EURO 2021

The number of hotels and hostels in Poland is limited, so fans, during the Euro 2012, will live, among others, at student hostels and private houses. It’s not the end of options. A very interesting offer for football fans is prepared by one of the global sponsors of the tournament – Carlsberg, which will open a modern camps. We heard about plans for creation of such sites in October from Rafał Rosiejak, the national coordinator for the accommodation from the PL 2012 company. “I have to say something about the […]

Fellow managers on Friday tipped defending European champions Spain and Euro 2008 second-placers Germany as hot favorites to win this year’s tournament. After wrapping up a two-day meeting of all 16 Euro 2012 qualifier nations in tournament co-hosts Poland, managers were pressed by reporters to give their forecasts for the final outcome. “I think everyone knows who the favorites are. For me, they are Germany and Spain,” Poland manager Franciszek Smuda said. Even Germany boss Joachim Loew said the 2008 victors were the team to beat. “It’s Spain, in any […]

The stadium in Wroclaw is prepared to organize a friendly match between Poland and Portugal, scheduled on February 29 – said Paweł Czuma, a spokesman of the City of Wroclaw, on Monday. At the end of January, Grzegorz Lato, the president of the Polish Football Association said that if the friendly match between Poland and Portugal is not held on February 29 at the National Stadium in Warsaw, it will take part in Wroclaw. Grzegorz Lato has already contacted Rafał Dutkiewicz, President of Wroclaw, on this matter. “We express interest […]

Polish football fans have celebrated the launch of the biggest stadium for this year’s Euro 2012 finals with a free music festival and fireworks display. The newly-constructed National Stadium in Warsaw will host the opening match of the four-yearly tournament on June 8 when co-hosts Poland take on Euro 2004 winners Greece in Group A. The first 40,000 fans to arrive on Sunday were given the chance to see Polish pop acts including VooVoo i Haydamaky, Zakopower, Coma, T. Love and Lady Pank. The at the 50,000-seat arena, which will […]

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 […]

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 […]