EURO 2021

For some SPA was important, for others it was a golf course and a private beach. All of them wanted luxury hotels and even pitches. What were the national football teams driven by when choosing residential bases for Euro 2012 UEFA announced the official list of centres in October this year. It included 21 offers from Poland and 17 offers from Ukraine. For the last twelve months, representatives of football teams taking part in Euro 2012 have been traveling around Poland and Ukraine in search of places where footballers could […]

UEFA has started taking ticket applications for 2012 European Championship matches from fans of the 16 competing countries. UEFA to make 450 thousand more Euro 2012 tickets available Europe’s top governing body is making an additional 450,000 tickets available on Dec. 12 for next year’s Euro 2012 taking place in Ukraine and Poland. Sales of tickets are reserved for fans of each of the national football associations participating in the 16-nation tournament, Ukraine’s Euro 2012 infromation center announced on Dec. 7 UEFA says it will sell at least 6,000 seats […]

The results of today’s draw to determine the groups for the 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine next summer… Group A: Poland (66), Greece (14), Russia (12), Czech Republic (33). Group B: Netherlands (3), Denmark (11), Germany (2), Portugal (7). Group C: Spain (1), Italy (9), Croatia (8), Ireland (21). Group D: Ukraine (55), Sweden (18), France (15), England (5). (FIFA world rankings in parentheses.) Unlike the World Cup, there are no predictable matches — which makes the European Championship the most competitive of all major tournaments. Group of […]

The qualification process for the 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine is finally over an all eyes will now turn to the group stage draw for the finals. Tuesday’s second leg clash of the play-offs marked the end of the qualifying campaign, as Croatia, Portugal, Czech Republic and Republic of Ireland secured their ticket to the finals to join 10 other nations who advanced from the group qualifiers, as well as the two host nations The 16 qualified teams will now be divided into four separate pots, based on […]

Bonuses for winning the title of a champion for Euro-2012 should be maintained at the same level as for the World Cup 2010 and Euro-2008, this is 250.000 EUR for each player – stated Oliver Bierhoof, chairman of the German Football Association. 250.000 EUR will get every player of the German team. The amount of the bonus is negotiated, but Bierhoff does not think that the amount will be higher than a year and three years ago. Funds provided by the UEFA for the European Championship for all teams is […]

The results of the match played by our football team can be different. However, this does not mean that Euro 2012 will not be successful. Everyone who will be a volunteer can contribute to it. Recruitment has already begun. I encourage everyone, not just young people, to work for Euro 2012 – says the Mayor Ryszard Grobelny. The opportunity is unique. I am convinced that volunteering is one of the greatest successes of the entire Euro 2012 championships in Poland – he added. For the first time in the history […]

The Euro 2012 playoff draw was held Thursday in Krakow, Poland. The winners of these four home-and-home series will get the final four berths at next summer’s tournament, joining the 12 teams that have already qualified. The entire tournament will be televised on ESPN networks. Here are notes and Soccer Power Index projections for the four matchups. Turkey vs. Croatia This is a rematch of their dramatic Euro 2008 quarterfinal, when Croatia’s Ivan Klasnic scored an apparent winner in the 119th minute. But Turkey’s Semih Senturk tied it in stoppage […]

The ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association co-organized the high-profile ‘Poland for All’ event together with the Polish Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Sports and Tourism, the City of Warsaw and the Polish Association of Former Players. It took place at the Warsaw Agrykola stadium on 14 October. The event formed a part of the Football Against Racism in Europe Action Weeks. One of the event’s attractions was a match involving players of Warsaw’s multicultural Ethnoleague and Polish football stars, including legends such as the former internationals Dariusz Dziekanowski, Radoslaw Majdan and Roman […]

Everybody is getting ready for UEFA EURO 2012: Doctors are learning English, and Gaitana wrote an anthem for Euro 2012. Song of Gaitana calls Ukrainians to unite all the people around the championship. Gaitana plans to perform the new song in several versions, as a solo artist and with the Friends of the euro championship. Gaitana received the titel of an official Friend of the Euro-2012 in early July. By becoming a Friend of Gaitana has promised not to get bored, and kept her promise. She writes songs adedicated to […]

Ukrainian hoteliers are missing out on early bookings for Euro 2012 with reservation databases in host-city hotels still closed for the dates of the event, according to www.booked.net. Less than 250 days from the kick-off of Europe’s top international soccer showcase almost all host-city hotel booking systems in Ukraine, which is co-hosting the tournament alongside Poland, remain closed. Meanwhile, preparations for the 14th European Championship is continuing at pace across Ukraine. Reconstruction of stadiums and key improvements to infrastructure is almost complete in the host-cities of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv and […]