THE 2012 UEFA EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP,COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 2012 WILL BE THE 14TH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FOR NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAMS SANCTIONED BY UEFA.THE FINAL TOURNAMENT WILL BE HOSTED BY UKRAINE AND POLAND BETWEEN 8 JUNE TO 11TH JULY2012.
THE JOINT POLAND UKRAINE BID WAS CHOSEN BY UEFA S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON APRIL 2007 IN CARDIFF WALES.THE BID DEFEATED THE OTHER SHORTLISTED BIDS FROM ITALY AND CROATIA ,HUNGARY BECOME THE THIRD SUCCESSFUL JOINT BID FOR THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP,AFTER THOSE OF BELGIUM,NETHERLANDS FOR EURO 2000,AND AUSTRIA,SWITZERLAND FOR EURO 2008.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS IN WHICH ONLY 16 TEAMS PARTICIPATE ,EURO 2016 BEING THE FIRST EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS WITH 24 COMPETING NATIONS .
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