UEFA Euro 2012

UEFA Euro 2012
Mistrzostwa Europy w Piłce Nożnej 2012 (Polish)
Чемпіонат Європи з футболу 2012 (Ukrainian)

UEFA Euro 2012 official logo
Tournament details
Host countries  Poland
 Ukraine
Dates 8 June – 1 July
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 8 (in 8 host cities)
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The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, will be the 14th European Championship for national football teams sanctioned by UEFA. The final tournament will be hosted by Poland and Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012. It is the first time that either nation has hosted the tournament. This bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee in 2007.[1]

The final tournament features sixteen nations, the last European Championship to do so (from Euro 2016 onward, there will be 24 finalists). Qualification was contested by 51 nations between August 2010 and November 2011 to join the two host nations in the tournament. The winner of the tournament gains automatic entry to the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Brazil.[2]

Contents

Host selection

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 bids

The joint Poland–Ukraine bid was chosen by a vote of the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in Cardiff on 18 April 2007.[1] This bid defeated the other shortlisted bids from Italy and Croatia–Hungary, becoming the third successful joint bid for the European Championship, after those of Belgium–Netherlands (2000) and Austria–Switzerland (2008).

Background

Readiness concerns

In January 2008, UEFA president Michel Platini went on the record to warn the organisers of the need to avoid "critical slippages" in their preparations,[3] prompting Scotland to reportedly inform UEFA that they would be willing to step in as hosts,[4] which they reiterated again later in the year.[5] However, by June 2008, UEFA stated they were "not discussing any plan B in terms of new countries" hosting.[6]

Ukraine reported several problems which threatened their ability to co-host: delays in the renovation of Kiev’s Olympic Stadium,[7] and difficulties funding infrastructure work after the economic crisis struck.[8] After an inspection in April 2009, Platini re-affirmed that Ukraine would remain co-host but hinted that most matches could go to Poland.[9] The Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated his country would be capable of this task, but was committed to the original 4 + 4 host city plan,[10] as was the Polish FA.[11]

Poland's one major incident occurred in late September 2008, when its government suspended the Polish Football Association (PZPN) over corruption issues and assigned an administrator. UEFA swiftly issued a letter warning that it risked losing the right to co-host,[12] which resulted in the government yielding.[13] Preparation work proceeded more speedily than in Ukraine and, following a visit in April 2009, Platini announced that all was on track and he saw no major problems.[9] The following month, UEFA confirmed the appointment of the Polish cities of Warsaw, Poznań, Wrocław and Gdańsk.[14] At the same meeting, an appeal for delayed decision on the Ukrainian venues was granted to Lviv, Donetsk and Kharkiv in order to meet specific conditions regarding infrastructure, with a warning that only Kiev and the best prepared city of the other candidates would otherwise be used if issues were not resolved by the end of November.[15][16][17][18]

In September 2009 Platini announced that "Ukraine has made sudden progress in their efforts to stage the tournament",[19] and it was soon confirmed that their four cities (Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kiev and Lviv) would host matches. Kiev was also confirmed to host the Final.[20]

An interview Platini gave to the German FA in May 2010, suggesting that Germany and Hungary could even replace Ukraine unless improvements were made, cast new doubt on their readiness.[21] But by August, Platini revisited that and stated "You can consider that the ultimatum no longer exists",[22] and that he was optimistic about preparations in both countries and saw no major obstacles.[23] After a UEFA delegation visited Ukraine in September 2011, he stated the country was "virtually ready for Euro 2012".[24]

Venues

See also: Transport in Poland and Transport in Ukraine

Apart from Donetsk and Kharkiv, the host cities are all popular tourist destinations (the latter having replaced Dnipropetrovsk as a host city in 2009).[25] The bid package requires the expansion and modernisation of roads and transport links.[26]

The obligatory improvement of the football infrastructure includes the building of new stadiums: Six of the eight venues are brand new stadia currently being constructed ready to open in advance of the tournament; the remaining two (in Poznań and Kharkiv) have undergone major renovations to improve them.[27][28] Three of the stadia will fulfill the criteria of UEFA's highest category stadiums.

In a return to the format used at Euro 1992, Euro 1996 and Euro 2008, each group will be based around two stadia.

Warsaw Poznań Gdańsk Wrocław
National Stadium
Capacity: 58,145[29]		 Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 43,090[29] (Reduced to 42,004)[30]		 PGE Arena
Capacity: 44,636[29] (Reduced to 40,818)[30]		 Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 44,416[29] (Reduced to 40,610)[30]
Kiev Kharkiv Donetsk Lviv
Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 70,050[29] (Reduced to 65,720)[30]		 Metalist Stadium
Capacity: 38,863[29] (Reduced to 38,500)[30]		 Donbass Arena
Capacity: 51,504[29] (Reduced to 50,055)[30]		 Arena Lviv
Capacity: 34,915[29]

Note: Capacity figures are those for matches at UEFA Euro 2012 and are not necessarily the total capacity that the stadium is capable of holding.

