England and Denmark made their return to the Euro, having last participated in 2004, while Republic of Ireland returned after a twenty-four-year absence to make their second appearance at a European Championship. Lun. for violent conduct). [105] In Spain, the broadcasting company Mediaset España commissioned the song "No hay 2 sin 3", performed by David Bisbal and Cali & El Dandee and produced by RedOne. Euro 2012 results page on FlashScore.com offers results, Euro 2012 standings and match details. Retour sur le tirage au sort pour les qualifications à l'Euro 2012. Jakub Błaszczykowski (Poland)[8], Assistant referees: [7] On 18 April 2007, the Poland–Ukraine bid was chosen by a vote of the UEFA Executive Committee, at a meeting in Cardiff. Pologne - Grèce 1-1. [3] Spain had already gained entry to the 2013 Confederations Cup by winning the World Cup, so runners-up Italy qualified instead. [125] The official Euro 2012 broadcasting centre was located at the Expo XXI International Centre in Warsaw. 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. [21] 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. Explore more on Euro 2012 Group D. To be able to join the euro area the EU member states are required to fulfil the so-called 'convergence criteria'.'. 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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). This page shows the standings and results for Group I of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying tournament. [128] In Poland, issues arose related to corruption within the Polish Football Association. [139] The ministry's comments also suggested this would only be a temporary measure, drawing further criticism. Additional assistant referees: Torres also became the first player to score in two finals.[3]. A hundred days before the first match a 35.5-metre-high (116 ft) hot air balloon in the shape of the trophy was flown in Nyon, Switzerland and visited 14 cities throughout the host countries, reminding spectators of the impending tournament. 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). Le groupe B est sans nul doute le plus relevé de l’Euro 2012, le «groupe de la mort», avec notamment deux des principaux favoris à la victoire finale, l’Allemagne et les Pays-Bas. As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off. Host cities Warsaw, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Poznań, Kiev, and Lviv are all popular tourist destinations, unlike Donetsk and Kharkiv, the latter of which replaced Dnipropetrovsk as a host city in 2009. 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). Euro 2012 Group A Permutations: Russia in the driving seat but winless Greece & Poland are still in with a chance Additional assistant referees: After Friday's draw for the group stage, Euro 2012 in Poland and the Ukraine has taken shape. Tweeter. Groupe A : Pologne – Grèce – Russie – Rép.Tchèque Groupe B : Pays-Bas – Danemark – Allemagne – Portugal Groupe C : Espagne – Italie – Rép.Irlande – Croatie Groupe … Fourth official: By Sportsmail Reporter Updated: 19:29 EST, 1 July 2012 The hosting of the event was initially contested by five bids representing seven countries: Croatia–Hungary, Greece, Italy, Poland–Ukraine, and Turkey. Derek Rose (Scotland) [2], Poland–Ukraine became the third successful joint bid for the European Championship, after those of Belgium–Netherlands (2000) and Austria–Switzerland (2008). Foot Live › [39], Four match officials, who served only as fourth officials, and four reserve assistant referees were also named:[39][40], UEFA announced the schedule for the 31 matches of the final tournament in October 2010,[43] with the final confirmation of kick-offs times being affirmed following the tournament draw in December 2011.[44]. 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. Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) 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. [38], On 20 December 2011, UEFA named twelve referees and four fourth officials for Euro 2012. Group A of UEFA Euro 2012 was played from 8 to 16 June 2012. Pos Team. [129] In April 2009 however, the president of UEFA, Michel Platini announced that all was on track and that he saw no major problems. Fredy Fautrel (France) Season-by-season guide to the UEFA European Football Championship including matches, standings and video highlights. Join today for a £20 Free Bet [8][9][10], There were some later alterations from the initial bid plan, regarding the venues, before UEFA confirmed the eight host cities in 2009. The pool was made up of co-host Poland, Czech Republic, Greece and Russia. Fourth official: 01:52 29/03/2016 En direct EURO 2012 : Allemagne 1-2 Italie. Uniforme national abstrait du football du groupe A. de l'euro 2012 avec des objets de variété. Group C, EURO :: 2012 - Football Summary for Live Scores, Game Results, Game Incidents and League Table at LiveFootball.com [138] Ukrainian Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and Minister of the Environment promised to take action to prevent killing animals but it still remains unclear how these measures were enforced. La Serbie est deuxième et accueille justement le leader. 