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UEFA Euro 2012 official logoTournament details

Host countries Poland

Ukraine

Dates 8 June 1 July

Teams 16

Venue(s) 8 (in 8 host cities)

Tournament statistics

Matches played 20

Goals scored 54 (2.7 per match)

Attendance 878,925 (43,946 per match)

Top scorer(s) Alan Dzagoev

Mario Gmez

Mario Manduki(3 goals each)

UEFA Euro 2012

UEFA Euro 2012From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship , commonly referred to asEuro 2012 , is the 14th European Championship for national football teamsorganised by UEFA. The final tournament is being hosted by Poland andUkraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012. It is the first time that either nationhas hosted the tournament. This bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive

Committee in 2007. [1]

The final tournament features 16 nations, the last European Championship to doso (from Euro 2016 onward, there will be 24 finalists). Qualification wascontested by 51 nations between August 2010 and November 2011 to join thetwo host nations in the tournament. The winner of the tournament gainsautomatic entry to the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Brazil. [2]

The tournament is played across eight venues, four in each host country, five of which were newly built for the tournament. Aside from venues, the host nationshave also invested heavily in improving infrastructure, such as railways androads, at UEFA's request.

Contents

1 Host selection2 Venues

2.1 Stadiums2.2 Teams' stay

3 Qualification4 Final draw5 Match officials6 Squads7 Group stage

7.1 Group A7.2 Group B7.3 Group C7.4 Group D

8 Knockout phase8.1 Quarter-finals8.2 Semi-finals8.3 Final

9 Statistics9.1 Goalscorers9.2 Discipline9.3 Penalty kicks

10 Accessories10.1 Logo, slogan and theme songs10.2 Trophy10.3 Merchandise and mascots10.4 Match ball

11 Concerns and controversies11.1 Early UEFA concerns11.2 Political boycotts11.3 Racism and hooliganism

12 References13 External links

Host selection

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Goat-emblem of Pozna dressed in Euro 2012 flags and the Euro 2012 logo made of

flowers in Lviv.

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 bids

The hosting of the event was initially contested by five bids representing seven countries: CroatiaHungary, Greece, Italy, Poland Ukraine, and Turkey. In 2005 these were narrowed down by UEFA to three candidates: CroatiaHungary, PolandUkraine andItaly. [3] This was followed by a second round of the selection process which among other included visits by UEFA to candidatecountries. [4] After that the PolandUkraine bid was chosen by a vote of the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in Cardiff on18 April 2007. [1] PolandUkraine became the third successful joint bid for the European Championship, after those of Belgium

Netherlands (2000) and AustriaSwitzerland (2008). Their bid received an absolute majority of votes, and was therefore

announced the winner without requiring a second round. Italy, which received the remaining votes,[1]

had been consideredfavourites to win the hosting but incidents of fan violence and a match fixing scandal were widely cited as factors behind their failure. [5][6][7]

Afterwards, there were some changes in the Poland-Ukraine bid regarding the venues. The final approval was made on a UEFAmeeting on 13 May 2009. [8] During the preparation process in Poland and Ukraine UEFA expressed concern about their ability tohost the event and different candidates were suggested to take over if they did not improve; however in the end UEFA withdrewthe criticism.

Venues

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 venues

Eight cities were selected by UEFA as hostvenues. In a return to the format used at Euro1992, Euro 1996 and Euro 2008, each of thefour groups is based around two stadiums.

The host cities Warsaw, Gdask, Wrocaw,Pozna, Kiev, Lviv are all popular touristdestinations, unlike Donetsk and Kharkiv (thelatter having replaced Dnipropetrovsk as ahost city in 2009). [9]

The obligatory improvement of the footballinfrastructure includes the building of newstadiums: five of the eight venues are brandnew stadiums having completed construction and was ready to open in advance of the tournament; the remaining three (in Kiev,Pozna and Kharkiv) underwent major renovations to improve them. [10][11] Three of the stadiums are fulfilling the criteria of UEFA's highest category stadiums.

The transport system in Poland and Ukraine was also extensively modified on the request of UEFA to cope with the large influx of football fans. [12] (1.4 million tickets have been sold for the games, and over 20,000 people are forecast to cross the Poland Ukraine border each day during the tournament. [13])

The tournament is broadcasted live by around 100 TV channels covering the whole world. [14] Over 12 million have applied for tickets, which represented a 17% increase on the 2008 finals, and an all-time record for the UEFA European Championship. [15]

Owing to this over-subscription for the matches, lotteries were carried out to allocate tickets.

