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UEFA Euro 2012
Mistrzostwa Europy w Pi?ce No?nej 2012 (Polish) ????????? ?????? ? ??????? 2012 (Ukrainian)
UEFA Euro 2012 official logo
Tournament details
Host countries | Poland Ukraine
Dates | 8 June ? 1 July
Teams | 16
Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions | Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up | Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played | 31
Goals scored | 76 (2.45 per match)
Attendance | Expression error: Unexpected number. (Expression error: Unexpected < operator per match)
Top scorer(s) | Mario Mand?uki? Mario G?mez Mario Balotelli Cristiano Ronaldo Alan Dzagoev Fernando Torres (3 goals each)
Best player | Andr?s Iniesta
← 2008 2016 →

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament was hosted for the first time by Poland and Ukraine, between 8 June and 1 July 2012, after their bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee in 2007.[1] Euro 2012 set the record for both the highest aggregate attendance (1,440,896) and the highest average attendance per game (46,481) under the 16-team format (since 1996).

The final tournament featured 16 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 determine the remaining 14 finalists. The tournament was played across eight venues, four in each host country, five of which were newly built for the tournament. Aside from venues, the host nations have also invested heavily in improving infrastructure, such as railways and roads, at UEFA's request.

The tournament opened with a 1?1 draw between Poland and Greece at the National Stadium in Warsaw on 8 June 2012. The final match took place 23 days later on 1 July 2012 at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, where Spain defended their title with a 4?0 win over Italy.[2] Spain became the first team to win two consecutive European Championships, and the first international team to win three straight major tournament titles (Euro 2008, 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012).[3] Since Spain had already gained entry to the 2013 Confederations Cup by winning the 2010 World Cup, the runners-up Italy qualified.[4]

Euro 2012 was the second consecutive European Championship (after Euro 2008 held in Austria and Switzerland) in which neither of the hosts emerged from the group stage,[a] as both Poland and Ukraine were eliminated.

## Bid process[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 bids

The hosting of the event was initially contested by five bids representing seven countries: Croatia?Hungary, Greece, Italy, Poland?Ukraine, and Turkey.[5] After an initial consideration of the bid data in 2005 by UEFA both the Greek and Turkish bids were eliminated from the process to leave three candidates.[6] This was followed by a second round of the selection process which among other included visits by UEFA to all candidates.[7] On 18 April 2007, the Poland?Ukraine bid was chosen by a vote of the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in Cardiff.[1]

Poland?Ukraine became the third successful joint bid for the European Championship, after those of Belgium?Netherlands (2000) and Austria?Switzerland (2008). Their bid received an absolute majority of votes, and was therefore announced the winner, without requiring a second round. Italy, which received the remaining votes,[1] had been considered favourites to win the hosting, but incidents of fan violence and a match fixing scandal were widely cited as factors behind their failure.[8][9][10]

There were some later alterations from the initial bid plan, regarding the venues, before UEFA confirmed the eight host cities in 2009.[11][12] During the preparation process in Poland and Ukraine, UEFA repeatedly expressed concern about their preparation to host the event, with different candidates reported as being alternative hosts if they did not improve;[13][14] however, in the end, UEFA affirmed their selection.[15]

## Qualification[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

The draw for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying competition took place in Warsaw on 7 February 2010.[16] Fifty-one teams entered to compete for the fourteen remaining places in the finals, alongside co-hosts Poland and Ukraine. The 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. As defending champions, Spain was automatically top seeded.[17] 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, along with the highest ranked second placed team. The remaining eight second placed teams contested two-legged play-offs, and the four winners qualified for the finals.[17]

Twelve of the sixteen finalists participated at the previous tournament in 2008. England and Denmark made their return to the Euro, having last participated in 2004, while Republic of Ireland returned after a twenty-four year absence to make their second appearance at a European Championship. One of the co-hosts, Ukraine, made their debut as an independent nation (before 1992 Ukraine participated as part of the Soviet Union). With the exception of Serbia ? according to UEFA's ranking at the end of the qualifying stage ? Europe's sixteen highest-ranked teams all qualified for the tournament.

