Before Germany’s quarter-final against Spain on Friday, UEFA warned football fans not to buy tickets for the European Championship from third-party sellers on the Internet. Despite the legal steps and rulings taken so far, tickets from third-party sellers are still being offered for sale, the association said. However, the only official way to get a ticket was through the UEFA sales office. Shortly before the start of the games, it is only possible to get a ticket by returning it, if at all.
Before the tournament, ticket prices were clearly set at a price range of 60 to 700 euros. The tickets available in unlicensed online shops are sometimes offered there for ten times the price. Even before the tournament, 10,000 supposed tickets had been cancelled, and now there are even more.
“UEFA has warned fans about unauthorised ticket sellers attempting to exploit high demand by offering tickets on the secondary market,” the association said.
Digital tickets should provide security
In order to combat the illegal sale of tickets on the black market, UEFA is, among other things, switching to digital tickets. These can only be accessed in a UEFA app; self-printed tickets or paper tickets are no longer issued. Tickets can be transferred to other people in the app, but the terms and conditions prohibit them from being passed on via third parties.
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The decision to use digital tickets was made taking into account “various considerations (e.g. minimizing the risk of copying and duplicating tickets)”, wrote UEFA. Violations of the terms and conditions that lead to the cancellation of tickets can thus be detected early. “With paper tickets, such processes would not have been possible.”
The association already warned in a statement in May that tickets purchased from unauthorized third parties could be invalidated at any time and fans could be denied access to the stadium.
Quarter-finals of the European Championship
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Before Germany’s quarter-final against Spain on Friday, UEFA warned football fans not to buy tickets for the European Championship from third-party sellers on the Internet. Despite the legal steps and rulings taken so far, tickets from third-party sellers are still being offered for sale, the association said. However, the only official way to get a ticket was through the UEFA sales office. Shortly before the start of the games, it was only possible to get a ticket by returning it, if at all.
Before the tournament, ticket prices were clearly set at a price range of 60 to 700 euros. The tickets available in unlicensed online shops are sometimes offered there for ten times the price. Even before the tournament, 10,000 supposed tickets had been cancelled, and now there are even more.
