UEFA Euro 2012
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 Italy in the final at the Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine.[1]
| Mistrzostwa Europy w Piłce Nożnej 2012 (in Polish) Чемпіонат Європи з футболу 2012 (in Ukrainian) | |
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| 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 |
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| Matches played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 76 (2.45 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,440,896 (46,481 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Mario Mandžukić Mario Gómez Mario Balotelli Cristiano Ronaldo Alan Dzagoev Fernando Torres (3 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | Andrés Iniesta |
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Poland and Ukraine's bid was chosen by the UEFA Executive Committee on 18 April 2007.[2] The two host teams qualified automatically while the remaining 14 finalists were decided through a qualifying competition, featuring 51 teams, from August 2010 to November 2011. This was the last European Championship to employ the 16-team finals format in use since 1996; from Euro 2016 onward, it was expanded to 24 finalists.
Euro 2012 was played at eight venues, four in each host country. Five new stadiums were built for the tournament, and the hosts invested heavily in improving infrastructure such as railways and roads at UEFA's request. Euro 2012 set attendance records for the 16-team format, for the highest aggregate attendance (1,440,896) and average per game (46,481).
Spain became the first team to win two consecutive European Championships, and also three straight major tournaments (Euro 2008, 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012).[3] Spain had already gained entry to the 2013 Confederations Cup by winning the World Cup, so runners-up Italy qualified instead. As at Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, both 2012 host nations were eliminated in the group stage.
There were several players ending on a total of 3 goals but because Fernando Torres made an assist and played the fewest minutes of the players who scored three goals, he was named as the Golden Boot winner for the tournament.
Bid process Edit
The hosting of the event was initially contested by five bids representing seven countries: Croatia–Hungary, Greece, Italy, Poland–Ukraine, and Turkey.[4] In November 2005, after an initial consideration of the bid data by UEFA, both the Greek and Turkish bids were eliminated from the process, to leave three candidates.[5]
In May 2006, this was followed by a second round of the selection process, which included visits by UEFA to all candidates.[6] The final decision was due to be announced on 8 December 2006 in Nyon, but this was postponed to "give bidding associations more time for the fine-tuning of their bids".[7] On 18 April 2007, the Poland–Ukraine bid was chosen by a vote of the UEFA Executive Committee, at a meeting in Cardiff.[2] It was the first time UEFA awarded the tournament organization to the former Eastern Bloc since Yugoslavia in 1976.[8]
Poland–Ukraine became the third successful joint bid for the European Championship, after those of Belgium–Netherlands (2000) and Austria–Switzerland (2008). Their bid received an absolute majority of votes, and was therefore announced the winner, without requiring a second round. Italy, which received the remaining votes,[2] had been considered favourites to win the hosting, but incidents of fan violence and a match-fixing scandal were widely cited as factors behind their failure.[9][10][11]
There were some later alterations from the initial bid plan, regarding the venues, before UEFA confirmed the eight host cities in 2009.[12][13] During the preparation process in Poland and Ukraine, UEFA repeatedly expressed concern about their preparation to host the event, with different candidates reported as being alternative hosts if they did not improve;[14][15] however, in the end, UEFA affirmed their selection.[16]
Qualification Edit
The draw for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying competition took place in Warsaw on 7 February 2010.[17] Fifty-one teams entered to compete for the fourteen remaining places in the finals, alongside co-hosts Poland and Ukraine. The teams were divided into nine groups, with the draw using the new UEFA national team coefficient for the first time in order to determine the seedings. As defending champions, Spain was automatically top-seeded. The qualifying process began in August 2010 and concluded in November 2011. At the conclusion of the qualifying group stage in October 2011, the nine group winners qualified automatically, along with the highest ranked second placed team. The remaining eight-second placed teams contested two-legged play-offs, and the four winners qualified for the finals.[18]
Twelve of the sixteen finalists participated at the previous tournament in 2008. England and Denmark made their return to the Euro after missing out on 2008, while Republic of Ireland returned after a twenty-four-year absence to make their second appearance at a European Championship. One of the co-hosts, Ukraine, made their debut as an independent nation (before 1992 Ukraine participated as part of the Soviet Union). With the exception of Serbia – according to UEFA's ranking at the end of the qualifying stage – Europe's sixteen highest-ranked teams all qualified for the tournament.
Romania and Turkey were the only teams failing to qualify for the final tournament after qualifying to UEFA Euro 2008. (Austria and Switzerland also failed to qualify, but, as hosts of the previous tournament, they didn't took part in the qualifications.)
As of 2020, this was the last time Greece qualified for the European Championship finals, and the last time Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey and Wales failed to qualify.
Qualified teams Edit
The following sixteen teams qualified for the finals:[19]
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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| Poland | Co-host | 18 April 2007 | 1 (2008) |
| Ukraine | Co-host | 18 April 2007 | 0 (debut) |
| Germany[B] | Group A winner | 2 September 2011 | 10 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
| Italy | Group C winner | 6 September 2011 | 7 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
| Netherlands | Group E winner | 6 September 2011 | 8 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
| Spain | Group I winner | 6 September 2011 | 8 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
| England | Group G winner | 7 October 2011 | 7 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
| Russia[C] | Group B winner | 11 October 2011 | 9 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008) |
| France | Group D winner | 11 October 2011 | 7 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
| Greece | Group F winner | 11 October 2011 | 3 (1980, 2004, 2008) |
| Denmark | Group H winner | 11 October 2011 | 7 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
| Sweden | Best runner-up | 11 October 2011 | 4 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
| Croatia | Play-off winner | 15 November 2011 | 3 (1996, 2004, 2008) |
| Czech Republic[D] | Play-off winner | 15 November 2011 | 7 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
| Portugal | Play-off winner | 15 November 2011 | 5 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
| Republic of Ireland | Play-off winner | 15 November 2011 | 1 (1988) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
- ^ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
- ^ From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.
- ^ From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.
Final draw Edit
The draw for the final tournament took place on 2 December 2011 at the Ukraine Palace of Arts in Kyiv, Ukraine.[20][21] The hour-long ceremony was hosted by Olha Freimut and Piotr Sobczyński, television presenters from the two host countries.
As was the case for the 2000, 2004 and 2008 finals, the sixteen finalists were divided into four seeding pots, using the UEFA national team coefficient ranking.[22] The pot allocations were based on the UEFA national team coefficient rankings of the sixteen finalists at the end of the qualifying competition in November 2011.[23] Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating:
- 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage.
- 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage and final tournament.
- 20% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying stage and final tournament.
Aside from the coefficient, three teams were automatically placed in Pot 1. Ukraine and Poland were both assigned to Pot 1 as the two host nations, despite the fact that their rankings were the two lowest in the tournament; this also occurred in 2008 when the co-hosts Switzerland and Austria were also ranked below all other qualified teams. As defending champions, Spain were also automatically assigned to Pot 1, though their UEFA ranking at the time of the draw was coincidentally also the best.