### Qualified teams[edit]

The following sixteen teams qualified for the finals:[18]

Country | Qualified as | Date qualification was secured | Previous appearances in tournament1
--- | --- | --- | ---
Poland | Co-hosts | 02007-04-18 18 April 2007 | 1 (2008)
Ukraine | Co-hosts A | 02007-04-18 18 April 2007 A | 0 (debut)
Germany2 | Group A winner | 02011-09-02 2 September 2011 | A10 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Russia3 | Group B winner | 02011-10-11 11 October 2011 | 9 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008)
Italy | Group C winner | 02011-09-06 6 September 2011 | 7 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
France | Group D winner | 02011-10-11 11 October 2011 A | 7A (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Netherlands | Group E winner | 02011-09-06 6 September 2011 A | 8 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Greece | Group F winner | 02011-10-11 11 October 2011 B | 3 (1980, 2004, 2008)
England | Group G winner | 02011-10-07 7 October 2011 | 7B (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Denmark | Group H winner | 02011-10-11 11 October 2011 C | 7C (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Spain | Group I winner | 02011-09-06 6 September 2011 B | 8A (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Sweden | H Best runner-up | 02011-10-11 11 October 2011 D | 4 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Croatia | Play-off winner | 02011-11-15 15 November 2011 | 3A (1996, 2004, 2008)
Czech Republic4 | Play-off winnerA | 02011-11-15 15 November 2011 A | 7D (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Portugal | Play-off winnerB | 02011-11-15 15 November 2011 B | 5A (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Republic of Ireland | Play-off winnerC | 02011-11-15 15 November 2011 C | 1A (1988)

  1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicate (co-)host.
  2 from 1972?88, Germany competed in the European Championship final tournament as West Germany
  3 from 1960?88, Russia competed in the European Championship final tournament as the Soviet Union and in 1992 as the Commonwealth of Independent States
  4 from 1960?80, Czech Republic competed in the European Championship final tournament as Czechoslovakia

### Final draw[edit]

The draw for the final tournament took place on 2 December 2011 at the Ukraine Palace of Arts in Kiev, Ukraine.[19][20] The hour-long ceremony was hosted by Olga Freimut and Piotr Sobczy?ski, 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 the UEFA national team coefficient ranking.[21][22] The pot allocations were based on the UEFA national team coefficient rankings of the sixteen finalists at the end of the qualifying competition in November 2011.[23] Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating:

- 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage.
- 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage and final tournament.
- 20% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying stage and final tournament.

Aside from the coefficient, three teams were automatically placed in Pot 1. Ukraine and Poland were both assigned to Pot 1 as the two host nations, despite the fact that their rankings were the two lowest in the tournament; this also occurred in 2008 when the co-hosts Switzerland and Austria were also ranked below all other qualified teams. As defending champions, Spain were also automatically assigned to Pot 1, though their UEFA ranking at the time of the draw was coincidentally also the best.

In the draw procedure, one team from each pot was drawn into each of the four groups. The draw also determined which place in the group teams in pots 2?4 would take (e.g. A2, A3 or A4) to create the match schedule. With Poland were automatically assigned in advance to A1, and Ukraine to D1, Pot 1 only had two teams as Spain and the Netherlands were to be drawn into position one in either group B or C.[22][24] The balls were drawn by four former players who had each been part of European Championship winning teams: Horst Hrubesch, Marco van Basten, Peter Schmeichel and Zinedine Zidane.[25]

Pot 11
Team | Coeff | Rank
--- | --- | ---
Spain2 | 43,116 | 1
Netherlands | 40,860 | 2
Pot 2
Team | Coeff | Rank
--- | --- | ---
Germany | 40,446 | 3
Italy | 34,357 | 4
England | 33,563 | 5
Russia | 33,212 | 6
Pot 3
Team | Coeff | Rank
--- | --- | ---
Croatia | 33,003 | 7
Greece | 32,455 | 8
Portugal | 31,717 | 9
Sweden | 31,675 | 10
Pot 4
Team | Coeff | Rank
--- | --- | ---
Denmark | 31,205 | 11
France | 30,508 | 12
Czech Republic | 29,602 | 13
Republic of Ireland | 28,576 | 14

  1 Co-hosts Poland (coefficient 23,806, rank 28) and Ukraine (coefficient 28,029, rank 15) were automatically assigned to A1 and D1, and therefore were not in the draw.
  2 Defending champions were automatically assigned to Pot 1.

## Venues[edit]

Warsaw fan zone, view during a game, 16 June

Eight cities were selected by UEFA as host venues. In a return to the format used at Euro 1992, Euro 1996 and Euro 2008, each of the four groups' matches were played in two stadiums. Host cities Warsaw, Gda?sk, Wroc?aw, Pozna?, Kiev, and Lviv are all popular tourist destinations, unlike Donetsk and Kharkiv, the latter of which replaced Dnipropetrovsk as a host city in 2009.[26]

In order to meet UEFA's requirement for football infrastructure improvements, five new stadiums were built and opened in advance of the tournament. The remaining three stadiums (in Kiev, Pozna? and Kharkiv) underwent major renovations in order to meet UEFA's infrastructure standards.[27][28] Three of the stadiums are categorised as UEFA's highest category stadiums. The transport infrastructure in Poland and Ukraine was also extensively modified on the request of UEFA to cope with the large influx of football fans.[29]

UEFA organised fan zones in the eight host cities. They were located in the center of each city, with all 31 matches shown live on a total of 24 giant screens. The zones enabled supporters to come together in a secure and controlled environment. The Warsaw Fan Zone occupied 120,000 square meters and accommodated 100,000 visitors. In all, the fans zones had a 20% increase in capacity compared to Euro 2008.[30]

### Stadiums[edit]

A total of 31 matches were played during Euro 2012, with Ukraine hosting 16 of them and Poland 15.

