XIV EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

(POLAND & UKRAINE 2012)

(From 8-06-2012 to 1-07-2012)

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COMPETITION SYSTEM

· 51 national squads enter a Qualifying Stage, in which they are divided in 9 groups (six of them with 6 teams each and three with 5) playing a round robin. The host nations (Poland and Ukraine) are bye from this round. The group winners and the best runner-up qualify for the Final Stage. The remaining eight runners-up are paired in a two-legged Qualification Playoff in order to decide the last four berths.

· The 16 participants in the Final Stage are divided in 4 groups of 4 teams each. The group winners and runners-up of each of these groups advance to 1/4 Finals, played as an X-pairing. Winners move to the Semifinals, and the two surviving teams after this round qualify for the Final.

 

 

::::: QUALIFYING STAGE :::::

 

 

GROUP STAGE

 

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

Competition Day 1 (8-06-2012)

Competition Day 1 (9-06-2012)

Warszawa

Poland - Greece

1-1

Kharkïv

Netherlands - Denmark

0-1

Wrocław

Russia - Czech Republic

4-1

L’vïv

Germany - Portugal

1-0

Competition Day 2 (12-06-2012)

Competition Day 2 (13-06-2012)

Wrocław

Greece - Czech Republic

1-2

L’vïv

Denmark - Portugal

2-3

Warszawa

Poland - Russia

1-1

Kharkïv

Netherlands - Germany

1-2

Competition Day 3 (16-06-2012)

Competition Day 3 (17-06-2012)

Warszawa

Greece - Russia

1-0

Kharkïv

Portugal - Netherlands

2-1

Wrocław

Czech Republic - Poland

1-0

L’vïv

Denmark - Germany

1-2

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Czech Republic

3

2

0

1

4

5

6

2. Greece

3

1

1

1

3

3

4

3. Russia

3

1

1

1

5

3

4

4. Poland

3

0

2

1

2

3

2

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Germany

3

3

0

0

5

2

9

2. Portugal

3

2

0

1

5

4

6

3. Denmark

3

1

0

2

4

5

3

4. Netherlands

3

0

0

3

2

5

0

 

GROUP C

 

GROUP D

Competition Day 1 (10-06-2012)

Competition Day 1 (11-06-2012)

Gdańsk

Spain - Italy

1-1

Donets'k

France - England

1-1

Poznań

Ireland - Croatia

1-3

Kyïv

Ukraine - Sweden

2-1

Competition Day 2 (14-06-2012)

Competition Day 2 (15-06-2012)

Poznań

Italy - Croatia

1-1

Kyïv

Sweden - England

2-3

Gdańsk

Spain - Ireland

4-0

Donets'k

Ukraine - France

0-2

Competition Day 3 (18-06-2012)

Competition Day 3 (19-06-2012)

Gdańsk

Croatia - Spain

0-1

Donets'k

England - Ukraine

1-0

Poznań

Italy - Ireland

2-0

Kyïv

Sweden - France

2-0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Spain

3

2

1

0

6

1

7

2. Italy

3

1

2

0

4

2

5

3. Croatia

3

1

1

1

4

3

4

4. Ireland

3

0

0

3

1

9

0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. England

3

2

1

0

5

3

7

2. France

3

1

1

1

3

3

4

3. Ukraine

3

1

0

2

2

4

3

4. Sweden

3

1

0

2

5

5

3

 

 

1/4 FINALS

(21-06-2012)

A1-B2 (1): Czech Republic - Portugal

0-1

Warszawa

B1-A2 (2): Germany - Greece

4-2 (x)

Gdańsk

C1-D2 (3): Spain - France

2-0 (y)

Donets'k

D1-C2 (4): England - Italy

0-0 (pk:2-4) (z)

Kyïv

(x) Game played on 22-06-2012.  (y) Game played on 23-06-2012.  (z) Game played on 24-06-2012.

 

 

1/2 FINALS

(27-06-2012)

1-3: Portugal - Spain

0-0 (pk:2-4)

Donets'k

2-4: Germany - Italy

1-2 (x)

Warszawa

(x) Game played on 28-06-2012.

 

 

FINAL

STADIUM: NSK Olympyjskyj (Kyïv)

DATE: 1-07-2012 (21:45 h)

ATTENDANCE: 63.170

REFEREE: Pedro Proença (POR)

GOALS: 1-0 (Silva 14’); 2-0 (Jordi Alba 41’); 3-0 (Torres 84’); 4-0 (Mata 88’)

BOOKED: Piqué (25’) / Barzagli (45’)

[Incidents: In minute 61, Motta suffered a hamstring injury and had to leave the game. As he was Italy’s last substitution, Cesare Prandelli’s side had to play the last 28 minutes wth only ten men. Fernando Torres won the Golden Boot trophy thanks to his assist to Mata in the last Spanish goal (the Chelsea player tied at three goals and one assist with Mario Gómez, but had less playing time than the German attacker).]

España
Spain SPA - Italy ITA
4-0 (2-0)
Italia

Spain (coach: Vicente del Bosque)

Iker Casillas (c)

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Álvaro Arbeloa

Gerard Piqué

Sergio Ramos

Jordi Alba

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Xavier Hernández “Xavi”

Sergio Busquets

Xabi Alonso

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David Silva (Pedro Rodríguez 59’)

Cesc Fàbregas (Fernando Torres 75’)

Andrés Iniesta (Juan Manuel Mata 87’)

Italy (coach: Cesare Prandelli)

Gianluigi Buffon (c)

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Ignazio Abate

Andrea Barzagli

Leonardo Bonucci

Giorgio Chiellini (Federico Balzaretti 21’)

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Claudio Marchisio

Andrea Pirlo

Daniele de Rossi

Riccardo Montolivo (Thiago Motta 57’)

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Mario Balotelli

Antonio Cassano (Antonio di Natale 46’)

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Spain SPA

2.

Italy ITA

3.

Germany GER

4.

Portugal POR

5.

England ENG

6.

Czech Republic CZR

7.

France FRA

8.

Greece GRE

9.

Russia RUS

10.

Croatia CRO

11.

Sweden SWE

12.

Denmark DEN

13.

Ukraine UKR

14.

Poland POL

15.

Netherlands NED

16.

Ireland IRL

 

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD

Iker Casillas (SPA)

Vassilis Torosidis (GRE)

Kléper Laveran “Pepe” (POR)

Mats Hummels (GER)

Jordi Alba (SPA)

Sami Khedira (GER)

Xavier Hernández “Xavi” (SPA)

Andrea Pirlo (ITA)

Andrés Iniesta (SPA)

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos (POR)

Mario Gómez (GER)

 

 

TOP SCORER: Fernando Torres (SPA) - 3 goals

 

BEST PLAYER: Andrés Iniesta (SPA)

   

 

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