In the draw procedure, one team from each pot was drawn into each of the four groups. The draw also determined which place in the group teams in pots 2–4 would take (e.g. A2, A3 or A4) to create the match schedule. With Poland automatically assigned in advance to A1, and Ukraine to D1, Pot 1 only had two teams as Spain and the Netherlands were to be drawn into position one in either group B or C.[22][24] The balls were drawn by four former players who had each been part of European Championship winning teams: Horst Hrubesch, Marco van Basten, Peter Schmeichel and Zinedine Zidane.[25]
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- ^ Co-hosts Poland (coefficient 23,806; rank 28th) and Ukraine (coefficient 28,029; rank 15th) belonged to Pot 1 irrespective of their ranking position. Ahead of the draw, they were removed as drawing options from Pot 1, and instead automatically assigned to Group position A1 and D1 respectively.
- ^ Defending champions Spain (coefficient 43,116; rank 1st) were automatically assigned to Pot 1, and could be drawn into either Group position B1 or C1.
Teams were drawn consecutively into Group A to D. First, the Pot 1 teams were assigned to the first positions of their groups, while next the positions of all other teams were drawn separately from Pot 4 to 2 (for the purposes of determining the match schedules in each group).
The draw resulted in the following groups:
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Venues Edit
Eight cities were selected by UEFA as host venues. In a return to the format used at Euro 1992, Euro 1996 and Euro 2008, each of the four groups' matches were played in two stadiums. Host cities Warsaw, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Poznań, Kyiv, and Lviv are all popular tourist destinations, unlike Donetsk and Kharkiv, the latter of which replaced Dnipropetrovsk as a host city in 2009.[26]
In order to meet UEFA's requirement for football infrastructure improvements, five new stadiums were built and opened in advance of the tournament. The remaining three stadiums (in Kyiv, Poznań and Kharkiv) underwent major renovations in order to meet UEFA's infrastructure standards.[27][28] Three of the stadiums are categorised as UEFA's highest category stadiums. The transport infrastructure in Poland and Ukraine was also extensively modified on the request of UEFA to cope with the large influx of football fans.[29]
UEFA organised fan zones in the eight host cities. They were located in the centre of each city, with all 31 matches shown live on a total of 24 giant screens. The zones enabled supporters to come together in a secure and controlled environment. The Warsaw Fan Zone occupied 120,000 square meters and accommodated 100,000 visitors. In all, the fans zones had a 20% increase in capacity compared to Euro 2008.[30]
A total of 31 matches were played during Euro 2012, with Ukraine hosting 16 of them and Poland 15.
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| Warsaw | Wrocław | Gdańsk | Poznań |
| Stadion Narodowy | Stadion Wrocław | PGE Arena | Stadion Miejski |
| Capacity: 58,580 | Capacity: 45,105 | Capacity: 43,615 | Capacity: 43,269 |
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| Kyiv | Donetsk | Kharkiv | Lviv |
| Olympic Stadium | Donbass Arena | Metalist Stadium | Arena Lviv |
| Capacity: 70,050 | Capacity: 52,187 | Capacity: 40,003 | Capacity: 34,915 |
Ticketing Edit
Tickets for the venues were sold directly by UEFA via its website, or distributed by the football associations of the 16 finalists. Applications had to be made during March 2011 for the 1.4 million tickets available for the 31 tournament matches.[31] Over 20,000 were forecast to cross the Poland–Ukraine border each day during the tournament.[32] Over 12 million applications were received, which represented a 17% increase on the 2008 finals, and an all-time record for the UEFA European Championship.[33] Owing to this over-subscription for the matches, lotteries were carried out to allocate tickets. Prices varied from €30 (£25) (for a seat behind the goals at a group match) to €600 (£513) (for a seat in the main stand at the final). In addition to individual match tickets, fans could buy packages to see either all matches played by one team, or all matches at one specific venue.[34]
Team base camps Edit
Each team had a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. From an initial list of thirty-eight potential locations (twenty-one in Poland, seventeen in Ukraine),[35] the national associations chose their locations in 2011. The teams trained and resided in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases.[36] Thirteen teams stayed in Poland and three in Ukraine.[36]
Match ball Edit
The Adidas Tango 12 was the official match ball of UEFA Euro 2012.[37] The ball is named after the original Adidas Tango family of footballs; however, the Tango 12 and its variations have a completely new design. Variations of the ball have been used in other contemporary competitions including the Africa Cup of Nations and the Summer Olympics. It is designed to be easier to dribble and control than the reportedly unpredictable Adidas Jabulani used at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[38]
Squads Edit
Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he would be replaced by another player.[39]
Match officials Edit
On 20 December 2011, UEFA named twelve referees and four fourth officials for Euro 2012.[40] On 27 March 2012, UEFA issued the full list of 80 referees to be used in Euro 2012, including the assistant referees, the additional assistant referees, and the four reserve assistant referees.[41] Each refereeing team consisted of five match officials from the same country: one main referee, two assistant referees, and two additional assistant referees. All of the main referees, additional assistant referees, and fourth officials were FIFA referees, and the assistant referees (including the four reserve assistant referees) were FIFA assistant referees.[42][43] For each refereeing team, a third assistant referee from each country was named to remain on standby until the start of the tournament to take the place of a colleague if required.[43] In two cases, for the French and Slovenian refereeing teams, the standby assistant referees took the place of one of the assistant referees before the start of the tournament. Continuing the experiments carried out in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, the two additional assistant referees were used on the goal line for the first time in European Championship history with approval from the International Football Association Board.[40]
Four match officials, who served only as fourth officials, and four reserve assistant referees were also named:[40][41]
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Group stage Edit
Winner Runner-up | Semi-finals Quarter-finals | Group stage |
UEFA announced the schedule for the 31 matches of the final tournament in October 2010,[44] with the final confirmation of kick-offs times being affirmed following the tournament draw in December 2011.[45]
The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups progressed to the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams were eliminated from the tournament.
Tiebreakers Edit
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[39][46]
- Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
- If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking (e.g. if criteria 1 to 3 were applied to three teams that were level on points initially and these criteria separated one team from the other two who still have an equal ranking), criteria 1 to 3 would be reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams who were still level to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 would apply;
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- If two teams tie alone (according to 1–5) after having met in the last round of the group stage their ranking is determined by penalty shoot-out.
- Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system;
- Fair play conduct of the teams (final tournament);
- Drawing of lots.
Group A Edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4[a] | |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4[a] | |
| 4 | Poland (H) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
(H) Hosts
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Group B Edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 0–1 | Denmark |
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Group C Edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
| Italy | 2–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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Group D Edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Ukraine (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3[a] | |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3[a] |
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Knockout stage Edit
In the knockout phase, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.