Poland
Warsaw | Gda?sk | Wroc?aw | Pozna?
National Stadium Built for tournament Capacity: 56,070[31] | PGE Arena Built for tournament Capacity: 39,150[32] | Municipal Stadium Built for tournament Capacity: 40,000[33] | Municipal Stadium Reconstructed Capacity: 39,550[34]
3 matches in Group A (incl. opening match), 1 quarter-final and 1 semi-final | 3 matches in Group C and 1 quarter-final | 3 matches in Group A | 3 matches in Group C
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: Team base-camp : Match venue Wroc?aw Kiev Lviv Donetsk Warsaw Gda?sk Kharkiv Pozna? Ko?obrzeg Krak?w
Ukraine
Kiev | Donetsk | Kharkiv | Lviv
Olympic Stadium Reconstructed Capacity: 64,640[35] | Donbass Arena Built for tournament Capacity: 49,400[36] | Metalist Stadium Reconstructed Capacity: 37,750[37] | Arena Lviv Built for tournament Capacity: 32,990[38]
3 matches in Group D, 1 quarter-final and the final | 3 matches in Group D, 1 quarter-final and 1 semi-final | 3 matches in Group B | 3 matches in Group B
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### Ticketing[edit]

Tickets for the venues were sold directly by UEFA via its website, or 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.[39] Over 20,000 were forecast to cross the Poland?Ukraine border each day during the tournament.[40] 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.[41] 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.[42]

### Broadcasting[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 broadcasting rights

According to UEFA requirements, TP ensured approximately 2?70 Gbit/sec data communication speed from Polish stadiums and 2?140 Gbit/sec between Poland and Ukraine. This was required due to the fact that the matches were broadcast in HD quality.[43] The multilateral production utilised 31 cameras to cover the action on and around the pitch at every match, with additional cameras following activities around the game, such as team arrivals at the stadiums, interviews, and media conferences.[44] The official Euro 2012 broadcasting centre was located at the Expo XXI International Centre in Warsaw.[43] The tournament was broadcast live by around 100 TV channels covering the whole world.[45] 150,000,000 people were expected to watch the matches each day.[46]

### Match ball[edit]

Adidas Tango 12
Main article: Adidas Tango 12

The Adidas Tango 12 was the official match ball of UEFA Euro 2012.[47] The ball is named after the original Adidas Tango family of footballs; however, the Tango 12 and its variations have a completely new design. Variations of the ball have been used in other contemporary competitions including the Africa Cup of Nations and the Summer Olympics. It is designed to be easier to dribble and control than the reportedly unpredictable Adidas Jabulani used at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[48]

### Team base camps[edit]

Each team had a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. From an initial list of thirty-eight potential locations (twenty-one in Poland, seventeen in Ukraine),[49] the national associations chose their locations in 2011. The teams trained and resided in these locations throughout the tournament, traveling to games staged away from their bases.[50] Thirteen teams stayed in Poland and three in Ukraine.[51]

Team | Arrival | Last Match | Base camp | Group stage venues | QF venues | SF venues | Final venue
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Croatia | 02013-06-05 5 June | 02013-06-18 18 June | Warka Near Warsaw | Gda?sk and Pozna? |  |  |
Czech Republic | 02013-06-03 3 June | 02013-06-21 21 June | Wroc?aw | Wroc?aw | Warsaw |  |
Denmark | 02013-06-04 4 June | 02013-06-17 17 June | Ko?obrzeg | Kharkiv and Lviv |  |  |
England | 02013-06-06 6 June | 02013-06-24 24 June | Krak?w | Kiev and Donetsk | Kiev |  |
France | 02013-06-06 6 June | 02013-06-23 23 June | Donetsk | Kiev and Donetsk | Donetsk |  |
Germany | 02013-06-03 3 June | 02013-06-28 28 June | Gda?sk | Kharkiv and Lviv | Gda?sk | Warsaw |
Greece | 02013-06-03 3 June | 02013-06-22 22 June | Jachranka Near Warsaw | Warsaw and Wroc?aw | Gda?sk |  |
Republic of Ireland | 02013-06-05 5 June | 02013-06-18 18 June | Sopot Near Gda?sk | Gda?sk and Pozna? |  |  |
Italy | 02013-06-05 5 June | 02013-07-01 1 July | Krak?w | Gda?sk and Pozna? | Kiev | Warsaw | Kiev
Netherlands | 02013-06-04 4 June | 02013-06-17 17 June | Krak?w | Kharkiv |  |  |
Poland | 02013-05-28 28 May | 02013-06-16 16 June | Warsaw | Warsaw and Wroc?aw |  |  |
Portugal | 02013-06-04 4 June | 02013-06-27 27 June | Opalenica Near Pozna? | Kharkiv and Lviv | Warsaw | Donetsk |
Russia | 02013-06-03 3 June | 02013-06-16 16 June | Warsaw | Warsaw and Wroc?aw |  |  |
Spain | 02013-06-05 5 June | 02013-07-01 1 July | Gniewino Near Gda?sk | Gda?sk | Donetsk | Donetsk | Kiev
Sweden | 02013-06-06 6 June | 02013-06-19 19 June | Kiev | Kiev |  |  |
Ukraine | 02013-06-06 6 June | 02013-06-19 19 June | Kiev | Kiev and Donetsk |  |  |