Stadiums

A total of 31 matches will be played during Euro 2012, with Ukraine hosting 16 of them and Poland 15.

Poland

Warsaw Gdask Wrocaw Pozna

National StadiumBuilt for tournamentCapacity: 56,070 [16]

PGE ArenaBuilt for tournamentCapacity: 39,150 [17]

Municipal StadiumBuilt for tournamentCapacity: 40,000 [18]

Municipal StadiumReconstructed

Capacity: 39,550 [19]

3 matches in Group A(incl. opening match),

1 quarter-final and1 semi-final

3 matches in Group C and1 quarter-final

3 matches in Group A 3 matches in Group C


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Ukraine

Kiev Donetsk Kharkiv Lviv

Olympic StadiumReconstructed

Capacity: 64,640 [20]

Donbass ArenaBuilt for tournamentCapacity: 49,400 [21]

Metalist StadiumReconstructed

Capacity: 37,750 [22]

Arena LvivBuilt for tournamentCapacity: 32,990 [23]

3 matches in Group D,1 quarter-final and

the final

3 matches in Group D,1 quarter-final and

1 semi-final3 matches in Group B 3 matches in Group B

Teams' stay

Each team has a "Team Base Camp" for their stay between the matches. From an initial list of 38 potential locations (21 in Poland,17 in Ukraine), [24] the national associations chose their locations in 2011. These bases were the initial destination for all teamsupon their arrival. The teams will then both train and reside in these locations throughout the tournament, traveling to gamesstaged away from their bases. Thirteen teams are staying in Poland and three in Ukraine. [25]

Team Arrival Departure Base camp Group stage match venues

Croatia 5 June Warka Near Warsaw

Gdask and Pozna

Czech Republic 3 June Wrocaw Wrocaw

Denmark 4 June 17 June Koobrzeg Kharkiv and Lviv

England 6 June Krakw Kiev and Donetsk

France 6 June Donetsk Kiev and Donetsk

Germany 3 June Gdask Kharkiv and Lviv

Greece 3 June Jachranka Near Warsaw

Warsaw and Wrocaw

Republic of Ireland 5 June 18 June Sopot Near Gdask

Gdask and Pozna

Italy 5 June Krakw Gdask and Pozna

Netherlands 4 June 17 June Krakw Kharkiv


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Euro 2012 hosts Poland & Ukraine

Defending champions and qualified

Qualified

Failed to qualify

Country is not a UEFA member

Team Arrival Departure Base camp Group stage match venues

Poland 28 May 16 June Warsaw Warsaw and Wrocaw

Portugal 4 June Opalenica Near Pozna

Kharkiv and Lviv

Russia 3 June 16 June Warsaw Warsaw and Wrocaw

Spain 5 June Gniewino Near Gdask

Gdask

Sweden 6 June 19 June Kiev Kiev

Ukraine 6 June Kiev Kiev and Donetsk

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

The draw for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying competition took place inWarsaw on 7 February 2010. [26] 51 teams entered to compete for the 14remaining places in the finals, alongside co-hosts Poland and Ukraine.These teams were divided into nine groups, with the draw using the newUEFA national team coefficient for the first time in order to determine theseedings. As reigning champions Spain was automatically top seeded. [27]

The qualifying process began in August 2010 and concluded in November 2011. At the conclusion of the qualifying group stage in October 2011, thenine group winners qualified automatically, with the second placed teamwith the best ranking also doing so. The remaining eight teams who finishedsecond in their respective groups contested two-legged play-offs, with thewinner of each tie qualifying for the finals. [27]

Twelve of the sixteen finalists participated at the previous tournament in2008, 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, maketheir debut as an independent nation, having previously won the inauguralcompetition in 1960 as part of the Soviet Union. [citation needed ] The sixteenfinalists who will participate in the final tournament are:

Hosts:

Poland Ukraine

Qualified:

Germany (winner group A)

Russia (winner groupB)

Italy (winner groupC)

France (winner groupD)

Netherlands (winner group E)

Greece (winner groupF)

England (winner group G)

Denmark (winner group H)

Spain (winner groupI)

Sweden (bestrunner-up)

Croatia (play-off winner)

Czech Republic(play-off winner)

Republic of Ireland(play-off winner)

Portugal (play-off winner)