As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.
Bracket Edit
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| Spain (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
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| 1 July – Kyiv | ||||||||||
| France | 0 | |||||||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||||||
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| Italy | 0 | |||||||||
| Germany | 4 | |||||||||
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| Greece | 2 | |||||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||||||
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| Italy | 2 | |||||||||
| England | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| Italy (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals Edit
| Czech Republic | 0–1 | Portugal |
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Semi-finals Edit
Final Edit
Statistics Edit
Goalscorers Edit
There were 76 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 2.45 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
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
- Antonio Cassano
- Antonio Di Natale
- Andrea Pirlo
- Rafael van der Vaart
- Robin van Persie
- Jakub Błaszczykowski
- Robert Lewandowski
- Pepe
- Hélder Postiga
- Silvestre Varela
- Sean St Ledger
- Roman Pavlyuchenko
- Roman Shirokov
- Jordi Alba
- Juan Mata
- Jesús Navas
- Sebastian Larsson
- Olof Mellberg
1 own goal
- Glen Johnson (against Sweden)
Source: UEFA[79]
Awards Edit
- UEFA Team of the Tournament
The UEFA Technical Team was charged with naming a squad composed of the 23 best players over the course of the tournament.[80] The group of eleven analysts watched every game at the tournament before making their decision after the final. Ten players from the winning Spanish team were selected in the team of the tournament, while Zlatan Ibrahimović was the only player to be included whose team was knocked out in the group stage.[80][81]
- Golden Boot
Fernando Torres tied with five other players on goals and with Mario Gómez on goals and assists; however, he played 92 fewer minutes than Gómez did, thus earning the title. Torres also became the first player to score in two finals.[3]
- Fernando Torres (3 goals)[82]
- UEFA Player of the Tournament
Prize money Edit
A total of €196 million was given to the 16 teams competing in this tournament, an increase from the €184 million in the previous tournament. Each team received an initial €8 million and then received additional money, based on their performances.[84] Spain, the winners of Euro 2012, were awarded a total prize of €23 million for their performance.[85] The maximum prize achievable (for winning all group matches and winning the final) was €23.5 million.
| Rank (unoff.) | Team | Million € |
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| 1 | Spain | 23.0 |
| 2 | Italy | 19.5 |
| 3 | Germany | 16.0 |
| 4 | Portugal | 15.0 |
| 5 | England | 12.5 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 12.0 |
| 7 | France, Greece | 11.5 |
| 9 | Croatia, Russia | 10.5 |
| 11 | Denmark, Ukraine | 10.0 |
| 13 | Poland, Sweden | 9.0 |
| 15 | Netherlands, Republic of Ireland | 8.0 |
Complete list:
- Prize for participating: €8 million
Extra payment based on teams performances:
- Champions: €7.5 million
- Runner-up: €4.5 million
- Reaching the semi-finals: €3 million
- Reaching the quarter-finals: €2 million
- Finishing in third place in a group: €1 million
- Winning a group match: €1 million
- Drawing a group match: €500,000
Besides money, commemorative plaques were given to all participants together with special plaques for semi-final losers and finalists. Gold and silver medals were awarded to the winners and runners-up, respectively, whereas both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals. The trophy given to the winners remains in the ownership of UEFA; however, the winning nation, Spain, received a full-size replica.[39]
Discipline Edit
In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches. UEFA's Control and Disciplinary body has the ability to increase the automatic one match ban for a red card (e.g. for violent conduct). Single yellow card cautions were erased at the conclusion of the quarter-finals, and were not carried over to the semi-finals (so that a player could only be suspended for the final by getting a red card in the semi-final). Single yellow cards and suspensions for yellow card accumulations do not carry over to the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament matches.[39] The following players were suspended during the final tournament – for one or more games – as a result of red cards or yellow card accumulations:
| Player | Offences | Suspensions |
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| Wayne Rooney | in qualification v Montenegro | Group D v France Group D v Sweden |
| Sokratis Papastathopoulos | in Group A v Poland | Group A v Czech Republic |
| Wojciech Szczęsny | in Group A v Greece | Group A v Russia |
| Jérôme Boateng | in Group B v Portugal in Group B v Netherlands | Group B v Denmark |
| Giorgos Karagounis | in Group A v Poland in Group A v Russia | Quarter-final v Germany |
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This article is about the sporting event For the video game based on this event see UEFA Euro 2012 video game 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 Italy in the final at the Olympic Stadium Kyiv Ukraine 1 UEFA Euro 2012Mistrzostwa Europy w Pilce Noznej 2012 in Polish Chempionat Yevropi z futbolu 2012 in Ukrainian Creating History TogetherTournament detailsHost countriesPolandUkraineDates8 June 1 JulyTeams16Venue s 8 in 8 host cities Final positionsChampions Spain 3rd title Runners up ItalyTournament statisticsMatches played31Goals scored76 2 45 per match Attendance1 440 896 46 481 per match Top scorer s Mario Mandzukic Mario Gomez Mario Balotelli Cristiano Ronaldo Alan Dzagoev Fernando Torres 3 goals each Best player s Andres Iniesta 20082016 Poland and Ukraine s bid was chosen by the UEFA Executive Committee on 18 April 2007 2 The two host teams qualified automatically while the remaining 14 finalists were decided through a qualifying competition featuring 51 teams from August 2010 to November 2011 This was the last European Championship to employ the 16 team finals format in use since 1996 from Euro 2016 onward it was expanded to 24 finalists Euro 2012 was played at eight venues four in each host country Five new stadiums were built for the tournament and the hosts invested heavily in improving infrastructure such as railways and roads at UEFA s request Euro 2012 set attendance records for the 16 team format for the highest aggregate attendance 1 440 