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7 Ticket Rule

This is the rule that a fan cannot have a ticket to more than 7 matches. FIFA have had this rule for World Cups but I wasn't aware of such a rule for UEFA Euro championships.

There is no 7 ticket rule mentioned in the Euro 2020 ticketing T&Cs for the general public sale. Nor is it in the Euro 2016 ticketing T&Cs for fans of participating teams. These documents do set out the other ticketing restrictions. I haven't yet seen any Euro 2020 T&Cs for the fans of participating teams.

If this is a new rule, then it is a disgrace that it was not publicised before the general public sale. Evidently, UEFA think there are only 2 types of football fan. There are the fans of a particular team who won't be interested in watching anybody else. And there are casual fans who will go to their local venue and don't give a flying **** who is playing so long as they can take loads of selfies and do the Mexican wave. They don't seem to be aware of the fans who will support their own team but are also interested to go to other matches as a neutral.

The Euro 2020 ticketing FAQs are currently offline. They are being rewritten with specific sections for each qualified team. When they're back up, I will be looking for confirmation of this 7 ticket rule.

At the very least, they ought to allow fans to apply for up to 7 tickets to see their own team and, if successful, be allowed to give up tickets from the general public sale for a full refund. We might need to ask the FA to intercede with UEFA on our behalf.

26 Replies

  • David Gorton

    In reply to James Clarke:

    Really? I've got tickets for Bucharest on the 22nd and Wembley on the 23rd!
  • David Lilley

    In reply to James Clarke:

    James Clarke
    PS I also saw on Facebook there’s a ‘consecutive day’ rule.

    I wouldn't place any credence whatsoever on this rumour.
    -  There has never been such a rule in the past.
    -  There is no such rule in the ticketing T&Cs for the general public lottery.
    -  There is no logical reason for having such a rule.

  • David Lilley

    In reply to Brian Crofts:

    Brian Crofts
    I have contacted UEFA regarding this situation and they replied very quickly. Interestingly they say there is no 7 ticket rule and they have not said there is.

    That's good enough for me.

    The FA bulletin mentioning a 7 ticket rule included a lot of 'copy and paste' from past bulletins. I'm coming round to the view that the 7 ticket rule was copied and pasted from a bulletin about the FIFA World Cup, where such a rule does exist.

  • Matthew Isle

    In reply to James Clarke:

    James Clarke
    PS I also saw on Facebook there’s a ‘consecutive day’ rule. Was anyone aware of this? It’s a daft rule (are UEFA aware of aeroplanes?!) but it’s UEFA’s prerogative to make stupid rules if they so wish. More importantly, it’s completely unacceptable if this rule has been added since the public ballot.

    The ESTC Facebook group has got all sorts of misinformation from members on it.

    I often have difficulty knowing what's an attempted windup and what's  well meaning but wrong advice.

  • Kerry Gillen

    In reply to Matthew Isle:

    I have quickly learnt that this is the place for accurate and good well meaning advice with a couple of very knowledgeable forumistas tidying up any rare errors or misinformation that may slip through.
  • Peter Sanderson
    If this is true it is strange timing ...
    I bought a tickets for several matches on the UEFA website in the summer … more than seven … this limit certainly did not apply then …
    UEFA even subsequently Emailed me inviting me to buy more for additional matches which I had initially been unsuccessful for in my original application.
    Presumably this limit will not be applied retrospectively .. but it would be good to know if UEFA or FA are applying this to future sales as I would like to apply for a quarter-final ticket.
    Similarly the consecutive days post sounds like a mistake / wind-up … the UEFA general sale let me buy tickets for games on consecutive days on 2 occasions.
  • Alan Dixon

    In reply to Peter Sanderson:

    My mate called up the ESTC this morning and he was told that they were wrongly informed about the 7 game rule.. the one rule that applies is the not having two games on the same day. Hopefully they officially clarify the 7 game item soon
  • Oliver Pearman

    In reply to David Lilley:

    There HAS been a ‘consecutive day’ rule at past tournaments, but I’m sure it was at the World Cup. It hasn’t been used for the last couple though as FIFA have finally realised you can usually get to different venues quite quickly (and imagine them trying to have that rule in Qatar!!)
  • Ian Costain
    Just received an email officially from the England Supporters Club …

    "Dear Ian,

    UEFA have now advised that the 7 match restriction will only apply to our sale next week. If you already have tickets through the UEFA general sale and they are not on the same day as the England matches then you can keep them. With regards to the knock out matches, if you already have tickets for these then you cannot apply through the ESTC application phase next week as you may end up with two tickets to the same match."

    Phew!
  • Kerry Gillen

    In reply to Ian Costain:

    Wonderful news. Thanks for the update. Am waiting for a reply from the fa myself but guess it will be a bog standard reply now.
  • Danny O'donnell
    When applying for other games through UEFA - did anyone put their fan number in the membership number section? I don't want them to put it in and them to stop me getting tickets to neutral games, but also don't want to not put them in and it to reject my England ticket application which a friend did obviously with my fan number!
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