Euro 2012

Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko of Ukraine has participated in a meeting of the Polish-Ukrainian Committee for the organisation of the EURO 2012. While in Warsaw she also held talks with Prime Minister Donald Tusk on the preparations to the championships.

Both premiers assured that stadiums in Warsaw and Kiev will be built on time and added that both countries will intensify cooperation in the preparation to the championships.

Danuta Isler reports
It was in April 2007 that Ukraine and Poland were named co-hosts for the prestigous tournament. Since then little progress in preparations has been observed in both countries with reports in European press that UEFA was considering reducing the number of games held in Ukraine during Euro 2012 or even moving the event elsewhere. In January UEFA president Michel Platini issued a stern warning to the two countries followed by a recent statement that the tournament may be abandoned if stadiums in Warsaw and Kiev are not ready on time. (more…)

UEFA Michel boss Platini told in intelligences for the log “La Stampa” and “Gazzetta dello Sport”, that final concerning decision of the organization of the Euro 2012 trapdoors on the autumn. It is the next voice already in the referring discussion full of conjectures of taking away of this event from Poland and Ukraine

What truth Platini asked about whether it is current still, that championships in 2012 Poland and Ukraine will be organizing the year, replied that nothing changed. But began after a while to devise visions of autumn inspection of Euro holders. - the Check-up will be 2 and 3 of July, and we will make a decision after her - a(n) UEFA boss underlined. Whether it will be a decision about to take away, bad? for confirming of the organization of championships - didn’t want to tell.

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WARSAW - UEFA gave a thumbs up Wednesday to Poland’s Euro 2012 preparations despite jitters about the ability of the Poles and their Ukrainian co-hosts to get ready for the football showcase.

“UEFA have given a positive assessment of recent months of preparations for Euro 2012 in Poland,” said a statement published by Warsaw’s sports ministry in the wake of crunch talks between Poland’s leaders and the president of European football’s governing body, Michel Platini.

“They consider that plans are being handled in a professional way, following the best possible examples and in tight cooperation with UEFA experts.

“If the project continues in the same manner as over the past months, it will be a success,” it said. (more…)

- Project of the Euro 2012 he belongs to Poland and Ukraine already and there is no such strength which would be able to take him away from us. We are expecting the UEFA report which will be published with optimism 27 of June in Vienna - a vice-president notified the of the Seym Commission of the physical culture and the Ireneusz Raś (after) during the Wednesday appointment with journalists.

- Moves of other people of states, like in the last time of France or Italy they will take the organization of the tournament away from us they are distasteful and they are supporting us only for still of bigger work - a member of Parliament added after. (more…)

In 2012 the football European championships eventually will take place in Italy and France - on Tuesday on its pages a daily newspaper is writing hair “Il Giornale”.

According to the Italian newspaper soon the boss Michel Platini will go by the UEFA to Ukraine and officially he will accept after the visit of inspection, that “an organization is impossible Euro” in this country and in Poland.
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Getting back from Poland and Ukraine football organizations is taking the UEFA into consideration of mastery of Europe in 2012 - a German news agency learnt (DPA) from one of representatives however isn’t revealing the UEFA, which name.

After making oneself acquainted with this rumor minister of sport Miroslav Drzewiecki told the PAP a DPA. didn’t want to comment on notifications Nobody informed us about something like that.

Quickly an adviser to the President also responded to such an information with the UEFA of Michel Platini, William Gaillard: - such a message has no bases. In the here and now this issue isn’t generally speaking discussed, not even discussed. Both countries are still four years old, and it is quite a lot of time - stated. (more…)

Poland is ready to help Ukraine, if the one won’t be in time with preparations for final championships of the football European championships in 2012 - on Thursday an Ukrainian newspaper wrote in “Siegodnia”, citing the statement of the Polish minister of sport, Mirosław Drzewiecki.

- Theoretically everything is possible, although today it is (defeat of Ukrainian preparations for ME 2012 - PAP) unlikely, improbable. But if something happens, we are ready to think about different plans - a, quoted by the daily newspaper, being responsibility of the richest Ukrainian, the owner of the football Szachtar club minister said Donieck, Rinata Achmetowa.

Writing Ukrainians about delays in preparations for the Euro to 2012 “Siegodnia” resembles appearing in the media and denied by Ukrainian sports activists rumors about the possibility of getting back from Ukraine the right to the organization of championships. (more…)

Controversial British judge Graham Poll thinks, that with one’s attitude on Euro 2008 Howard Webb proved that he was the best English arbiter and on the next Euro he can take even some of three most important meetings. However Euro 2012 will take place in Poland and in the Ukraine, and taking into consideration the real hostility Polish fans treat Webb with which, they could treat it as the malice on the part of the UEFA what isn’t a good idea for calm carrying out championships.

Howard Webb wasn’t appointed for leading of none of meetings in the cup phase Euro 2008. It means that English arbiters refereed none of such a match already from seven important championships - recently Philip made a success of it for Don River in 1994 and so Webb attached the yr to Durkin Paul, Mike of Riley, David Elleray, Dermot Gallagher and the most well-known British judge of the last years - Graham Poll. (more…)

UEFA officials on Saturday brushed off the latest speculation about Euro 2012, denying that Spain had been approached as a possible replacement host if infrastructure problems persisted with Poland and Ukraine.

The co-hosts face huge challenges in upgrading road and rail links, along with modernising airports and building hotels. Concerns have grown in particular over delays in the reconstruction of Kiev’s Olympic stadium.

