page_title: 2011 in UEFA
section_title: Men's events
hierarchical_section_title: 2011 in UEFA / International football / Men's events
caption_attribution_description: English: Gianni Infantino (left) and Zbigniew Boniek (right) during UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying play-offs draw, that took place in Sheraton Hotel in Cracow. Polski: Gianni Infantino (po lewej) i Zbigniew Boniek (po prawej) podczas losowania baraży o udział w UEFA EURO 2012, które odbyło się w Hotelu Sheraton w Krakowie.
context_page_description: The following are the scheduled events, results and champions of association football for the year 2011 throughout the Union of European Football Associations.
context_section_description: Most notably, 2011 consisted of all men's UEFA teams competing in qualification for UEFA Euro 2012. As tournament hosts, both Poland and Ukraine earned direct qualification into Group Stage.
  The qualification season ended on 11 October 2011, with group winners earning berths into Euro 2012. For group runners-up, the highest ranked second team qualified automatically for the tournament, while the remainder entered the play-offs. As some groups contain six teams and some five, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group were not included in this ranking. As a result, a total of eight matches played by each team count toward the purpose of the second-placed ranking table.
  The teams, other than the hosts, to qualify for the tournament included: Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Russia, Spain and Sweden.
caption: Gianni Infantino (left) and Zbigniew Boniek during a draw for the play-offs
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