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UEFA European Football Championship 2012 will be the fourteenth European Championship, held under the auspices of UEFA. The final stage of the competition will be held in two countries - Poland and Ukraine - from 8 June to 1 July 2012. The contest will be attended by 16 teams that passed qualifying round, and at the next European Championship competition regulations will be changed in the final tournament will be held 24 national teams. This is a very important event, the real holiday Ukraine and Poland.

In the history of the national football competitions in Europe this will be the third tournament with the two host countries of the stadiums in Kiev, Donetsk, Kharkov, Lviv (Ukraine), Warsaw, Gdansk, Poznan and Wroclaw (Poland).
The Opening of the European Championships will be held in Warsaw, and the finale - in Kiev.
There is held the reconstruction of arenas for competition, in Warsaw and Kiev there should be completed the construction of stadiums. In the city of Kharkov there have been already spent 434 million UAH to prepare for Euro 2012.

Winners of nine teams and one of the best teams, the runner-up, go to the final. The remaining 8 teams of the second place will compete for the play-offs. The innovation of the Tournament: dual matches in the qualifying groups will now be on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. It was decided to do to give the opportunity to rest players to national teams playing in clubs.

The favorite, of course, is Spain, followed by Germany, and then the Netherlands. Although it is not too good performances at the world championships the world, the list continues to Britain, France and Italy. But the top ten includes Croatia, Russia and the Czech Republic. Ukraine and Poland are neither among the favorites nor among outsiders.

Both countries have a lot of work to develop and modify. Among the most necessary things are stadiums, airports and hotels. All these are necessary according to the demands of UEFA. In addition the Euro 2012 gives the opportunity to get more information Ukraine, as well as Poland, for the Europeans and show these countries from the other side, better one.