European Football – Soccer as it is called in the USA

UEFA has announced the names of 12 judges who were appointed by the Judicial Commission to conduct UEFA matches in the finals of the Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.

UEFA Referees Committee has appointed 12 judges, who will lead the 31 matches during next year’s final tournament of Euro 2012 the European football championships in Poland and Ukraine.

For the first time in the history of the UEFA European judges will have the additional support through the decision-making rules of football, the International Council of Football (IFAB), which allows the continuation of an experiment using two additional assistant referee.

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The results of the lottery for Euro 2012 tickets are already known since the end of April. The demand for the tickets for football matches held during Euro 2012 has been so massive, that UEFA created and launched a web portal dedicated to ticket distribution.

Everyone who created their personal account, after registration and filling in the application forms for Euro 2012 tickets took part in the lottery. The regulations for the tickets for football – or for Americans – soccer matches were very strict. You could not apply for more than 4 individual tickets for one match, for the tickets on two football matches held on the same date or choose the seats, only the zone on the stadium.

If you have not been successful in the lottery, there are still several ways to obtain the Euro 2012 tickets. One of them is the second lottery, from the tickets that people give up on. In July 2011, another UEFA website to apply for the tickets that will have been returned will be launched. Another way is to wait for and actively participate in promotions organized by UEFA sponsors, e.g. Carlsberg, Coca-Cola or McDonald. They have received a pool of tickets and will certainly use them to attract sports fans. There will also be a possibility to communicate with people who want to sell their football tickets on other official portals.