Ukraine tickets available
A total of 50,000 tickets for Euro 2012 remain unsold for matches in Ukraine, UEFA has confirmed.
“In Poland, we are basically sold out. In Ukraine, we still have around 50,000 tickets,” Pedro Correia, head of UEFA’s ticket operations, said.
“It’s no secret that demand was far higher in Poland than in Ukraine.”
In the context of the total number of tickets on sale, it has to be said that 50,000 is not a huge amount.
“Concerning Ukraine, actually the results are good, because we’re talking about almost 1.4 million tickets for Euro 2012, and what we have left for the tournament is 50,000,” said Correia.
“There are different reasons that tickets became available, because in the last sales phase, which is ending now, the national associations did not take all their allocations,” he explained.
“For sure, it has to do with different reasons, probably the economic situation in Europe, the cost of travelling, the cost of accommodation,” he added.
The biggest no-show, surprisingly, has come from England, whose supporters traditionally travel in huge numbers. For their opening match against France in the eastern city of Donetsk, England shifted only 3,500 of the 7,000 tickets they were offered. Although, anyone who has seen the England team play live in the past year or so, will be amazed that they were able to sell that many.