Final draw

Further information: UEFA Euro 2012 seeding


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The draw for the final tournament took place on 2 December 2011 at the Ukraine Palace of Arts in Kiev, Ukraine. [28][29] Thehour-long ceremony was hosted by Olga Freimut and Piotr Sobczyski, television presenters from the two host countries. As wasthe case for the 2004 and 2008 finals, the sixteen finalists were divided into four seeding pots, using the UEFA national teamcoefficient ranking. [30] Three teams were automatically placed in pot 1: Poland and Ukraine as hosts and Spain as defendingchampion. They were joined by Netherlands, the country of the rest with the highest coefficient. [31]

In the draw procedure, each of the four groups had one team drawn from each pot. It also determined which place in the groupteams drawn from Pots 24 would take (i.e. A2, A3 or A4) to create the match schedule. [31] For logistical reasons, Poland were

assigned in advance to A1, and Ukraine to D1.[32]

The balls were drawn by four former players who have each been part of European Championship winning teams: Horst Hrubesch, Marco van Basten, Peter Schmeichel and Zinedine Zidane. [33]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Spain (1)Netherlands (2)Ukraine (15)Poland (28)

Germany (3)Italy (4)England (5)Russia (6)

Croatia (7)Greece (8)Portugal (9)Sweden (10)

Denmark (11)France (12)Czech Republic

(13)Republic of

Ireland (14)

The rank of the UEFA Coefficient Ranking is shown in brackets. [34] They are calculated by adding up: [35]

40% of the average points per game, earned in the 2012 Euro qualifying stage.40% of the average points per game, earned in the 2010 World Cup qualifying stage and final tournament.20% of the average points per game, earned in the 2008 Euro qualifying stage and final tournament.

Match officials

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 match officials

UEFA named the twelve referees and four fourth officials for UEFA Euro 2012 on 20 December 2011. [36][37] Each team is madeup of five match officials from the same country: one main referee, two additional assistant referees who are also FIFA referees,and two FIFA assistant referees. In addition, a third assistant referee from each country has also been named, and he will remainon standby until the start of the tournament to take the place of a colleague if required. [38] Continuing the trials carried out in theUEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, the two additional assistant referees will be used on the goal line for thefirst time in the history of the UEFA European Championship with approval from the International Football Association Board. [36]

Country Referee

England Howard Webb

France Stphane Lannoy

Germany Wolfgang Stark

Hungary Viktor KassaiItaly Nicola Rizzoli

Netherlands Bjrn Kuipers

Portugal Pedro Proena

Scotland Craig Thomson

Slovenia Damir Skomina

Spain Carlos Velasco Carballo

Sweden Jonas Eriksson

Turkey Cneyt akr

Squads

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 squads


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Czech Republic 1 0 Poland

Greece 1 0 Russia

Group B

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts

Germany 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9

Portugal 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6

Denmark 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 3

Netherlands 3 0 0 3 2 5 3 0

9 June 2012Netherlands 0 1 Denmark

Germany 1 0 Portugal

13 June 2012Denmark 2 3 Portugal

Netherlands 1 2 Germany17 June 2012

Portugal 2 1 Netherlands

Denmark 1 2 Germany

Group C

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group C


Spain 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 4

Croatia 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4

Italy 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2

Republic of Ireland 2 0 0 2 1 7 6 0

10 June 2012Spain 1 1 Italy

Republic of Ireland 1 3 Croatia

14 June 2012Italy 1 1 Croatia

Spain 4 0 Republic of Ireland

18 June 2012Croatia Match 21 Spain

Italy Match 22 Republic of Ireland

Group D

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group D


France 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4

England 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4

Ukraine 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 3

Sweden 2 0 0 2 3 5 2 0

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France 1 1 England

Ukraine 2 1 Sweden

15 June 2012Ukraine 0 2 France

Sweden 2 3 England

19 June 2012England Match 23 Ukraine

Sweden Match 24 France

Knockout phase

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 knockout stage

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) in Poland and Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) in Ukraine. [42]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 21 June Warsaw

