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Last Chance to Buy UEFA EURO 2012 Tickets
UEFA (Union of the European Football Associations) EURO 2012 tickets is on sale again. UEFA decided to provide fans another chance to buy the tickets for the UEFA EURO 2012 matches. A special tickets resale platform has been set up on the UEFA EURO 2012 website. Customers who are not going to attend the UEFA EURO football show can sell the tickets to other people. If you purchase the ticket from other customers, you only need to pay the face value.
Previously, anyone who wants to watch the UEFA EURO football show is required to fill in an application form and submit to the UEFA portal site. The resale platform will be opened until he 1st of March 2012. If you are really serious about going to the stadium to watch the UEFA EURO 2012 football game, you should take action now to purchase the ticket. This is your last lcance to get the UEFA ticket so you should buy it now. If you don’t buy the ticket now, they will be sold out soon.
Currently, it is estimated that more than 12 million tickets had been sold worldwide. The ticket requests were from 206 different countries around the world. From this number of ticket requests, a lottery draw was made to choose the winners of the tickets. Those who did not manage to secure the UEFA EURO 2012 ticket can buy the ticket through the ticket resale platform at the UEFA EURO 2012 website. To purchase the tickets at the ticket resale platform, you must first have a new account. You can create a new account at the Union of the European Football Associations. If you already have an account, you can login into it. You can use your credit card to purchase the ticket.

Tickets Sales for UEFA EURO 2012
UEFA.com has started the ticket sales for the 16 participating football associations. About 32% of the tickets had been allocated for fans of the 16 football associations. The total number of tickets for the final events is 1.4 million tickets. With 32% of the 1.4 million final tickets allocated to the , finals, it means that a fairly significant number of tickets had been allocated to fans of the 16 national teams.
Recently, UEFA had launched a ticket sales programme called tour operator programme (TOP). Through the tour operator programme, fans are able to purchase the tickets along with accommodation. This enables fans who want to attend the football tournament to save time in booking the accommodation themselves. You can apply to buy the ticket. If you are chosen to receive the ticket through the lotteries draw, the ticket will be sent to you your mail box through a secure post. The ticket will be sent to your mail box about 4 – 6 weeks before the tournament begins.
Up to date, UEFA had received about 12,149,425 applications for the tickets. A lottery will take place to choose the applicants who will get the tickets to attend the game. The outcome of the ticket winners will be released at the end of the month of April. Supporters can resell the tickets at the UEFA ticket resale platform. The UEFA ticket resale platform has started operating in the July of 2011.
The UEFA ticket resale platform will keep on operating until the march of 2012. If you want to review your tickets, you can go to the UEFA EURO 2012 ticket portal. The prices offer the UEFA EURO 2012 tickets range from $30 - $600. UEFA has implemented a fair ticketing policy.. The ticketing policy applies to the 31 matches of the UEFA EURO 2012.

UEFA Warns Fans about Unauthorized Tickets
UEFA had warned against the unauthorized selling of the tickets by hird parties. Only UEFA is th authorized seller of the UEFA EURO 2012 tickets. Recently, there has been many unauthorized selling of the UEFA tickets. The European governing body responsible for overseeing the ticket sales for the UEFA EURO 2012 tickets has come to realize this matter recently.
Many unauthorized activities have been going on especially on the corporate hospitality packages. Some companies are attempting to sell the hospitality packages to the fans although they are not authorized to do so. This issue is especially serious in Poland and Ukraine. In addition, these companies do not possess the tickets to sell them. Another problem with these sellers is that they have increased the prices of the tickets significantly.
UEFA had decided to centralize the sales of the tickets. UEFA did this so that the tickets can be sold at the lowest possible price. It is important that fans aware about the fraud hospitality package vendors. This can only be purchased through UEFA.
According to Martin Kallen, there are no other organizations that have the rights to sell the tickets. Therefore, he urged people to not fall into this fraud and purchase the tickets from these organizations. Kallen stated that he will implement a system to centralize the ticket sales so that no third party is able to sell the tickets. Martin Kallen is the operations director of the UEFA Events SA.
The tickets will be on sale starting on the March of 2011. The corporate hospitality packages will be sold on the April of 2011. Companies who are interested in purchasing the hospitality packages can purchase them by sending email requests to the UEFA customer support team. Fans who want to purchase the UEFA EURO tickets can apply for the tickets by registering at the UEFA website.

