UEFA EURO 2012 Ticket Sales

Tickets for fans of the 16 participating national associations in UEFA EURO 2012 are on sale now.
UEFA.com has opened 16 portals (one for each of the participating associations) to allocate the 32% share of tickets, from the total of 1.4m finals tickets, dedicated to the teams and their supporters.

Participating team fan sales

Also launched in December, the tour operator programme invites fans to buy tickets in combination with accommodation and travel via licensed tour operators from their home country. All tickets will be sent by secure post to the purchaser four to six weeks before the start of the tournament.

Tour operator programme

UEFA.com received 12,149,425 applications for the first release of tickets (41% of the total allocation) which went on sale in March 2011 directly to the public through UEFA's official website. A lottery then took place to identify the ticket winners, with applicants informed of the outcome by the end of April.
Supporters that find they can no longer use their tickets can resell them at face value through the UEFA ticket resale platform, which has been in operation since July 2011 and will close on 1 March 2012.
To buy tickets, to review your allocated tickets or to offer your tickets for resale, please enter the ticket portal.

Ticket portal

Ticketing policy
After consultation with the Polish and Ukrainian football associations and local organising committees (LOCs), UEFA has put in place a transparent and fair ticketing policy with the aim of offering affordable prices for all 31 UEFA EURO 2012 matches. Prices range from €30 to €600. The purchasing power of local citizens was taken into account and the cheapest tickets cost 50% less than for UEFA EURO 2008 in Austria and Switzerland.
About 85% of tickets will end up in the hands of fans, either through UEFA's official site or through competitions organised by official sponsors of UEFA EURO 2012.
Match schedule: Click here for the match schedule.
FAQ: If you have a specific question, please look at our frequently asked questions.

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EURO 2012 Ticket Lottery Completes Selection

A notary follows progress during the UEFA EURO 2012 lottery

For the past four days a super computer at UEFA headquarters in Nyon has been picking through the 12,149,425 UEFA EURO 2012 ticket requests received during March to decide, at random, who receives them.

There may still be just over 400 days to go before UEFA EURO 2012 kicks off, but enthusiasm for the continent's greatest festival of football is already sky-high. Ticket sales for the event, which runs from 8 June 2012 to 1 July 2012, took place last month and an average of 400,000 a day were requested – an unprecedented number.

With applications from no fewer than 206 countries worldwide, the demand for the various types of ticket available for UEFA EURO 2012 exceeded supply for all matches of the final tournament. So since Tuesday morning a computer in Nyon has been conducting a lottery, assigning tickets at random – it finished its task today.

It was no ordinary task; and no ordinary workstation either. With 25 times the processing power of a standard home personal computer and 50 times the memory, it has 24 core central processing units each boasting 2.67 GHz and 896 GB of RAM. Its labours have been monitored all the way by a notary.

Applicants will discover before the end of this month whether they have been successful, via email.

Please read this warning issued over payments.

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Massive Demand for UEFA EURO 2012 Tickets

The sale of tickets for the UEFA European Football Championship taking place in Poland and Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012 closed on Thursday 31 March with an impressive total of 12,149,425 ticket requests made by fans worldwide. This is an all-time record for the UEFA European Football Championship and represents an increase of more than 17% from UEFA EURO 2008.

With applications from no fewer than 206 countries worldwide, the demand for the various types of ticket available for UEFA EURO 2012 has exceeded supply for all matches of the final tournament. This means that lotteries will be carried out in order to allocate tickets. The lotteries will be made by UEFA under notary supervision between 19 and 22 April, and successful applicants will be informed via email before the end of April.

Polish and Ukrainian citizens have shown huge interest in purchasing tickets, to such an extent that nearly 88% of the overall requests have originated from the co-host nations. Among other countries with high application numbers, Germany with 2.82%, Russia with 1.16% and Switzerland with 1.00%, reflect the strong desire of their fans to attend UEFA EURO 2012.

