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The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 July 2012, was co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine (both first time hosts), and was won by Spain , who beat ...
The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 2012 began with the quarter-finals on 21 June 2012, and was completed on 1 July 2012 with the final at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv, won by Spain. [1] After the completion of the group stage on 19 June 2012, eight teams qualified for the quarter-finals (two from each group), which were played from 21 to 24 June 2012.
For UEFA Euro 2012, Ukraine qualified automatically as one of the host countries, marking their début at the major European football tournament. In their opening game against Sweden, Ukraine won 2–1 in Kyiv. Despite the team's efforts, the co-hosts were eliminated after a 0–2 loss to France and a 0–1 loss to England, both in Donetsk.
Group D of UEFA Euro 2012 began on 11 June 2012 and ended on 19 June 2012. The pool was made up of Ukraine , Sweden , France and England . The top two teams, England and France, progressed to the quarter-finals to play Italy and Spain respectively, while Ukraine and Sweden were eliminated from the tournament.
The UEFA Euro 2012 tournament was co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine. [62] Spain defeated Italy 4–0 in the Final, thus becoming the first nation to defend a European Championship title, as well as the first European team to win three consecutive major tournaments. [63]
UEFA Euro 2012 was the fourteenth edition of the UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA's football competition for national teams, held between 8 June and 1 July 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Qualifying rounds were held between August 2010 and November 2011, in which fifty-one teams were divided into nine groups of five or six ...
The following is a list of squads for each national team competing at the Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. The tournament started on 8 June 2012 and the final took place in Kyiv on 1 July 2012. Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players by 29 May 2012, three of whom must be goalkeepers. [ 1 ]
After a UEFA delegation visited Ukraine in September 2011, he stated the country was "virtually ready for Euro 2012." [24] In April 2012, while on an inspection trip to the host city of Lviv, Platini labelled hoteliers as "bandits and crooks" for raising hotel prices in Ukraine for Euro 2012. [25]