- Poland
- Ukraine

## Match officials[edit]

On 20 December 2011, UEFA named twelve referees and four fourth officials for Euro 2012.[52] On 27 March 2012, UEFA issued the full list of 80 referees to be used in Euro 2012, including the assistant referees, the additional assistant referees, and the four reserve assistant referees.[53] Each refereeing team consisted of five match officials from the same country: one main referee, two assistant referees, and two additional assistant referees. All of the main referees, additional assistant referees, and fourth officials were FIFA referees, and the assistant referees (including the four reserve assistant referees) were FIFA assistant referees.[54][55] For each refereeing team, a third assistant referee from each country was named to remain on standby until the start of the tournament to take the place of a colleague if required.[55] In two cases, for the French and Slovenian refereeing teams, the standby assistant referees took the place of one of the assistant referees before the start of the tournament. Continuing the experiments carried out in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, the two additional assistant referees were used on the goal line for the first time in European Championship history with approval from the International Football Association Board.[52]

Country | Referee | Assistant referees | Additional assistant referees | Matches refereed
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
England | Howard Webb | Michael Mullarkey Peter Kirkup[56] Stephen Child (standby) | Martin Atkinson Mark Clattenburg | Russia?Czech Republic (Group A) Italy?Croatia (Group C) Czech Republic?Portugal (Quarter-final)
France | St?phane Lannoy | Eric Dansault (replaced by standby) Fr?d?ric Cano Micha?l Annonier (standby) | Fredy Fautrel Ruddy Buquet | Germany?Portugal (Group B) Greece?Czech Republic (Group A) Germany?Italy (Semi-final)
Germany | Wolfgang Stark | Jan-Hendrik Salver Mike Pickel Mark Borsch (standby) | Florian Meyer Deniz Aytekin | Poland?Russia (Group A) Croatia?Spain (Group C)
Hungary | Viktor Kassai | G?bor Er?s Gy?rgy Ring R?bert Kisp?l (standby) | Istv?n Vad Tam?s Bogn?r | Spain?Italy (Group C) England?Ukraine (Group D)
Italy | Nicola Rizzoli | Renato Faverani Andrea Stefani Luca Maggiani (standby) | Gianluca Rocchi Paolo Tagliavento | France?England (Group D) Portugal?Netherlands (Group B) Spain?France (Quarter-final)
Netherlands | Bj?rn Kuipers | Sander van Roekel[56] Erwin Zeinstra Norbertus Simons (standby) | Pol van Boekel Richard Liesveld | Republic of Ireland?Croatia (Group C) Ukraine?France (Group D)
Portugal | Pedro Proen?a | Bertino Miranda Ricardo Santos Tiago Trigo (standby) | Jorge Sousa Duarte Gomes | Spain?Republic of Ireland (Group C) Sweden?France (Group D) England?Italy (Quarter-final) Spain?Italy (Final)
Scotland | Craig Thomson | Alasdair Ross Derek Rose Graham Chambers (standby) | William Collum Euan Norris | Denmark?Portugal (Group B) Czech Republic?Poland (Group A)
Slovenia | Damir Skomina | Primo? Arhar Marko Stan?in (replaced by standby) Matej ?uni? (standby) | Matej Jug Slavko Vin?i? | Netherlands?Denmark (Group B) Sweden?England (Group D) Germany?Greece (Quarter-final)
Spain | Carlos Velasco Carballo | Roberto Alonso Fern?ndez Juan Carlos Yuste Jim?nez Jes?s Calvo Guadamuro (standby) | David Fern?ndez Borbal?n Carlos Clos G?mez | Poland?Greece (Group A) Denmark?Germany (Group B)
Sweden | Jonas Eriksson | Stefan Wittberg Mathias Klasenius Fredrik Nilsson (standby) | Markus Str?mbergsson Stefan Johannesson | Netherlands?Germany (Group B) Greece?Russia (Group A)
Turkey | C?neyt ?ak?r | Bahattin Duran Tar?k Ongun Mustafa Emre Eyisoy (standby) | H?seyin G??ek B?lent Y?ld?r?m | Ukraine?Sweden (Group D) Italy?Republic of Ireland (Group C) Portugal?Spain (Semi-final)

- Final referee; only referee assigned to four matches.

