Football : UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers

[DocDutch]

Originally Posted by thenry

nice looking groups

Nice looking for wnot my team i would rather have Sweden, France and the Ukraine.

[danielf]

I'm not fancying group B. On the upside, assuming we make it out, we can't meet Germany until the final.

[thenry]

Originally Posted by DocDutch

Nice looking for wnot my team i would rather have Sweden, France and the Ukraine.

your team is?

Originally Posted by denphone

Yes l am looking forward to it with relish.

Originally Posted by danielf

I'm not fancying group B. On the upside, assuming we make it out, we can't meet Germany until the final.

I hope the matches don't overlap

[iadom]

Originally Posted by thenry

your team is?

Erm, I think DocDutch's username might be a bit of a clue.

[thenry]

completely missed that Holland should be fine finishing 2nd in their group

[danielf]

Originally Posted by thenry

completely missed that Holland should be fine finishing 2nd in their group

Whereas England...

Portugal could be a bit of a banana peel though.

[thenry]

true, England... need I say more.. we'll just have to wait and see

[denphone]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16137701.stm

England's group game with Sweden at Euro 2012 on 15 June will be shown live on the BBC, who will also have first pick of the quarter-finals.

ITV will show England's opening group game with France (11 June) and their final game with Ukraine (19 June).

Group games

8 June: Poland v Greece (BBC), Russia v Czech Republic (ITV)

9 June: Netherlands v Denmark (BBC), Germany v Portugal (BBC)

10 June: Spain v Italy (ITV), Republic of Ireland v Croatia (ITV)

11 June: France v England (ITV), Ukraine v Sweden (BBC)

12 June: Greece v Czech Republic (ITV), Poland v Russia (ITV)

13 June: Denmark v Portugal (ITV), Netherlands v Germany (BBC)

14 June: Italy v Croatia (BBC), Spain v Republic of Ireland (ITV)

15 June: Ukraine v France (ITV), Sweden v England (BBC)

16 June: Greece v Russia (BBC), Poland v Czech Republic (BBC)

17 June: Portugal v Netherlands (ITV), Denmark v Germany (ITV)

18 June: Croatia v Spain (BBC), Italy v Republic of Ireland (BBC)

19 June: Sweden v France (ITV), England v Ukraine (ITV)


Knock-out stages

Quarter-finals (21, 22, 23, 24 June) - BBC has first & fourth picks, ITV has second & third

Semi-finals (27 & 28 June) - BBC

Final (1 July) - BBC & ITV

[denphone]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16433259.stm

England will play Norway and Belgium in their final two friendlies before the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine.

On Saturday, 26 May, England travel to Oslo to take on Norway in the same Ullevaal Stadion in which they famously lost a World Cup qualifier 2-1 in 1981.

On 2 June, Belgium visit Wembley before England head to their base in Krakow to prepare for their opening Euro 2012 game against France on 11 June.

"I'm very happy with these two games," said England boss Fabio Capello