896 and average per game 46 481 Spain became the first team to win two consecutive European Championships and also three straight major tournaments Euro 2008 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 3 Spain had already gained entry to the 2013 Confederations Cup by winning the World Cup so runners up Italy qualified instead As at Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland both 2012 host nations were eliminated in the group stage There were several players ending on a total of 3 goals but because Fernando Torres made an assist and played the fewest minutes of the players who scored three goals he was named as the Golden Boot winner for the tournament Contents 1 Bid process 2 Qualification 2 1 Qualified teams 2 2 Final draw 3 Venues 3 1 Ticketing 3 2 Team base camps 4 Match ball 5 Squads 6 Match officials 7 Group stage 7 1 Tiebreakers 7 2 Group A 7 3 Group B 7 4 Group C 7 5 Group D 8 Knockout stage 8 1 Bracket 8 2 Quarter finals 8 3 Semi finals 8 4 Final 9 Statistics 9 1 Goalscorers 9 2 Awards 9 3 Prize money 10 Discipline 11 Marketing 11 1 Trophy tour 11 2 Logo slogan and theme songs 11 3 Merchandise and mascots 11 4 Video game 11 5 Sponsorship 12 Broadcasting 13 Concerns and controversies 14 Notes 15 References 16 External linksBid process EditMain article UEFA Euro 2012 bids The hosting of the event was initially contested by five bids representing seven countries Croatia Hungary Greece Italy Poland Ukraine and Turkey 4 In November 2005 after an initial consideration of the bid data by UEFA both the Greek and Turkish bids were eliminated from the process to leave three candidates 5 In May 2006 this was followed by a second round of the selection process which included visits by UEFA to all candidates 6 The final decision was due to be announced on 8 December 2006 in Nyon but this was postponed to give bidding associations more time for the fine tuning of their bids 7 On 18 April 2007 the Poland Ukraine bid was chosen by a vote of the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in Cardiff 2 It was the first time UEFA awarded the tournament organization to the former Eastern Bloc since Yugoslavia in 1976 8 Poland Ukraine became the third successful joint bid for the European Championship after those of Belgium Netherlands 2000 and Austria Switzerland 2008 Their bid received an absolute majority of votes and was therefore announced the winner without requiring a second round Italy which received the remaining votes 2 had been considered favourites to win the hosting but incidents of fan violence and a match fixing scandal were widely cited as factors behind their failure 9 10 11 There were some later alterations from the initial bid plan regarding the venues before UEFA confirmed the eight host cities in 2009 12 13 During the preparation process in Poland and Ukraine UEFA repeatedly expressed concern about their preparation to host the event with different candidates reported as being alternative hosts if they did not improve 14 15 however in the end UEFA affirmed their selection 16 Qualification EditMain article UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The draw for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying competition took place in Warsaw on 7 February 2010 17 Fifty one teams entered to compete for the fourteen remaining places in the finals alongside co hosts Poland and Ukraine The teams were divided into nine groups with the draw using the new UEFA national team coefficient for the first time in order to determine the seedings As defending champions Spain was automatically top seeded The qualifying process began in August 2010 and concluded in November 2011 At the conclusion of the qualifying group stage in October 2011 the nine group winners qualified automatically along with the highest ranked second placed team The remaining eight second placed teams contested two legged play offs and the four winners qualified for the finals 18 Twelve of the sixteen finalists participated at the previous tournament in 2008 England and Denmark made their return to the Euro after missing out on 2008 while Republic of Ireland returned after a twenty four year absence to make their second appearance at a European Championship One of the co hosts Ukraine made their debut as an independent nation before 1992 Ukraine participated as part of the Soviet Union With the exception of Serbia according to UEFA s ranking at the end of the qualifying stage Europe s sixteen highest ranked teams all qualified for the tournament Romania and Turkey were the only teams failing to qualify for the final tournament after qualifying to UEFA Euro 2008 Austria and Switzerland also failed to qualify but as hosts of the previous tournament they didn t took part in the qualifications As of 2020 this was the last time Greece qualified for the European Championship finals and the last time Austria Belgium Hungary Slovakia Switzerland Turkey and Wales failed to qualify Qualified teams Edit The following sixteen teams qualified for the finals 19 Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament A nbsp Poland Co host 18 April 2007 1 2008 nbsp Ukraine Co host 18 April 2007 0 debut nbsp Germany B Group A winner 2 September 2011 10 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 nbsp Italy Group C winner 6 September 2011 7 1968 1980 1988 1996 2000 2004 2008 nbsp Netherlands Group E winner 6 September 2011 8 1976 1980 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 nbsp Spain Group I winner 6 September 2011 8 1964 1980 1984 1988 1996 2000 2004 2008 nbsp England Group G winner 7 October 2011 7 1968 1980 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 nbsp Russia C Group B winner 11 October 2011 9 1960 1964 1968 1972 1988 1992 1996 2004 2008 nbsp France Group D winner 11 October 2011 7 1960 1984 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 nbsp Greece Group F winner 11 October 2011 3 1980 2004 2008 nbsp Denmark Group H winner 11 October 2011 7 1964 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 nbsp Sweden Best runner up 11 October 2011 4 1992 2000 2004 2008 nbsp Croatia Play off winner 15 November 2011 3 1996 2004 2008 nbsp Czech Republic D Play off winner 15 November 2011 7 1960 1976 1980 1996 2000 2004 2008 nbsp Portugal Play off winner 15 November 2011 5 1984 1996 2000 2004 2008 nbsp Republic of Ireland Play off winner 15 November 2011 1 1988 Bold indicates champion for that year Italic indicates host for that year From 1972 to 1988 Germany competed as West Germany From 1960 to 1988 Russia competed as the Soviet Union and in 1992 as CIS From 1960 to 1980 the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia Final draw Edit The draw for the final tournament took place on 2 