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.

 Qualification 

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 StadiumCapacity: 58,500 PGE ArenaCapacity: 43,600 Municipal StadiumCapacity: 42,800 Municipal StadiumCapacity: 43,300 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 180px 190px 170px 170px 
500px|center Kyiv Donetsk Kharkiv Lviv Olympic StadiumCapacity: 60,000 Donbas ArenaCapacity: 50,000 Metalist StadiumCapacity: 35,000 Arena LvivCapacity: 30,000 3 matches in Group D, 1 quarter-final andthe 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


Team320145-1631113304311153+24302123-12

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 20121–14–112 June 20121–21–116 June 20121–01–0

 Group B 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Germany330052+39 Portugal320154+16 Denmark310245–13 Netherlands300325–30

9 June 20120 – 11 – 013 June 20122 – 31 – 217 June 20122 – 11 – 2

 Group C 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts321061+57312042+25311143+14300319–80

10 June 20121 – 11 – 314 June 20121 – 14 – 018 June 20120 – 12 – 0

 Group D 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts321053+2731113304310224–23 Sweden31025503

Ukraine was placed on top of Sweden, because of their previous match against each other (2 – 1)

11 June 20121 – 12 – 115 June 20120 – 22 – 319 June 20121 – 02 – 0

 Knockout phase 

 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 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts16420121+11142623167–19Eliminated in the Semi-finals35401106+4124531164+210Eliminated in the Quarter-finals5422053+286420246–267411257–248411235–24Eliminated in the Group stage9311153+2410311143+14113102550312310245–1313310224–2314302123–1215300325–3016 Republic of Ireland300319–80
Rankings are based on performance, not team skill. Also, these rankings are unofficial and are not based on head-to-head record.

 References 

Category:UEFA Euro 2012
Category:June 2012 events