UEFA Euro 2012
Mistrzostwa Europy w piłce nożnej 2012 (Polish)
Чемпіонат Європи з футболу 2012 (Ukrainian) |
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UEFA Euro 2012 official logo |
| Tournament details |
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| Host countries |  Poland
 Ukraine |
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| Dates | 8 June – 1 July |
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| Teams | 16 |
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| Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
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| Tournament statistics |
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| Matches played | 24 |
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| Goals scored | 60 (2.5 per match) |
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| Attendance | 1,068,505 (44,521 per match) |
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| Top scorer(s) |  Alan Dzagoev
 Mario Gómez
 Mario Mandžukić
(3 goals each) |
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The
2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as
Euro 2012, is the 14th
European Championship for
national football teams organised by
UEFA. The final tournament is being hosted by
Poland and
Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012. It is the first time that either nation has hosted the tournament. This bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee in 2007.
[1]
The final tournament features 16 nations, the last European Championship to do so (from
Euro 2016 onward, there will be 24 finalists). Qualification was contested by 51 nations between August 2010 and November 2011 to join the two host nations in the tournament. The winner of the tournament gains automatic entry to the
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Brazil.
[2]
The tournament is played across eight venues, four in each host country, five of which were newly built for the tournament. Aside from venues, the host nations have also invested heavily in improving infrastructure, such as railways and roads, at UEFA's request.
Neither Poland nor Ukraine, the two host countries, made it through the group stage. Thus Euro 2012 becomes the second European Championship so far (after
UEFA Euro 2008 held in
Austria and
Switzerland) to have none of the hosts emerge from the first round, as well as the third big football tournament in a row to do so (after UEFA Euro 2008 and
2010 FIFA World Cup held in
South Africa).
Host selection
The hosting of the event was initially contested by five bids representing seven countries: Croatia–Hungary, Greece, Italy, Poland–Ukraine, and Turkey. In 2005 these were narrowed down by UEFA to three candidates: Croatia–Hungary, Poland–Ukraine and Italy.
[3] This was followed by a second round of the selection process which among other included visits by UEFA to candidate countries.
[4] After that the Poland–Ukraine bid was chosen by a vote of the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in
Cardiff on 18 April 2007.
[1] Poland–Ukraine became the third successful joint bid for the European Championship, after those of Belgium–Netherlands (
2000) and Austria–Switzerland (
2008). Their bid received an
absolute majority of votes, and was therefore announced the winner without requiring a second round. Italy, which received the remaining votes,
[1] had been considered favourites to win the hosting but incidents of fan violence and
a match fixing scandal were widely cited as factors behind their failure.
[5][6][7]
Afterwards, there were some changes in the Poland-Ukraine bid regarding the venues. The final approval was made at a UEFA meeting on 13 May 2009.
[8] During the preparation process in Poland and Ukraine UEFA expressed concern about their ability to host the event and different candidates were suggested to take over if they did not improve; however in the end UEFA withdrew the criticism.
Qualification
The draw for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying competition took place in Warsaw on 7 February 2010.
[9] Fifty-one teams entered to compete for the fourteen remaining places in the finals, alongside co-hosts
Poland and
Ukraine. The teams were divided into nine groups, with the draw using the
new UEFA national team coefficient for the first time in order to determine the seedings. As defending champions,
Spain was automatically top seeded.
[10] The qualifying process began in August 2010 and concluded in November 2011. At the conclusion of the qualifying group stage in October 2011, the nine group winners qualified automatically, along with the highest ranked second placed team. The remaining eight second placed teams contested two-legged play-offs, and the four winners qualified for the finals.
[10]
Twelve of the sixteen finalists participated at
the previous tournament in 2008.
England and
Denmark made their return to the Euro, having last participated in
2004, while
Republic of Ireland returned after a twenty-four year absence to make their second appearance at a European Championship. One of the co-hosts,
Ukraine, made their debut as an independent nation (before 1992 Ukraine participated as part of the
Soviet Union).
