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The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, will be the 14th European Championship for national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament will be hosted by Poland and Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012. It is the first time that either nation has hosted the tournament. This bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee in 2007.

The final tournament features 16 nations, the last European Championship to do so (from Euro 2016 onward, there will be 24 finalists). Qualification was contested by 51 nations between August 2010 and November 2011 to join the two host nations in the tournament. The winner of the tournament gains automatic entry to the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Brazil.

Mistrzostwa Europy w piłce nożnej 2012 (Polish) Чемпіонат Європи по футболу 2012 (Ukrainian)
UEFA Euro 2012 official logo
Tournament details
Host countries	Poland Ukraine
Dates	8 June – 1 July
Teams	16
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)

Stadiums

Warsaw

Gdańsk

Wrocław

Poznań

National Stadium
Capacity: 58,500

PGE Arena
Capacity: 43,600

Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 42,800

Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 43,300

3 matches in Group A
Opening match, Quarter-final, Semi-final

3 matches in Group C
Quarter-final

3 matches in Group A

3 matches in Group C

Wrocław Kiev Lviv Donetsk Warsaw Gdańsk Kharkiv Poznań

Kiev

Donetsk

Kharkiv

Lviv

Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 60,000

Donbass Arena
Capacity: 50,000

Metalist Stadium
Capacity: 35,000

Arena Lviv
Capacity: 30,000

3 matches in Group D
Quarter-final, Final

3 matches in Group D
Quarter-final, Semi-final

3 matches in Group B

Participating teams

The finals will feature sixteen national teams, as has been the format since 1996. Some European football associations were in favour of expanding the tournament to 24 teams, although the number of UEFA members had hardly increased since the last tournament extension in 1996 (53 in April 2006 compared to 48 for Euro 1996). In April 2007, UEFA's Executive Committee formally decided against an expansion for 2012.

Euro 2012 hosts – Poland & Ukraine
The defending champions
Qualified
Failed to qualify
Country is not a UEFA member

Twelve of the sixteen finalists participated at the previous tournament in 2008, with England and Denmark returning having last participated in 2004. The Republic of Ireland return after an absence of 24 years to make their second appearance at a European finals. One of the co-hosts, Ukraine, make their debut as an independent nation, having previously won the inaugural competition in 1960 as part of the Soviet Union.

Euro 2008 winners Spain have qualified to defend their title. They will compete to win an unprecedented third consecutive major tournament, having won both UEFA Euro 2008 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The sixteen finalists who will participate in the final tournament are :