Czech Republic 27 June Donetsk Portugal

Winner of quarter-final 123 June Donetsk

Winner of quarter-final 3Winner of Group C1 July Kiev

Runner-up of Group DWinner of semi-final 1

22 June Gdask Winner of semi-final 2

Germany 28 June Warsaw

Greece Winner of quarter-final 2

24 June Kiev Winner of quarter-final 4Winner of Group D

Runner-up of Group C

Quarter-finals

21 June 201220:45 UTC+2

Czech Republic Match 25 Portugal National Stadium, Warsaw

22 June 201220:45 UTC+2

Germany Match 26 Greece PGE Arena, Gdask

23 June 201221:45 UTC+3

Winner Group C Match 27 Runner-up Group D Donbass Arena, Donetsk

24 June 201221:45 UTC+3

Winner Group D Match 28 Runner-up Group C Olympic Stadium, Kiev

Semi-finals

27 June 201221:45 UTC+3

Winner Match 25 Match 29 Winner Match 27 Donbass Arena, Donetsk

28 June 201220:45 UTC+2

Winner Match 26 Match 30 Winner Match 28 National Stadium, Warsaw

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Final

1 July 201221:45 UTC+3

Winner Match 29 Match 31 Winner Match 30 Olympic Stadium, Kiev


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Statistics

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 statistics

Goalscorers

Players in bold are still active in the competition.

3 goals

Mario Manduki Mario Gmez Alan Dzagoev

2 goals

Petr Jirek Vclav PilaNicklas Bendtner

Michael Krohn-Dehli Cristiano Ronaldo Cesc Fbregas

Fernando Torres Andriy Shevchenko

1 goal

Nikica Jelavi Andy Carroll Joleon Lescott Theo Walcott Danny Welbeck Yohan Cabaye Jrmy Mnez Samir Nasri Lars Bender

Lukas Podolski

Theofanis Gekas Giorgos Karagounis Dimitris Salpigidis Sean St Ledger Antonio Di Natale Andrea PirloRafael van der VaartRobin van PersieJakub

Baszczykowski

Robert Lewandowski Pepe Hlder Postiga Silvestre VarelaRoman PavlyuchenkoRoman Shirokov

David Silva Zlatan Ibrahimovi Olof Mellberg

Own goals

Glen Johnson (playing against Sweden)

Discipline

The following players were suspended for one or more games as a result of red cards or yellow card accumulation:

Player Offence(s) Suspension(s) Notes

Wayne Rooneyin Euro qualifying v

MontenegroGroup D v FranceGroup D v Sweden

Suspension due to red card inlast game of qualifying GroupG

SokratisPapastathopoulos

Group A v Czech Republic

Wojciech Szczsny in Group A v Greece Group A v Russia

Jrme Boatengin Group B v Portugalin Group B v Netherlands

Group B v Denmark

Eugen Polanskiin Group A v Russiain Group A v Czech

Republic

World Cup qualifying v

Montenegro

Suspension to be served inWorld Cup

qualifying Group H

Giorgos Karagounisin Group A v Polandin Group A v Russia

Quarter-final v Germany

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The Henri DelaunayTrophy

Alan Dzagoevin Group A v Polandin Group A v Greece

World Cup qualifying v NorthernIreland

Suspension to be served inWorld Cup

qualifying Group F

Jos Holebasin Group A v Polandin Group A v Russia

Quarter-final v Germany

Jetro Willemsin Group B v Germanyin Group B v Portugal

World Cup qualifying v TurkeySuspension to be served in

World Cupqualifying Group D

Penalty kicks

Scored

None

Missed

Giorgos Karagounis for Greece v Poland, saved by Przemysaw Tyto

Accessories

Logo, slogan and theme songs

The competition slogan, Creating History Together (Polish: Razem tworzymy przyszo , literally,"Together we are creating the future", Ukrainian: , Tvorymo istoriyurazom ), was announced along with the logo. [43] The official logo for the tournament was unveiled ata special event at Mykhailivska Square, Kiev, on 14 December 2009. Designed by Portuguese groupBrandia Central. [44] It takes its visual identity from Wycinanki or Vytynanky, traditional form of

paper cutting practised in rural areas of Poland and Ukraine. The art form symbolises the nature of the rural areas of both countries. [43][45] As part of the event, landmark buildings in the eight hostcities were illuminated with the tournament logo. [46]

The official Euro 2012 song is "Endless Summer" by the German singer Oceana. [47] In addition,UEFA has retained the melody that was composed by Rollo Armstrong of Faithless on its behalf for

the 2008 tournament. [48] The Republic of Ireland has also produced an official song: "The Rocky Road to Poland" recorded by acollaboration of Irish performers has already reached number 1 in Ireland. [49] In Spain, the broadcasting company MediasetEspaa commissioned the song "No hay 2 sin 3", performed by David Bisbal and Cali & El Dandee and produced by RedOne. [50]

When the teams walk out from the stadium and before the national anthems are played, "Heart of Courage" by Two Steps FromHell is played.