The Finals Schedule of UEFA EURO 2012 is Confirmed
The finals schedule for UEFA EURO 2012 for the tournaments in Poland and Ukraine is now confirmed. The confirmation of the final schedule happens after the draw in Kyiv. There are four tournament groups including Group A, Group B, Group C and Group D. Countries that are involved in Group A include Poland, Greece, Russia, and Czech Republic. Countries that are involved in Group C are Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Portugal. The countries involved in Group C include Spain, Italy, Republic of Ireland and Croatia. The countries involved in Group D are Ukraine, Sweden, France and England.
Group A openers include Poland versus Greece and Russia versus Czech Republic. On the 8th of June 2011, the tournament between Poland and Greece will take place in Warsaw at 18:00 CET. After that, the tournament between Russia and Czech Republic will take place at 20:45 CET Group B openers involves Netherland team against Denmark team in Kharkiv. Another Group B opener is Germany team versus Portugal team in Lviv.
On the 10th of June, Group C will start following the competition of Spain versus Italy and Ireland versus Croatia. On the 11th of June 2012, England will compete against France in Donetsk. After that, Ukraine will complete against Sweden in Kyiv. On the 13th of June 2012, Denmark will compete with Portugal in Lviv while Netherland will compete against German in Kharkiv. On the 14th of June, Italy will compete against Croatia while Spain will compete against Ireland. On the 15th of June, Sweden will compete against England while Ukraine will compete against France. The Group opening activities will start from 8th of June 2012 to 19th of June 2012. The semifinals will be held on the 29th of June in Donetsk. In the evening of the next day, the semifinals will be held in Warsaw.

Michael Platini Happy with Poland and Ukraine Cooperation
Michael Platini, the president of UEFA was very happy to see Poland and Ukraine cooperating to make UEFA EURO 2012 a nostalgic event. Everyone is eager for the final round to take place in the next summer in 2012. Platini had spoken about the football displays while he was at the finner in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. He had expressed congratulations to the anniversary of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) by the 20th anniversary.
Platini stated that he was confidence the UEFA EURO 2012 tournament will be a spectacular event that impress fans around the world. Platini was glad that both Poland and Ukraine had been doing their best to get ready for the UEFA EURO 2012 event. Therefore, Poland and Ukraine deserve to get Platini’s congratulations.
Platini continued to state that he was happy to welcome the fifty three national associations who participated in the competition in order to enter into the final tournament. Many new football stars are rising into popularity. The participation of these teams have make the competition challenging.
Platini already could foresee the excitement of the fans about the UEFA EURO 2012 event. Fans will be excited on seeing the top teams competing with each other. Michael Platini founded the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) in 1991. FFU joined UEFA in the year of 1992. FFU has existed for 20 years old. During these 20 years, it had made a great impact on the football world. Ukraine is responsible for cohosting the UEFA EURO 2012 event.
Besides, Ukraine was able to successfully reach the 2006 FIFA World Cup quarter finals. Platini and Grigoriy Surkis had achieved a great deal for the Ukraine football. With the contribution of FFU, Ukraine is able to increase its reputation in the field of football game around the world.

