Come off it man! Clearly a Swiss conspiracy cos Uefa based there. Bertie can get back to blaming the GAA now.Originally posted by oddboy
Wonder did it have anything to do with the fact that there are no stadiums here?
No doubt Scotland would have got if went alone & almost certainly the dublin side left them down.
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Austria and Switzerland awarded EURO 2008 Thursday, 12 December 2002
Austria and Switzerland were today chosen by UEFA to host the final round of the UEFA European Championship in 2008. Geneva announcement UEFA President Lennart Johansson announced the successful bid at the Hotel Intercontinental in the Swiss city of Geneva after UEFA's supreme executive body, the Executive Committee, had made its decision on Thursday morning.
Six other bidders Austria and Switzerland emerged victorious against other bids from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina; Greece and Turkey; Hungary; Nordic 2008 (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden); Russia; and Scotland and the Republic of Ireland, following a close-fought contest. Working together The winning associations will now get down to working together with UEFA to prepare the massive infrastructure required to host the final tournament of European national team football's most prestigious competition in six summers' time. They will follow Portugal, who stage the European Championship final round in 2004. Final presentations.
The decision followed a process which began formally in the autumn of 2001, and which culminated in the seven candidates giving brief final presentations of their bids to the joint Executive Committee and UEFA's National Teams Committee at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on Wednesday afternoon. Effort praised In announcing the decision, Mr Johansson praised the quality of the bids which had been put forward. "I cannot speak highly enough of the effort that has been made," he said. "The process is a tribute to each of the 14 associations involved, and to the political authorities and the fans of football who have given such tremendous backing to their bids. 'Spirit of friendship' "Over this time, we have also witnessed a great spirit of friendship and co-operation from all of the candidates," Mr Johansson added. "Everyone involved has demonstrated the importance of the European Football Championship to the European football family."
Site visits UEFA representatives have made a number of visits to the bidding countries to study various aspects such as stadiums, security, transport and communications, before the Executive Committee reached its final verdict. A number of bidding countries have already started updating their football infrastructures as a result of their candidatures. 'Future in safe hands' "New investments are taking place in stadiums and development projects across the bidding countries," said Mr Johansson. "I believe the future of European football is in safe hands."
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