UEFA Euro 2012 was the 14th European Championship for men’s national football teams organized by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 July 2012, was co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine (both first time hosts), and was won by Spain, who beat Italy in the final at the Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Champions: 
Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up: 
Italy
UEFA Player of the Tournament: Andrés Iniesta
Golden Boot: Fernando Torres, 3 goal
UEFA Euro 2012 Group Stage
UEFA announced the schedule for the 31 matches of the final tournament in October 2010, with the final confirmation of kick-offs times being affirmed following the tournament draw in December 2011. 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.
Group A
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points
1. (Qualified) 
Czech Republic3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6
2. (Qualified) 
Greece3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 
Russia3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
4 
Poland (Host)3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Notes: Head-to-head result: Greece 1–0 Russia.
Group B
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points
1. (Qualified) 
Germany3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9
2. (Qualified) 
Portugal3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3 
Denmark3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4 
Netherlands3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Group C
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points
1. (Qualified) Spain3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
2. (Qualified) Italy3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
3 
Croatia3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4 
Ireland3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Group D
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points
1. (Qualified) 
England3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
2. (Qualified) 
France3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 
Ukraine (Host)3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4 
Sweden3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
Notes: Head-to-head result: Ukraine 2–1 Sweden.
UEFA Euro 2012 Quarter Final matches
Date Team A Result Team B Stadium
21 June 2012 Czech Republic0 – 1 PortugalNational Stadium, Warsaw
22 June 2012 Germany4 – 2 GreecePGE Arena, Gdańsk
23 June 2012 Spain2 – 0 FranceDonbass Arena, Donetsk
24 June 2012 England0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
2 – 4 (penalties) ItalyOlympic Stadium, Kyiv
UEFA Euro 2012 Semi Finals
27 June 2012 21:45 EEST, Donbass Arena, Donetsk
| Portugal |
0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
Moutinho  Pepe  Nani Alves |
2 – 4 (Penalties) | Alonso Iniesta Piqué Ramos Fàbregas |
28 June 2012 20:45 CEST, National Stadium, Warsaw
| Germany |
1 – 2 | Italy |
Özil  90+2′ (pen.) |
Balotelli 20′, 36′ |
UEFA Euro 2012 Final match
1 July 2012 21:45 EEST, Olympic Stadium, Kyiv
| Spain |
4 – 0 | Italy |
| David Silva 14′ Jordi Alba 41′F. Torres 84′Juan Mata 88′ |
UEFA Euro 2012 Top Goal Scorer List
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Mario MandžukićCroatia 3
2 Mario GómezGermany 3
3 Mario BalotelliItaly 3
4 Cristiano RonaldoPortugal 3
5 Alan DzagoevRussia 3
6 Fernando TorresSpain 3
7 Petr JiráčekCzech Republic 2
8 Václav PilařCzech Republic 2
9 Nicklas BendtnerDenmark 2
10 Michael Krohn-DehliDenmark 2
11 Dimitris SalpingidisGreece 2
12 Xabi AlonsoSpain 2
13 Cesc FàbregasSpain 2
14 David SilvaSpain 2
15 Zlatan IbrahimovićSweden 2
16 Andriy ShevchenkoUkraine 2
UEFA Euro 2012 Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Manuel Neuer Philipp Lahm Steven Gerrard Mario Balotelli
Gianluigi Buffon Fábio Coentrão Sami Khedira Cristiano Ronaldo
Iker Casillas Pepe Mesut Özil Cesc Fàbregas
Jordi Alba Daniele De Rossi David Silva
Gerard Piqué Andrea Pirlo Zlatan Ibrahimović
Sergio Ramos Xabi Alonso
Sergio Busquets
Andrés Iniesta
Xavi
UEFA Euro 2012 Summary
Poland and Ukraine’s joint bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on April 18, 2007. As host nations, both teams automatically qualified for the tournament, while the remaining 14 finalists were determined through a qualifying competition involving 51 teams from August 2010 to November 2011. This was the last European Championship to feature a 16-team finals format, which had been in use since 1996; starting with Euro 2016, the tournament expanded to 24 teams. Euro 2012 was held at eight venues, with four in each host country. Five new stadiums were constructed for the event, and significant investments were made to improve infrastructure such as railways and roads at UEFA’s request. The tournament set attendance records for the 16-team format, with the highest total attendance (1,440,896) and the highest average attendance per game (46,481). Spain became the first and only team to date to win two consecutive European Championships and three consecutive major tournaments (Euro 2008, the 2010 World Cup, and Euro 2012). Spain had already qualified for the 2013 Confederations Cup by winning the World Cup, so runners-up Italy qualified instead. Both 2012 host nations, Poland and Ukraine, were eliminated in the group stage, as had been the case for Austria and Switzerland in Euro 2008. Several players scored three goals in the tournament, but Fernando Torres was awarded the Golden Boot as he also had an assist and played the fewest minutes among the players who scored three goals.