Ticket Sales for UEFA EURO 2012 Has Launched
The ticket sales for the 16 national teams in UEFA EURO 2012 had already started. The ticket sales started after the finals draw took place in Ukraine capital, Kyiv on December 2 2011. Now, fans can purchase tickets at the online UEFA 2012 tickets store. A ticket booth had been set up to sell tickets to fans that support the 16 national teams. The ticket sales are sold based on the applicant’s nationality and country of residence.
To prevent people from queuing to purchase the tickets, a lottery had been set up. The applicants that will receive the tickets to the game show will be based on the lotteries draws. Supporters can apply for the tickets until the 29th of February 2012. The application expiry dates vary across the football associations based on their regulations. The application expiry dates are stated on the ticketing portal. At least 32% of the seats in the stadium has been reserved for supporters of the finalist teams. Half of the stadium seats will be reserved to each side of the tournament. This means that at least 6,000 tickets will be distributed to the group stage match. The number of tickets reserved for a participating team in the semi finals is 5,000 tickets. For the final, the number of tickets set aside for each participating team is 9,000 tickets.
UEFA Euro 2012 agency has decided to launch a tour operator programme (TOP). The TOP programme allows supports to purchase travel packages from tour operators that partnered with UEFA. In each finalist country, there will be at least 2 tour operators. TUI Travel PLC is the leading licensed tour operator in most countries. Through the TOP programme, at least 31,000 tickets will be distributed to the fans of the team. This means that 1,000 tickets will be available for each game. The TOP programme is expected to be effective from the 12th of December 2011 to the 1st of March 2012.

UEFA EURO 2012 Online Store is Opened Officially
The UEFA Euro 2012 online store is officially opened. Users can buy official UEFA licensed products from the UEFA online store. If you don’t plan to attend the UEFA game, you can still go to the store and stock on the UEFA Euro 2012 products. There is a wide range of UEFA merchandises you can find at the store. The ranges of UEFA merchandises at the store are not available in other places.
The online store offers worldwide delivery so fans from countries around the world can buy the merchandises. The shop has a user friendly interface that allows customers to browse the UEFA merchandise collections. Some of the merchandises that you can purchase at the online UEFA EURO store include caps, hoodies, scarves, t-shirts, games, keyrings, corporate gifts, and bags. The UEFA EURO 2012 merchandises are categorized based on different nations including Croatia, England, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Italy and etc. You will be able to purchase gift vouchers for your friends.
Fans of the UEFA EURO 2012 who want to support their countries can shop at the online UEFA store. If you haven’t purchase the UEFA EURO 2012 ticket, you should get it right
now. A few months ago, a lottery event was organized to pick out winners to the UEFA football games. If you know someone who don’t want to use their tickets, you can buy the tickets from them at the face value in the market. You can also go to the ticket resale platform at the UEFA website to buy the tickets. It is important that you only buy the tickets from UEFA agency as there are no other organizations authorized to sell the tickets. Other organizations that sell the UEFA EURO 2012 tickets are fraud and they probably lied about having the tickets to sell.

Oceana will Sing Song for UEFA
Oceana, the American pop star, was chosen to sing the official song for UEFA EURO 2012. UEFA was impressed with the powerful voice of Oceana so they decided to choose her to sing the official song for the UEFA EURO 2012 game. Oceana will perform the song before the UEFA EURO 2012 tournament starts. Oceana has a charismatic voice that will capture the attention of the football fans. If you want to watch Oceana sings, you should buy the UEFA EURO 2012 ticket.
Oceana is famous for the song called Cry Cry. The song Cry Cry ranked at the top of the chart in several European countries including Poland and Ukraine. Oceana also had other songs that top the songs chart in Poland and Ukraine. Oceana had a featured video in Kyiv that showcase the UEFA European Championship.
Oceana, a 29 year old singer, was very welcomed at the Sopot Song Contest in 2009. While at the Sopot Song Contest in 2009, Oceana was awarded with the audience award. She took part in the Polish version Dancing with the Stars Television show. She had worked as a presenter at the German/French Arte TV channel. The Embassy of Music introduced Oceana to the UEFA.
Oceana is a talented singer who started dancing since 5 years old. When she was a teenager, she was awarded with a scholarship to pursue a singing course. A famous saxophonist called Maceo Parker persuaded Oceana to become a music performer. Oceana’s reputation has steadily increased after she became a music performer. Many people like to listen to her songs as she can sing very well. Oceana is well known for performing songs in various genres including jazz, pop, soul and etc. The new song will be released before the UEFA EURO 2012 game take place. It will be broadcasted to the television networks around the world.

