UEFA EURO 2012 Groups and Match Schedule

The draw for next year’s European soccer championships, UEFA EURO 2012, took place in Kyiv, Ukraine on Friday with the sixteen finalists pooled in to four groups for the first round of the competition.

While the tournament offers no easy groups, Group B appears to be the most difficult to qualify for the quarter-finals from with 2010 FIFA World Cup finalist the Netherlands, three time champions Germany, Cristano Ronaldo’s Portugal and EURO 1992 winners Denmark in the mix.

Action kicks off on June 8th, 2012 with co-hosts Poland meeting EURO 2004 champions Greece in Warsaw. Defending champions and FIFA ranked number one Spain opens begin its title defense against the usually formidable Italy on June 10th in Gdansk.

Group A (Warsaw/Wroclaw)
Poland (co-hosts)
Greece
Russia
Czech Republic

Group B (Kharkiv/Lviv)
Netherlands
Denmark
Germany
Portugal

Group C (Gdansk/Poznan)
Spain (holders)
Italy
Republic of Ireland
Croatia

Group D (Kyiv/Donetsk)
Ukraine (co-hosts)
Sweden
France
England

Match Schedule

All match times are Central European Time (CET) / GMT +1 hour / EST +6 hours. Click here for the ESPN / ESPN2 / ESPN3 EURO 2012 television and web broadcast schedule for the USA.

Friday 8 June 2012
#1: POL v GRE, 18.00CET, Warsaw
#2: RUS v CZE, 20.45CET, Wroclaw

Saturday 9 June 2012
#3: NED v DEN, 18.00CET, Kharkiv
#4: GER v POR, 20.45CET, Lviv

Sunday 10 June 2012
#5: ESP v ITA, 18.00CET, Gdansk
#6: IRL v CRO, 20.45CET, Poznan

Monday 11 June 2012
#7: FRA v ENG, 18.00CET, Donetsk
#8: UKR v SWE, 20.45CET, Kyiv

Tuesday 12 June 2012
#9: GRE v CZE, 18.00CET, Wroclaw
#10: POL v RUS, 20.45CET, Warsaw

Wednesday 13 June 2012
#11: DEN v POR, 18.00CET, Lviv
#12: NED v GER, 20.45CET, Kharkiv

Thursday 14 June 2012
#13: ITA v CRO, 18.00CET, Poznan
#14: ESP v IRL, 20.45CET, Gdansk

Friday 15 June 2012
#15: SWE v ENG, 20.45CET, Kyiv
#16: UKR v FRA, 18.00CET, Donetsk

Saturday 16 June 2012
#17: CZE v POL, 20.45CET, Wroclaw
#18: GRE v RUS, 20.45CET, Warsaw

Sunday 17 June 2012
#19: POR v NED, 20.45CET, Kharkiv
#20: DEN v GER, 20.45CET, Lviv

Monday 18 June 2012
#21: CRO v ESP, 20.45CET, Gdansk
#22: ITA v IRL, 20.45CET, Poznan

Tuesday 19 June 2012
#23: ENG v UKR, 20.45CET, Donetsk
#24: SWE v FRA, 20.45CET, Kyiv

Wednesday 20 June 2012
No matches

Thursday 21 June 2012
#25: Czech Republic vs. Portugal, 20.45CET, Warsaw

Friday 22 June 2012
#26: Greece vs. Germany, 20.45CET, Gdansk

Saturday 23 June 2012
#27: Spain vs. France, 20.45CET, Donetsk

Sunday 24 June 2012
#28: England vs. Italy, 20.45CET, Kyiv

Monday 25 June 2012
No matches

Tuesday 26 June 2012
No matches

Wednesday 27 June 2012
#29: Spain vs. Portugal, 20.45CET, Donetsk

Thursday 28 June 2012
#30: Germany vs. Italy, 20.45CET, Warsaw

Friday 29 June 2012
No matches

Saturday 30 June 2012
No matches

Sunday 1 July 2012
#31: Italy vs. Spain, 20.45CET, Kyiv