Flood of inquiries to UEFA
Didn’t get a ticket for the home European Championship? And now?
November 14, 2023, 10:12 a.m
Thousands of people will be disappointed when checking their email inbox this Tuesday. After the end of the first sales phase in October, confirmations for tickets for the 2024 European Football Championship should be sent out by today. However, over 20 million requests were received from all over the world for the 1.2 million tickets – it had to be drawn. Those who were unsuccessful will soon have their next chance.
The Schedule: The next sales phase begins after the draw on December 2nd in Hamburg. Then it will be clear on which days and in which stadiums top teams such as England, Spain and France will play their European Championship preliminary round games. And also what opponents Germany expects. 21 of the 24 European Championship participants will then be confirmed, three more will follow after the playoffs in March. There will be another phase in which primarily supporters of the three playoff qualifiers can purchase tickets. A so-called last-minute sale is planned shortly before the tournament and during the tournament for the knockout round.
The offer: There will be around a million tickets in the second sales phase. Especially for the fans of the qualified teams, who can now apply for tickets for their teams. Applications can be submitted to UEFA from December 2nd and two days later via the national associations of the qualified teams. As with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, there will be no paper tickets. UEFA relies on an exclusively digital concept.
The resale: “If you were successful in the raffle, you must pay for all tickets that were allocated to you,” writes UEFA. Depending on the order, this can be quite expensive. Resale will then only be permitted via the official UEFA platform – probably from spring 2024. “We therefore recommend that fans only apply for games that they would like to attend,” writes UEFA.