Over 8,400 volunteer applications for UEFA EURO 2008™
Zurich – The chance to experience UEFA EURO 2008™ as a volunteer has generated enormous
interest. To date, 8,442 men and women have applied via the tournament website
http://www.euro2008.com/ to work as volunteers at the world's third largest sports event.
Most applications are from Switzerland and Austria, although many Germans also seem keen
to relive the emotions of last summer's successful World Cup. Applications from overseas are
also flooding in: football fans from a total of 120 countries in all continents have applied to be
volunteers at the European Championship final round from 7 to 29 June 2008.
The tournament organisers are looking for 5,000 volunteers in all. The two main host cities,
Vienna and Basle, will each need 1,000 volunteers, while the other six cities require 500 each.
So far, a total of 5,208 people have applied for Switzerland and 3,234 for Austria. The city with
most applications so far is Vienna (1,945 applications), followed by Zurich (1,910) and Basle
(1,258). Applicants for Klagenfurt have a good chance of success, since only 177 people have
applied there so far.
70% of the applicants are men. The age range is fairly well balanced, with interest shown by
people of all ages, from students to senior citizens. Of the 14 deployment areas, "Guest
Services" (first point of contact for visitors) is the favourite, followed by "Media" and "Welcome
Services" (looking after UEFA guests and VIPs). There is still a need for volunteers in the
"Transport" sector, where Basle and Vienna each need 160 drivers. Anyone who wishes to
experience UEFA EURO 2008™ in this role and knows their way around either of these two cities
has the best chance of being selected.
In Switzerland, interviews with future volunteers are being held at weekends, while those in
Austria are taking place during the week. Between 15 and 20 people are conducting the
interviews in each of the eight host cities. Around 100 interviews are held on each recruitment
day. All interviews last around 30 minutes. Until the 5,000 UEFA EURO 2008™ volunteers have all
been recruited, it is estimated that more than 120 people will spend around 5,000 hours on 100
days interviewing up to 10,000 candidates.
The final selections will be made by April 2008 at the latest. Approximately 75% of all the
applicants are also interested in working as volunteers at the final round draw in Lucerne on 2
December 2007. These volunteers will be chosen in the first phase, which ends in November
2007. The second recruitment phase will begin as soon as the final round draw is made and will
last until February 2008.
Photo download
Images of the event can be downloaded free of charge at:
Username: MediaEuro2008
Password: Media2008
(Folder 08_Zurich_06Oct07)
For further information:
Media Desk: Tel. +41 (0) 22 707 2001 - Fax +41 (0) 22 707 2002 - E-mail: media@euro2008.com
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