Soccer: Swiss-Austrian bid planned for Euro 2008

Switzerland and Austria plan to make a joint bid to host the 2008 European football championships.

Thu, 15 Feb, 2001 - 18:05

Switzerland and Austria plan to make a joint bid to host the 2008 European football championships.

Swiss minister Samuel Schmid and his Austrian counterpart Susanne Riess-Passer said the two nations had a sports infrastructure capable of hosting the tournament and so had a realistic chance of success.

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Courts Soccer Place: Bern Person: Samuel Schmid Person: Susanne Riess-Passer Event: Euro 2008 Switzerland Event: 2008 European football championships Event: Euro 2000 Organisation: Austria Organisation: Netherlands Organisation: Belgium Organisation: UEFA

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