MATCH SCHEDULE FOR EURO CUP 2012
The 2012 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.
The following 12 dates are reserved for group matches in qualifying:
# 03/04 and 07 September 2010
# 08/09 and 12 October 2010
# 25/26 and 29 March 2011
# 03/04 and 07 June 2011
# 02/03 and 06 September 2011
# 07/08 and 11 October 2011
Play-offs Mach
The four sides with the best UEFA national team coefficient ranking will be seeded and will play the second legs on 15 November 2011 at home. The first legs will be played on 11 or 12 November. The teams which score the greater aggregate of goals qualifies for the finals, with away goals and then penalties used to determine the winner in the event of a draw.
The following dates are reserved for the play-off matches between the
remaining eight runners-up:
# 11/12 November 2011
# 15 November 2011
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.
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