Hanover, February 2008. At its booth – no. 6354 – at the 78th International Motor Show in Geneva, from March 6 to 16, Continental AG, an official sponsor of UEFA EURO 2008™, is raffling off two admission tickets each day for a group phase match. Visitors to the show can all participate in the drawing, which will be held at noon and 4 p.m. each day.

A person must, however, be present at the drawing to win. The initial drawing is on March 6, when the show is open to the trade public only.

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The Geneva Motor Show is Europe's second largest car and accessories event. In 2007 it attracted around 700,000 visitors. On the official opening show days, March 6 to 16, attendance is expected to be high again this year. "Many of the visitors are interested not only in the new vehicles and accessories but also the Swiss sports event set to begin on June 7, 2008 – the UEFA EURO 2008™," notes press spokesman Alexander Lührs from Continental. "As was the case last year, we are catering to this interest by each day raffling off two tickets for a preliminary round match and two other prizes." Continental anticipates strong demand for tickets to Europe’s most important soccer tournament, approximating the keen interest displayed for tickets to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™. Tickets to the latter could be obtained only at the official FIFA website.

Three winners will be named in each drawing:

1st prize > two tickets to a UEFA EURO 2008™ group phase match

2^nd prize > two foldable football goals in a tote bag

3^rd prize > a leather football.

Lührs expects a good turnout for the daily drawings. The winners are handed the prizes, or a voucher for two tickets, at the booth immediately after the drawing. The tickets themselves can then be picked up on the day before or the day of the match in June 2008 at a designated meeting point in the town where the respective match is being played. The winner must present the voucher and an appropriate ID to claim the tickets. The million or so admission tickets officially went on sale at www.euro2008.com on March 1, 2007.

At www.ContiSoccerWorld.de Continental provides comprehensive information on its own football activities – including the winners of previous tournaments – as well as on the teams and stars in the UEFA EURO 2008™ qualification rounds, on UEFA EURO 2008™ itself, and, of course, on all ticket contests.

The Passenger and Light Truck Tires (PLT) division of Continental will be introducing a global novelty in Geneva – the new ContiWinterContact TS 830 – as well as the self-sealing tire with ContiSeal technology developed exclusively for Volkswagen.

With annual sales of more than €25 billion (based on 2006 figures), the Continental Corporation is one of the top five automotive suppliers worldwide. As a supplier of brake systems, powertrain and chassis systems and components, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics, tires and technical elastomers, the corporation contributes to enhanced driving safety and global climate protection. Continental is also a competent partner in networked automobile communication. The corporation currently employs approximately 150,000 people at more than 200 locations in 36 countries.

The tire divisions are an Official Sponsor of UEFA EURO 2008^TM, to be held in Austria and Switzerland in June 2008. For more information on this, check out www.ContiSoccerWorld.de, www.contifanworld.com and www.conti-online.com.