ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN IN DIFFERENT UEFA EURO 2012 QUALIFYING GROUPS
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.02.2010 16:41 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia and Azerbaijan fell in different qualifying
groups of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship as result of
a draw Warsaw hosted on Sunday.
Commonly referred to as Euro 2012, it will be the 14th European
Championship for national football teams sanctioned by UEFA. The
final tournament will be hosted by Poland and Ukraine between 8 June
and 1 July 2012.
The joint Poland/Ukraine bid was chosen by UEFA’s Executive Committee
on 18 April 2007, in Cardiff, Wales. This bid defeated the other
shortlisted bids from Italy and Croatia/Hungary, becoming 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
nations will participate, with Euro 2016 being the first European
Championship finals with 24 competing nations. Qualification for the
final tournament will be staged between September 2010 and November
2011.
Group A: Germany, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan
Group B: Russia, Slovakia, Republic of Ireland, FYR Macedonia, Armenia,
Andorra Group C: Italy, Serbia, Northern Ireland, Slovenia, Estonia,
Faroe Islands Group D: France, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belarus,
Albania, Luxembourg Group H: Holland, Sweden, Finland, Hungary,
Moldova, San Marino Group F: Croatia, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Georgia,
Malta Group G: England, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Wales, Montenegro
Group H: Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Cyprus, Iceland Group I: Spain,
Czech Republic, Scotland, Lithuania, Liechtenstein