Looking into the Euro 2012 Championships
September 1st, 2010 | 
Author: The Euro 2012 tournament will be jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine. The tournament is the last one to be sixteen teams as the future one in 2016 will increase in size to twenty four teams. Poland and Ukraine overcome Italy and Croatia/Hungary for the right to have the event.
The games will basically be split 50/50 between the two hosts. Polish venues to hold games will be Warsaw, Gdansk, Wroclaw and Poznan. The Ukrainian towns will be Kiev, Lviv, Kharkiv and Donetsk.
The final will be held in Kiev which will also host a semi-final. This will be at the Olimpiysky National Sports Complex which after development will be one of the best stadia and sporting complexes across the world. The new venue in Warsaw is also under construction and promises to be a state of the art venue.
The draw for the competition has already been held and qualifying games will begin after the 2010 World Cup. All of the 9 group winners and the best runner-up will earn direct entry into the championships. Following that the other eight runner-up will be drawn into two-legged playoffs.
From Group A you would presume Germany and Turkey would be too resilient and strong with Austria and Belgium being the contenders.Group B looks to be a 3 way competition involving Russia, Slovakia and Ireland.
In Group C it looks like it will be comfortable for Italy and Serbia. France is the most likely from Group D with Romania looking at the one to take second.
There is a northern European vibe to Group E where it probably will be Netherlands and Sweden.
Croatia and Greece are the likely challengers with respect to Group F as are England and Switzerland for Group G.
From Group H it looks like Portugal and Denmark and ultimately from Group I it would seem to be Spain and the Czech Republic.
Qualifying concludes in October 2011 by which time passion and expectancy for the Euro 2012 Championships will be well and truly underway.
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