The draw for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying competition took place in Warsaw on 7 February 2010. 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.
UEFA Euro 2012 official logo
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). In April 2007, UEFA's Executive Committee formally decided against an expansion for 2012.
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 to make 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:
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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.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.As co-hosts, Poland and Ukraine were automatically placed in Pot 1, along with Spain, as the defending champions.
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. For logistical reasons, Poland were assigned in advance to A1, and Ukraine to D1. 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 |
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Match officials
UEFA named the twelve referees for UEFA Euro 2012 on 20 December 2011 (assistant referees to be announced on a later date).
The following four officials will only act as fourth officials.
Country | Fourth official |
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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 |
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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 |
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8 June 2012 20:45 UTC+2 | Russia | Match 2 | Czech Republic | Municipal Stadium, Wrocław |
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12 June 2012 18:00 UTC+2 | Greece | Match 9 | Czech Republic | Municipal Stadium, Wrocław |
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12 June 2012 20:45 UTC+2 | Poland | Match 10 | Russia | National Stadium, Warsaw |
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16 June 2012 20:45 UTC+2 | Czech Republic | Match 17 | Poland | Municipal Stadium, Wrocław |
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16 June 2012 20:45 UTC+2 | Greece | Match 18 | Russia | National Stadium, Warsaw |
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Group B
Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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9 June 2012 21:45 UTC+3 | Germany | Match 4 | Portugal | Arena Lviv, Lviv |
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13 June 2012 19:00 UTC+3 | Denmark | Match 11 | Portugal | Arena Lviv, Lviv |
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13 June 2012 21:45 UTC+3 | Netherlands | Match 12 | Germany | Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv |
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17 June 2012 21:45 UTC+3 | Portugal | Match 19 | Netherlands | Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv |
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17 June 2012 21:45 UTC+3 | Denmark | Match 20 | Germany | Arena Lviv, Lviv |
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Group C
Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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10 June 2012 20:45 UTC+2 | Republic of Ireland | Match 6 | Croatia | Municipal Stadium, Poznań |
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14 June 2012 18:00 UTC+2 | Italy | Match 13 | Croatia | Municipal Stadium, Poznań |
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14 June 2012 20:45 UTC+2 | Spain | Match 14 | Republic of Ireland | PGE Arena, Gdańsk |
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18 June 2012 20:45 UTC+2 | Croatia | Match 21 | Spain | PGE Arena, Gdańsk |
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18 June 2012 20:45 UTC+2 | Italy | Match 22 | Republic of Ireland | Municipal Stadium, Poznań |
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Group D
Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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11 June 2012 21:45 UTC+3 | Ukraine | Match 8 | Sweden | Olympic Stadium, Kiev |
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15 June 2012 19:00 UTC+3 | Ukraine | Match 16 | France | Donbass Arena, Donetsk |
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15 June 2012 21:45 UTC+3 | Sweden | Match 15 | England | Olympic Stadium, Kiev |
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19 June 2012 21:45 UTC+3 | England | Match 23 | Ukraine | Donbass Arena, Donetsk |
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19 June 2012 21:45 UTC+3 | Sweden | Match 24 | France | Olympic Stadium, Kiev |
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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 |
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22 June 2012 20:45 UTC+2 | Winner Group B | Match 26 | Runner-up Group A | PGE Arena, Gdańsk |
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23 June 2012 21:45 UTC+3 | Winner Group C | Match 27 | Runner-up Group D | Donbass Arena, Donetsk |
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24 June 2012 21:45 UTC+3 | Winner Group D | Match 28 | Runner-up Group C | Olympic Stadium, Kiev |
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Semi-finals
27 June 2012 21:45 UTC+3 | Winner Match 25 | Match 29 | Winner Match 27 | Donbass Arena, Donetsk |
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28 June 2012 20:45 UTC+2 | Winner Match 26 | Match 30 | Winner Match 28 | National Stadium, Warsaw |
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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 |
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