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The European Football Championship is held every fourof the year. Countries advance to apply for the tournament, according to the results of the selection, the winner country is called. Competition for holding the most important football tournament in Europe in 2012 was won by the joint bid of Poland and Ukraine.

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For the right to fight in the final part of the tournament(fourteen vouchers) competed fifty-one team, qualifying matches were held from August 11, 2010 to November 15, 2011. The teams of Poland and Ukraine, as host countries of the tournament, were in the final part of the competition. Thus, in the final part will converge sixteen teams, divided into four groups - A, B, C and D. The Russian team is in Group A, so its first match will play on June 8, its rival will be the Czech team.

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You can find out the schedule of the games on many sites. For example, you can find very detailed information on all games on the Football Russia website. In the calendar of games, the Russian team is highlighted in color, which allows you to immediately find the most interesting for Russians matches.

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If you are planning to visit specific matches, youit will be interesting to schedule the games with an indication of their exact location. The necessary information can be obtained on the official website of the European Football Union UEFA.com. At least a detailed table can be found on the resource Korrespondent.net.

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For football fans watching matcheson the TV, the site Ar4es.info will be useful, on which you can find not only the schedule of games, but also information about which Russian channels will broadcast them. With information about the broadcast of football matches you can get acquainted and on the site of Soccer.ru in the section "Football on TV". This site will always allow you to be aware of what games will be held in the coming days and on what Russian channels they can be viewed.

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Teams from 51 countries fought for the right to participate in the group stage of the finals of Euro 2012. They played 14 vouchers, two more out of competition were received by the host countries of the tournament Poland and Ukraine.

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The draw for the qualifying tournament had its ownfeatures. Teams were divided into six baskets. Five of them consisted of 9 teams, one - six. At the same time, some countries, between which there were tense political relations, were specially divorced in different baskets. Therefore, at the qualifying stage could not meet, for example, teams of Georgia and Russia.

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In the final part came 16 teams: England, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Ukraine, France, Croatia, the Czech Republic and Sweden. All teams were divided into 4 groups: A, B, C and D. The draw was held on December 2, 2011 in Kiev, in the National Palace of Arts "Ukraine".

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The procedure for the draw had its own peculiarities. Before it was held, sixteen teams were divided into four baskets as follows: first came the teams of Ukraine, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands. In the second teams of Germany, Italy, England, Russia. The third team of Croatia, Greece, Portugal and Sweden. And in the fourth - teams of Denmark, France, Czech Republic, Ireland. Teams that fall into one basket, already guaranteed to not meet with each other in the group stage.

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Before the draw, Poland and Ukraine, asthe host countries automatically got the first places in the A and D groups. The first draw of the draw, which began with Group A, was designed to fill the first places in the B and C groups. These teams were the Netherlands and Spain. After this, teams from the fourth basket were distributed to all four groups. First came the Czech Republic, the second Denmark, the third Ireland and the fourth France. Then the teams from the third basket and from the second one were also distributed. The position of the team in the group was also determined by lot, except for the teams of Poland and Ukraine that automatically took first place.

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As a result, the teams were divided into groupsas follows: Group A: teams of Poland, Russia, Greece, Czech Republic.Group B: national teams of the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Denmark.Group C: the national teams of Spain, Italy, Croatia, Ireland.Group D: teams of Ukraine, England, Sweden, France .

You will need

• - access to the Internet;
• - newspapers and magazines;
• - TV;
• - radio.

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Euro 2012 will be the 14th championship, passingunder the auspices of UEFA. It will be attended by 16 teams from different countries that have passed the qualifying round. Moreover, this year's European Championship will be the last tournament in which such a number of teams participate - in summer 2016 they will be 24. Another feature of Euro 2012 is the fact that the competitions will be held simultaneously in Poland and Ukraine.

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Today it is already known the schedule of matches of thischampionship. The easiest and quickest way to learn about this is to use the help of the Internet. According to the search query of the same name, many sites with information are displayed in any search engine. The first match of the championship, for example, will be held on June 8 in Warsaw between the national teams of Poland and Greece. And two hours later will be the first game of the Russian national team, which will compete with the Czech team. The game for the victory in the final will be held in the Ukrainian capital on July 1.

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Learn about the schedule of newspapers and magazinessports subjects. Some of them have already published on their pages lists of teams, divided into groups in the tournament, and the dates of the Euro 2012 games. The rest will do it closer to the beginning of the championship.

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Watch sports broadcasts on television. There they also talk about future games, the live broadcast time and the city where the match will take place. In addition, after each game you can get a sports review of the match, learn about the situation at the European Championships and the chances of the national teams of Russia and Ukraine to become winners of such a tournament.

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Listen to the radio. Sports news during the championship never bypass this event. Of these, you can also find out about upcoming games, collected points and the overall picture of the tournament. Thanks to this information, you will not miss any important match and will always be aware of everything that concerns such a grandiose event as the Euro 2012.