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. Group A of UEFA Euro 2012 was played from 8 to 16 June 2012. The teams trained and resided in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases. The draw also determined which place in the group teams in pots 2–4 would take (e.g. [41][42] 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. Euro 2012 : Les groupes dévoilés. [124] The tournament was broadcast live by around 100 TV channels covering the whole world. Ils sont toujours invaincus. William Collum (Scotland) In Ukraine there were financial difficulties related to stadium and infrastructure renovation related to the economic crisis. Michaël Annonier (France) Jorge Sousa (Portugal) [31] 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. 16/06/2012 Les Grecs et les Tchèques qualifiés pour les quarts. [25], In order to meet UEFA's requirement for football infrastructure improvements, five new stadiums were built and opened in advance of the tournament. The group had the teams of Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and Portugal.Germany and Portugal went to the quarter-finals.The group was named the "Group of death," because the teams were in the top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings at the start of the games. UEFA EURO 2012 Group Stage Points Simulator. Václav Pilař (Czech Republic)[6], Assistant referees: Use the poker to win your partner.If you win, you ball will go into your enemy's door. The trophy given to the winners remains in the ownership of UEFA; however, the winning nation, Spain, received a full-size replica.[38]. From 1960 until 1976, 4 teams qualified for the final tournament, from 1980 until 1992, 8 teams made it there, and from 1996 to 2012 16 teams entered the final showpiece. The qualifying process began in August 2010 and concluded in November 2011. [106], The tournament was also associated with the song "Heart of Courage" by Two Steps From Hell, which was played in the stadiums during the entrance of the players (before the national anthems);[citation needed] and also "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes, in this case after every goal.[107]. 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. Illustration du euro, 2012, groupe - 24821203 Euro 2012: Spain 1-1 Italy. 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. UEFA's Control and Disciplinary body has the ability to increase the automatic one match ban for a red card (e.g. Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain), Man of the Match: Follow the Euro 2012 live scores, fixtures and results with LiveScore, the world’s largest live scores service for sport competitions around the world. Group A of UEFA Euro 2012 was played from 8 to 16 June 2012. Calculate the standings and points If you enter the score of the game. These are economic and legal conditions agreed in the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 and are also known as 'Maastricht criteria'. Joacă EURO 2012 Group Stage 3, jocul online gratuit pe Y8.com! Mark Clattenburg (England), Man of the Match: 10 Juin 2012, 18h00 - EURO 2012 - Groupe C Stade : PGE Arena Gdańsk à Gdańsk | Spectateurs : 38869 | Arbitre : V. Kassai [96], The Henri Delaunay Trophy began a journey through the host cities seven weeks before the start of the tournament. [32] Owing to this over-subscription for the matches, lotteries were carried out to allocate tickets. 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. "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Poland-Greece", "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Russia-Czech Republic", "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Greece-Czech Republic", "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Poland-Russia", "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Czech Republic-Poland", "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Greece-Russia", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2012_Group_A&oldid=993019413, Pages using sports table with possibly ignored parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, The winner of Group A, Czech Republic, advanced to play the runner-up of, The runner-up of Group A, Greece, advanced to play the winner of, This page was last edited on 8 December 2020, at 10:43. Euan Norris (Scotland), Man of the Match: [102], The official Euro 2012 song was "Endless Summer" by the German singer Oceana. Euro of the 14th was held in Poland and Ukraine. From the section Euro 2012 BBC Sport explains the qualification permutations as Euro 2012 enters