December 2011 at the Ukraine Palace of Arts in Kyiv Ukraine 20 21 The hour long ceremony was hosted by Olha Freimut and Piotr Sobczynski television presenters from the two host countries As was the case for the 2000 2004 and 2008 finals the sixteen finalists were divided into four seeding pots using the UEFA national team coefficient ranking 22 The pot allocations were based on the UEFA national team coefficient rankings of the sixteen finalists at the end of the qualifying competition in November 2011 23 Each nation s coefficient was generated by calculating 40 of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage 40 of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage and final tournament 20 of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying stage and final tournament Aside from the coefficient three teams were automatically placed in Pot 1 Ukraine and Poland were both assigned to Pot 1 as the two host nations despite the fact that their rankings were the two lowest in the tournament this also occurred in 2008 when the co hosts Switzerland and Austria were also ranked below all other qualified teams As defending champions Spain were also automatically assigned to Pot 1 though their UEFA ranking at the time of the draw was coincidentally also the best In the draw procedure one team from each pot was drawn into each of the four groups The draw also determined which place in the group teams in pots 2 4 would take e g A2 A3 or A4 to create the match schedule With Poland automatically assigned in advance to A1 and Ukraine to D1 Pot 1 only had two teams as Spain and the Netherlands were to be drawn into position one in either group B or C 22 24 The balls were drawn by four former players who had each been part of European Championship winning teams Horst Hrubesch Marco van Basten Peter Schmeichel and Zinedine Zidane 25 Pot 1 a Team Coeff Rank 23 nbsp Spain holders b 43 116 1 nbsp Netherlands 40 860 2 Pot 2 Team Coeff Rank 23 nbsp Germany 40 446 3 nbsp Italy 34 357 4 nbsp England 33 563 5 nbsp Russia 33 212 6 Pot 3 Team Coeff Rank 23 nbsp Croatia 33 003 7 nbsp Greece 32 455 8 nbsp Portugal 31 717 9 nbsp Sweden 31 675 10 Pot 4 Team Coeff Rank 23 nbsp Denmark 31 205 11 nbsp France 30 508 12 nbsp Czech Republic 29 602 13 nbsp Republic of Ireland 28 576 14 Automatically selected as a top seeded team into pot 1 irrespective of their ranking position Co hosts Poland coefficient 23 806 rank 28th and Ukraine coefficient 28 029 rank 15th belonged to Pot 1 irrespective of their ranking position Ahead of the draw they were removed as drawing options from Pot 1 and instead automatically assigned to Group position A1 and D1 respectively Defending champions Spain coefficient 43 116 rank 1st were automatically assigned to Pot 1 and could be drawn into either Group position B1 or C1 Teams were drawn consecutively into Group A to D First the Pot 1 teams were assigned to the first positions of their groups while next the positions of all other teams were drawn separately from Pot 4 to 2 for the purposes of determining the match schedules in each group The draw resulted in the following groups Group A Pos TeamA1 nbsp PolandA2 nbsp GreeceA3 nbsp RussiaA4 nbsp Czech Republic Group B Pos TeamB1 nbsp NetherlandsB2 nbsp DenmarkB3 nbsp GermanyB4 nbsp Portugal Group C Pos TeamC1 nbsp SpainC2 nbsp ItalyC3 nbsp Republic of IrelandC4 nbsp Croatia Group D Pos TeamD1 nbsp UkraineD2 nbsp SwedenD3 nbsp FranceD4 nbsp EnglandVenues Edit nbsp Warsaw fan zone view during a game 16 JuneEight cities were selected by UEFA as host venues In a return to the format used at Euro 1992 Euro 1996 and Euro 2008 each of the four groups matches were played in two stadiums Host cities Warsaw Gdansk Wroclaw Poznan Kyiv and Lviv are all popular tourist destinations unlike Donetsk and Kharkiv the latter of which replaced Dnipropetrovsk as a host city in 2009 26 In order to meet UEFA s requirement for football infrastructure improvements five new stadiums were built and opened in advance of the tournament The remaining three stadiums in Kyiv Poznan and Kharkiv underwent major renovations in order to meet UEFA s infrastructure standards 27 28 Three of the stadiums are categorised as UEFA s highest category stadiums The transport infrastructure in Poland and Ukraine was also extensively modified on the request of UEFA to cope with the large influx of football fans 29 UEFA organised fan zones in the eight host cities They were located in the centre of each city with all 31 matches shown live on a total of 24 giant screens The zones enabled supporters to come together in a secure and controlled environment The Warsaw Fan Zone occupied 120 000 square meters and accommodated 100 000 visitors In all the fans zones had a 20 increase in capacity compared to Euro 2008 30 A total of 31 matches were played during Euro 2012 with Ukraine hosting 16 of them and Poland 15 PolandWarsaw Wroclaw Gdansk PoznanStadion Narodowy Stadion Wroclaw PGE Arena Stadion MiejskiCapacity 58 580 Capacity 45 105 Capacity 43 615 Capacity 43 269 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Poland nbsp nbsp Warsaw nbsp Gdansk nbsp Poznan nbsp Wroclaw Ukraine nbsp nbsp Kyiv nbsp Donetsk nbsp Kharkiv nbsp LvivUkraineKyiv Donetsk Kharkiv LvivOlympic Stadium Donbass Arena Metalist Stadium Arena LvivCapacity 70 050 Capacity 52 187 Capacity 40 003 Capacity 34 915 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Ticketing Edit Tickets for the venues were sold directly by UEFA via its website or distributed by the football associations of the 16 finalists Applications had to be made during March 2011 for the 1 4 million tickets available for the 31 tournament matches 31 Over 20 000 were forecast to cross the Poland Ukraine border each day during the tournament 32 Over 12 million applications were received which represented a 17 increase on the 2008 finals and an all time record for the UEFA European Championship 33 Owing to this over subscription for the matches lotteries were carried out to allocate tickets Prices varied from 30 25 for a seat behind the goals at a group match to 600 513 for a seat in the main stand at the final In addition to individual match tickets fans could buy packages to see either all matches played by one team or all matches at one specific venue 34 Team base camps Edit Each team had a team base camp for its stay between the matches From an initial list of thirty eight potential locations twenty one in Poland seventeen in Ukraine 35 the national associations chose their locations in 2011 The teams trained and resided in these locations throughout the tournament travelling to games staged away from their bases 36 Thirteen teams stayed in Poland and three in Ukraine 36 Team Base