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Having sponsored by the UEFA European Football Championships since 1988, UEFA EURO 2012 will be Carlsberg's seventh consecutive tournament. Adding to it as an official partner, the Danish brewery was made the longest standing partner of the UEFA European Football Championships.
The heart of this week’s coverage will be a series of interviews and features with some of those most closely linked to the championships of UEFA.  UEFA President Michel Platini, and the legendary former AC Milan striker Andrei Shevchenko were one of Ukraine’s most famous sons. They were offered to take on the Championships. Pinto also meets former Danish goalkeeper and hero of the 1992 European Championships, Peter Schmeichel, and one of the world’s greatest ever players, Zinedine Zidane, to hear what the Euro Championships conjure up for them.
Even though England has been solid in their most recent qualifying campaign, which is to make their Euro 2012 play-off odds rather short, it will not be as easy as they were always been. Euro 2012 is a global event, which will take of interest far outside the continent itself, with some of the greatest footballers being taking part in these games.  It’s also going to be celebrated as a cultural festival and a huge logistical people bring undertaking, and want to get under the skin of all their stories that are emerging ahead of the draw, and picking up some of the threads that we’ll be following all the way to the tournament itself for next summer.
Czech Republic had their goalkeeper who is Petr Cech, who was wearing a specially designed mask because of the injury in his nose, and played to thank for pulling off in the series of saving to keep the hosts at bay. There were also many new members in the team to play for the match ahead.

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In England one of the famous strikers Wayne Rooney made an appeal against the international match which made him to miss the group stage in Euro 2012 in UEFA. Then the governing body of Europe had said the FA English has requested for a new date because Rooney is going to participate in the Champions League match with Manchester at FC Basel.
There was a close working being carried on for the Manchester United with agreeing a date for the UEFA which was said by the FA spokesman Stuart Mawhinney, and to attend for hearing with personal. Cristiano Ronaldo led the Portugal to the Euro 2012 finals, which happened recently. At the same time Ireland, Croatia and the Czech Republic were also qualified comfortably by playoffs.
It is a sweet moment for Ireland, who was defeated two years ago when French striker Thierry Henry handled the ball for making up a goal. This match held in by William Gallas as France beat them to qualify for the 2010 World Cup finals.
Another team who’s had their first-league advantage proved to be enough stuffed, were the players of Czech Republic who reached their fifth successive European championship finals by defeating Montenegro in Podgorica with a massive victory.
There can be any kind of doubt that the current Spain is one of the greatest international sides in history. Because of this, the Euro 2012 play-off odds were stacked in their favors and to attain a particular spectator from the world. They are many top qualifying groups in the Euro 2012 which was made in with a straight decision with all kind of negotiations with the groups. The contain Scotland. Lithuania, The Czech Republic and the Liechtenstein, were the appropriate countries for the league match in Euro 2012.

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Euro 2008 runners-up Germany was defeat on 2010 World Cup runners-up Netherlands with, Mesut Ozil Thomas Mueller and Miroslav Klose getting the goals with a massive attacking display against their neighbors. And in Euro 2004, the winners Greece defeated in Austria against Romania, who were not qualified for the next year's finals. Although they fought nevertheless against their opponents' till 17th match, while Italy lost to Uruguay.
Miguel Veloso told that UEFA.com which Portugal had realized their UEFA EURO dream after winning in the defeat of Herzegovina and Bosnia that made them to the 5th straight continental finals. An amazing easy kick from Renaldo and also a superb kick from Nani have made Portugal two more up in Lisbon last twenty four minutes, but then Misimović's penalty before a break gave little hope to the opponent.
Ronaldo made his account in the second half and despite Lulić's dismissal, Safet Sušić's men decreased arrears again as Captain Spahić scored and Hélder Postiga struck two times either side of Veloso's free-kick to remove the doubts.
Ronaldo is not only one cap away from the matching Pauleta's 4th place Portugal mark, but his last two goals means that he has equaled Luís Figo’s 32 tallies.
 The qualifying process for Euro2012 was started in August 10 and terminated in November 11. At the end of the qualifying leak match in October 11, automatically the nine team winners were qualified, with the 2nd placed group with the best rating too. The other remaining 8 teams were selected and also finished second in the respective of their groups. At last these contested two-leg should play along with the winner of every tie qualifying for finals. The final sixteen finalist participating team are Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Greece, Italy, Netherland, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine.

