Qualification for Euro 2008 started in August 2006, just over a month after the end of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The following tournament, held in Poland and Ukraine, became the third jointly hosted tournament. The Austria–Switzerland bid became the second successful joint bid in the competition's history, following the UEFA Euro 2000 hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands. The final vote by the UEFA executive committee was: Īustria–Switzerland, Hungary, Greece–Turkey and the Nordic bid were recommended, in that order, before the final vote by UEFA's National Teams Committee. Austria and Hungary had previously bid together to host Euro 2004, losing out to Portugal, while Sweden had hosted Euro 1992. As European champions, Spain earned the right to compete in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa.Īustria and Switzerland jointly bid to host the games, and facing competition from six other bids: Bosnia and Herzegovina– Croatia, Greece– Turkey, a 4-way Nordic bid (from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), Hungary, Russia and Scotland– Republic of Ireland. Throughout 31 matches, the participating nations totalled 77 goals, the same as the previous tournament.Īustria and Switzerland automatically qualified as hosts the remaining 14 teams were determined through a qualifying tournament, played between August 2006 and November 2007. They recorded the worst finish in Euro 2008, losing their three group fixtures and collecting the least prize money. Greece were the defending champions going into the tournament, having won UEFA Euro 2004. Spain were also the first team since Germany in 1996 to win the tournament undefeated. Spain were only the second nation to win all their group stage fixtures and then the European Championship itself, matching France's achievement from 1984. The tournament was won by Spain, who defeated Germany 1–0 in the final. It took place in Austria and Switzerland (both hosting the tournament for the first time) from 7 to 29 June 2008. While the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3-versions boasts state of the art graphics and a new and improved control system, the PC-version still basically looks and functions like the 2006-version.The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). In fact, they are based on completely different game engines. You can also play a very extensive challenge mode where you try to make you nation the best in European football by clearing different challenges against all the other European teams.Īs with FIFA 08 the PC and console versions are quite different. You can play through the full championship experience, including the qualifying stages, or you can skip ahead to the group stages. You can also try different challenges and tournament modes in order to unlock extras or just test your abilities. This is basically a slightly modified version of the "be a pro"-mode from FIFA 08. For example you can decide to create your own character and play as good as possible on your position on the field in order to become good enough to captain your team. This time it's basically FIFA 08 modified to let the player experience this summer's European Championship.Įuro 2008 lets you control any European national football team in many different ways. UEFA Euro 2008 is yet another football game from EA Sports.
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