Football: UEFA Euro 2016 ticket prices announced
Most expensive tickets for will cost more than $1,000
ANKARA
Ticket prices for the 2016 European football championship, or Euro 2016, have been announced by UEFA on Tuesday in a statement.
The cheapest tickets of the tournament will cost 25 euros ($28). The most expensive - for the final- will be 895 euros ($1,006), according to European football's governing body
Of the 2.5 million tickets, 1 million will be on sale on "EURO2016.com" between June 10 and July 10. Another 800,000 tickets will be available for national teams' supporters. The remainder are to be distributed to corporate partners and various other organizations.
The Euro 2016 will be held next year in France from June 10 to July 10. For the first time in the competition's history, 24 teams will compete in the tournament for a total of 51 matches.
Ticket prices by categories are as follows:
| Matches | Prices (euro) | |||
| 4th category | 3rd category | 2nd category | 1st category | |
| Opening match | 75 | 195 | 395 | 595 |
| Group matches | 25 | 55 | 105 | 145 |
| Last 16 | 25 | 55 | 105 | 145 |
| Quarter-finals | 45 | 85 | 135 | 195 |
| Semi-finals | 65 | 165 | 295 | 495 |
| Final | 85 | 295 | 595 | 895 |
