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Hooligans can not get tickets of EURO 2008

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-05-07 09:08

VIENNA, -- According to the report of Austrian local media on May 6, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) took first measure to fight against the potential sport voilence in UEFA Euro 2008, held jointly by Austria and Switzerland.

As the report said, with the help of the "Blacklist of hooligans", the tickets of 39 notorious European footbal hooligans were unconditionally taken away by UEFA for the sake of voilence prevention.

The 20 hooligans involved are one from Switzerland, 16 from Germany and three from the Netherlands, who have already been forbidden to enter the football stadium in their own countries.

As the hooligans could get tickets from the vibrant blackmarket, the UEFA planned to take much severer measures to punish the tickets deal in blackmarket.

Despite the fact that after the first round sale of the tickets for Euro 2008 in March, 330.000 tickets were flown into the market throught internet, the demand for the tickets were still high.

"The EURO 2008 should become a successful and peaceful football feast without violence", said the Vienna organization committee last Friday.