Soccer: Poland and Ukraine host Euro 2012 [Confirmed!]

BBC SPORT ^ | 2007/04/18 | BBC

[wolf78]

Poland and Ukraine host Euro 2012

Poland and Ukraine have been chosen to host the 2012 European Championships.

Italy were widely expected to win the Uefa vote in Cardiff, with another joint bid from Croatia and Hungary also in the running.

However, Italy's bid was overshadowed by last season's referee corruption scandal and their on-going problems with football-related crowd trouble.

It will be the first time that either Poland or Ukraine have hosted a major football championship.

"Finally, the big event is going to the countries which have had no opportunities to improve football," said Polish Football Association chairman Michal Listkiewicz.

"This big tournament will be a milestone in the common history of two Slavic nations."

Poland and Ukraine's bid team staged an impressive presentation on Tuesday, featuring Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko, Liverpool keeper Jerzy Dudek as well as boxer Vitali Klitschko, former Olympic champion Sergei Bubka and Ukraine president Victor Yushchenko.

[Atlantic Bridge]

An organisation that grants France instead of Germany a permanent seat in the security council is just not worth the trouble ;).

BuHuHaHa! Good post! Nothing more to say.

[spc4tc]

do u know what is soap we are use shower gel... heh

[Kozik]

I’ve been to Turkey twice, travelling in business.

Frankly I must say I’ve met only nice people that for sure can’t be called fanatics - they drank more alcohol than me...
They have the best beer I’ve ever tasted called Efes I think.
They keep their division between lay and muslim parts of life.

But I was travelling in the Southern part of this country only,
knowing that Northern part is full of muslim fanatics.
Also their culture is so different - I can’t imagine their
participation in EU and Western World...

Also they asked about being in EU told me they don’t want to be there.

[Kozik]

Exactly.