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2012 will go down as a great year for representation of Eastern Europe (specifically, former nations of the Soviet bloc) in the soccer championships. Poland and Ukraine, selected as hosts of the European Football Championship 2012, have long hoped to be get their turn at enjoying both the audiences, as wel as a great deal of construction investments and enormous financial benefits that come with hosting. Six cities in Poland (Warsaw, Gdansk, Poznan, Wroclaw, Chorzow and Krakow) will host the opening match, various group matches, and one each of the quarter finals and semifinals.
Ukraine will host some games in Kiev, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk, and Kiev's Olympic stadium is slated to host the finale. Current estimates state that up to $3 billion in revenues could be gained by the two countries from their performing the hosting duties. This sudden elevation of the nations into the international sport spotlight may not be something they are fully prepared for. As one example, the Polish hotel community is reportedly not ready to take bookings for the events (according to Booked.net in October 2011). The Union of European Football Association (UEFA) is nonetheless expecting the industry to meet all their requirements in time for the games.
Ukraine's transport system in Lviv has also had to assure the European Football Championship 2012 planners that all transportation issues will be solved by the time of the games. In a worst case scenario, Poland may be prepared to use more stadiums to compensate, for any inability of Ukraine to meet the deadlines for it's stadiums. But more optimistic observerrs expect this event to be the occasion where both will succeed in putting their best foot forward, in showing to the world they are now 21st century countries.Some local partisans fully anticipate Ukraine to actually win the World Championship (although Polish fans may differ on that detail).
This website provide information about Euro 2012 tickets, hotels in Poland and Ukraine, and Euro 2012 qualifying stages. Increased excitement about the games as the dates grow near is to be expected, so the interested parties should get their updates on the status of the arrangements sooner than later. This is especially critical for those planning the pilgrimage to the host countries, who should therefore keep track of the hotel accomodations issue as it develops.

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The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship is called as Euro 2012. The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011. Euro 2012 is to be held in Poland and Ukraine to decide the qualifiers for UEFA.
There are nine groups. Six of these groups have six teams. The remaining three groups are consisted of five teams. Group competition is a double round robin. Each team hosts a game with every other team in its group. The first place team in each group is qualified along with the second place team with most of the points against teams which is ranked in the top five in the group. The remaining eight second place teams are paired with each other for two game play offs. The winner of each total goals tie qualifying for the finals. The two host countries complete the field with the sixteen teams.
The pot allocations for the qualifying group stage draw are based on the UEFA national team coefficient rankings as the end of 2009. The sole exception was the automatic placement of Spain, as reigning European champions as the top ranked team.
In Euro 2008 qualifying, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches.
The play off ties will be played over the two legs with the first legs on 11 November and the second legs on 15 November 2011. The four winners are found according to the standard rules for the knock out phase in European competitions, and the winners qualified for the Euro 2012 tournament. The draw for the play off was held in Poland to determine the four pairings as well as the home and away ties. The four runners up with the best position in the UEFA team coefficient ranking system were therefore seeded.

Euro 2012: Poland and Ukraine to Raise Football Standard
Holding Euro 2012 championship is prestigious but for people entrusted with the responsibility for making arrangements within a tight time frame it becomes a night mare sometimes. Poland Ukraine who are hosting Euro 2012 jointly it is a matter of satisfaction and a challenge. Satisfaction come from two facts, they fought against very powerful in the football field like Italy and Hungary and got the tournament allotted to them. The second reason of satisfaction can be considered as a by-product of the first one. As host nations both Poland and Ukraine entered the final of the UEFA championship and have joined the other 14 who will qualify to play in the finals.
Realizing their responsibility and how the image of their countries will be affected, both Poland and Ukraine have been putting their best foot forward to get everything in place before the tournament starts. The task is really huge. A new stadium has to be built at the selected venue if the existing one is not satisfactory. Good stadia elsewhere have to be enlarged, renovated and modernized to meet the stipulation of UEFA. Access to the places holding the matches and the venues, intra and inter venue movements are all being improved. Airports which will see a huge volume of traffic in and out is seeing modernization and expansion.
About a year ago UEFA officials had been Skeptical about Ukraine’s ability to meet the target date. Since then matters have improved fast and the chief of UEFA has expressed satisfaction and confidence that all matters will be ready well ahead of schedule and there is little room for worry as of now.

