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UEFA Chief Executive Lars-Christer Olsson has described UEFA EURO 2004™ in Portugal as the "best-ever" UEFA European Championship final round.

Well prepared
"From the organisational point of view we have never been as well prepared in all areas as we have been for this tournament," he added. "The co-operation with the authorities has been excellent."

Mr Olsson also expressed UEFA's satisfaction with various media figures for the tournament. Television viewing figures in major European markets reached 845 million for the group stage, a rise of 26 per cent on the 2000 final round in Belgium and the Netherlands, while visits to the official tournament website euro2004.com had broken records early in the tournament - there had been 12 million visits and 130 million page views only three days after the start of the competition.

News: UEFA considers Euro2004 the best champioship in terms of organization ever