Trophy

The Henri Delaunay Trophy began a journey through the host cities seven weeks before the start of the tournament. A hundred days before the first match a 35.5-metre-high (116 ft) hot air balloon in theshape of the trophy was flown in Nyon, Switzerland and will visit 14 cities throughout the hostcountries, reminding spectators of the impending tournament. [51] On 20 April 2012 the trophy tour started and visited Warsaw, Wrocaw, Gdask, Pozna, Krakw, Katowice and d cities. After thePolish cities, the trophy visited seven Ukrainian cities: Kiev, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Donetsk,Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Odesa. [52][53]

Merchandise and mascots

UEFA signed a worldwide licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer Products to help promote the tournament. [54] The agreement involved licensing to third parties for: Accessories,Apparel, Automotive accessories, Baby personal care and accessories, Bags, Computer accessories,Drinking vessels, Footwear, General souvenirs, Home textiles, Houseware products and accessories,Jewellery, Publications, Sports accessories, Stationery and writing instruments, Toys and games. [55]

Also designed by Warner Bros. are Slavek and Slavko the official mascots of the UEFA Euro 2012.


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Slavek & Slavko

The Match Ball

Tymoshenko and Chancellor Angela Merkel at EuropeanPeople's Party summit March 2011

They are twins and represent Polish and Ukrainian footballers in national colours. The mascots wereannounced in December 2010. [56] They are similar to the Trix and Flix from Euro 2008. As in 2008the names Slavek and Slavko were also chosen in the web voting, over "Siemko and Strimko" and"Klemek and Ladko". [citation needed ]

Match ball

Main article: Adidas Tango 12

The Adidas Tango 12 is the official match ball of UEFA Euro 2012. [57] The ball is named after the original and successful Adidas Tango family of footballs; however, the Tango 12 and its variations have a completely newdesign. Variations of the ball have been used in other contemporarycompetitions including the Africa Cup of Nations and the Summer Olympics.

It is designed to be easier to dribble and control than the reportedly unpredictable Adidas Jabulani used atthe 2010 FIFA World Cup. [58]

Concerns and controversies

Main article: Concerns and controversies related to UEFA Euro 2012

Early UEFA concerns

After Poland and Ukraine were chosen by a vote of the UEFA Executive Committee as host countries for Euro 2012, severalissues arose that jeopardized the Polish/Ukrainian host status.

In June 2008 Ukraine reported several problems which threatened their ability to co-host, including delays in the renovation of Kievs Olympic Stadium [59] and difficulties funding infrastructure work after the economic crisis struck. [60] and in September of the same year, the Polish government suspended the Polish Football Association (PZPN) over corruption issues, and assigned anadministrator to fight against corruption in football. UEFA swiftly issued a letter warning that Poland risked losing the right toco-host. [61] The decision of Drzewiecki, Polish Minister for Sports, remained unchanged. [62] This raised concerns about thehosting would be moved to another country, but in April 2009, Platini announced that all was on track and he saw no major

problems. [63] UEFA confirmed the appointment of the Polish cities of Warsaw, Pozna, Wrocaw and Gdask. [64] At the samemeeting, an appeal for the delayed decision on the Ukrainian venues was granted to Lviv, Donetsk and Kharkiv in order to meetspecific conditions regarding infrastructure, with a warning that only Kiev and the best prepared city of the other candidates wouldotherwise be used if issues were not resolved by the end of November. [65]

In May 2010 Platini gave an interview to the German FA, suggesting that Germany and Hungary could replace Ukraine unlessimprovements were made, and this cast renewed doubt on the readiness of the Ukrainian hosts. [66] However, by August 2010,Platini revisited that and stated "You can consider that the ultimatum no longer exists," [67] and that he was optimistic about

preparations in both countries and saw no major obstacles. [68] After a UEFA delegation visited Ukraine in September 2011, hestated the country was "virtually ready for Euro 2012". [69]

Political boycotts

Following Yulia Tymoshenko's hunger strike which started on 20 April 2012 and her mistreatment in a Ukrainian prison, there were calls to boycott the Euro 2012 in Ukraine. [70]

