Format of the European Championship 2012 in Poland and Ukraine

The 2012's European Championship in Poland & Ukraine is the 14th UEFA European Football Championship and will be held from 8 June to 1 July 2012

The sixteen qualified national teams will compete in a total of 31 matches to become the new European Champions.

The UEFA Euro 2012 will be played in eight venues, four in Poland (Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw, Wroclaw) and four in Ukraine (Donetsk, Lviv, Kharkiv and Kyiv), with the opening match in Warsaw and the Final one in Kyiv.

The 16 qualified teams will be divided into four groups, with the first two teams advancing to the quarter-finals, followed by the semi-finals and the final match.