The tremendous success of the ticket sales underlines the huge interest among football supporters in the finals in Poland and Ukraine, and proves that the event is eagerly awaited not only in the two host nations but also around the globe. Millions of fans are looking forward to a three-week celebration of the best that European national-team football has to offer in the summer of 2012.

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Successful Start to UEFA EURO 2012 Ticket Sales

Ten days after ticket sales began for the UEFA European Football Championship taking place in Poland and Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012, more than 2 million ticket requests have been made by fans worldwide.

With about 700,000 people from 178 countries having registered for an account on UEFA.com, the demand for the various types of tickets available for UEFA EURO 2012 has already exceeded supply in the case of 28 of the 31 matches of the final tournament. This means that lotteries, to be carried out in April, will decide the allocation of tickets for all oversubscribed matches.

The three Group D games not involving Ukraine – two in Kyiv and one in Donetsk – still have a few hundreds tickets left and present the best chance for applicants, particularly because of the large capacity of these stadiums.

Polish and Ukrainian citizens have shown huge interest in purchasing tickets, to such an extent that around 90% of the overall requests have originated from the co-host nations. Other countries such as Germany, with 3.3%, and Russia, with 1.9%, also have high subscriber numbers, reflecting the desire of their fans to spend the month of June 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.

Venues Series tickets have proved to be extremely popular too, with only a handful from this category left in the host cities, except for Kyiv and Warsaw, in whose cases they have already virtually sold out.

Moreover, Follow My Team tickets for Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain and Ukraine are already oversubscribed and several other nations are very close to reaching that point.

The date when applications are made during the sales window of 1-31 March is not important, so all requests made within the month will enter the ballots. Supporters are urged not to miss this unique opportunity to be part of the action.

UEFA EURO 2012 ticket sales are being conducted exclusively via UEFA.com.

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UEFA Delivers Warning About Unauthorised Tickets

UEFA issued a reminder to the public on Friday that it remains the sole and exclusive seller of tickets for UEFA EURO 2012 amid concerns about the sale of unauthorised tickets and corporate hospitality packages for the event.

The European governing body and the local organising committees (LOCs) of UEFA EURO 2012 have recently become aware of several unauthorised activities relating to the sale of tickets and corporate hospitality packages, particularly in the two host countries Poland and Ukraine.

There are companies offering hospitality packages for the tournament which do not have the right to do so and, moreover, do not actually have the tickets they are offering to sell. Furthermore, they are selling these packages at hugely inflated prices.

UEFA believes that by centralising the sales of any type of tickets, it can guarantee the cheapest prices on the market. Martin Kallen, the UEFA Events SA operations director, said: "It is extremely important that people and companies are aware that tickets and corporate hospitality packages can only be purchased directly from UEFA.

"There is absolutely no other entity having any ticket in its possession. We therefore urge everyone not to be tempted by such deals, as they will simply end up being denied access to the stadium as individual checks will be made at the stadium entrance. We want to protect the interest of fans and companies, and by centralising all tickets sales we make sure that tickets will be available at the fairest prices. Tickets for the fans will be on sale in March 2011 and the sales of corporate hospitality packages will follow in April 2011."

Companies interested in hospitality packages for UEFA EURO 2012 can already express their interest by emailing hospitality.euro2012@uefa.ch, while fans interested in buying tickets can register on UEFA.com/uefaeuro2012 to receive the latest ticketing information and be notified when sales start.

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Expectations Mount as EURO Tickets Go on Sale

Expectations Mount as EURO Tickets Go on Sale

UEFA president Michel Platini hailed "another milestone on the road to UEFA EURO 2012" as ceremonies took place in Kyiv and Warsaw to mark the start of ticket sales.

Mr Platini was at the Copernicus Science Centre in the Polish capital and announced that interest in next summer's final tournament was already high, with nearly 600,000 fans from 161 countries registering with the ticket portal. "Most of the requests come from Poland and Ukraine and I'm really happy about that, as it shows that the people in the host nations are very interested in the event," he said.