Euro 2012: Poland and Ukraine the Net Gainer
Ukraine and Poland are getting ready to conduct UEFA 2012 football championship that will be conducted June 8, 2012 and July 1, 2012. As hosts’ nation, they will be two among the sixteen teams playing in the tournament. Having won the right to hold the championship from UEFA against powerful competitors, both Ukraine and Poland are keen to prove their capability to conduct such a prestigious event most successfully.
Most important aspect in any football match is a proper stadium. An important tournament like Euro 2012 requires a number of stadia with five star facilities at various places. This work has been going on at a very fast pace and it is expected that all the stadia where the various matches will be played will be ready with full modern and sophisticated facilities, much before the first match is played. The second important matter is looking after the visitors to these countries witnessing the matches. Their basic requirements like accommodation, food, health, conveyance are all matters of importance and UEFA officials are satisfied about the arrangements being done.  Press and TV will have to be properly looked after to avoid any adverse remarks. An arrangement at airport requires upgrading.
UEFA officials after visiting the sites and seeing for themselves the progress made, have expressed satisfaction about the work completed so far. Ukraine and Poland will be immensely relieved if everything goes smoothly as it has so far. All football lovers keen to watch Euro 2012 finals wish Poland and Ukraine successful conduct of the Euro 2012 championship. 

Euro 2012: Football Carnival at Poland and Ukraine
Holding an event like the Euro 2012 football championships is not an easy matter. Ambitious to, prove their capability Poland and Ukraine jointly bid for the event and got the championship allotted to them. It helps them popularizing football even more in the two countries, because as host nations they will be allowed to play in the first round. Getting the venues and the infrastructure ready within a time frame has been a difficult choice for the two countries. Because the European football championships are held once in every 4 years, it is a hugely popular event and visitors in their millions are expected to throng the various sites. It is the responsibility of the host nations to look after all the needs of these people like security, food, accommodation, travel and medical facilities. It is a matter of great satisfaction that Ukraine and Poland have stood the test well and officials of UEFA who visited the various venues expressed the satisfaction at work so far done and have submitted a favorable report to UEFA.
It is not yet been decided which will be the countries that will be taking part in the 16nation tournament. On the basis of the results of the qualifying rounds, some have concluded Spain, Italy, Germany and England are certain to reach the finals. Though there are more than 14 months for the start of the championship, Poland and Ukraine are pretty confident of meeting the deadline without any problem. UEFA championship is prestigious event for the teams and players participating in it and the countries holding it successfully can really be proud.

European Football Championship 2012 : Rehearsal for World Cup
Poland and Ukraine are the two European countries preparing themselves feverishly for holding the 2012 UEFA Championships. Against all expectations and surprisingly these countries got the championships allotted to them against strong contenders like Italy, Hungary and Croatia. Not every country will be interested or be capable to conduct such an important and prestigious Championship. The expenses involved in building up the infrastructure are huge. UEFA after allotting the Championship were very particular that the countries involved should be ready with all the facilities required, much before the first match. Their officers visit the venues periodically and report the progress made to the UEFA Chairman. Happily the latest report has termed the progress as satisfactory.
Sixteen teams are to take part in the Championship. Which will be the 16 countries has not yet been decided as the qualifying rounds are still going on. European football has a very tight schedule now. Every country in Europe has its own club championship matches going on. Secondly, the Champion’s League involving the top teams of several European countries is going on. In addition, UEFA qualifying rounds will also take pace. The football season is limited to about six months in a year and to squeeze in so many matches in such a short period is a herculean task. European efficiency ensures a hassle free football season.
Poland and Ukraine are busy building new Stadia, renovating and modernizing existing stadia, hotel facilities, building new roads , airport facility etc; to make EURO 2012 a grand success. It is a great tribute to the game of football that two non participating countries are putting in their best to hold a successful championship, though as hosts both will participate. 