Four match officials, who served only as fourth officials, and four reserve assistant referees were also named:[52][53]

Country | Fourth official
--- | ---
Czech Republic | Pavel Kr?lovec
Norway | Tom Harald Hagen
Poland | Marcin Borski
Ukraine | Viktor Shvetsov
Country | Reserve assistant referee
--- | ---
Republic of Ireland | Damien MacGraith
Poland | Marcin Borski
Slovakia | Roman Sly?ko
Ukraine | Oleksandr Voytyuk

## Results[edit]

UEFA announced the schedule for the 31 matches of the final tournament in October 2010,[57] with the final confirmation of kick-offs times being affirmed following the tournament draw in December 2011.[58]

### Group stage[edit]

Finishing positions for participating teams

The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups (highlighted in tables) progressed to the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams were eliminated from the tournament.[59]

Tie-breaking

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[60][61][b]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;[c]
4. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
5. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
6. If two teams tie alone after having met in the last round of the group stage their ranking is determined by penalty shoot-out.
7. Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system;
8. Fair play conduct of the teams (final tournament);
9. Drawing of lots.

#### Group A[edit] Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group A Opening match Poland-Greece
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6
Greece | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4
Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4
Poland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2
Greece were placed above Russia based on their head-to-head record (1?0). Czech Republic were the first team to win a European Championship group with a negative goal difference[62]
8 June 2012
Poland | 1?1 | Greece
Russia | 4?1 | Czech Republic
12 June 2012
Greece | 1?2 | Czech Republic
Poland | 1?1 | Russia
16 June 2012
Czech Republic | 1?0 | Poland
Greece | 1?0 | Russia
#### Group B[edit] Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group B Lukas Podolski and Nani in Germany-Portugal
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9
Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6
Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3
Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0
9 June 2012
Netherlands | 0?1 | Denmark
Germany | 1?0 | Portugal
13 June 2012
Denmark | 2?3 | Portugal
Netherlands | 1?2 | Germany
17 June 2012
Portugal | 2?1 | Netherlands
Denmark | 1?2 | Germany
#### Group C[edit] Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group C Fans outside PGE Arena at Spain-Italy group play
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7
Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5
Croatia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4
Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0
10 June 2012
Spain | 1?1 | Italy
Republic of Ireland | 1?3 | Croatia
14 June 2012
Italy | 1?1 | Croatia
Spain | 4?0 | Republic of Ireland
18 June 2012
Croatia | 0?1 | Spain
Italy | 2?0 | Republic of Ireland
#### Group D[edit] Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group D Andriy Shevchenko's second goal in Ukraine-Sweden
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7
France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4
Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3
Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3
Ukraine were placed above Sweden based on their head-to-head record (2?1).
11 June 2012
France | 1?1 | England
Ukraine | 2?1 | Sweden
15 June 2012
Ukraine | 0?2 | France
Sweden | 2?3 | England
19 June 2012
England | 1?0 | Ukraine
Sweden | 2?0 | France
### Knockout stage[edit] Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 knockout stage Winning Spanish players with the trophy
| Quarter-finals |  | Semi-finals |  | Final
| 21 June – Warsaw |  |  |  |  |  |
| Czech Republic | 0
| 27 June – Donetsk
| Portugal | 1 |
| Portugal | 0 (2)
| 23 June – Donetsk
|  |  | Spain (p) | 0 (4) |
| Spain | 2
|  | 1 July – Kiev
| France | 0 |
| Spain | 4
| 22 June – Gdańsk |  |
|  | Italy | 0
| Germany | 4
| 28 June – Warsaw |
| Greece | 2 |
| Germany | 1
| 24 June – Kiev
|  |  | Italy | 2 |
| England | 0 (2)
| Italy (p) | 0 (4) |
#### Quarter-finals[edit]
21 June 2012 20:45 UTC 2
Czech Republic | 0?1 | Portugal
--- | --- | ---
| Report | Ronaldo 79'
National Stadium, Warsaw Attendance: 55,590[63] Referee: Howard Webb (England)
22 June 2012 20:45 UTC 2
Germany | 4?2 | Greece
--- | --- | ---
Lahm 39' Khedira 61' Klose 68' Reus 74' | Report | Samaras 55' Salpingidis 89' (pen.)
PGE Arena, Gda?sk Attendance: 38,751[64] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
23 June 2012 21:45 UTC 3
Spain | 2?0 | France
--- | --- | ---
Alonso 19', 90 1' (pen.) | Report |
