UEFA EURO 2012 finals schedule confirmed

UEFA EURO 2012 finals schedule confirmed

The finals schedule has been confirmed with Poland starting the tournament against Greece and other opening games including Germany v Portugal, Spain v Italy and England v France.

The schedule for UEFA EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine has been confirmed following the draw in Kyiv.

Poland will launch the tournament on Friday 8 June at 18.00CET against Greece in Warsaw followed by the other Group A opener between Russia and the Czech Republic at 20.45CET.  The next day the Netherlands face Denmark in Kharkiv and Germany take on Portugal in Lviv to begin Group B, and on 10 June Group C starts as holders Spain play Italy and the Republic of Ireland are matched with Croatia.

Ukraine are involved in the last of the opening set of fixtures, meeting Sweden in Group D in Kyiv after England tackle France in Donetsk. The group stage runs until 19 June, then, after a rest day, the quarter-finals take place over four consecutive nights. The semi-finals are on 29 June in Donetsk and the following evening in Warsaw, before Kyiv stages the 1 July decider.

Match schedule

All kick-offs CET, Ukrainian time is one hour ahead

Friday 8 June 2012
No. 1: POL v GRE, 18.00CET, Warsaw
No. 2: RUS v CZE, 20.45CET, Wroclaw

Saturday 9 June 2012
No. 3: NED v DEN, 18.00CET, Kharkiv
No. 4: GER v POR, 20.45CET, Lviv

Sunday 10 June 2012
No. 5: ESP v ITA, 18.00CET, Gdansk
No. 6: IRL v CRO, 20.45CET, Poznan

Monday 11 June 2012
No. 7: FRA v ENG, 18.00CET, Donetsk
No. 8: UKR v SWE, 20.45CET, Kyiv

Tuesday 12 June 2012
No. 9: GRE v CZE, 18.00CET, Wroclaw
No. 10: POL v RUS, 20.45CET, Warsaw

Wednesday 13 June 2012
No. 11: DEN v POR, 18.00CET, Lviv
No. 12: NED v GER, 20.45CET, Kharkiv

Thursday 14 June 2012
No. 13: ITA v CRO, 18.00CET, Poznan
No. 14: ESP v IRL, 20.45CET, Gdansk

Friday 15 June 2012
No. 15: SWE v ENG, 20.45CET, Kyiv
No. 16: UKR v FRA, 18.00CET, Donetsk

Saturday 16 June 2012
No. 17: CZE v POL, 20.45CET, Wroclaw
No. 18: GRE v RUS, 20.45CET, Warsaw

Sunday 17 June 2012
No. 19: POR v NED, 20.45CET, Kharkiv
No. 20: DEN v GER, 20.45CET, Lviv

Monday 18 June 2012
No. 21: CRO v ESP, 20.45CET, Gdansk
No. 22: ITA v IRL, 20.45CET, Poznan

Tuesday 19 June 2012
No. 23: ENG v UKR, 20.45CET, Donetsk
No. 24: SWE v FRA, 20.45CET, Kyiv

Wednesday 20 June 2012
No matches

Thursday 21 June 2012
No. 25: 1A v 2B, 20.45CET, Warsaw

Friday 22 June 2012
No. 26: 1B v 2A, 20.45CET, Gdansk

Saturday 23 June 2012
No. 27: 1C v 2D, 20.45CET, Donetsk

Sunday 24 June 2012
No. 28: 1D v 2C, 20.45CET, Kyiv

Monday 25 June 2012
No matches

Tuesday 26 June 2012
No matches

Wednesday 27 June 2012
No. 29: WNo. 25 v WNo. 27, 20.45CET, Donetsk

Thursday 28 June 2012
No. 30: WNo. 26 v WNo. 28, 20.45CET, Warsaw

Friday 29 June 2012
No matches

Saturday 30 June 2012
No matches

Sunday 1 July 2012
No. 31: WNo. 29 v WNo. 30, 20.45CET, Kyiv

UEFA EURO 2012 finals schedule confirmed