EURO 2012

… group matches are expected to be played in Dnipropetrovsk.

Central Stadium in Odessa was built in the 1930s. Ukrainian football club called Czernomorec Odessa every day plays its matches in this stadium.

At present … of Poland and Ukraine to organize the European Football Championships in 2012, Odessa was proposed as substitute city. It will be considered in …

The Ukrainians made recently huge progress in stadium preparations for coming Euro 2012 Championships. Below the most recent photo relation from building Odessa stadium.

… not be confirmed/appointed as host city for matches at UEFA EURO 2012™;
* and not to confirm/appoint Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa as host cities nor retain them as reserve cities. UEFA considers that due to the current shortcomings with regard to the … Europe.

“I also want to take the opportunity to thank the cities of Chorzow and Krakow in Poland, and Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa in Ukraine for their involvement in UEFA EURO 2012™ so far.”

UEFA will continue to closely monitor the progress of …

… meets in Bucharest this week to chose the venues for the tournament being co-hosted by Ukraine and Poland.

The cities of Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Odessa all hope to be chosen although the latter two are on Ukraine’s reserve list of venues.

Odessa, a port and resort town on the Black Sea Coast, is unlikely to be considered because, despite its tourism industry, the number and quality …

… 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, …

…they might not be evenly distributed between Poland and Ukraine, the implication being that Ukraine could be relieved of some of its hosting responsibility.

And then there is the subplot of the reserve venues. It seems unlikely that either Kharkiv or Odessa could nudge into the frontline of the Ukrainian reckoning, but Krakow certainly could displace one of the Polish front-runners (presumably Chorzow, which is only an hour away and behind schedule). Given the success of Wisla, the local club…

… on Thursday.

Claiming that such a decision will be made public by UEFA next Wednesday, the daily said that among Poland’s lucky cities will be Warsaw, Gdansk, Wroclaw, Poznan and Cracow.

In Ukraine chosen will be Kiev, Doneck, Lvov, Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk.

According to Polish Sport and Tourism Minister Miroslaw Drzewiecki, the UEFA’s Wednesday decision will not be final. In his opinion matches will be played on no more than eight stadiums.

Poland will co-host the European soccer …

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Such opinion was given by Ukrainian experts taking part in the round table meeting In Kijow on Tuesday, which aim was to discuss the preparation for the championships.

In cities, which expect the governments support , the progress is significantly lower. It is visible these days that Odessa and Lwow are not capable to catch up with others – judged Andrij Kapustin from the Euro 2012 Committee , the Ukrainian organization controlling the arrangement progress of the Championships

…, but we may suppose that it would guarantee resources for execution of tasks connected with Euro.
The thing is quite important because preparations for the future event will require a lot of money, also in Donieck, Dnietropietrovsk and Lwow, and now also Charkow and Odessa have to be added to it – as it is known that both Poland and Ukraine proposed that the matches of Euro should take place in six cities of each country. At the end of April a special group was appointed in Lwow and it takes …