EURO 2021

June 20 will be the last day for payment for the tickets for Euro 2012 – this concerns those fans whom UEFA has extended the term of payment. Tickets of those supporters who will not pay for them will go to a special lot and will be used for the next lottery again. If you still dream of seeing the Polish national team on live, be patient! You still have a good chance in a random selection.   Bad luck is the opportunity for others. Expecting second lottery More than […]

The ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association will this week host a conference to launch the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) programme to challenge extremism and racism at next year’s UEFA European Championships in Poland and Ukraine. An audience of Polish government ministers, European activists, former players and representatives of governing bodies of football will attend the Polish Parliament and the Polish Foreign Ministry Palace for an expert seminar on Tuesday and Wednesday. The seminar will set out the issues facing the host countries of the Euro 2012. The ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association, […]

The National Stadium will be officially opened on 27 August. On that day, there will be an artistic event called “Energia pokoleń” (Energy of Generations). Artistic show for the opening of the National Stadium The names of the invited artists and the scenario are still secret. In the official announcement on the NCS website it is stated that “the opening ceremony, the scenario of which was selected by means of a nationwide contest, will be an unique event, full of surprising special effects, amazing choreography and music”. The organizer of […]

UEFA has expressed concerns with Polish accommodation facilities before Euro 2012. Fortunately, this problem does not apply to Gdańsk. Within two hours’ drive away from the football stadium in Letnica, where four Euro 2012 matches will be played, there are 225 hotels with over 10,000 rooms and 20,000 accommodation places available. Most places are available in three-star hotels – 8991; two-star hotels offer 6303 places, four-star hotels – 3349 places, and the most luxurious five-star hotels – 1305 places. What is interesting, and alarming at the same time, one-star hotels […]

On 1 March online registration of tickets for Euro 2012 has begun and on the same day the UEFA will announce prices, stages concerning the pre-sale of tickets and time of their implementation. Tickets are sold exclusively one the Internet. Not all seats will be available. Most tickets have been reserved for VIPs and members of football associations. Not less than 1.4 million tickets will be sold for 31 matches, including the opening match in Warsaw on 8 June 2012 and the final match in Kiev on July 1. Anyone […]

All the Polish parties involved in organising UEFA EURO 2012 met in Warsaw and spoke positively of the state of preparations for a tournament that can help drive the country forward. “There is no risk that we will delay any of the important EURO investments. Everything is going fine, including the construction of the stadiums – the four Polish stadiums will be ready on time, in the summer of 2011.” That was the message from Adam Giersz, Polish minister for sport and tourism during a special meeting of all the […]

Matches of young adherers of football, former stars of Lech Poznan and clubs in Lodz – Widzew and LKS, and then a party with the music of Mezo, Mucha band and Acid Drinkers band – so looked the next opening of the Poznan stadium, the arena of Euro 2012. Stadion Miejski (Municipal Stadium) had its official opening on Sept. 20 where Sting played for more than 30,000 people. On the other hand, sport opening was the meeting of the European League Lech Poznań from FC Salzburg. For both of these […]

A Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) consultation meeting took place in Kiev on 2 May. The informal meeting was well attended, which illustrates a strong interest in common activities against racism in football among Ukrainian FARE partners. It is also a testimony to the networking work in Ukraine conducted by the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association in frames of the FARE East European Development Project. Among others, the following groups and organizations were represented: the Football Against Prejudices coalition, African and Indian migrant communities, the Congress of National Minorities in Ukraine, […]

Polish Energetic Group paid 35 million PLN for the takeover of the name of the stadium which is being built for Euro in Gdansk. Lotos competed with PEG until the very end. Polish companies are slowly discovering naming rights – the sale of rights to name real estate, which is norm in Western countries. In hockey NHL league as much as 90 % of clubs have facilities with sponsored names. In basketball NBA league it is 79 %. The club of American football league, Houston Texans gets $10 billion annually […]

How to fight racism in sport? A practical guide for football clubs published in Poland News from the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association 26.02.2010 The ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association has released a toolkit entitled How to fight racism? It contains practical guidelines and advice concerning the elimination of racist and xenophobic behaviour from stadiums and pitches. The toolkit is tailor-made for Polish football clubs. The manual has been prepared with the support of UEFA and the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network. The Council of Europe, the Polish Football Association and the […]