On 1 October, the Swiss Football Association and the UEFA launched the first ticket sales phase for the tournament next summer. Within 24 hours, 120,000 tickets had already been sold. An impressive figure, which was increased a week later at the start of the second sales round.

For comparison: The 2017 edition of the EUROs, when it was played in the in the Netherlands, was watched by 240,000 spectators. The SFV has therefore already reached over 50% of the capacity of the tournament seven years ago. And the ticket sales have even eclipsed the current Bundesliga season in Germany: The seven Bundesliga match days so far have been attended by 116,000 spectators in total.

Good sales figures, but England 2022 remains unrivalled

Although the numbers for the next tournament in Switzerlandare promising, they will not be able to compete with the viewing figures of the 2022 European champions, when England won the title on home soil.

However, this is primarily due to the venues: In England, the stadiums had an average capacity of around 34,000 spectators, while in the Alpine republic only around 23,000 fans on average can watch the matches.

Smaller stadiums, higher ticket prices

Another interesting figure is the comparison of ticket prices between the 2022 tournament and the European Championship in Switzerland. While the cheapest ticket in England three years ago was available for 5 GBP (ca. 6 EUR according to current conversion), fans in Switzerland will have to dig much deeper into their pockets: a minimum of 25 CHF (ca. 26,70 EUR) is required to get a seat in the stadiums. In 2017 in the Netherlands, the cheapest ticket cost 10 EUR.