Qualified teams
The following sixteen teams qualified for the finals:
[11]
| Country | Qualified as | Date qualification was secured | Previous appearances in tournament1 2 |
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| Poland | Co-hosts | 18 April 2007 | 1 (2008) |
| Ukraine | Co-hosts | 18 April 2007 | 0 (debut) |
| Germany | Group Awinner | 2 September 2011 | 10 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004,2008) |
| Russia | Group Bwinner | 11 October 2011 | 9 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008) |
 Italy | Group Cwinner | 6 September 2011 | 7 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
 France | Group Dwinner | 11 October 2011 | 7 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
 Netherlands | Group E winner | 6 September 2011 | 8 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
 Greece | Group F winner | 11 October 2011 | 3 (1980, 2004, 2008) |
 England | Group Gwinner | 7 October 2011 | 7 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
 Denmark | Group Hwinner | 11 October 2011 | 7 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
 Spain | Group I winner | 6 September 2011 | 8 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
 Sweden | Best runner-up | 11 October 2011 | 4 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
| Croatia | Play-off winner | 15 November 2011 | 3 (1996, 2004, 2008) |
 Czech Republic | Play-off winner | 15 November 2011 | 7 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
 Portugal | Play-off winner | 15 November 2011 | 5 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
 Republic of Ireland | Play-off winner | 15 November 2011 | 1 (1988) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italics indicate (co-)host for that year
- 3 from 1972-88, Germany competed in the European Championship final tournament as West Germany
- 4 from 1960-88, Russia competed in the European Championship final tournament as the Soviet Union
- 5 in 1992, Russia competed in the European Championship final tournament as the Commonwealth of Independent States
- 6 from 1960-80, Czech Republic competed in the European Championship final tournament as Czechoslovakia
Final draw
The draw for the final tournament took place on 2 December 2011 at the
Ukraine Palace of Arts in Kiev, Ukraine.
[12][13] The hour-long ceremony was hosted by Olga Freimut and Piotr Sobczyński, television presenters from the two host countries. As was the case for the 2004 and 2008 finals, the sixteen finalists were divided into four
seeding pots, using the
UEFA national team coefficient ranking.
[14] Three teams were automatically placed in pot 1: Poland and Ukraine as hosts and Spain as defending champion. They were joined by Netherlands, the country of the rest with the highest coefficient.
[15]
In the draw procedure, each of the four groups had one team drawn from each pot. It also determined which place in the group teams drawn from Pots 2–4 would take (i.e. A2, A3 or A4) to create the match schedule.
[15] For logistical reasons, Poland were assigned in advance to A1, and Ukraine to D1.
[16] The balls were drawn by four former players who have each been part of European Championship winning teams:
Horst Hrubesch,
Marco van Basten,
Peter Schmeichel and
Zinedine Zidane.
[17]
The rank of the
UEFA Coefficient Ranking is shown in brackets.
[18]
Venues
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Goat-emblem of Poznań dressed in Euro 2012 flags and the Euro 2012 logo made of flowers in Lviv. |
Eight cities were selected by UEFA as host venues. In a return to the format used at
Euro 1992,
Euro 1996 and
Euro 2008, each of the four groups is based around two stadiums. The host cities
Warsaw,
Gdańsk,
Wrocław,
Poznań,
Kiev,
Lviv are all popular tourist destinations, unlike
Donetsk and
Kharkiv (the latter having replaced
Dnipropetrovsk as a host city in 2009).
[19]
The requirement for football infrastructure improvements has been met through the building of new stadiums: five of the eight venues are brand new stadiums having completed construction and was ready to open in advance of the tournament; the remaining three (in Kiev, Poznań and Kharkiv) underwent major renovations to improve them.
[20][21] Three of the stadiums meet the criteria as
UEFA's highest category stadiums. The transport system
in Poland and
Ukraine was also extensively modified on the request of UEFA to cope with the large influx of football fans.
