sponsers. problem is - the stadiums are so small so tickets will be very hard to come across i can imagine.

[wombacik]

ebay will remove listings for football tickets if memory serves me correct for major tornaments. i feel UEFA will have a few more sales phases available as FIFA did for the world cup - some may be restricted view seats etc, or tickets rertunred from sponsers. problem is - the stadiums are so small so tickets will be very hard to come across i can imagine.

Any proves for ANY (even single one!) of your ideas? Or is it typical wishful thinking?

[irishgirl00]

Not sure if this is the right place to get an answer but I will be in Spain in November and am trying to get tickets for the qualifier against Sweden. I scanned this thread and its focused on the Euro 2008 games next year. Does anyone have any insights as to how to get tickets for qualifiers without going through a ticket broker? I checked the RFEF site but coudln't find anything.

[mad4footie]

I have had good luck getting tickets to international qualifiers by contacting the FA for the hosting country. The Spanish FA email is rfef@rfef.es. Another good option is a travel site called "Virtual Tourist"; almost every city listing has a section of tips from members including sports travel. If the information you are looking for hasn't been posted ask on their message board and you'll very likely get a response, probably from a local resident.

Good luck with your tickets and enjoy your vacation!

[Rig1964]

ebay will remove listings for football tickets if memory serves me correct for major tornaments.

For the world cup ebay uk removed ticket listings, but there were shit loads available on ebay.com and ebay.de

[BENOIT100]

Any proves for ANY (even single one!) of your ideas? Or is it typical wishful thinking?

suppose it is a bit of wishful thinking that more sales phases become available but the chances of this to me area extremly high (id say 99.9%) judging by history of the last 5 or 6 major championships. next time it will be a fastest finger first, first come first served scenario i guess much like germany 06.

once the draw and venues are confirmed i suspect we will see alot more action.....

[RichardL]

suppose it is a bit of wishful thinking that more sales phases become available but the chances of this to me area extremly high (id say 99.9%) judging by history of the last 5 or 6 major championships. next time it will be a fastest finger first, first come first served scenario i guess much like germany 06.

once the draw and venues are confirmed i suspect we will see alot more action.....It's already been stated by UEFA that there will not be a second sales phase.

On the other hand, they will have to do something with tickets returned by sponsors, and ticket applications they rejected - some of which, according to posts on here, occurred after tickets had been allocated.

[elidosa]

come on Italy

tomorrow only win with Ukraina

:D

[Fevernova99]

For the world cup ebay uk removed ticket listings, but there were shit loads available on ebay.com and ebay.de

During the WC, ebay in UK was banned from selling the tickets as its a law there BUT in the US there is no such law that prevents someone to pay 10x the face value of tickets... so the US ebay site allowed auctions of WC tickets. It should more or less be the same for the Euros next year.

You still should be VERY careful of scams and counterfits... either they dont send it to you or they will sell people tickets then call UEFA and report them lost and you end up with invalid tickets.

[socceraction]

Check your e-mails today. I received notice this morning that additional tickets were available for those who initially applied. This morning I picked up 4 "Catagory 1" seats for the June 20th quarterfinal in Vienna!!! This was a game I applied for previously but did not win (only received 1 of the 4 games I applied for back in March).

Was sitting on the fence about even going to Euro 2008 because of only having a single game (4 tickets) but now have the June 15th game in Basle and the June 20th quarterfinal in Vienna. Anyway, check your e-mails as previously applicants are being given a chance to buy tickets again as of today.

Here is a copy of the e-mail I received from Euro2008:

Dear Football Supporter,

We are delighted to inform you that, due to your position on the waiting list, you now have the possibility to buy some tickets for UEFA EURO 2008™ for which you have applied in the first Application phase.

This offer is only valid until 7.10.2007!

If you are interested in buying these Tickets, please do the following:

1. Visit the Ticket Portal at: https://ticketing.euro2008.com/en/

(If you prefer to continue in French (Francais) or German (Deutsch), you can select your language at this page);

2. Login to your Application by using your Customer Reference Number and your chosen password, afterwards click the “Continue” button;

3. Click the “View Offers” button to view the Tickets offered to you. If you do not see a “View Offers” button, there are no Tickets offered to you at that time.

4. Accept or decline the Tickets you are offered (note that you can NOT reverse the declination of Tickets!);

5. Enter your Payment Details (not applicable if you decline all Tickets offered to you);

6. Make sure to click the “Submit” button to complete your Application;

Do not log off without submitting your Application!