Euro 2012: European Football Supremacy
Euro 2012 will be the most popular sporting event in Europe in 2012. After several qualifying rounds UEFA championships have reached the stage of determining the qualifiers for the next year’s championship. Like any major world sporting events like Olympics and World Cup football, the UEFA championship is also held once in every 4 years. The last Championship was held in 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. Greece was the holders at that time, they were eliminated and Spain won the Championship and is the present holders. Countries interested in holding the Championships have to make their offers a few years in advance and whichever country is allotted will have meet the stringent conditions in order to be allowed to hold the event.
Euro 2012 is allotted jointly to Poland and Ukraine. Ukraine has never gone beyond the qualifying rounds in the Championships though Poland was able to reach the last 16. Against strong competition from strong contenders Italy, Hungary, Croatia and others, Poland and Ukraine won their bid for Euro 2012. 
Feverish preparations in both the countries have been going on for the last 3 years or more. The venues for the various matches have been named and necessary infrastructure has to be in place well in advance. Stadia, hotels, travel between the cities and also the venues, media arrangements for both TV and press and the most important aspect of security are all receiving great attention and UEFA inspectors have expressed at the progress made. Initially Poland appeared to be better prepared with Ukraine lagging behind. But now all preparations in both countries are on schedule and going on smoothly. 

Lech Walesa Speaks about His Passion in UEFA EURO 2012
Lech Walesa, former president of Poland had announced his passion for the UEFA Euro 2012. Walesa, is a famous public figure in Poland. He had joined the Friends of UEFA EURO 2012 campaign because he wants to give contribution to the success of the tournament.
Walesa said that he will do his best to ensure the tournament is prepared properly. Walesa wants to help but he doesn’t know what he can help in the preparation of the tournament. He has a lot of contacts and he is an influential figure in Poland so he should be able to contribute a bit to EUFA EURO 2012.
Walesa will spend his free time to contribute to EUFA 2012. Walesa said that there are talented players in Poland that can help to select good players from Polish team. He believes that EUFA EURO 2012 will cause the Polish people to create a final that is memorable.
Walesa had a significant role in the history. He is the cofounder of the Soviet bloc independent trade union. The independent trade union is the first to be established in Soviet bloc. After that, Walesa was elected as the president for Poland. Walesa became the president of Poland for 5 years. He was the president of Poland from 1990 – 1995. He was awarded with the Novel Peace Prize in 1983. After he resigned as president, he is still enthusiastic in promoting Poland. He believes that EUFA EURO 2012 is an effective means to promote Poland so he is contributing his efforts.

Morten Olsen Wants to Retire after UEFA Euro 2012
Morten Olsen announced to the reporters that UEFA Euro 2012 will be his final campaign. After UEFA Euro 2012 ends, he will resign as coach. By that time, his contract with Danish Football Association (DBU) will have already expired. Morten Olsen, aged 61 years old, said that he had informed the Danish Football Association that he no longer wants to extend his contract. The reason he announced his decision early is because he want to give the Danish Football Association enough time to make his decision.
Olsen said that his goal is to help the team to get to EURO 2012. To Olsen, it is extremely important to pass over good players and team to the successor. According to Olsen, Denmark comes in the third place in Group H after the 3 matches although it faces competition with Norway and Portugal. Olsen said that the team had a friendly match with Czech Republic on the 17th November. The team will continue their next campaign on the 26th March.
Olsen was appointed as coach of Denmark football team during the summer of year 2000. Olsen is the previous boss of AFC Ajax. Under his leadership, the Denmark team was able to take part in FIFA World Cup in 2002 and UEFA EURO in 2004. Denmark football team is one of the top qualifying group for 2010 World Cup. They score 1 – 10 against Sweden on the 100th match. Olsen is successful and had won more than 102 caps during his career as footballer.