In January, UEFA president Michel Platini said the next few months would be “crucial in order to avoid any critical slippage in sports and public infrastructure projects and to protect the global credibility of the Euro project.”

The Kiev stadium issue could lead to Ukraine losing the right to co-host the tournament, a senior Ukrainian soccer federation official was quoted as telling a newspaper on Thursday. (more…)

On the terrain of Warsaw’s decade stadium symbolical Hammered first stilt under construction of National Stadium. This Object will be one of places of Euro 2012 tournament

In celebrity attends sports minister – Miroslaw Drzewiecki. Boss of department of state underlined that all of actual preparations are compliant with timelines and guidelines of UEFA. He said that strained schedule of investments , make big mobilizations of accomplishers. (more…)

Coach: Leo Beenhakker
Group B: Germany, Croatia, Austria, and Poland

Introduction

Cause For Optimism

There has never been a better time to be a Polish football fan. A burgeoning squad developing in self belief under the guidance of one of the shrewdest managers around, the time is right for Poland to shake off their tags as international under achievers at Euro 2008.

Qualification for the tournament already indicated that Poland are becoming a force to be reckoned with. Drawn into Group A, with 8 teams, it was always going to be a long haul and their opponents, which included both Portugal and Serbia (both of whom had qualified for the World Cup) as well as Finland and Belgium, looked close. However, the Poles managed to top Group A after a shaky start which saw them loose to Finland, thanks to a 6 match winning streak stretching between matchdays 3 and 9.

The campaign has been overseen by canny Dutch coach Leo Beenhakker, who was last seen on the international stage guiding Trinidad and Tobago to their first ever qualification in the World Cup in 2006. The Polish FA managed to persuade the former Feyenoord and Real Madrid coach to come to the Polish national team to try and help turn around their fortunes.

Despite qualifying well for the World Cup in 2006 once at Germany, the Poles flopped badly after starting the tournament with a defeat to Ecuador. They never recovered from that loss and managed only one win in their final game against Costa Rica after already being knocked out of the tournament.

The arrival of Beenhakker couldn’t have come at a more opportune moment with confidence from the fans and media alike low: morale might have been at rock-bottom, but so were prospects for a turnaround. Thus since his arrival the promising results in qualification have unleashed a fresh new wave of optimism surrounding the team and the Dutchman is determined to tap into that with Poland in their first ever European Championships.

A strong Euro 2008 is seen as vital as in 2012 Poland will be co-hosting the tournament with Ukraine. A fresh interest in Polish football is therefore certain to happen, and a strong performance this time around will only boost that.
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Football. Administration of Wrocław on the opening New football stadium dreamt about a match Poland – Brazil. Chairman Michael Listkiewicz: We’ll try to bring Brazil to Poland but where they’ll play match – about that the PZPN will decide.

New football stadium in Wroclaw will be built at the end of 2010 year. It’ll seat 44000 spectators and will be one of the objects on which will be player Euro 2012 matches. Administration of city thinks about spectacular opening of stadium and making a party that All Poland will know about. A kind of spectacle could be duel of Polish and Brazil Representation. They want that match in April Or May 2011.

We dreamt About bring Brazil long time – Said Michael Janicki from City Office. President Dutkiewicz talked about it with chairman – Michael Listkiewicz. PZPN Has to come forward to brazil federation and FIFA with offer of organization the match – He says (more…)

Let no grub spook Poles that if Lack us 300km of freeway ,they’ll Take from us organisation of Euro 2012.It’s a drool.If there won’t be Any disaster , nothing treaten us. – affirmed minister of sport and tourism – Miroslaw Drzewiecki.

Minister arrived to Pabianice for Cremony of opening the football field near band of Schhols no.2 .The field has an artifical pavement within the ‘Orlik 2012’ Project.He underlined that is the most important Project made by Donald Tusk, past the organisation of Euro 2012 .

In every commune will be a field with artifical Grass , Volleyball and Basketball field and building with inter alia changing room.All of the terrain will be compounded and lightened.Center such this will be about 2500.I know from UEFA agents that in no one country were accomplished the Project like this. Against infrastructure for children and youth Poland is very delayed and closing-up to other, higher developer countries and we don’t have Any reasons for which our youth Has worse conditions than colleagues from Germant Or Sweden - said Drzewiecki.

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Representatives of six cities – hosts of the euro 2012 and PL 2012 company – discuted in Poznań about preparing to European football championship.

- It was one of draft-meetings which are made cyclically once a month.We were already in Warsaw and in Gdańsk and in next month we’ll met in Wroclaw.And it’ll be done like this in next 4 years.We’ll meet to appraise what is done and appoint objectives for next months. – explained Marcin Hera , chairman of PL 2012

Representatives of Warsaw , Gdańsk , Wroclaw ,Poznań , Chorzów and Krakow during audiovisual presentations made raport of that what they’ve done in last month.After the end of meeting.Participants visited Civic Stadium which is being modernizated and Glogowska street which will connect center of Poznan with freeway. (more…)

Jewhen Czerwonenko - the boss of the Ukrainian National Agency for Euro 2012 said on Wednesday, that if works connected with preparation for Euro 2012 in Lvov will not speed up, the role of the host Odessa or Charkow - reserve cities can get.

Visiting Odessa Czerwonenko said this city have great chances to be the host for future finalists of the European championships.

It is already next, after the UEFA representative Matteo Gambuto, statement giving the distinct signal that Lvov can lose the status of the city - host. Let us remind, that a few days ago telling about problems of “different cities” Gambutto meant exactly Lvov. (more…)