The European Commission President Jos Manuel Barroso, the Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding and Androulla Vassiliou the European Commissioner for Education, Culture,Multilingualism and Youth have announced they will boycott the tournament in Ukraine.[71][72] The Austrian Chancellor, Werner Faymann, announced in May that Austriangovernment officials would not attend the tournament as a "political signal". [73] Belgium'sgovernment officials have announced they will boycott games held in Ukraine, with BelgianForeign Minister Didier Reynders calling on Ukraine's government to respect all of Tymoshenko's rights. [74] Germany has announced that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's

visit would depend on Tymoshenko's release,[71]

and she has urged her ministers to do thesame. [75] Germany's Interior and sports minister Hans-Peter Friedrich will boycott theGermany v Netherlands match in Kharkiv. [75] The manager of Bayern Munich has called onthe president of UEFA to condemn Ukraine's authoritarian regime, [75] and the manager of Borussia Dortmund has stated that hewill boycott the event. [75] However, German sports officials have said that such boycotts are ineffective and the event should go


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Police in Warsaw on 12 June 2012.

ahead. [76] Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has criticised calls for a boycott saying that they are inappropriate, [77] but addedthat Ukraine's reputation will "suffer dramatically" without a solution. [78] Poland's opposition party is in favour of boycottingmatches in Ukraine to change decision about Yulia Tymoshenko. [79]

Racism and hooliganism

On 28 May 2012, BBC current affairs programme Panorama examined the issues of racism, antisemitism and football hooliganism which it stated were prevalent among Polish

and Ukrainian supporters.[80]

The programme, titled Euro 2012: Stadiums of Hate ,included recent footage of supporters chanting various antisemitic slogans and displays of white power symbols and banners. The documentary recorded antisemitism and monkeynoise taunts of black players. [80] FC Metalist Kharkiv supporters were seen violentlyassaulting a group of Asian students at the Metalist Oblast Sports Complex, one of thestadiums hosting matches in Ukraine. [81][82] The documentary was criticised as unfair bythe Euro 2012 organisers. Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Oleh Voloshyn respondedthat the allegations were an "invented and mythical problem", [83] and that "Nazi symbolscan be seen at ... any match in England". [84] Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated: "Nobody who comes to Poland will be inany danger because of his race. This is not our custom, as is not pointing out similar incidents in other countries." [85]

According to the Dutch daily de Telegraaf , during an open training session in Krakw, Dutch black players were allegedlysubjected to monkey noises and jeers, an incident that the Holland captain Mark van Bommel described as a "real disgrace".UEFA acknowledged that there had been "isolated incidents of racist chanting". [86] However, other Dutch media, including the

prestigious daily de Volkskrant , have reported that the allegations of monkey chants were made up. According to the newspaper,the coach of the Dutch team has made several statements to the BBC that he had not heard the supposed chanting, nor did the restof the team. According to de Volksrant , the story was sensationalized by de Telegraaf .[87]

The first incidence of hooliganism at Euro 2012 happened on June 8th 2012 after Russia vs Czech Republic in Wrocaw. [88]

Russian hooligans were violent against Polish stewards at the Wrocaw`s Municipal Stadium. [89][90] Around 30 Russian hooligansattacked a handful of stewards. [91][92] Four stewards needed hospital treatment after this attack. [93]

A clash involving Dutch and Russian, Ukrainian football supporters took place in Kharkiv. 17 People were arrested - 10 Dutchand 7 Russians, 7 people hospitalised - 3 Ukrainians and 4 Russians. The clash started when Russian and Ukrainian fans provokedthe Dutch by burning the flag of The Netherlands and the Dutch retaliated by attacking the Russians & Ukrainians.

On 11 June 2012, before the Euro 2012 match between Croatia and Ireland, Croatian football fans clashed with riot police in thePolish city of Pozna. [94] Croatian fans threw chairs, bottles and flares at Polish riot police. The incident began after a clash

between intoxicated supporters of two rival Croatian teams from Zagreb and Split in one of the city centre's bars, shortly after 5:00 pm.

On 13 June 2012, after the Euro 2012 match between Netherlands and Germany, Dutch fans attacked German fans and set fire tocars with German license plates.

A clash involving football fans took place in Warsaw on 12 June 2012. [95] The violence broke out when, during a march organised by Russian fans celebrating Russia Day before the Poland vs. Russia game at Warsaw's National Stadium, rival groups of

supporters began to provoke each other with insulting chants.[96]

The Polish Police fired warning shots and used water cannons todisperse rival groups of fans; around 100 arrests were made and ten people hospitalised seven Poles, two Russians and oneGerman. [97]

17 June 2012, after the Euro 2012 match between Portugal and Netherlands, a group of according to eyewitnesses, 250 Dutch fansattacked the Portuguese fans that were chanting victory songs at the Dutch. 27 Portuguese and 2 Dutch were hospitalised, 5Portuguese seriously injured.

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