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The 2010-12 UEFA European Football Championship consists of three stages: the qualifying group stage, the play-offs and the 16-team final tournament in Poland and Ukraine from 8 June to 1 July 2012.

Qualifying group stage

The 51 entrants were drawn into nine groups, six of six teams and three of five. Matches are played on a home-and-away basis between 3 September 2010 and 11 October 2011. The nine winners and the runner-up with the best record against the top five sides in their pool qualify directly for the final tournament. The eight remaining runners-up enter the play-offs.

Play-offs

The four sides with the best UEFA national team coefficient ranking will be seeded with a draw determining the pairing and order of home and away ties. The first legs will be played on 11 or 12 November and the returns on 15 November. The teams which score the greater aggregate of goals in each tie qualify for the finals, with away goals and then penalties used to determine the winner in the event of a draw.

Final tournament

Poland and Ukraine will be placed in the first pot of four, along with holders Spain if they qualify, for the final tournament draw. The remaining teams will be ranked as per coefficients, and will be drawn into four groups of four teams with the top two reaching the quarter-finals. The competition is then played as a straight knockout.

Further details, including the criteria for separating teams that finish level on points in a group, or after extra time in a match, can be found in the official competition regulations.

Euro 2012 Matches

8 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group A)
Poland		18:00		Greece
Referee: TBD – Stadium: National Stadium Warsaw, Warsaw (POL)
8 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group A)
Russia		20:45		Czech Republic
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Municipal Stadium Wroclaw, Wroclaw (POL)
9 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group B)
Netherlands		18:00		Denmark
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv (UKR)
9 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group B)
Germany		20:45		Portugal
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Arena Lviv, Lviv (UKR)
10 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group C)
Republic of Ireland		18:00		Croatia
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Municipal Stadium Poznan, Poznan (POL)
11 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group D)
France		18:00		England
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Donbass Arena, Donetsk (UKR)
12 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group A)
Greece		18:00		Czech Republic
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Municipal Stadium Wroclaw, Wroclaw (POL)
12 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group A)
Poland		20:45		Russia
Referee: TBD – Stadium: National Stadium Warsaw, Warsaw (POL)
13 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group B)
Denmark		18:00		Portugal
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Arena Lviv, Lviv (UKR)
13 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group B)
Netherlands		20:45		Germany
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv (UKR)
14 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group C)
Italy		18:00		Croatia
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Municipal Stadium Poznan, Poznan (POL)
14 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group C)
Spain		20:45		Republic of Ireland
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Arena Gdansk, Gdansk (POL)
15 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group D)
Ukraine		18:00		France
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Donbass Arena, Donetsk (UKR)
15 June 2012
Final tournament - Group stage (Group D)
Sweden		20:45		England
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Olympic Stadium, Kyiv (UKR)
16 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group A)
Greece		20:45		Russia
Referee: TBD – Stadium: National Stadium Warsaw, Warsaw (POL)
16 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group A)
Czech Republic		20:45		Poland
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Municipal Stadium Wroclaw, Wroclaw (POL)
17 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group B)
Portugal		20:45		Netherlands
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv (UKR)
17 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group B)
Denmark		20:45		Germany
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Arena Lviv, Lviv (UKR)
18 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group C)
Croatia		20:45		Spain
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Arena Gdansk, Gdansk (POL)
18 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group C)
Italy		20:45		Republic of Ireland
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Municipal Stadium Poznan, Poznan (POL)
19 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group D)
Sweden		20:45		France
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Olympic Stadium, Kyiv (UKR)
19 June 2012	Final tournament - Group stage (Group D)
England		20:45		Ukraine
Referee: TBD – Stadium: Donbass Arena, Donetsk (UKR)

More information you can find on official UEFA web site