the final set of group stage games. Fredy Fautrel (France) 23 June 2012. [1], Man of the Match: Les joueurs de Joachim Löw ont remporté face au Danemark leur troisième match en autant de rencontres. On 20 April 2012, the trophy tour started and visited the Polish cities of Warsaw, Wrocław, Gdańsk, Poznań, Kraków, Katowice and Łódź. [30] Over 20,000 were forecast to cross the Poland–Ukraine border each day during the tournament. The 2016 tournament had 24 … David Fernández Borbalán (Spain) Group A, EURO :: 2012 - Football Summary for Live Scores, Game Results, Game Incidents and League Table at LiveFootball.com Euro 2012 Group Stage Results. Official UEFA EURO history. [140][141][142], Bomb explosions took place in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, on 27 April 2012 and were described as a terrorist attack that may jeopardise the organisation of the tournament in Ukraine. Defending champions Spain (coefficient 43,116; rank 1st) were automatically assigned to Pot 1. Martin Atkinson (England) [35], The Adidas Tango 12 was the official match ball of UEFA Euro 2012. In the draw procedure, one team from each pot was drawn into each of the four groups. Twelve of the sixteen finalists participated at the previous tournament in 2008. Fair play conduct of the teams (final tournament); Finishing in third place in a group: €1 million, This page was last edited on 30 November 2020, at 12:56. Group B of the UEFA Euro 2012 began on June 9, 2012 and ended on June 17, 2012. The main cause of discussion was the BBC current affairs programme Panorama, entitled Euro 2012: Stadiums of Hate, which included recent footage of supporters chanting various antisemitic slogans and displays of white power symbols and banners in Poland, plus Nazi salutes and the beating of South Asians in Ukraine. Euro 2012: Italy's Cesare Prandelli praises England's high tempo. Stefan Johannesson (Sweden). Additional assistant referees: Nous connaissons maintenant les trois adversaires de l'équipe de France. The draw resulted in the following groups: Eight cities were selected by UEFA as host venues. Fourth official: This was required due to the fact that the matches were broadcast in HD quality. Clipart Euro 2012 groupe A à télécharger! [111], UEFA announced ten global sponsors and, for both Poland and Ukraine, three national sponsors as shown below. Alan Dzagoev (Russia)[4], Assistant referees: Keep track of the 2012 European Championships Group A with LiveScore. Voici le détail des groupes de la première phase de l'Euro 2012 qui se déroulera en Serbie du 15 au 29 janvier prochain. Euro 2012 on LiveScore Follow all the scores, results, fixtures and statistics from the 2012 European Championships with LiveScore. Illustration à propos Ramassage du football. Each group consists of four teams with all sides playing each other once. The official logo for the tournament was unveiled at a special event at Mykhailivska Square, Kiev, on 14 December 2009 and was designed by Portuguese group Brandia Central. Le calendrier EURO 2012, Groupe A ? [136][137], Ukraine came under criticism from animal welfare organisations for killing stray cats and dogs in order to prepare for Euro 2012. Fourth official: Mike Pickel (Germany) Euro-2012 Groupe A. EURO-2012. ... fired in after a clever pass by David Silva as Spain came from a goal down against Italy to draw the opening match of Group C. Their bid received an absolute majority of votes, and was therefore announced the winner, without requiring a second round. Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey) [99] It took its visual identity from Wycinanki or Vytynanky, a traditional form of paper cutting practised in rural areas of Poland and Ukraine. Co-hosts Poland (coefficient 23,806; rank 28th) and Ukraine (coefficient 28,029; rank 15th) were automatically assigned to positions A1 and D1, respectively. Latest Euro 2012 Group A Betting Tips, Odds and Previews from Betting.Betfair. J'accepte de recevoir des infos, des jeux et des offres privilèges du site It is designed to be easier to dribble and control than the reportedly unpredictable Adidas Jabulani used at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. UEFA EURO 2012 (Poland - Ukraine) Group Stage Standings by ScoresPro.com EURO 2012 : it is a compitition between 16 teams of europe 17 likes. The following sixteen teams qualified for the finals:[18]. Follow the live scores, fixtures and results for the 2012 European Championships Group A with LiveScore. 20 June 2012. The mascots were unveiled in December 2010,[109] and named following an online poll. Apasă acum pentru a juca EURO 2012 Group Stage 3. Ruddy Buquet (France), Man of the Match: Le calendrier et les résultats de l'Euro 2012 triés par dates, groupes ou pays, selon votre choix. Le groupe A est le plus ouvert de l’Euro 2012, avec un des deux pays organisateurs, la Pologne, et trois outsiders, la Russie, la République Tchèque et la Grèce. 