By Euro Weekly News Media • Published: 01 Jun 2012 • 15:31
The 31 games will be played in eight different cities – four in Poland, namely Warsaw, Gdańsk, Wrocław and Poznań, and four in the Ukraine, in Kiev, Lviv, Donetsk and Kharkiv, the latter having replaced Dnipropetrovsk.
Six of these cities have had a brand new stadium erected for the Championship.
• National Stadium, Warsaw; capacity 50,250; three Group A matches, one QF, one SF • PGE Arena, Gdańsk; capacity 40,200; 3 Group C matches; one QF • Municipal Stadium, Wroclaw; capacity 40,350; 3 Group A matches • Municipal Stadium, Poznań; capacity 40,220; 3 Group C matches • Olympic Stadium, Kiev; capacity 70,050; 3 Group D matches, one QF, the Final • Donbassa Arena, Donetsk; capacity 50,450; 3 Group D matches; one QF, one SF • Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv; capacity 35,125; three Group B matches • Arena Lviv; capacity 32,767; 3 Group B matches
Photo credit: Илья Хохлов
The Four Groups
A – Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Russia
B – Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal
C – Croatia, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Spain
D – England, France, Sweden, Ukraine
The 31 Matches, With Venue & Kick-off Time
Group A
8 June Poland v Greece (Warsaw) 18.00 hrs 8 June Russia v Czech Republic (Wroclaw) 20.45 hrs 12 June Greece v Czech Republic (Wroclaw) 18.00 hrs 12 June Poland v Russia (Warsaw) 20.45 hrs 16 June Czech Republic v Poland (Wroclaw) 20.45 hrs 16 June Greece v Russia (Warsaw) 20.45 hrs
Group B
9 June Netherlands v Denmark (Karkiv) 19.00 hrs 9 June Germany v Portugal (Lviv) 21.45 hrs 13 June Denmark v Portugal (Lviv) 19.00 hrs 13 June Germany v Netherlands (Karkiv) 21.45 hrs 17 June Portugal v Netherlands (Kharkiv) 21.45 hrs 17 June Denmark v Germany (Lviv) 21.45 hrs
Group C
10 June Spain v Italy (Gdansk) 18.00 hrs 10 June Republic of Ireland v Croatia (Poznan) 20.45 hrs 14 June Italy v Croatia (Poznan) 18.00 hrs 14 June Spain v Republic of Ireland (Gdansk) 20.45 hrs 18 June Croatia v Spain (Gdansk) 20.45 hrs 18 June Italy v Republic of Ireland (Poznan) 20.45 hrs
Group D
11 June England v France (Donetsk) 19.00 hrs 11 June Ukraine v Sweden (Kiev) 21.45 hrs 15 June France v Ukraine (Donetsk) 19.00 hrs 15 June England v Sweden (Kiev) 21.45 hrs 19 June England v Ukraine (Donetsk) 21.45 hrs 19 June France v Sweden (Kiev) 21.45 hrs
Quarter-finals
21 June (1) Winner of Group A v Runner-up Group B (Warsaw) 21.45 hrs 22 June (2) Winner of Group B v Runner-up Group A (Gdansk) 21.45 hrs 23 June (3) Winner of Group C v Runner-up Group D (Donetsk) 20.45 hrs 24 June (4) Winner of Group D v Runner-up Group C (Kiev) 20.45 hrs
Semi-finals
27 June Winner of QF 1 v Winner of QF 3 (Donetsk) 21.45 hrs 28 June Winner of QF 2 v Winner of QF 4 (Warsaw) 20.45 hrs
Final
1 July Winner of SF 1 v Winner of SF 2 (Kiev) 21.45 hrs.
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