Euro 2020: 28.3 million ticket requests already, double the amount for Euro 2016

"Ticketing for UEFA Euro 2020 has smashed all records, with the latest phase for fans of qualified teams taking the overall ticket requests tally to 28.3m - double the figure for UEFA Euro 2016 (which held the previous record)," announced UEFA on 14/02/2020.

According to the European body "Ticket sales have come in two phases:
• General public sales (12/06 to 12/07/2019) - 19.3 million ticket applications
• Fans of qualified teams (04-18/12/2019) - 9 million ticket applications."

The successful ticketing phase can be explained "due in significant part to the unique nature of the first Europe-wide tournament, which features 12 host countries. The group match between France and Germany in Munich on 16/06/2020, for example, attracted 710,000 ticket requests - only 4,000 fewer than the Wembley final (12/07/2020). Some 64% of applications came from fans within host nations, and there has also been strong demand from hosts' neighbouring countries such as Finland, Austria, France and Poland," added UEFA.

"Euro 2020 is the biggest European football championship ever, with over 3 million…