02:04 06/05/2016 En direct Angleterre - Italie 2012, les tirs au but. Le suspense a pris fin aujourd’hui. Classement Europe - Euro 2012 - Groupe C, statistiques, résultats et pronostics. István Vad (Hungary) [79] The group of eleven analysts watched every game at the tournament before making their decision after the final. Applications had to be made during March 2011 for the 1.4 million tickets available for the 31 tournament matches. Has been played since 1960, originally as "Nations Cup". The top two finishing teams, Czech Republic and Greece, progressed to the quarter-finals, while Russia and Poland were eliminated from the tournament. Télécharger cette image : Football - UEFA Euro 2012 - Groupe A - Pologne / Russie - National Stadium - G57YN3 depuis la bibliothèque d’Alamy parmi des millions de … Mathias Klasenius (Sweden) Single yellow cards and suspensions for yellow card accumulations do not carry over to the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament matches. Euro 2012 - Groupe B: Le Danemark, outsider du groupe de la "mort" Euro 2012 : Les groupes dévoilés; Coupe du monde 2010: L'heure du premier bilan. [22] Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating: Aside from the coefficient, three teams were automatically placed in Pot 1. [108] The agreement involved licensing to third parties for a variety of other merchandising items. EURO 2012 Group. As for the "Group of Death" in Euro 2012 , it would be Group B. The match, originally scheduled for 21:45 local time, was delayed 15 minutes to prevent overlap with the other Group D match between Ukraine and France, which had been delayed due to rain. The Warsaw Fan Zone occupied 120,000 square meters and accommodated 100,000 visitors. Robert Lewandowski (Poland)[2], Assistant referees: 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. 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. There were 76 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 2.45 goals per match. The working group on euro risk-free rates was established to identify and recommend risk-free rates that could serve as an alternative to current benchmarks used in a variety of financial instruments and contracts in the euro area, such as the euro overnight index average (EONIA) and the euro interbank offered rate (EURIBOR). Navigation Pologne - Ukraine 2012 Europe 2020 Le championnat d'Europe UEFA de football 2016 , communément abrégé en Euro 2016 , est la quinzième édition du Championnat d'Europe de football , compétition organisée par l' Union des associations européennes de football (UEFA) et rassemblant les meilleures équipes masculines européennes. [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. Also designed by Warner Bros. were the official tournament mascots, "Slavek and Slavko", twins that wore the national colours of the two host nations. Joining the euro area. L’Italie a déjà son billet en poche pour l’Euro 2012. 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. In all, the fans zones had a 20% increase in capacity compared to Euro 2008.[29]. Euro 2012. Michael Mullarkey (England) [19][20] The hour-long ceremony was hosted by Olha Freimut and Piotr Sobczyński, television presenters from the two host countries. [26][27] Three of the stadiums are categorised as UEFA's highest category stadiums. [130], In the UK, there were allegations of racism in football in both host countries. For the video game based on this event, see. They were located in the centre of each city, with all 31 matches shown live on a total of 24 giant screens. Poland and Ukraine's bid was chosen by the UEFA Executive Committee on 18 April 2007. Euro-2012, groupe B : l'Allemagne et le Portugal qualifiés pour les quarts, les Pays-Bas et le Danemark éliminés The group had the teams of Poland, Czech Republic, Greece and Russia.Czech Republic and … 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. As defending champions, Spain was automatically top-seeded. [39] 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. 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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. Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany) [100][101] As part of the event, landmark buildings in the eight host cities were illuminated with the tournament logo. [131] The documentary was first echoed in much of the British press, but was then attacked for being one-sided and unethical: critics included other British media outlets; anti-racism campaigners, black and Jewish community leaders in Poland; Polish and Ukrainian politicians and journalists; England fans visiting the host nations and Gary Lineker, a British football star. 548 likes. 0; Partager. 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. Standings. Partager. 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.