campCroatia WarkaCzech Republic WroclawDenmark KolobrzegEngland KrakowFrance DonetskGermany GdanskGreece JachrankaItaly KrakowNetherlands KrakowPoland WarsawPortugal OpalenicaRepublic of Ireland SopotRussia WarsawSpain GniewinoSweden KyivUkraine KyivMatch ball EditMain article Adidas Tango 12 nbsp Monumental Adidas Tango 12 in KyivThe Adidas Tango 12 was the official match ball of UEFA Euro 2012 37 The ball is named after the original Adidas Tango family of footballs however the Tango 12 and its variations have a completely new design Variations of the ball have been used in other contemporary competitions including the Africa Cup of Nations and the Summer Olympics It is designed to be easier to dribble and control than the reportedly unpredictable Adidas Jabulani used at the 2010 FIFA World Cup 38 Squads EditMain article UEFA Euro 2012 squads Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players three of whom must be goalkeepers at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team s first match he would be replaced by another player 39 Match officials EditOn 20 December 2011 UEFA named twelve referees and four fourth officials for Euro 2012 40 On 27 March 2012 UEFA issued the full list of 80 referees to be used in Euro 2012 including the assistant referees the additional assistant referees and the four reserve assistant referees 41 Each refereeing team consisted of five match officials from the same country one main referee two assistant referees and two additional assistant referees All of the main referees additional assistant referees and fourth officials were FIFA referees and the assistant referees including the four reserve assistant referees were FIFA assistant referees 42 43 For each refereeing team a third assistant referee from each country was named to remain on standby until the start of the tournament to take the place of a colleague if required 43 In two cases for the French and Slovenian refereeing teams the standby assistant referees took the place of one of the assistant referees before the start of the tournament Continuing the experiments carried out in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League the two additional assistant referees were used on the goal line for the first time in European Championship history with approval from the International Football Association Board 40 Country Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Matches refereed nbsp England Howard Webb Michael MullarkeyPeter Kirkup A Stephen Child standby Martin AtkinsonMark Clattenburg Russia Czech Republic Group A Italy Croatia Group C Czech Republic Portugal Quarter final nbsp France Stephane Lannoy Frederic CanoMichael AnnonierEric Dansault standby Fredy FautrelRuddy Buquet Germany Portugal Group B Greece Czech Republic Group A Germany Italy Semi final nbsp Germany Wolfgang Stark Jan Hendrik SalverMike PickelMark Borsch standby Florian MeyerDeniz Aytekin Poland Russia Group A Croatia Spain Group C nbsp Hungary Viktor Kassai Gabor ErosGyorgy RingRobert Kispal standby Istvan VadTamas Bognar Spain Italy Group C England Ukraine Group D nbsp Italy Nicola Rizzoli Renato FaveraniAndrea StefaniLuca Maggiani standby Gianluca RocchiPaolo Tagliavento France England Group D Portugal Netherlands Group B Spain France Quarter final nbsp Netherlands Bjorn Kuipers Sander van Roekel A Erwin ZeinstraBerry Simons standby Pol van BoekelRichard Liesveld Republic of Ireland Croatia Group C Ukraine France Group D nbsp Portugal Pedro Proenca Bertino MirandaRicardo SantosTiago Trigo standby Jorge SousaDuarte Gomes Spain Republic of Ireland Group C Sweden France Group D England Italy Quarter final Spain Italy Final nbsp Scotland Craig Thomson Alasdair RossDerek RoseGraham Chambers standby Willie CollumEuan Norris Denmark Portugal Group B Czech Republic Poland Group A nbsp Slovenia Damir Skomina Primoz ArharMatej ZunicMarko Stancin standby Matej JugSlavko Vincic Netherlands Denmark Group B Sweden England Group D Germany Greece Quarter final nbsp Spain Carlos Velasco Carballo Roberto Alonso FernandezJuan Carlos Yuste JimenezJesus Calvo Guadamuro standby David Fernandez BorbalanCarlos Clos Gomez Poland Greece Group A Denmark Germany Group B nbsp Sweden Jonas Eriksson Stefan WittbergMathias KlaseniusFredrik Nilsson standby Markus StrombergssonStefan Johannesson Netherlands Germany Group B Greece Russia Group A nbsp Turkey Cuneyt Cakir Bahattin DuranTarik OngunMustafa Emre Eyisoy standby Huseyin GocekBulent Yildirim Ukraine Sweden Group D Italy Republic of Ireland Group C Portugal Spain Semi final a b Peter Kirkup was replaced by Dutch assistant Sander van Roekel for the match Czech Republic Portugal Four match officials who served only as fourth officials and four reserve assistant referees were also named 40 41 Country Fourth official nbsp Czech Republic Pavel Kralovec nbsp Norway Tom Harald Hagen nbsp Poland Marcin Borski nbsp Ukraine Viktor Shvetsov Country Reserve assistant referee nbsp Republic of Ireland Damien MacGraith nbsp Poland Marcin Borkowski nbsp Slovakia Roman Slysko nbsp Ukraine Oleksandr VoytyukGroup stage Edit nbsp Winner Runner up Semi finals Quarter finals Group stageUEFA announced the schedule for the 31 matches of the final tournament in October 2010 44 with the final confirmation of kick offs times being affirmed following the tournament draw in December 2011 45 The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups progressed to the quarter finals while the bottom two teams were eliminated from the tournament Tiebreakers Edit If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches the following tie breaking criteria were applied 39 46 Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question If after having applied criteria 1 to 3 teams still had an equal ranking e g if criteria 1 to 3 were applied to three teams that were level on points initially and these criteria separated one team from the other two who still have an equal ranking criteria 1 to 3 would be reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams who were still level to determine their final rankings If this procedure did not lead to a decision criteria 5 to 9 would apply Superior goal difference in all group matches Higher number of goals scored in all group matches If two teams tie alone according to 1 5 after having met in the last round of the group stage their ranking is determined by penalty shoot out Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system Fair play conduct of the teams final tournament Drawing of lots Group A Edit Main article UEFA Euro 2012 Group A Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 4 5 1 6 Advance to knockout phase2 nbsp Greece 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 a 3 nbsp