UEFA has reiterated its satisfaction that UEFA EURO 2008™ in Austria and Switzerland has been such a positive tournament on and off the field.

Theme of respect
"We had a campaign before and during the tournament based on the theme of Respect," said UEFA communications director William Gaillard in Vienna on Monday. "It's probably the first time that we have not heard national anthems being booed by one part of the public. We have had no particular incidents with fans. We have had huge Fan Zones with tens of thousands of fans together – there was plenty of mixing in the stadiums, very friendly meetings between fans, and practically no problems with racism and discrimination. I think that football comes out really strengthened from the whole event. In addition to the technical side [on the field], which was wonderful."