Europass is a football made by Adidas . It was the official match ball for UEFA Euro 2008 . The ball was officially presented on 2 December 2007 during the group draw for the final tournament. For the final , a silver version, the "Europass Gloria", was used. The same ball but with different design (depending on competition) was used in UEFA Champions League from 2008 through 2009 and in 2009 UEFA Super Cup and 2009–10 UEFA Europa League .
17-469: The Terrapass , similar to Europass ball, was used in the 2009 European Under-21 and Women's European Championship , as well as some international matches. The ball is made of 14 panels instead of the traditional 32 panels. It's an evolution of the ball Teamgeist , used for the 2006 World Cup in Germany but with new PSC (creeps) surface design. The edges are thermally bonded instead of being stitched and
34-534: A contract with someone saying so, as Max have a tenancy agreement with the city. The first news on the issue was published on 1 April 2008, making many believe it was an April fools joke. On 2 September 2008, the Swedish Football Association nominated Örjans Vall in Halmstad as a replacement venue for Borås Arena, and they officially became the fourth host city a few days later. They were awarded
51-428: A map of Europe and one of the tournament logo. It is composed of 14 thermally bonded panels, which are claimed to improve the ball's accuracy and swerve. [REDACTED] Media related to 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship at Wikimedia Commons Max Hamburgers Max Burgers Aktiebolag ("Max Burgers Incorporated"), earlier Max Hamburgerrestauranger AB , is a Swedish fast food corporation. The chain
68-496: A nationwide fast-food chain. By 2011, there were around 85 restaurants in Sweden, compared to just 40 five years earlier. From 2005 to 2010, Max expanded extensively to the western parts of Sweden, and in 2010, plans were announced to expand to Riyadh , Egypt and Dubai with Kuwait following. Three years later Landmark Group was operating three Max restaurants in Dubai, where the menu
85-406: A special adhesive is used for durability and water resistance. Majority of the criticism the ball faced came from goalkeepers. Germany 's goalkeeper coach, Andreas Köpke , said to reporters, "Basically no one is 100 percent satisfied with this ball." He added, "It is pointless to lament this," adding that his team had tried to make the best of it. "[But] I don't think we will get more goals because
102-652: The Match: Mesut Özil (Germany) Assistant referees: Joël De Bruyn ( Belgium ) György Ring ( Hungary ) Fourth official: Pedro Proença ( Portugal ) The match ball for the competition is called the Adidas Terrapass , which was unveiled at the tournament draw in Gothenburg on 3 December. The ball is bright blue and yellow, the colours of the Swedish flag. It features 12 watermarks including one containing
119-459: The ball swirls." "I have had a few problems with the official balls, I only started working with them a week ago, but they are very different from the ones used for the 2006 World Cup. During the first half, I went to catch the ball and it started to float a bit," German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann had complained. Co-host Austria 's goalkeeper, Alexander Manninger , as well as Czech goalkeeper Petr Čech , also expressed their dissatisfaction, with
136-452: The criticism by saying, "The ball's new surface structure allows players to control and direct it perfectly in all weather conditions." It also pointed out that the ball's new surface texture on the outer skin guaranteed "optimum grip between ball and boot", as well as better grip between glove and ball for goalkeepers. 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship began on 15 June 2009, and
153-548: The final draw, Sweden had been seeded first in Group A as hosts of the tournament, while Spain were seeded first in Group B. Pot A Pot B Pot C The first pot contained the top seeds, these would have been host nation Sweden and the reigning champions, The Netherlands. However, The Netherlands did not qualify meaning that the team with the best qualifying record, Spain, took their place. Sweden and Spain were then automatically assigned to A1 and B1 respectively. The second pot contained
170-400: The former stating, "This ball is not the keeper's friend." Italian goalkeepers likewise were not very satisfied with the ball. Gianluigi Buffon said, "Maybe we just have to get used to it. But it won't matter, I'll get the ball anyway." Meanwhile, Marco Amelia told reporters, "It changes direction. To not make a mess trying to stop it, it's better to beat it away." Adidas replied to all
187-461: The nations onto 10 groups of 5 or 6 teams. The seeding pots are formed on the basis of former performance in the tournament. Ten group winners along with four best-ranked runners-up advanced to the play-offs. Seven winners of the play-off pairs qualified for the final tournament. The finals' tournament draw took place on 3 December 2008 at the Svenska Mässan exhibition centre, Gothenburg. Prior to
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#1733085766137204-537: The refusal of the Swedish hamburger chain Max to close their restaurant at Borås Arena during the tournament (as they are not an official UEFA sponsor), UEFA disqualified Borås Arena from hosting games during the tournament. There is a contract between UEFA and the city and between UEFA and its sponsors saying that the UEFA sponsors shall have monopoly around the arena. A city cannot force Max to close down even if it happened to sign
221-421: The teams with the next two best records in qualifying: these were England and Italy. England were drawn into position B3 and Italy into A3. The final pot contained the other four qualified teams: Serbia, Finland, Germany and Belarus. Belarus were drawn first into position A2, Germany went into B2, Serbia into A4 and Finland into B4. The following venues were chosen to hold the final tournament matches: Following
238-406: The three group stage games that were to be hosted by Borås Arena, while the second semi-final was moved from Borås to Helsingborg and Olympia . Swedbank Stadion was referred to as Malmö New Stadium during the tournament, as Swedbank – which owned the naming rights to the stadium at the time – were not official UEFA sponsors. All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+2 ). Man of
255-476: Was founded by Curt Bergfors (27 February 1949 - 8 May 2022 ) and Britta Fredriksson in Gällivare , Sweden in 1968. Bergfors' oldest son Richard Bergfors is the current president since 2002. Until the 1980s, Max was the largest hamburger restaurant chain in northern Sweden, with only a single restaurant outside of Norrland (on Drottninggatan, Stockholm ). This changed during the 1990s, when they expanded to become
272-609: Was modified to exclude bacon. The chain also operates restaurants in Poland. The first restaurant in Norway opened on May 11, 2011 followed by the first in Denmark on March 1, 2013, and in Poland September 1, 2017. As of November 5 2022, there are 146 restaurants in Sweden, 24 restaurants in Poland, 9 in Norway and 4 in Denmark. The name Max came from the nickname of Curt Bergfors, which
289-499: Was the 17th UEFA European Under-21 Championship . This was the first tournament after the competition reverted to a two-year format, following the single-year 2006–07 competition, which allowed the change to odd-numbered years. Sweden hosted the final tournament in June 2009; therefore, their under-21 team qualified automatically. Players born on or after 1 January 1986 were eligible to play in this competition. The qualifying draw split
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