Russia 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 4 a 4 nbsp Poland H 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 2Source UEFA H HostsNotes a b Head to head result Greece 1 0 Russia 8 June 2012 2012 06 08 18 00 CESTPoland nbsp 1 1 nbsp GreeceLewandowski nbsp 17 Report Salpingidis nbsp 51 National Stadium WarsawAttendance 56 070 47 Referee Carlos Velasco Carballo Spain 8 June 2012 2012 06 08 20 45 CESTRussia nbsp 4 1 nbsp Czech RepublicDzagoev nbsp 15 79 Shirokov nbsp 24 Pavlyuchenko nbsp 82 Report Pilar nbsp 52 Stadion Miejski WroclawAttendance 40 803 48 Referee Howard Webb England 12 June 2012 2012 06 12 18 00 CESTGreece nbsp 1 2 nbsp Czech RepublicGekas nbsp 53 Report Jiracek nbsp 3 Pilar nbsp 6 Stadion Miejski WroclawAttendance 41 105 49 Referee Stephane Lannoy France 12 June 2012 2012 06 12 20 45 CESTPoland nbsp 1 1 nbsp RussiaBlaszczykowski nbsp 57 Report Dzagoev nbsp 37 National Stadium WarsawAttendance 55 920 50 Referee Wolfgang Stark Germany 16 June 2012 2012 06 16 20 45 CESTCzech Republic nbsp 1 0 nbsp PolandJiracek nbsp 72 ReportStadion Miejski WroclawAttendance 41 480 51 Referee Craig Thomson Scotland 16 June 2012 2012 06 16 20 45 CESTGreece nbsp 1 0 nbsp RussiaKaragounis nbsp 45 2 ReportNational Stadium WarsawAttendance 55 614 52 Referee Jonas Eriksson Sweden Group B Edit Main article UEFA Euro 2012 Group B Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Germany 3 3 0 0 5 2 3 9 Advance to knockout phase2 nbsp Portugal 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 63 nbsp Denmark 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 34 nbsp Netherlands 3 0 0 3 2 5 3 0Source UEFA 9 June 2012 2012 06 09 19 00 EESTNetherlands nbsp 0 1 nbsp DenmarkReport Krohn Dehli nbsp 24 Metalist Stadium KharkivAttendance 35 923 53 Referee Damir Skomina Slovenia 9 June 2012 2012 06 09 21 45 EESTGermany nbsp 1 0 nbsp PortugalGomez nbsp 72 ReportArena Lviv LvivAttendance 32 990 54 Referee Stephane Lannoy France 13 June 2012 2012 06 13 19 00 EESTDenmark nbsp 2 3 nbsp PortugalBendtner nbsp 41 80 Report Pepe nbsp 24 Postiga nbsp 36 Varela nbsp 87 Arena Lviv LvivAttendance 31 840 55 Referee Craig Thomson Scotland 13 June 2012 2012 06 13 21 45 EESTNetherlands nbsp 1 2 nbsp GermanyVan Persie nbsp 73 Report Gomez nbsp 24 38 Metalist Stadium KharkivAttendance 37 750 56 Referee Jonas Eriksson Sweden 17 June 2012 2012 06 17 21 45 EESTPortugal nbsp 2 1 nbsp NetherlandsRonaldo nbsp 28 74 Report Van der Vaart nbsp 11 Metalist Stadium KharkivAttendance 37 445 57 Referee Nicola Rizzoli Italy 17 June 2012 2012 06 17 21 45 EESTDenmark nbsp 1 2 nbsp GermanyKrohn Dehli nbsp 24 Report Podolski nbsp 19 Bender nbsp 80 Arena Lviv LvivAttendance 32 990 58 Referee Carlos Velasco Carballo Spain Group C Edit Main article UEFA Euro 2012 Group C Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Spain 3 2 1 0 6 1 5 7 Advance to knockout phase2 nbsp Italy 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 53 nbsp Croatia 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 44 nbsp Republic of Ireland 3 0 0 3 1 9 8 0Source UEFA 10 June 2012 2012 06 10 18 00 CESTSpain nbsp 1 1 nbsp ItalyFabregas nbsp 64 Report Di Natale nbsp 61 PGE Arena GdanskAttendance 38 869 59 Referee Viktor Kassai Hungary 10 June 2012 2012 06 10 20 45 CESTRepublic of Ireland nbsp 1 3 nbsp CroatiaSt Ledger nbsp 19 Report Mandzukic nbsp 3 49 Jelavic nbsp 43 Stadion Miejski PoznanAttendance 39 550 60 Referee Bjorn Kuipers Netherlands 14 June 2012 2012 06 14 18 00 CESTItaly nbsp 1 1 nbsp CroatiaPirlo nbsp 39 Report Mandzukic nbsp 72 Stadion Miejski PoznanAttendance 37 096 61 Referee Howard Webb England 14 June 2012 2012 06 14 20 45 CESTSpain nbsp 4 0 nbsp Republic of IrelandTorres nbsp 4 70 Silva nbsp 49 Fabregas nbsp 83 ReportPGE Arena GdanskAttendance 39 150 62 Referee Pedro Proenca Portugal 18 June 2012 2012 06 18 20 45 CESTCroatia nbsp 0 1 nbsp SpainReport Navas nbsp 88 PGE Arena GdanskAttendance 39 076 63 Referee Wolfgang Stark Germany 18 June 2012 2012 06 18 20 45 CESTItaly nbsp 2 0 nbsp Republic of IrelandCassano nbsp 35 Balotelli nbsp 90 ReportStadion Miejski PoznanAttendance 38 794 64 Referee Cuneyt Cakir Turkey Group D Edit Main article UEFA Euro 2012 Group D Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp England 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 7 Advance to knockout phase2 nbsp France 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 43 nbsp Ukraine H 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 3 a 4 nbsp Sweden 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3 a Source UEFA H HostsNotes a b Head to head result Ukraine 2 1 Sweden 11 June 2012 2012 06 11 19 00 EESTFrance nbsp 1 1 nbsp EnglandNasri nbsp 39 Report Lescott nbsp 30 Donbass Arena DonetskAttendance 47 400 65 Referee Nicola Rizzoli Italy 11 June 2012 2012 06 11 21 45 EESTUkraine nbsp 2 1 nbsp SwedenShevchenko nbsp 55 62 Report Ibrahimovic nbsp 52 Olympic Stadium KyivAttendance 64 290 66 Referee Cuneyt Cakir Turkey 15 June 2012 2012 06 15 19 00 EESTUkraine nbsp 0 2 nbsp FranceReport Menez nbsp 53 Cabaye nbsp 56 Donbass Arena DonetskAttendance 48 000 67 Referee Bjorn Kuipers Netherlands 15 June 2012 2012 06 15 22 00 EEST note 1 Sweden nbsp 2 3 nbsp EnglandJohnson nbsp 49 o g Mellberg nbsp 59 Report Carroll nbsp 23 Walcott nbsp 64 Welbeck nbsp 78 Olympic Stadium KyivAttendance 64 640 69 Referee Damir Skomina Slovenia 19 June 2012 2012 06 19 21 45 EESTEngland nbsp 1 0 nbsp UkraineRooney nbsp 48 ReportDonbass Arena DonetskAttendance 48 700 70 Referee Viktor Kassai Hungary 19 June 2012 2012 06 19 21 45 EESTSweden nbsp 2 0 nbsp FranceIbrahimovic nbsp 54 Larsson nbsp 90 1 ReportOlympic Stadium KyivAttendance 63 010 71 Referee Pedro Proenca Portugal Knockout stage EditMain article UEFA Euro 2012 knockout stage nbsp Spain players holding the Henri Delaunay Trophy In the knockout phase extra time and a penalty shoot out were used to decide the winner if necessary As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984 there was no third place play off Bracket Edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 21 June Warsaw nbsp Czech Republic0 27 June Donetsk nbsp Portugal1 nbsp Portugal0 2 23 June Donetsk nbsp Spain p 0 4 nbsp Spain2 1 July Kyiv nbsp France0 nbsp Spain4 22 June Gdansk nbsp Italy0 nbsp Germany4 28 June Warsaw nbsp Greece2 nbsp Germany1 24 June Kyiv nbsp Italy2 nbsp England0 2 nbsp Italy p 0 4 Quarter finals Edit 21 June 2012 2012 06 21 20 45 CESTCzech Republic nbsp 0 1 nbsp PortugalReport Ronaldo nbsp 79 National Stadium WarsawAttendance 55 590 72 Referee Howard Webb England 22 June 2012 2012 06 22 20 45 CESTGermany nbsp 4 2 nbsp GreeceLahm nbsp 39 Khedira nbsp 61 Klose nbsp 68 Reus nbsp 74 Report Samaras nbsp 55 Salpingidis nbsp 89 pen