UEFA Euro 2012

The UEFA Euro 2012 was the 14th UEFA European Football Championship tournament. Its formal name was 2012 UEFA European Football Championship. It was held in 8 June to 1 July. All the European football teams could compete. In general the contet of match was more higher than FIFA World Cup. The defending champion was Spain. The tournament was hosted in Poland and Ukraine. 16 teams were qualified for the final group stage. The winner of competition qualifies for the FIFA Confederations Cup.

UEFA Euro 2012

Mistrzostwa Europy w piłce nożnej 2012 (in Polish) Чемпіонат Європи з футболу 2012 (in Ukrainian)
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	1,440,846 (46,479 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fernando Torres (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Andrés Iniesta
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The mascots Slavek & Slavko.

Qualification

Main articles: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group A and UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group B

51 teams wanted to join the Euro 2012, so UEFA organized the teams into 9 groups. Qualification began on August 2010 and ended on November 2011. The following teams qualified:

Poland (Host) Ukraine (Host) Germany (Group A winner) Russia (Group B winner) Italy (Group C winner) France (Group D winner) Netherlands (Group E winner) Greece (Group F winner)

England (Group G winner) Denmark (Group H winner) Spain (Group I winner) Sweden (Best runner-up) Croatia (Play-off winner) Czech Republic (Play-off winner) Portugal (Play-off winner) Republic of Ireland (Play-off winner)

Venues

There were 8 stadiums in 8 host cities. The host cities were Warsaw, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Poznań, Kyiv, Lviv, Donetsk and Kharkiv. The Euro 2012 allowed new stadiums to be built. Six of the eight stadiums are either completely new, or greatly improved. Below is a table that will show what stadiums are being used, and in which cities.

Warsaw	Gdańsk	Wrocław	Poznań
National Stadium Capacity: 58,500[1]	PGE Arena Capacity: 43,600[2]	Municipal Stadium Capacity: 42,800[3]	Municipal Stadium Capacity: 43,300[4]
3 matches in Group A (including 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
Wrocław Kyiv Lviv Donetsk Warsaw Gdańsk Kharkiv Poznań
Kyiv	Donetsk	Kharkiv	Lviv
Olympic Stadium Capacity: 60,000[5]	Donbas Arena Capacity: 50,000[6]	Metalist Stadium Capacity: 35,000[7]	Arena Lviv Capacity: 30,000[8]
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

Results

Group A

See the main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group A

Opening match, Poland vs 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).

The Czech Republic became the first team to win a European Championship group with a negative goal difference

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

See the main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group B

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

See the main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group C

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

See the main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group D

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 was placed on top of Sweden, because of their previous match against each other (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 phase

See the main article: UEFA Euro 2012 knockout stage

	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 – Kyiv
	France	0
									Spain	4
	22 June – Gdańsk
									Italy	0
	Germany	4
					28 June – Warsaw
	Greece	2
					Germany	1
	24 June – Kyiv
					Italy	2
	England	0 (2)
	Italy (p)	0 (4)

UEFA Euro 2012 Winners
Spain 3rd title

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 goals

Mario Mandžukić Mario Gómez

Mario Balotelli Cristiano Ronaldo

Alan Dzagoev Fernando Torres

2 goals

Petr Jiráček Václav Pilař Nicklas Bendtner Michael Krohn-Dehli

Dimitris Salpingidis Xabi Alonso Cesc Fàbregas

David Silva Zlatan Ibrahimović Andriy Shevchenko

1 goal

Nikica Jelavić Andy Carroll Joleon Lescott Wayne Rooney Theo Walcott Danny Welbeck Yohan Cabaye Jérémy Ménez Samir Nasri Lars Bender Sami Khedira Miroslav Klose Philipp Lahm

Mesut Özil 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 Błaszczykowski Robert Lewandowski Pepe Hélder Postiga Silvestre Varela Roman Pavlyuchenko Roman Shirokov Jordi Alba Juan Mata Jesús Navas Sebastian Larsson Olof Mellberg

1 own goal

• Glen Johnson (playing against Sweden)

Final rankings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	6	4	2	0	12	1	+11	14
2	Italy	6	2	3	1	6	7	–1	9
Eliminated in the Semi-finals
3	Germany	5	4	0	1	10	6	+4	12
4	Portugal	5	3	1	1	6	4	+2	10
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
5	England	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	8
6	Czech Republic	4	2	0	2	4	6	–2	6
7	Greece	4	1	1	2	5	7	–2	4
8	France	4	1	1	2	3	5	–2	4
Eliminated in the Group stage
9	Russia	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
10	Croatia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
11	Sweden	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
12	Denmark	3	1	0	2	4	5	–1	3
13	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	3
14	Poland	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
15	Netherlands	3	0	0	3	2	5	–3	0
16	Republic of Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	9	–8	0

Rankings are based on performance, not team skill. Also, these rankings are unofficial and are not based on head-to-head record.

References

1. "National Stadium Warsaw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
2. "Arena Gdansk". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
3. "Municipal Stadium Wroclaw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
4. "Municipal Stadium Poznan". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
5. "Olympic Stadium, Kyiv". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
6. "Donbas Arena". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
7. "Metalist Stadium". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
8. "Arena Lviv". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.