[22]
1.4 million tickets have been sold for the games, and over 20,000 people are forecast to cross the Poland–Ukraine border each day during the tournament.
[23] Over 12 million have applied for tickets, which represented a 17% increase on the 2008 finals, and an all-time record for the UEFA European Championship.
[24]
UEFA have organised fan zones in the eight host cities. They are located in the centre of each city, with all 31 matches shown live on a total of 24 giant screens. The zones will enable supporters to come together in a secure and controlled environment. The Warsaw Fan Zone will occupy 120,000 square metres and accommodate 100,000 visitors. In all, their capacity have increased 20% compared to the UEFA EURO 2008.
[25]
The tournament is broadcast live by
around 100 TV channels covering the whole world.
[26] 150,000,000 people are expected to watch the matches every day.
[27] A total of 31 matches will be played during Euro 2012, with Ukraine hosting 16 of them and Poland 15.
| Poland |
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| Warsaw | Gdańsk | Wrocław | Poznań |
National Stadium
Built for tournament
Capacity: 56,070[28] | PGE Arena
Built for tournament
Capacity: 39,150[29] | Municipal Stadium
Built for tournament
Capacity: 40,000[30] | Municipal Stadium
Reconstructed
Capacity: 39,550[31] |
3 matches in Group A
(incl. opening match),
1 quarter-final and
1 semi-final | 3 matches in Group C and
1 quarter-final | 3 matches in Group A | 3 matches in Group C |
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: Team base-camp • : Match venue |
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| Ukraine |
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| Kiev | Donetsk | Kharkiv | Lviv |
Olympic Stadium
Reconstructed
Capacity: 64,640[32] | Donbass Arena
Built for tournament
Capacity: 49,400[33] | Metalist Stadium
Reconstructed
Capacity: 37,750[34] | Arena Lviv
Built for tournament
Capacity: 32,990[35] |
3 matches in Group D,
1 quarter-final and
the final | 3 matches in Group D,
1 quarter-final and
1 semi-final | 3 matches in Group B | 3 matches in Group B |
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Teams
All of the participating football associations had to submit squads of twenty-three players, three of whom goalkeepers, by 29 May 2012. Each team has a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. From an initial list of thirty-eight potential locations (twenty-one in Poland, seventeen in Ukraine),
[36] the national associations chose their locations in 2011. The teams will both train and reside in these locations throughout the tournament, traveling to games staged away from their bases. Thirteen teams are staying in Poland and three in Ukraine.
[37]
Results
Finish positions for participating teams
Group stage
The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups progressed to the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams were eliminated from the tournament.
[38] If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
[39][40]
- Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points);
- Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points);
- If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3 to more than two teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine the final rankings of the two teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 10 apply in the order given;
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- If two teams that have the same number of points, goal difference, and goals scored finish their last group match against each other in a draw, and provided no other teams within the group have the same number of points, the ranking of the two teams in question is determined by penalty shoot-out. Otherwise, criteria 8 to 10 apply in the order given;
- Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system;
- Fair play conduct of the teams (final tournament);
- Drawing of lots.
Note: As all teams have different
UEFA national team coefficients, the last two tie-breakers (fair play conduct and drawing of lots) would never have applied in this tournament.
Group A
Greece was placed above Russia based on their head-to-head record (1–0).
Group B
Group C
Group D
Ukraine was placed above Sweden based on their head-to-head record (2–1).
Knockout stage
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) in Poland and Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) in Ukraine.[41]
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
Players in
bold are still active in the competition.
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
Discipline
In the final tournament, a player is suspended for the next match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches. The UEFA Control and Disciplinary body has the ability to increase the automatic one match ban for a red card (e.g. for violent conduct). Single yellow card cautions are erased at the conclusion of the quarter-finals, and are not carried over to the semi-finals (so that a player can only be suspended for the final by getting a red card in the semi-final). Single yellow cards and suspensions for yellow card accumulations do not carry over to the
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament matches.