Donbass Arena, Donetsk Attendance: 47,000[65] Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
24 June 2012 21:45 UTC 3
England | 0?0 (a.e.t.) | Italy
--- | --- | ---
| Report |
| Penalties |
Gerrard Rooney Young Cole | 2?4 | Balotelli Montolivo Pirlo Nocerino Diamanti
Olympic Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 64,340[66] Referee: Pedro Proen?a (Portugal)
#### Semi-finals[edit]
27 June 2012 21:45 UTC 3
Portugal | 0?0 (a.e.t.) | Spain
--- | --- | ---
| Report |
| Penalties |
Moutinho Pepe Nani Alves | 2?4 | Alonso Iniesta Piqu? Ramos F?bregas
Donbass Arena, Donetsk Attendance: 48,000[67] Referee: C?neyt ?ak?r (Turkey)
28 June 2012 20:45 UTC 2
Germany | 1?2 | Italy
--- | --- | ---
?zil 90 2' (pen.) | Report | Balotelli 20', 36'
National Stadium, Warsaw Attendance: 55,540[68] Referee: St?phane Lannoy (France)
#### Final[edit] Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Final
1 July 2012 21:45 UTC 3
Spain | 4?0 | Italy
--- | --- | ---
Silva 14' Alba 41' Torres 84' Mata 88' | Report |
Olympic Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 63,170[69] Referee: Pedro Proen?a (Portugal)
## Statistics[edit] Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 statistics ### Goalscorers[edit] Torres and Balotelli (both with no 9) from the final 3 goals
Fernando Torres Mario Mand?uki? | Mario Balotelli Cristiano Ronaldo | Alan Dzagoev Mario G?mez
2 goals
Petr Jir??ek V?clav Pila? Nicklas Bendtner Michael Krohn-Dehli | Dimitris Salpingidis Xabi Alonso Cesc F?bregas | David Silva Zlatan Ibrahimovi? Andriy Shevchenko
1 goal
Nikica Jelavi? Andy Carroll Joleon Lescott Wayne Rooney Theo Walcott Danny Welbeck Yohan Cabaye J?r?my M?nez Samir Nasri Lars Bender Sami Khedira Miroslav Klose Philipp Lahm | Mesut ?zil Lukas Podolski Marco Reus Theofanis Gekas Giorgos Karagounis Georgios Samaras Sean St Ledger Antonio Cassano Antonio Di Natale Andrea Pirlo Rafael van der Vaart Robin van Persie | Jakub B?aszczykowski Robert Lewandowski Pepe H?lder Postiga Silvestre Varela Roman Pavlyuchenko Roman Shirokov Jordi Alba Juan Mata Jes?s Navas Sebastian Larsson Olof Mellberg
1 own goal Glen Johnson (playing against Sweden)
### Awards[edit] UEFA Team of the Tournament The UEFA Technical Team was charged with naming a squad composed of the 23 best players over the course of the tournament.[70] The group of eleven analysts watched every game at the tournament before making their decision after the final. Ten players from the winning Spanish team were selected in the team of the tournament, while Zlatan Ibrahimovi? was the only player to be included whose team was knocked out in the group stage.[70][71] File:Andr?s Iniesta Euro 2012 final.jpg Andr?s Iniesta won with Spain, was named the Player of the Tournament and also became part of Team of the Tournament.
Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards
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Manuel Neuer Gianluigi Buffon Iker Casillas | Philipp Lahm F?bio Coentr?o Pepe Jordi Alba Gerard Piqu? Sergio Ramos | Steven Gerrard Sami Khedira Mesut ?zil Andrea Pirlo Daniele De Rossi Xabi Alonso Sergio Busquets Andr?s Iniesta Xavi | Mario Balotelli Cristiano Ronaldo Cesc F?bregas David Silva Zlatan Ibrahimovi?
UEFA Player of the Tournament Andr?s Iniesta[70][72] Golden Boot Fernando Torres (3 goals)[73][d] ### Prizes[edit]
Prize money
Rank (unoff.) | Team | Million ?
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1 | Spain | 23.0
2 | Italy | 19.5
3 | Germany | 16.0
4 | Portugal | 15.0
5 | England | 12.5
6 | Czech Republic | 12.0
7 | France, Greece | 11.5
9 | Croatia, Russia | 10.5
11 | Denmark, Ukraine | 10.0
13 | Poland, Sweden | 9.0
15 | Netherlands, Republic of Ireland | 8.0
A total of ?196?million was given to the 16 teams competing in this tournament, an increase from the ?184?million in the previous tournament. Each team received an initial ?8?million and then received additional money, based on their performances.[75] Spain, the winners of Euro 2012, were awarded a total prize of ?23 million for their performance.[76] The maximum prize achievable (for winning all group matches and winning the final) was ?23.5 million. Complete list: Prize for participating: ?8?million Extra payment based on teams performances: Champions: ?7.5?million Runner-up: ?4.5?million Reaching the semi-finals: ?3?million Reaching the quarter-finals: ?2?million Finishing in third place in a group: ?1?million Winning a group match: ?1?million Drawing a group match: ?0.5?million Besides money, commemorative plaques were given to all participants together with special plaques for semi-final losers and finalists. Gold and silver medals were awarded to the winners and runners-up respectively, whereas both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals. The trophy given to the winners remains in the ownership of UEFA; however, the winning nation, Spain, received a full-size replica.[77] ### Discipline[edit] In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches. UEFA's Control and Disciplinary body has the ability to increase the automatic one match ban for a red card (e.g. for violent conduct). Single yellow card cautions were erased at the conclusion of the quarter-finals, and were not carried over to the semi-finals (so that a player could only be suspended for the final by getting a red card in the semi-final). Single yellow cards and suspensions for yellow card accumulations do not carry over to the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament matches.[78] The following players were suspended during the final tournament ? for one or more games ? as a result of red cards or yellow card accumulations:
