EURO 2008 .. the heat is on !

The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, will take place in Austria and Switzerland, from 7 June to 29 June 2008. It is the second successful joint bid in the competition's history, following the UEFA Euro 2000 hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands. The 2012 competition in Poland and Ukraine is scheduled to become the third jointly-hosted tournament.

A total of 16 teams will participate in the tournament. Austria and Switzerland automatically qualified as hosts; the remaining 14 teams have been determined through qualifying matches which started in August 2006. Austria and Poland will be making their first appearance in the tournament. The winner of Euro 2008 will represent UEFA at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa.

Here are the team that qualified for the final stage of the tournament..

Group A
- SWITZERLAND
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- PORTUGAL
- TURKEY

Group B
- AUSTRIA
- CROATIA
- GERMANY
- POLAND

Group C
- NETHERLANDS
- ITALY
- ROMANIA
- FRANCE

Group D
- GREECE
- SWEEDEN
- SPAIN
- RUSSIA

Grp A
Saturday 7 June 2008
1. Switzerland vs Czech Republic
2. Portugal vs Turkey

Grp B
Sunday 8 June 2008
3. Austria vs Croatia
4. Germany vs Poland

Grp C
Monday 9 June 2008
5. Romania vs France
6. Netherlands vs Italy

Grp D
Tuesday 10 June 2008
7. Spain vs Russia
8. Greece vs Sweden

Grp A
Wednesday 11 June 2008
9. Czech Republic vs Portugal
10. Switzerland vs Turkey

Grp B
Thursday 12 June 2008
11. Croatia vs Germany
12. Austria vs Poland

Grp C
Friday 13 June 2008
13. Italy vs Romania
14. Netherlands vs France

Grp D
Saturday 14 June 2008
15. Sweden vs Spain
16. Greece vs Russia

Grp A
Sunday 15 June 2008
17. Switzerland vs Portugal
18. Turkey vs Czech Republic

Grp B
Monday 16 June 2008
19. Poland vs Croatia
20. Austria vs Germany

Grp C
Tuesday 17 June 2008
21. Netherlands vs Romania
22. France vs Italy

Grp D
Wednesday 18 June 2008
23. Greece vs Spain
24. Russia vs Sweden

QF
Thursday 19 June 2008
25. Winner Grp A vs Runner-up Grp B

QF
Friday 20 June 2008
26. Winner Grp B vs Runner-up Grp A

QF
Saturday 21 June 2008
27. Winner Grp C vs Runner-up Grp D

QF
Sunday 22 June 2008
28. Winner Grp D vs Runner-up Grp C

SF
Wednesday 25 June 2008
29. Winner #25 vs Winner #26

SF
Thursday 26 June 2008
30. Winner #27 vs Winner #28

F
Sunday 29 June 2008
31. Winner #29 vs Winner #30

I may be Man Utd fan, but I'm not CR7 biggest fan

mesti team nie layak ke final......
xpun italy

Salam..

Team ni confem la jen!!


Regards,

Maharaja Alumni

Final is France VS Italy maaaaa..................

hahahahahahahahaha...............

Setuju .. France vs Italy and Italy win the cup

all eyes on ronaldo..portugal bai!!

btol 2 afosz!!!!!

hahahahahahaha............

lias, portugal x bleh g....

setakat harap ronaldo sorg...

mane bleh.......

hahahahahahahaha...........

CR exaggerated .. as a Man Utd fan, memang x nafi dia antara penyumbang terbesar. Tapi kadang tu dia gak yang wat slack. Macam last UCL final, klu laa Terry dapat masukkan, for sure dia yang kne blame punca kekalahan

it's true.....

pape pon final, france vs italy........

hahahahahahaha.............

tp italy dah kekurangan sengat sbb captenpasukan, canavaro dh injured, x leh main. tugas capten pasukan kini di ambil alih oleh buffon..
jd ini mgkn akan terganggu sikit performance italy kerana ketiadaan pemain pertahanan yg handal.

xpe......

berbekal kan pengalaman setiap pemain, mgkin akan menjadi batu landasan tuk merangkul kejuaraan!!!!!!!

hehehehehehehe............

yer btl.. anyway aku pun supprt france dgn italy.. lg pun baju italy lawa.. haha

same la ko ngan aku.....

aku pon support france n italy.....

2 yg nak sgt diorg bertemu di final.....

jom lah g tgk final live.
g balik ari jer.
gi sana, smpi trs g tgk bola, lps tu. blk sini blk.
bkn jauh mana pun..
haha

kite naik basikal la.....

tolak lps subuh kan???

ok gak 2.....

hahahahahahahaha..............

cantik gak tu.. singgah solat subuh kat france jap.. haha

sarapan italy ok gak kan????

byk mee..........

hahahahahahahaha.........

yer ker byk mee.
mee apa, mee lakna, mee rebus, mee goreng mamak.
hahahah

eh, salah la.....

kat italy ape plak mee.....

kite breakfast pizza la.....

hahahahahahahaha.............

baik mkn roti canai..
lg kenyang..
hahah

kata nak breakfast kat italy......

singgah semayang kat france....

kat italy ade roti canai ke???

hahahahahahahahahahahaahaha...........

portugal vs france final.. haahha

hanif_a7x wrote:portugal vs france final.. haahha

X dapat laa bro .. final satu tempat Italy da booking Ingatkan France leh gi final, tapi since dia da same group dengan Italy, so paling jauh pun leh jumpa kat semi. So Portugal vs Italy should be interesting

Format means group rivals cannot meet in final

Three of the last five European championship finals have been played between teams who had already met in the group phase but it cannot happen at Euro 2008 after UEFA changed the format of the draw.

Jaunty 'see you again in the final' fulltime handshakes will now be replaced by the less appealing 'Auf Wiedersehen until the last four.'

It is particularly bad news for France, Italy, Netherlands and Romania, who face off in a tough Group C, with the two successful sides having to meet again in the semi-finals if they both get through their respective quarters.

That means there is no chance of a repeat of the 2006 World Cup final, when the Italians beat France on penalties, or the Euro 2000 final, when the French beat Italy with a golden goal.

The disappearance of the system where anyone could play anyone in the final has also skewed the betting.

Bookmakers do not like what faces the Group C teams but have shortened the odds on the likes of Germany, Spain and Portugal, who on paper have a potentially more straightforward path to the final.

The reason for the format change this year is to equalise the rest periods during the knockout stage. Complaints were made in previous competitions that some teams gained an unfair advantage of up to a day and a half's more rest between games as the tournament progressed.

'It was the only way it could be done,' said UEFA director of communications William Gaillard.

Four years ago, Portugal and Greece opened and closed the tournament, with Greece upsetting the party on both occasions by beating the hosts 2-1 in the opening game and 1-0 in the final.

In Euro 96 Germany beat Czech Republic 2-0 in their first group game then beat them again in the final when Oliver Bierhoff's golden goal secured a 2-1 sudden death victory.

In the 1988 tournament, the first to feature 16 teams, the Soviet Union beat Netherlands 1-0 in the group stage only for the Dutch to more than gain revenge by beating them 2-0 in the final.

HIDUP FRANCE!!!!!!....
mai pakat sokong france...

hahahaha baik sokong greece woo....dia dh mnang last euro