[42] In Euro 2012, the following players were suspended for one or more games as a result of red cards or yellow card accumulations:
Apart from discipline measures for yellow and red cards, UEFA fined the
German Football Association €10,000, the
Croatian Football Federation €25,000, and the
Football Union of Russia €30,000 for spectator incidents.
[44][45][46] Furthermore, the
Portuguese Football Federation was fined €5,000 for delaying the start of the second half of the game against Germany.
[44] In addition to these, Danish striker
Nicklas Bendtner was fined €100,000 and given a one match ban (to be applied in the
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament) for revealing his
sponsored underpants, violating UEFA regulations, during the celebration of his second goal in the match against Portugal.
[47]
Penalty kicks
- Scored
None
- Missed
Tournament details
Match ball
The Adidas Tango 12 is the official match ball of UEFA Euro 2012.
[48] The ball is named after the original
Adidas Tango family of footballs; however, the Tango 12 and its variations have a completely new design. Variations of the ball have been used in other contemporary competitions including the
Africa Cup of Nations and the
Summer Olympics. It is designed to be easier to dribble and control than the reportedly unpredictable
Adidas Jabulani used at the
2010 FIFA World Cup.
[49]
Match officials
UEFA named the twelve
referees and four
fourth officials for UEFA Euro 2012 on 20 December 2011.
[50][51] Each team is made up of five match officials from the same country: one main referee, two
additional assistant referees who are also
FIFA referees, and two FIFA
assistant referees. In addition, a third assistant referee from each country has also been named, and he will remain on standby until the start of the tournament to take the place of a colleague if required.
[52] Continuing the trials carried out in the
UEFA Champions League and
UEFA Europa League, the two additional assistant referees will be used on the goal line for the first time in the history of the UEFA European Championship with approval from the
International Football Association Board.
[50]
Prize money
UEFA announced that a total of €196 million was offered to the 16 teams competing in this tournament, increasing from €184 million in the
previous tournament. The distribution of the prize money is as follows:
[53]
- Prize for participating: €8 million
Extra payment based on the team's performance:
- Champions: €7.5 million
- Runner-up: €4.5 million
- Reaching the semi-finals: €3 million
- Reaching the quarter-finals: €2 million
- Finishing in third place in a group: €1 million
- Winning a group match: €1 million
- Drawing a group match: €0.5 million
Promotion
Trophy on display during its tour
Logo, slogan and theme songs
The competition slogan,
Creating History Together (
Polish:
Razem tworzymy przyszłość, literally, "Together we are creating the future",
Ukrainian:
Творимо історію разом,
Tvorymo istoriyu razom), was announced along with the logo.
[54] The official logo for the tournament was unveiled at a special event at Mykhailivska Square, Kiev, on 14 December 2009. Designed by Portuguese group Brandia Central.
[55] It takes its visual identity from
Wycinanki or Vytynanky, traditional form of paper cutting practised in rural areas of Poland and Ukraine. The art form symbolises the nature of the rural areas of both countries.
[54][56] As part of the event, landmark buildings in the eight host cities were illuminated with the tournament logo.
[57]
The official Euro 2012 song is "
Endless Summer" by the German singer
Oceana.
[58] In addition, UEFA has retained the melody that was composed by
Rollo Armstrong of
Faithless on its behalf for the 2008 tournament.
[59] The Republic of Ireland has also produced an official song: "
The Rocky Road to Poland" recorded by a collaboration of Irish performers has already reached
number 1 in Ireland.
[60] In Spain, the broadcasting company
Mediaset España commissioned the song "No hay 2 sin 3", performed by
David Bisbal and
Cali & El Dandee and produced by
RedOne.
[61]
When the teams walk out from the stadium and before the national anthems are played, "Heart of Courage" by
Two Steps From Hell is played.
[citation needed] The tournament has also been associated with the song "
Seven Nation Army" by
The White Stripes, which has been played in the stadiums after every
goal.
