Teams confirm EURO arrival dates
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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Portugal and Turkey will be the first teams to reach their Austrian and Swiss base camps for UEFA EURO 2008™ after the arrivals schedule was released today.
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First come
Group A rivals Portugal and Turkey will arrive at their bases in Neuchatel and Geneva respectively on 1 June, while the first teams stationed in Austria to muster for the finals will be Poland (Bad Waltersdorf) and Italy (Baden bei Wien) a day later. Under UEFA EURO 2008™regulations, every team must arrive at their team base camp at least five days before their first match.
Open sessions
On 5 June, Spain will be the last of the 16 nations to arrive at their Tyrol headquarters. The referees will check in to their hotel in Regensdorf near Zurich on 2 June. Most training sessions will be held behind closed doors, but 14 of the 16 teams are following UEFA's recommendation by opening at least one training session to the public.
For more details on team arrivals and open training sessions, click here.