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Euro 2012 – European Championship in Poland and Ukraine

The Fußball-EuropameisterschaftUEFA European Championship takes place every four years, two years after and before the Fußball-WeltmeisterschaftFIFA World Cup.

The first UEFA European Championship took place in France in 1960. The championship, then called European Nations Cup, was the hier: Ideebrainchild of Henry Delaunay, the hier: Vorsitzendersecretary of the French Football Federation, who was responsible for encouraging European competitions. The Trophäe, Pokaltrophy was named after Delaunay and is still presented in his honour.

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 20:40 (Tuesday, 10th December) now.

Qualifying Rounds

DateGroupTime: 18:00Time: 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
DateGroupTime: 18:00Time: 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
DateGroupTime: 20:45Time: 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 / TimeMatchTeams
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 / TimeMatchTeams
27 June, 20:45 1 Portugal - Spain 0 : 0 (2 : 4)
28 June, 20:45 2 Germany - Italy 1 : 2

Final

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