SA

[cbsmith]

Interesting...i checked my account...no ticket offers, though I did get 4 tickets to 1 match the first time around. Has anyone else received any emails like this?

[wombacik]

Hmm... Interesting. But how about the transparency? Why there wasn't any public announcement about the rules applied while creating the so called "waiting list"?

[wombacik]

Check your e-mails today. I received notice this morning that additional tickets were available for those who initially applied. This morning I picked up 4 "Catagory 1" seats for the June 20th quarterfinal in Vienna!!! This was a game I applied for previously but did not win (only received 1 of the 4 games I applied for back in March).

Was sitting on the fence about even going to Euro 2008 because of only having a single game (4 tickets) but now have the June 15th game in Basle and the June 20th quarterfinal in Vienna. Anyway, check your e-mails as previously applicants are being given a chance to buy tickets again as of today.



So you were alloceted the tickets on the application that was previously partialy successful or on the completly unsuccessful application?

[Rig1964]

This is giving me false hope. :mad:
Since reading socceractions post I've been checking my emails every few hours.
And like wombacik says, they haven't anounced anything about a waiting list. Can they change the rules without anouncing it first??

[socceraction]

So you were alloceted the tickets on the application that was previously partialy successful or on the completly unsuccessful application?

On a previously PARTIALLY successful application. Initially applied for 4 games and received only 1 game. The tickets I bought on Thursday were 1 of the 3 games I was unsuccessful with.

SA

[wombacik]

Look what I found on some scheise german forum - almost 100 pages of thread, maybe 2 of them interesting...

This is how looks the UEFA profile after login if you were allocated tickets from waiting list:

http://forum.tooor.de/off-topic-plauderecke/22080-laberei-zur-warteliste-71.html#post992338

And this is how looks the ticket offer menu:

http://forum.tooor.de/off-topic-plauderecke/22080-laberei-zur-warteliste-70.html#post992301

[wombacik]

This is outrageous! Don't you wonder why UEFA didn't start a new application process if they had some tickets left? Or why they didn't sell those tickets on first come first served basis?

It't quite obvious when you look at the statistics of ticket's orders. 29% of orders - from Switzerland, 27% of orders from Germany and 21% of orders from Austria. That's 77% in total! There are no interests in reducing the chances of German-spoken population by starting new application process, right? While getting close to the final tournament the interest in tickets from people from other countries is getting bigger and bigger. So they applied the best system for themselves! Without any previous regulations and public announcements!

I wonder if it's OK with the EU law? Or better - is it OK with any universal law like equality?

BTW, on that scheise forum I found information about people who filled in 60, 70 applications. Now you know the mistery of not being allocated any tickets in April...

[socceraction]

I for one shouldn't be complaining but reading around I see that I was extremely lucky to be "pulled" from the waiting list. I completely agree with what Wombacik wrote. But I think there is an even bigger problem with the Euro 2008 organization: Amongst all of the stadiums, only Basel and Vienna hold 50,000 fans. The other stadia are 30,000 or so. The European Championships are the 2nd biggest tournament in soccer behind the World Cup. When you place 80% of the games in 30,000 seaters, you are bound to have serious problems. The REAL fans are going to end up paying 5-6 times the face value of tickets and brokers will get rich off of this tournament. I have nothing against Austria or Switzerland - two extremely beautiful countries - but I have to question UEFA's selection of countries that cannot provide several large stadiums in order to match what is pretty obvious huge demand. We will have the same problem in 4 years time with Poland and Ukraine as I believe Warsaw and Kiev can each provide a large stadium but what about the rest of the sites?

By my logic, the tournament would always be in England, Germany, Italy, Spain, etc. That certainly doesn't seem fair either. The bottom line is that demand has far far far exceded supply. No matter what UEFA did on the application process, there was bound to be thousands and thousands of dissatisfied fans. I ended up selling my tickets to the World Cup last year and used the money to buy a HD projector and enjoyed the games on a 120" screen. Its not the same as being there but I wasn't complaining. I hate to admit it, but may end up doing the same for Euro 2008 if the ticket prices end up where I think they will end up. If I go, I would like to see at least 3-4 games but I have a feeling that buying the 3rd game will cost an arm and a leg - let alone a 4th. Add to all this a wife and two kids that want to enjoy Switzerland for a week or so and it gets pretty damn expensive (although going to Portugal in 2004 was a wonderful experience that was worth every penny). Decisions, decisions.....

SA