PGE Arena GdanskAttendance 38 751 73 Referee Damir Skomina Slovenia 23 June 2012 2012 06 23 21 45 EESTSpain nbsp 2 0 nbsp FranceAlonso nbsp 19 90 1 pen ReportDonbass Arena DonetskAttendance 47 000 74 Referee Nicola Rizzoli Italy 24 June 2012 2012 06 24 21 45 EESTEngland nbsp 0 0 a e t nbsp ItalyReportPenaltiesGerrard nbsp Rooney nbsp Young nbsp Cole nbsp 2 4 nbsp Balotelli nbsp Montolivo nbsp Pirlo nbsp Nocerino nbsp DiamantiOlympic Stadium KyivAttendance 64 340 75 Referee Pedro Proenca Portugal Semi finals Edit 27 June 2012 2012 06 27 21 45 EESTPortugal nbsp 0 0 a e t nbsp SpainReportPenaltiesMoutinho nbsp Pepe nbsp Nani nbsp Alves nbsp 2 4 nbsp Alonso nbsp Iniesta nbsp Pique nbsp Ramos nbsp FabregasDonbass Arena DonetskAttendance 48 000 76 Referee Cuneyt Cakir Turkey 28 June 2012 2012 06 28 20 45 CESTGermany nbsp 1 2 nbsp ItalyOzil nbsp 90 2 pen Report Balotelli nbsp 20 36 National Stadium WarsawAttendance 55 540 77 Referee Stephane Lannoy France Final Edit Main article UEFA Euro 2012 Final 1 July 2012 2012 07 01 21 45 EESTSpain nbsp 4 0 nbsp ItalySilva nbsp 14 Alba nbsp 41 Torres nbsp 84 Mata nbsp 88 ReportOlympic Stadium KyivAttendance 63 170 78 Referee Pedro Proenca Portugal Statistics EditMain article UEFA Euro 2012 statistics Goalscorers Edit There were 76 goals scored in 31 matches for an average of 2 45 goals per match 3 goals nbsp Mario Mandzukic nbsp Mario Gomez nbsp Mario Balotelli nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo nbsp Alan Dzagoev nbsp Fernando Torres 2 goals nbsp Petr Jiracek nbsp Vaclav Pilar nbsp Nicklas Bendtner nbsp Michael Krohn Dehli nbsp Dimitris Salpingidis nbsp Xabi Alonso nbsp Cesc Fabregas nbsp David Silva nbsp Zlatan Ibrahimovic nbsp Andriy Shevchenko 1 goal nbsp Nikica Jelavic nbsp Andy Carroll nbsp Joleon Lescott nbsp Wayne Rooney nbsp Theo Walcott nbsp Danny Welbeck nbsp Yohan Cabaye nbsp Jeremy Menez nbsp Samir Nasri nbsp Lars Bender nbsp Sami Khedira nbsp Miroslav Klose nbsp Philipp Lahm nbsp Mesut Ozil nbsp Lukas Podolski nbsp Marco Reus nbsp Theofanis Gekas nbsp Giorgos Karagounis nbsp Georgios Samaras nbsp Antonio Cassano nbsp Antonio Di Natale nbsp Andrea Pirlo nbsp Rafael van der Vaart nbsp Robin van Persie nbsp Jakub Blaszczykowski nbsp Robert Lewandowski nbsp Pepe nbsp Helder Postiga nbsp Silvestre Varela nbsp Sean St Ledger nbsp Roman Pavlyuchenko nbsp Roman Shirokov nbsp Jordi Alba nbsp Juan Mata nbsp Jesus Navas nbsp Sebastian Larsson nbsp Olof Mellberg 1 own goal nbsp Glen Johnson against Sweden Source UEFA 79 Awards Edit See also UEFA European Championship awards UEFA Team of the TournamentThe UEFA Technical Team was charged with naming a squad composed of the 23 best players over the course of the tournament 80 The group of eleven analysts watched every game at the tournament before making their decision after the final Ten players from the winning Spanish team were selected in the team of the tournament while Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the only player to be included whose team was knocked out in the group stage 80 81 Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards nbsp Manuel Neuer nbsp Gianluigi Buffon nbsp Iker Casillas nbsp Philipp Lahm nbsp Fabio Coentrao nbsp Pepe nbsp Jordi Alba nbsp Gerard Pique nbsp Sergio Ramos nbsp Steven Gerrard nbsp Sami Khedira nbsp Mesut Ozil nbsp Daniele De Rossi nbsp Andrea Pirlo nbsp Xabi Alonso nbsp Sergio Busquets nbsp Andres Iniesta nbsp Xavi nbsp Mario Balotelli nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo nbsp Cesc Fabregas nbsp David Silva nbsp Zlatan Ibrahimovic nbsp Fernando Torres in red in the finalGolden BootFernando Torres tied with five other players on goals and with Mario Gomez on goals and assists however he played 92 fewer minutes than Gomez did thus earning the title Torres also became the first player to score in two finals 3 nbsp Fernando Torres 3 goals 82 UEFA Player of the Tournament nbsp Andres Iniesta 80 83 Prize money Edit A total of 196 million was given to the 16 teams competing in this tournament an increase from the 184 million in the previous tournament Each team received an initial 8 million and then received additional money based on their performances 84 Spain the winners of Euro 2012 were awarded a total prize of 23 million for their performance 85 The maximum prize achievable for winning all group matches and winning the final was 23 5 million Prize money Rank unoff Team Million 1 nbsp Spain 23 02 nbsp Italy 19 53 nbsp Germany 16 04 nbsp Portugal 15 05 nbsp England 12 56 nbsp Czech Republic 12 07 nbsp France nbsp Greece 11 59 nbsp Croatia nbsp Russia 10 511 nbsp Denmark nbsp Ukraine 10 013 nbsp Poland nbsp Sweden 9 015 nbsp Netherlands nbsp Republic of Ireland 8 0Complete list Prize for participating 8 millionExtra payment based on teams performances Champions 7 5 million Runner up 4 5 million Reaching the semi finals 3 million Reaching the quarter finals 2 million Finishing in third place in a group 1 million Winning a group match 1 million Drawing a group match 500 000Besides money commemorative plaques were given to all participants together with special plaques for semi final losers and finalists Gold and silver medals were awarded to the winners and runners up respectively whereas both semi final losers were awarded bronze medals The trophy given to the winners remains in the ownership of UEFA however the winning nation Spain received a full size replica 39 Discipline EditIn the final tournament a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches UEFA s Control and Disciplinary body has the ability to increase the automatic one match ban for a red card e g for violent conduct Single yellow card cautions were erased at the conclusion of the quarter finals and were not carried over to the semi finals so that a player could only be suspended for the final by getting a red card in the semi final Single yellow cards and suspensions for yellow card accumulations do not carry over to the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament matches 39 The following players were suspended during the final tournament for one or more games as a result of red cards or yellow card accumulations Player Offences Suspensions nbsp Wayne Rooney nbsp in qualification v Montenegro Group D v FranceGroup D v Sweden nbsp Sokratis Papastathopoulos nbsp nbsp in Group A v Poland Group A v Czech Republic nbsp Wojciech Szczesny nbsp in Group A v Greece Group A v Russia nbsp Jerome Boateng nbsp in Group B v Portugal nbsp in Group B v Netherlands Group B v Denmark nbsp Giorgos Karagounis nbsp in Group A v Poland nbsp in Group A v Russia Quarter final v Germany nbsp Jose Holebas nbsp in Group A v Poland span title, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. |