[62]
Trophy tour
The
Henri Delaunay Trophy began a journey through the host cities seven weeks before the start of the tournament. A hundred days before the first match a 35.5-metre-high (116 ft) hot air balloon in the shape of the trophy was flown in Nyon, Switzerland and will visit 14 cities throughout the host countries, reminding spectators of the impending tournament.
[63] On 20 April 2012 the trophy tour started and visited Warsaw, Wrocław, Gdańsk, Poznań, Kraków, Katowice and Łódź cities. After the Polish cities, the trophy visited seven Ukrainian cities: Kiev, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Odesa.
[64][65]
Merchandise and mascots
UEFA signed a worldwide licensing agreement with
Warner Bros. Consumer Products to help promote the tournament.
[66] The agreement involved licensing to third parties for: accessories, apparel, automotive accessories, baby personal care and accessories, bags, computer accessories, drinking vessels, footwear, general souvenirs, home textiles, houseware products and accessories, jewellery, publications, sports accessories, stationery and writing instruments, and toys and games.
[67]
Also designed by Warner Bros. are Slavek and Slavko, the official
mascots of the UEFA Euro 2012. They are twins and represent Polish and Ukrainian footballers in national colours. The mascots were announced in December 2010.
[68] They are similar to the
Trix and Flix from
Euro 2008. As in 2008 the names Slavek and Slavko were also chosen in the web voting, over "Siemko and Strimko" and "Klemek and Ladko".
[citation needed]
Concerns and controversies
Early UEFA concerns
After Poland and Ukraine were chosen by a vote of the UEFA Executive Committee as host countries for Euro 2012, several issues arose that jeopardized the Polish/Ukrainian host status.
In June 2008 Ukraine reported several problems which threatened their ability to co-host, including delays in the renovation of
Kiev’s Olympic Stadium[69] and difficulties funding infrastructure work after the
economic crisis struck.
[70] and in September of the same year, the
Polish government suspended the
Polish Football Association (PZPN) over corruption issues, and assigned an administrator to fight against corruption in football. UEFA swiftly issued a letter warning that Poland risked losing the right to co-host.
[71] The decision of Drzewiecki, Polish Minister for Sports, remained unchanged.
[72] This raised concerns about the hosting would be moved to another country, but in April 2009, Platini announced that all was on track and he saw no major problems.
[73]UEFA confirmed the appointment of the Polish cities of
Warsaw,
Poznań,
Wrocław and
Gdańsk.
[74] At the same meeting, an appeal for the delayed decision on the Ukrainian venues was granted to
Lviv,
Donetsk and
Kharkiv in order to meet specific conditions regarding infrastructure, with a warning that only
Kiev and the best prepared city of the other candidates would otherwise be used if issues were not resolved by the end of November.
[75]
In May 2010 Platini gave an interview to the
German FA, suggesting that Germany and Hungary could replace Ukraine unless improvements were made, and this cast renewed doubt on the readiness of the Ukrainian hosts.
[76] However, by August 2010, Platini revisited that and stated "You can consider that the ultimatum no longer exists,"
[77] and that he was optimistic about preparations in both countries and saw no major obstacles.
[78] After a UEFA delegation visited Ukraine in September 2011, he stated the country was "virtually ready for Euro 2012".
[79]
Political boycotts
Following
Yulia Tymoshenko's hunger strike which started on 20 April 2012 and her mistreatment in a Ukrainian prison, there were calls to
boycott the Euro 2012 in Ukraine.
[80] The European Commission President
José Manuel Barroso, the Justice Commissioner
Viviane Reding and
Androulla Vassiliou the
European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth have announced they will boycott the tournament in Ukraine.
[81][82] The
Austrian Chancellor,
Werner Faymann, announced in May that Austrian government officials would not attend the tournament as a "political signal".
[83] Belgium's government officials have announced they will boycott games held in Ukraine, with Belgian Foreign Minister
Didier Reynders calling on Ukraine's government to respect all of Tymoshenko's rights.
