about 2008

[Moon-Star]

if 2008 organitasion builts up inTurkey-Greece ,which greek cities were decided for playing matches?

[byzantium21]

Athens
Thessaloniki
Heraklion (Crete)
Partas
Ioannina
Larissa


that's all of them i believe. athens will have 2 stadiums available i think.

[Moon-Star]

but i think there are so much cities for a euro competition.Turkey decided for 4 city.

[byzantium21]

maybe ioannina and larissa will not participate. i may be wrong :confused:

[Azerkid]

why are there so many cities? there are only gonna be 16 teams, they should do it like in WC this year where certain groups played thier 1st rd. games in a certain select stadium/region.

[byzantium21]

ok- i did post way too many cities. here are the actual cities:

Athens
Thessaloniki
Heraklion
Patra

so its 4.

by teh way, if you guys haven't been here before, here is the official site link- it has all the info:

http://www.hellas-turkiye2008.com/indexen.asp

[Azerkid]

This i what the site said about Venues:

VENUES AND FACILITIES






Following the 3rd official meeting of the Bidding Committee, the two countries delegates have concluded on the cities to host the football festival and welcome visitors from all over Europe and beyond. Those are: Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Heraklion (Greece) plus Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Antalya (Turkey). Opening ceremony and tournament’s match in Istanbul. Final match in Athens

[byzantium21]

i really hope we get it-
do you think that greece-turkey has a chance?

[keev]

As long as our countries don't start more bickering between themselves then we will be ok I think. We are outsiders thats for sure but I think that if we prove ourselves to the UEFA Committee we have just as good a chance as any other bid.

[Azerkid]

Originally posted by byzantium21
i really hope we get it-
do you think that greece-turkey has a chance?

To be realistic, we have some chances but the favorites now are Austria-Switerland, Nordic, and Scotland-Ireland, but we have to wat and see who gets it after Euro 2004 is over.

[Eat My Souvlaki]

I think we have the best chance in hosting euro 2008, especially since turkey won 3rd place in the world cup, which will make UEFA think we're more worthy of hosting this tournament.