"Today is another milestone on the road to EURO. We have already had mascots being unveiled, then the start of the ticket registration process and from today fans are applying for them. These are key dates, but of course there are more to come."

The next one perhaps arrives on 31 March when direct sales of UEFA EURO 2012 tickets, conducted exclusively via UEFA.com, will end. Throughout this month everyone will have an equal chance to buy tickets, irrespective of when the application is made. Once the application period is closed, there will be a lottery to determine successful applicants for all those matches that have been oversubscribed.

Four lucky fans did not have to wait that long, however, after competition winners in Poland and Ukraine were revealed – their prize being four tickets each for one of the opening games. "When I got the call to say I had won the ticket, I couldn't believe it," said one winner, Paweł Michalczak. "I thought either there is a major catch or that one of my friends was joking as they knew I had applied for tickets for the 2006 World Cup and EURO 2008 without success. I'm extremely happy."

"EURO started today," said Zbigniew Boniek, on stage alongside fellow EURO ambassador Andrzej Szarmach and Polish Football Federation (PZPN) president Grzegorz Lato. A third ambassador, Oleg Blokhin, was central to events at Ukrainian House in Kyiv – 820km separate the capitals of Poland and Ukraine but there was no difference in terms of palpable excitement.

"I don't think we need to advertise the tickets in any way as I can't imagine a fan in Ukraine who doesn't want to support the team at the stadium," said Blokhin, Ukraine coach between 2003 and 2007. "I was delighted to see so many Ukrainians in Germany at the 2006 World Cup, they gave us huge support. I'm sure the stadiums will be full."

Competition winner Vita Mymrenko, from the town of Bila Tserkva near Kyiv, will be there after picking up her tickets. "I was at my work when I got the call," she explained. "I couldn't believe it: it took some time for me to come to my senses and call my husband to tell him the news. We'll go to the match together with our son Bogdan."

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Ticket Prices for UEFA EURO 2012 Announced

UEFA today announced the ticket prices for the Final Tournament of the UEFA European Football Championship, to be held in Poland and Ukraine from 08 June to 01 July 2012. Prices range from 30 to 600 euros and several types of tickets will be available for purchase via UEFA.com exclusively from 01 March to 31 March 2011.

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Contact Center for Ticketing Customer Services

UEFA has appointed Contact Center as the first line ticketing customer services provider for the UEFA EURO 2012 final tournament in Poland and Ukraine.

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Register Now for March EURO Ticket Sales

Register Now for March EURO Ticket Sales

Preparations for UEFA EURO 2012 reached another milestone on Tuesday as the ticket-buying process was launched on UEFA.com.

Ticket sales will run from 1 to 31 March but throughout February fans can get one step ahead and open the user account they will need to apply when the time comes. Enter the ticket portal.

Ticket process
Sales of tickets for UEFA EURO 2012 will be made exclusively via UEFA.com from 1 March until midnight on 31 March. All applicants have an equal chance of acquiring a ticket irrespective of when the application was made.

Once the application period is closed a lottery will be conducted if matches are oversubscribed – in the past, the demand for EURO tickets has outstripped supply. Individuals will receive information on their ticket application and allocation status throughout the process, via their accounts.

Ticket options
There are three types of tickets available:

• Individual match tickets – tickets for a specific match
• Follow my team group/tournament – allows fans to follow their selected team during the group stage/whole tournament
• Venue series group/knockout – allows fans to attend all games at a specific stadium during the group stage/knockout phase

Disabled fans can buy tickets for themselves and an accompanying person via UEFA.com too.

Prices
Prices will be revealed on 1 March but UEFA has committed to making them affordable to all Ukrainian and Polish citizens. Ticket prices will start from €30. A number of tickets will be reserved, on a priority basis, for citizens of the host cities.

Help and further information
A customer service centre is open, offering assistance in English, French, German, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian. Ticketing FAQ

The final tournament match schedule, detailing when and where matches take place can be found here.

Detailed venue guides.

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