Euro 2008 tickets come on sale

A third of the total 1,050,000 tickets are now available via the official Web site www.euro2008.com with the sales window open until the end of March.

All applications made will then go into a lottery with successful applicants receiving notification in April, APA reports.

A further 38% of tickets will be distributed to fans of the qualified teams via the national associations in early 2008, following the tournament draw in December 2007, with additional fan seats being passed on by tournament sponsors in the form of promotional competitions.

Tickets are available in three price categories, with group stage prices varying from 45 euros for third category seats to 110 euros in the first category.

For the final in Vienna on June 29, top category seats will cost -160 to 550 euros.

Euro 2008 gets underway in Basel June 7, 2008, with matches also being staged in Geneva, Berne, Zurich, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Klagenfurt and Vienna.

Vienna’s Ernst-Happel stadium is the largest of the eight venues with a capacity of 50,000. Basel's St Jakob stadium can hold up to 40,000 but the remaining six grounds can only take around 30,000 spectators.