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The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 July 2012, was co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine (both first time hosts), and was won by Spain, who beat Italy in the final at the Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine. [1] Poland and Ukraine's bid was chosen by the UEFA Executive Committee on 18 April 2007. [2]
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Spain beat Italy 4-0 in the final of UEFA EURO 2012 on 1 July at the Olympiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv, the most emphatic win in EURO final history completing an unprecedented hat-trick of major tournament wins (EURO 2008, 2010 FIFA World Cup and EURO 2012). David Silva broke the deadlock with a rare header on 14 minutes, with Jordi Alba, Fernando Torres...
Six players finished the finals level on three goals: Mario Balotelli (Italy) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) Alan Dzagoev (Russia) Mario Gomez (Germany) Mario Mandžukić (Croatia) Fernando Torres (Spain) Torres was awarded the Golden Boot because, like Mario Gomez, he had also been credited with an assist, but had taken 93 minutes less (i.e. 189 minut...
Neighbours Poland and Ukraine hosted the 2012 final tournament, with games taking place in four cities in either country. Warsaw's National Stadium was used for the opening match – among others – and there were also games in Gdańsk, Poznań and Wrocław. Kyiv's Olympiyskiy Stadium was the venue for the final, with Donetsk, Lviv and Kharkhiv the other...
Vicente del Bosque led Spain to EURO 2012 glory and, in doing so, became the first coach to complete the elusive hat-trick of UEFA Champions League, World Cup and European Championship. Retaining the Henri Delaunay Cup with an emphatic 4-0 victory over Italy, Del Bosque paid tribute to his players after an "extraordinary" performance, adding: "This...
Iker Casillas won his 100th Spain game in the final against Italy to become the first player to captain a team to two EURO successes, having also worn the armband at EURO 2008. An outstanding servant for Real Madrid and Spain, the goalkeeper kept clean sheets throughout the knockout phases of both EURO 2008 and EURO 2012 and marked the EURO 2012 fi...
The final tournament, which ran from 8 June to 1 July, featured 16 teams, divided into four groups for the group stage. The group winners (Czech Republic, England, Germany and Spain) then faced runners-up from other groups (France, Greece, Italy, Portugal) in the quarter-finals, the remainder of the tournament being a knockout competition.
Sixteen teams participated in EURO 2012, while 51 countries entered qualifying (co-hosts Poland and Ukraine qualified automatically). Serbia and Montenegro competed as separate nations for the first time.
EURO 2012 qualifying took place from August 2010 to November 2011. The 51 teams were split into nine qualifying groups (six made up of six teams and three made up of five), with all sides playing each other home and away. The winners of each group plus the runner-up with the best record against the sides placed first, third, fourth and fifth in the...
GK: Iker Casillas DF: Fábio Coentrão DF: Pepe DF: Sergio Ramos DF: Jordi Alba MF: Smai Khedira MF: Andrea Pirlo MF: Andrés Iniesta MF: Xavi Hernández FW: Mario Balotelli FW: Cristiano Ronaldo Andrés Iniesta was named as the Best Player of the Tournament, and later received the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award for the 2011/12 season. Speaking of the...
Poland's Robert Lewandowski scored the first goal of EURO 2012, burying a downward header 17 minutes into his side's opener against Greece in Warsaw. The striker said: "It was a wonderful feeling, it’s hard to describe in words. It was not only the first goal at the European Championship, it was the first goal for Poland and the first at the new na...
The UEFA Euro 2012 final was the final match of Euro 2012, the fourteenth edition of the European Championship, UEFA's competition for national football teams. The match was played at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 1 July 2012, and was contested between defending champions Spain and Italy.
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Official in-depth guide to UEFA EURO 2012, including results, stats and video highlights.
Jul 1, 2012 · Defending champions Spain claimed an historic third successive major international trophy with a 4-0 rout of Italy in the Euro 2012 final in Kiev Sunday.
Jul 1, 2012 · Spain seal their place in history as the first side to win three successive major international tournaments with a stunning win over Italy in Kiev.
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