EURO 2012 Mascots Begin International Debut
The UEFA EURO 2012 mascots had begun their international debut at Poland. Szarmach hopes that the two mascots, No20 and No12, will impress children. He hopes that the mascots will increase the interests of parents in the final matches. The two mascots first made their debuts at the Polish Theatre in Warsaw. No20 mascot wears a white shirt while No12 wears a yellow shirt. The two mascots entertained the fans before the match between Poland and Ivory Coast takes place. After they had entertained the fans, they will head to Geneva to attend the Ukraine’s match with Switzerland.
Szarmach, the ambassador of the finals witnessed the debut of the twosome along with other important people including Adam Olkowics, David Taylor, Grzegorz Lato. Szarmach told the reports that he like to watch the match at Miejski Stadium in Poznan Sazrmach, aged 60 year old, had scored 32 goals in the 61 matches he played in the past. He said that the two mascots done good jobs on promoting the 2 host nations. He believed that the mascots will make more people have interests in UEFA Euro 2012.
Szarmach is going with the two mascots to Poznan on Thursday. After that, they will be moving on to Wroclas on 26th November. On 29th November, they will head to Gdanks. On the 4th December, Szarmach will go to Warsaw. He said that children will like to see the mascots. Szarmach said that the children’s interests will make their parents pay attentions to EUFA EURO 2012.

UEFA President Pays a Visit to Warsaw
Michel Platini, the president of UEFA EURO 2012 has a discussion with the president of Bronislaw Komorowski when he was on his tour in Warsaw. During his visit in Warsaw, he went to the National Stadium of the city. The National Stadium is one of the stadiums where the staging matches for UEFA EURO 2012 will be held.
Platini was not alone during the trip. He was with several important people including Grzegorz Lato, Zbigniew Boniek, Adam Giersz and Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz. Grzegorz Lato is the president of Polish Football Federation (PZPN) while Zbigniew Boniek is the ambassador or EUFA EURO 2012.
After visiting the National Stadium, Platini and Komorowski took a helicopter ride to visit a number of construction sites that are built for UEFA EURO 2012. Komorowski said that he hopes that the cohosting of UEFA EURO 2012 event will leave a memorable heritage to the people in Poland.
Warsaw is the official city that will host the 3 group stage fixtures for UEFA EURO 2012.  The 3 group fixtures that will be hosted at Warsaw include opening of Group A game, quarter and semi finals. There group stages will also be hosted at Wroclaw and Poznan. Besides, 3 group stage fixtures and one quarter final match will be hosted at Gdanks. Poland will be competing in Warsaw for the opening group match. After that, they will proceed to the capital to take part in the second group match. They will take part in the third match in Wroclaw.

Young Artists Join Friends of UEFA EURO 2012
Recently, Friends of UEFA Euro 2012 had added 20 more new members. The 20 new members won the young people drawing contest. All the winners are broadcasted on the national television in Poland. The drawing competition has four juries. The juries are prominent figures in Poland. Maria Kiesner, a famous Polish artist is one of the juries. Other famous artists such as Radoslaw Szaybo and Andrzej Mleczk are juries for the drawing competition. Robert Korzeniowski, who won the Olympic competition for four times, is also a jury in the drawing contest.
The juries are responsible for picking the best 5 drawings for the drawing contest. The drawing contest was joined by more than 750 children. The theme for the drawing contest is UEFA EURO 2012. The contestants are to express what it means for their country to stage UEFA EURO 2012. Adam Olkowicz , the director of UEFA EURO 2012 tournament said that he is happy to see the children producing so many beautiful drawings. He told the reporters that the Local Organising Committee will be holding more contests with similar theme in the next 2 years.
The winners presented their works on the TV show called Kawa cyz Herbata. The children are brought to the Warsaw’s National Stadium to observe the progress on the construction site for the staging of UEFA EURO 2012. After that, the winners were given a tour to the Copernicus Science Center. Later, they proceeded to the Old Town in the capital. The four girl winners will be on their ways to Poznan to watch the football match between Poland and Ivory Coast.

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