[84] Germany has announced that
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit would depend on Tymoshenko's release,
[81] and she has urged her ministers to do the same.
[85] Germany's Interior and sports minister
Hans-Peter Friedrich will boycott the Germany v Netherlands match in Kharkiv.
[85] The manager of
Bayern Munich has called on the president of
UEFA to condemn Ukraine's authoritarian regime,
[85] and the manager of
Borussia Dortmund has stated that he will boycott the event.
[85] However, German sports officials have said that such boycotts are ineffective and the event should go ahead.
[86] Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has criticised calls for a boycott saying that they are inappropriate,
[87] but added that Ukraine's reputation will "suffer dramatically" without a solution.
[88] Poland's opposition party is in favour of boycotting matches in Ukraine to change decision about
Yulia Tymoshenko.
[89]
Racism and hooliganism
Police in
Warsaw on 12 June 2012.
On 28 May 2012,
BBC current affairs programme
Panorama examined the issues of racism,
antisemitism and
football hooliganism which it stated were prevalent among Polish and Ukrainian supporters.
[90] The programme, titled
Euro 2012: Stadiums of Hate, included recent footage of supporters chanting various antisemitic slogans and displays of
white power symbols and banners. The documentary recorded antisemitism and monkey noise taunts of black players.
[90] FC Metalist Kharkiv supporters were seen violently assaulting a group of
Asian students at the Metalist Oblast Sports Complex, one of the stadiums hosting matches in Ukraine.
[91][92] The documentary was criticised as unfair by the Euro 2012 organisers. Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Oleh Voloshyn responded that the allegations were an "invented and mythical problem",
[93] and that "Nazi symbols can be seen at ... any match in England".
[94] Polish Prime Minister
Donald Tusk stated: "Nobody who comes to Poland will be in any danger because of his race. This is not our custom, as is not pointing out similar incidents in other countries."
[95]
According to the Dutch daily
de Telegraaf, during an open training session in
Kraków, Dutch black players were allegedly subjected to monkey noises and jeers, an incident that the Holland captain
Mark van Bommel described as a "real disgrace". UEFA acknowledged that there had been "isolated incidents of racist chanting".
[96] However, other Dutch media, including the prestigious daily
de Volkskrant, have reported that the allegations of monkey chants were made up. According to the newspaper, the coach of the Dutch team has made several statements to the BBC that he had not heard the supposed chanting, nor did the rest of the team. According to
de Volksrant, the story was sensationalized by
de Telegraaf.
[97]
The first incidence of hooliganism at Euro 2012 happened on June 8th 2012 after
Russia vs Czech Republic in
Wrocław.
[98] Russian hooligans were violent against Polish
stewards at the
Wrocław`s Municipal Stadium.
[99][100] Around 30 Russian hooligans attacked a handful of stewards.
[101][102] Four stewards needed hospital treatment after this attack.
[103]
On 11 June 2012, before the Euro 2012 match between
Croatia and
Ireland, Croatian football fans clashed with
riot police in the Polish city of
Poznań.
[104] Croatian fans threw chairs, bottles and flares at Polish riot police. The incident began after a clash between intoxicated supporters of two rival Croatian teams from
Zagreb and
Split in one of the city centre's bars, shortly after 5:00 pm. Croatia was also later charged with racist chants and symbols against
Mario Balotelli in the
Italy game with anti-discrimination monitors reporting monkey noises were being made as well as far-right nationalist flags being displayed. A photographer for the
AFP also reported monkey noises made and spotting a steward picking up a banana that was thrown onto the pitch.
[105]
A clash involving football fans took place in
Warsaw on 12 June 2012.
[106] The violence broke out when, during a march organised by Russian fans celebrating
Russia Day before the
Poland vs. Russia game at
Warsaw's
National Stadium, rival groups of supporters began to provoke each other with insulting chants.
[107] The
Polish Police fired warning shots and used
water cannon to disperse rival groups of fans; around 100 arrests were made and ten people hospitalised – seven Poles, two Russians and one German.
[108]
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