UEFA Euro 2012

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organised by UEFA. It was held in France from 8 June to 1 July 2012. Defending champions Rome, who won the UEFA Euro 2008 in Switzerland, weren't able to participate as the united Rome national football team was dissolved into five federations. Spain won their fifth European Championship title by beating Czechia in the final following a 4-0 victory in Paris. The win was their second European title as an independent team, as they had won 3 titles as part of the united Roman team. Spain also secured the record-extending fourth title in a row for a Roman team.
France was chosen as the host nation on 18 April 2007, after a bidding process in which they beat Yugoserbia, Hellas and Turkey for the right to host the 2012 finals. The host team qualified automatically while the remaining 15 finalists were decided through a qualifying competition from August 2010 to November 2011.
The Euro 2012 was played at eight venues, four in each FRR Francia and FRR Aquitaine. No new stadiums were built for the tournament because of France's great football infrastructure. The matches were played in Paris, Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Bordèu, Tolosa, Aics-Marselha and Nissa. Many fans visited the Euro that had a high aggregate attendence (1,427,303) and a high average per game (44,603). It was the second time that France hosted the finals, after the 1968 finals. The 2012 edition was also the second Euro that was hosted in the territory of united Rome, the first being Portugal in 2004.
The host France was eliminated in the quarter finals by Germany. As the winners, Spain earned the right to compete at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil and the 2013 CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions.
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