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

The draw for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying competition took place in Warsaw on 7 February 2010.[31] 51 teams entered to compete for the 14 remaining places in the finals, alongside co-hosts Poland and Ukraine. These teams were divided into nine groups, with the draw using the new UEFA national team coefficient for the first time in order to determine the seedings.

The qualifying process began in August 2010 and concluded in November 2011. At the conclusion of the qualifying group stage in October 2011, the nine group winners qualified automatically, with the second placed team with the best ranking also doing so. The remaining eight teams who finished second in their respective groups contested two-legged play-offs, with the winner of each tie qualifying for the finals.

Participating teams

The finals will feature sixteen national teams, as has been the format since 1996. Some European football associations were in favour of expanding the tournament to 24 teams, although the number of UEFA members had hardly increased since the last tournament extension in 1996 (53 in April 2006 compared to 48 for Euro 1996).[32] In April 2007, UEFA's Executive Committee formally decided against an expansion for 2012.[33]

Twelve of the sixteen finalists participated at the previous tournament in 2008, with England and Denmark, who participated in 2004, returning after missing the 2008 edition. The Republic of Ireland return after an absence of 24 years, making only their second appearance at a European finals. Hosts Ukraine, make their debut as an independent nation, having previously participated as part of the Soviet Union.

The sixteen finalists who will participate in the final tournament are:

Final draw

Further information: UEFA Euro 2012 seeding

The draw for the final tournament took place on 2 December 2011 at the Ukraine Palace of Arts in Kiev, Ukraine.[34][35] The hour-long ceremony was hosted by Olga Freimut and Piotr Sobczyński, television presenters from the two host countries.

As was the case for the 2004 and 2008 finals, the sixteen finalists were divided into four seeding pots, using UEFA's national team coefficient ranking.[36] As co-hosts, Poland and Ukraine were automatically placed in Pot 1, along with Spain, as the defending champions.[37]

In the draw procedure, each of the four groups had one team drawn from each pot. It also determined which place in the group teams drawn from Pots 2–4 would take (i.e. A2, A3 or A4) to create the match schedule.[37] For logistical reasons, Poland were assigned in advance to A1, and Ukraine to D1.[38] The balls were drawn by four former players who have each been part of European Championship winning teams: Horst Hrubesch, Marco van Basten, Peter Schmeichel and Zinedine Zidane.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Match officials

UEFA named the twelve referees for UEFA Euro 2012 on 20 December 2011 (assistant referees to be announced on a later date).[39]

Country Referee
England Howard Webb
France Stéphane Lannoy
Germany Wolfgang Stark
Hungary Viktor Kassai
Italy Nicola Rizzoli
Netherlands Björn Kuipers
Portugal Pedro Proença
Scotland Craig Thomson
Slovenia Damir Skomina
Spain Carlos Velasco Carballo
Sweden Jonas Eriksson
Turkey Cüneyt Çakır

The following four officials will only act as fourth officials.

Country Fourth official
Czech Republic Pavel Královec
Norway Tom Harald Hagen
Poland Marcin Borski
Ukraine Viktor Shvetsov

Continuing the trials carried out in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, two additional assistant referees will be used on the goal line for the first time in the history of the UEFA European Championship with approval from the International Football Association Board.

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) in Poland and Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) in Ukraine.

Group A

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 June 2012
18:00 UTC+2
 Poland  Match 1  Greece National Stadium, Warsaw
8 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2
 Russia  Match 2  Czech Republic Municipal Stadium, Wrocław
12 June 2012
18:00 UTC+2
 Greece  Match 9  Czech Republic Municipal Stadium, Wrocław
12 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2
 Poland  Match 10  Russia National Stadium, Warsaw
16 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2
 Czech Republic  Match 17  Poland Municipal Stadium, Wrocław
16 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2
 Greece  Match 18  Russia National Stadium, Warsaw

Group B

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 June 2012
19:00 UTC+3
 Netherlands  Match 3  Denmark Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
9 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3
 Germany  Match 4  Portugal Arena Lviv, Lviv
13 June 2012
19:00 UTC+3
 Denmark  Match 11  Portugal Arena Lviv, Lviv
13 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3
 Netherlands  Match 12  Germany Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
17 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3
 Portugal  Match 19  Netherlands Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
17 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3
 Denmark  Match 20  Germany Arena Lviv, Lviv