Player | Offences | Suspensions
--- | --- | ---
Wayne Rooney | in qualification v Montenegro[79] | Group D v France Group D v Sweden
Sokratis Papastathopoulos | in Group A v Poland | Group A v Czech Republic
Wojciech Szcz?sny | in Group A v Greece | Group A v Russia
J?r?me Boateng | in Group B v Portugal in Group B v Netherlands | Group B v Denmark
Giorgos Karagounis | in Group A v Poland in Group A v Russia | Quarter-final v Germany
Jos? Holebas | in Group A v Poland in Group A v Russia | Quarter-final v Germany
Keith Andrews | in Group C v Italy | World Cup qualifying v Kazakhstan
Philippe Mex?s | in Group D v Ukraine in Group D v Sweden | Quarter-final v Spain
Christian Maggio | in Group C v Spain in Quarter-final v England | Semi-final v Germany
Apart from discipline measures for yellow and red cards, UEFA fined the football associations of Croatia, England, Germany, Portugal, Russia and Spain a total of ?417,000 for spectators incidents.[e] Furthermore, the Portuguese association was fined ?5,000 for delaying the start of the second half of the game against Germany.[84] In addition to these, Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner was fined ?100,000 and given a one match ban (to be applied in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament) for revealing his sponsored underpants, violating UEFA regulations, during the celebration of his second goal in the match against Portugal.[90][f] ### Penalty kicks[edit] Not counting penalty shoot-outs, four penalties were awarded during the tournament. Giorgos Karagounis was the only player who failed to convert his penalty, which occurred in the match against Poland. Scored Dimitris Salpingidis for Greece in the match against Germany Xabi Alonso for Spain in the match against France Mesut ?zil for Germany in the match against Italy Missed Giorgos Karagounis for Greece in the match against Poland, saved by Przemys?aw Tyto? ## Marketing[edit] ### Trophy tour[edit] File:Henri Delaunay Cup, Manufaktura ??d? May 2012.jpg Trophy on display during its tour The Henri Delaunay Trophy began a journey through the host cities seven weeks before the start of the tournament. A hundred days before the first match a 35.5-metre-high (116 ft) hot air balloon in the shape of the trophy was flown in Nyon, Switzerland and visited 14 cities throughout the host countries, reminding spectators of the impending tournament.[92] On 20 April 2012, the trophy tour started and visited the Polish cities of Warsaw, Wroc?aw, Gda?sk, Pozna?, Krak?w, Katowice and ??d?. After the Polish cities, the trophy visited seven Ukrainian cities: Kiev, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, and Odesa.[93][94] ### Logo, slogan and theme songs[edit] The competition slogan, Creating History Together (Polish: Razem tworzymy przysz?o??, literally, "Together we are creating the future", Ukrainian: ??????? ??????? ?????, Tvorymo istoriyu razom), was announced along with the logo.[95] The official logo for the tournament was unveiled at a special event at Mykhailivska Square, Kiev, on 14 December 2009. Designed by Portuguese group Brandia Central.[96] It takes its visual identity from Wycinanki or Vytynanky, traditional form of paper cutting practised in rural areas of Poland and Ukraine. The art form symbolises the nature of the rural areas of both countries.[95][97] As part of the event, landmark buildings in the eight host cities were illuminated with the tournament logo.[98] The official Euro 2012 song is "Endless Summer" by the German singer Oceana.[99] In addition, UEFA has retained the melody that was composed by Rollo Armstrong of Faithless on its behalf for the 2008 tournament.[100] The Republic of Ireland has also produced an official song: "The Rocky Road to Poland" recorded by a collaboration of Irish performers has already reached number 1 in Ireland.[101] In Spain, the broadcasting company Mediaset Espa?a commissioned the song "No hay 2 sin 3", performed by David Bisbal and Cali El Dandee and produced by RedOne.[102] The tournament has also been associated with the song "Heart of Courage" by Two Steps From Hell, which has been played in the stadiums during the entrance of the players (before the national anthems) ; but also "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes, in this case after every goal.