Euro 2012 – European Championship in Poland and Ukraine

The (Fußball-Europameisterschaft) UEFA European Championship takes place every four years, two years after and before the (Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft) FIFA World Cup.

The first UEFA European Championship took place in France in 1960. The championship, then called European Nations Cup, was the (hier: Idee) brainchild of Henry Delaunay, the (hier: Vorsitzender) secretary of the French Football Federation, who was responsible for encouraging European competitions. The (Trophäe, Pokal) trophy was named after Delaunay and is still presented in his honour.

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Winners of the UEFA European Soccer Championship

• 1960 Soviet Union
• 1964 Spain
• 1968 Italy
• 1972 Germany
• 1976 Czech Republic
• 1980 Germany
• 1984 France
• 1988 Netherlands
• 1992 Denmark
• 1996 Germany
• 2000 France
• 2004 Greece
• 2008 Spain
• 2012 Spain

Teams/Nations

The countries playing in the UEFA Euro 2012 are:
Group A:	Poland	Greece	Russia	Czech Republic
Group B:	Netherlands	Denmark	Germany	Portugal
Group C:	Spain	Italy	Ireland	Croatia
Group D:	Ukraine	Sweden	France	England

Matches

Times given in local time. In Poland/Ukraine it's 11:42 (Sunday, 19th May) now.

Qualifying Rounds

Date	Group	Time: 18:00		Time: 20:45
8 June	A	Poland - Greece	1 : 1	Russia - Czech Republic	4 : 1
9 June	B	Netherlands - Denmark	0 : 1	Germany - Portugal	1 : 0
10 June	C	Spain - Italy	1 : 1	Ireland - Croatia	1 : 3
11 June	D	France - England	1 : 1	Ukraine - Sweden	2 : 1
Date	Group	Time: 18:00		Time: 20:45
12 June	A	Greece - Czech Republic	1 : 2	Poland - Russia	1 : 1
13 June	B	Denmark - Portugal	2 : 3	Netherlands - Germany	1 : 2
14 June	C	Italy - Croatia	1 : 1	Spain - Ireland	4 : 4
15 June	D	Ukraine - France	0 : 2	Sweden - England	2 : 3
Date	Group	Time: 20:45		Time: 20:45
16 June	A	Czech Republic - Poland	1 : 0	Greece - Russia	1 : 0
17 June	B	Portugal - Netherlands	2 : 1	Denmark - Germany	1 : 2
18 June	C	Croatia - Spain	0 : 1	Italy - Ireland	2 : 0
19 June	D	England - Ukraine	1 : 0	Sweden - France	2 : 0

Quarter-Final

Date / Time	Match	Teams
21 June, 20:45	1	Czech Republic - Portugal	0 : 1
22 June, 20:45	2	Germany - Greece	4 : 2
23 June, 20:45	3	Spain - France	1 : 0
24 June, 20:45	4	Italy - England	0 : 0 (4 : 2)

Semi-Final

Date / Time	Match	Teams
27 June, 20:45	1	Portugal - Spain	0 : 0 (2 : 4)
28 June, 20:45	2	Germany - Italy	1 : 2

Final

Date / Time	Teams
1 July, 20:45	Spain - Italy	4 : 0

Geändert: 02.07.2012 00:37 Uhr

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