Group C

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 June 2012
18:00 UTC+2
 Spain  Match 5  Italy PGE Arena, Gdańsk
10 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2
 Republic of Ireland  Match 6  Croatia Municipal Stadium, Poznań
14 June 2012
18:00 UTC+2
 Italy  Match 13  Croatia Municipal Stadium, Poznań
14 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2
 Spain  Match 14  Republic of Ireland PGE Arena, Gdańsk
18 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2
 Croatia  Match 21  Spain PGE Arena, Gdańsk
18 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2
 Italy  Match 22  Republic of Ireland Municipal Stadium, Poznań

Group D

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 June 2012
19:00 UTC+3
 France  Match 7  England Donbass Arena, Donetsk
11 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3
 Ukraine  Match 8  Sweden Olympic Stadium, Kiev
15 June 2012
19:00 UTC+3
 Ukraine  Match 16  France Donbass Arena, Donetsk
15 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3
 Sweden  Match 15  England Olympic Stadium, Kiev
19 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3
 England  Match 23  Ukraine Donbass Arena, Donetsk
19 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3
 Sweden  Match 24  France Olympic Stadium, Kiev

Knockout phase

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 knockout stage
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
21 June – Warsaw        
 Winner of Group A  
27 June – Donetsk
 Runner-up of Group B    
 Winner of quarter-final 1  
23 June – Donetsk
     Winner of quarter-final 3    
 Winner of Group C  
1 July – Kiev
 Runner-up of Group D    
 Winner of semi-final 1  
22 June – Gdańsk    
   Winner of semi-final 2  
 Winner of Group B  
28 June – Warsaw
 Runner-up of Group A    
 Winner of quarter-final 2  
24 June – Kiev
     Winner of quarter-final 4    
 Winner of Group D  
 Runner-up of Group C    
 

Quarter-finals

21 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2
 Winner Group A Match 25 Runner-up Group B National Stadium, Warsaw
22 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2
 Winner Group B Match 26 Runner-up Group A PGE Arena, Gdańsk
23 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3
 Winner Group C Match 27 Runner-up Group D Donbass Arena, Donetsk
24 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3
 Winner Group D Match 28 Runner-up Group C Olympic Stadium, Kiev

Semi-finals

27 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3
 Winner Match 25 Match 29 Winner Match 27 Donbass Arena, Donetsk
28 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2
 Winner Match 26 Match 30 Winner Match 28 National Stadium, Warsaw

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Final
1 July 2012
21:45 UTC+3
 Winner Match 29 Match 31 Winner Match 30 Olympic Stadium, Kiev

Miscellany

Mascots

The mascot names were announced in December 2010 after voting on the UEFA website. Almost 40,000 votes were received, leading to the following result:[40]

Logo and slogan

The official logo for the tournament was unveiled at a special event at Mykhailivska Square, Kiev, on 14 December 2009. It takes its visual identity from Wycinanki, the traditional art of paper cutting practised in Poland and rural areas of Ukraine. The art form symbolises the nature of the rural areas of both countries.[41][42] As part of the event, landmark buildings in the eight host cities were illuminated with the tournament logo.[43] The competition slogan, "Creating History Together" (Polish: Razem tworzymy przyszłość, Ukrainian: Творимо історію разом / Tvorymo istoriyu razom), was announced along with the logo. The slogan reflects the fact that Poland and Ukraine represent the easternmost host nations in European Championship history.[41]

Ticketing

Tickets were sold directly by UEFA via its website, or are to be distributed by the football associations of the 16 finalists. Applications had to be made during March 2011 for the 1.4 million tickets available for the 31 tournament matches.[44] Over 12 million applications were received, which represented a 17% increase on the 2008 finals, and an all-time record for the UEFA European Championship.[45] Owing to this over-subscription for the matches, lotteries were carried out to allocate tickets.

Prices varied from €30 (£25) (for a seat behind the goals at a group match) to €600 (£513) (for a seat in the main stand at the final). In addition to individual match tickets, fans could buy packages to see either all matches played by one team, or all matches at one specific venue.[46]

Match ball

Main article: Adidas Tango 12

The official match ball for UEFA Euro 2012 is the Adidas Tango 12.

Controversy

Ukraine has come under criticism from animal welfare organizations for killing stray cats and dogs in order to prepare for Euro 2012. Cats and dogs are poisoned with illegal substances, shot or burned alive in a mobile crematorium.[47] In November 2011 the enironment ministry urged mayors around the country to stop killing stray animals for half a year and build shelters instead, but it remains unclear how the ban would be enforced. The ministry's comments also seemed to suggest that the six-month ban was only a temporary measure, drawing further criticism.[48]

Broadcasting rights

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 broadcasting rights

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