[103] ### Merchandise and mascots[edit] File:SlavekSlavko (3).jpg The mascots Slavek Slavko UEFA signed a worldwide licensing agreement with Warner Brothers Consumer Products to help promote the tournament.[104] The agreement involved licensing to third parties for a variety of other merchandising items.[105] Also designed by Warner Bros. were the official tournament mascots, "Slavek and Slavko", twins that wore the national colours of the two host nations. The mascots were unveiled in December 2010,[106] and named following an online poll.[107] ### Sponsorship[edit] UEFA announced ten global sponsors and, for both Poland and Ukraine, three national sponsors as shown below.[108] These sponsorships together with the broadcasting revenues were estimated to earn UEFA at least US$1.6?billion.[109]
Global sponsors | Event sponsors
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Ukraine | Poland
Adidas Canon[110] Castrol Coca-Cola[111] Continental[112] SHARP[113] | Orange and Telekomunikacja Polska[114] Hyundai?Kia[115] Carlsberg[116] McDonald's[117]
| Ukrtelecom Epicenter Ukrsotsbank PJSC[118] | E. Wedel[119] Bank Pekao MasterCard
## Concerns and controversies[edit] Main article: Concerns and controversies related to UEFA Euro 2012 After Poland and Ukraine were chosen by a vote of the UEFA Executive Committee as host countries for Euro 2012, several issues arose, which jeopardised the Polish/Ukrainian host status. In Ukraine there were financial difficulties related to stadium and infrastructure renovation related to the economic crisis.[120] In Poland, issues arose related to corruption within the Polish Football Association.[121] In April 2009 however, the president of UEFA, Michel Platini announced that all was on track and that he saw no major problems. After a UEFA delegation visited Ukraine in September 2011, he stated the country was "virtually ready for Euro 2012".[122] Especially in the UK, there were allegations of racism in football in both host countries. The main cause of discussion was the BBC current affairs programme Panorama, entitled Euro 2012: Stadiums of Hate, which included recent footage of supporters chanting various antisemitic slogans and displays of white power symbols and banners in Poland, plus Nazi salutes and the beating of South Asians in Ukraine.[123] The documentary was first echoed in much of the British press, but was then attacked for being one-sided and unethical: critics included other British media outlets; anti-racism campaigners, black and Jewish community leaders in Poland; Polish and Ukrainian politicians and journalists; England fans visiting the host nations and Gary Lineker.[124][125][126][127] In response to Yulia Tymoshenko?s hunger strike and her mistreatment in a Ukrainian prison some European politicians and governments announced that they would boycott the matches in Ukraine.[128][129] Ukraine came under criticism from animal welfare organisations for killing stray cats and dogs in order to prepare for Euro 2012.[130] Ukrainian Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and Minister Of The Environment promised to take action to prevent killing animals but it still remains unclear how these measures will be enforced.[131] The ministry's comments also suggested this would only be a temporary measure, drawing further criticism.[132][133][134] Bomb explosions took place in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, on 27 April 2012 and were described as a terrorist attack that may jeopardise the organisation of the tournament in Ukraine.[135] Other minor important issues were associated with FEMEN?s group protests against prostitution and sex tourism in Ukraine, and enormous increases in hotel prices by many hoteliers in the country.[136][137] In total, four nations were fined by UEFA for racist activities by their fans: Germany, Spain, Croatia and Russia.[138][139] ## See also[edit] UEFA Euro 2012 squads UEFA Euro 2012 schedule ## Notes[edit] ^ The group stage was introduced in 1980. ^ As all teams had different UEFA national team coefficients, the last two tie-breakers would not apply in this tournament. ^ Criteria 1-3 may be used recursively, meaning applied and reapplied to still fewer teams until they are no further help ^ Fernando Torres tied with five other players on goals and with Mario G?mez on goals and assists; however, he played 92 fewer minutes than G?mez did, thus earning the title.[73] Torres also became the first player to score in two finals.[3] Klaas-Jan Huntelaar of the Netherlands was the overall top goalscorer of Euro 2012 (including qualification) with 12 goals.[74] ^ Sources[80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89] ^ His fine was later paid by his sponsor.[91] ## References[edit] ^ a b c "Euro joy for Poland and Ukraine". 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