{"id":7139,"date":"2012-06-07T12:03:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T12:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7139"},"modified":"2012-06-07T12:03:34","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T12:03:34","slug":"poland-to-face-greece-in-first-match-of-euro-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7139","title":{"rendered":"Poland to face Greece in first match of Euro 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PolandWarsaw<\/strong>: Co-hosts Poland play 2004 champions Greece here Friday to kick-off the Euro 2012 <\/a>football championship. However, the first eye-catching match will be between three times champions Germany and 2004 runners-up Portugal Sunday.<\/p>\n

From Group A, the Czech Republic and Russia should progress but will have to watch out for Poland, who could spring a surprise.<\/p>\n

Group B has been tipped to be the ‘group of death’ with three former champions in it. Germany and world cup runners-up Netherlands will be favourites but Portugal and Denmark cannot be discounted.<\/p>\n

Defending Europe and world champions Spain are the favourites to progress from Group C. Italy’s poor performance in the warm-ups leading to the tournament has marred their chances while Croatia and the Republic of Ireland will be the dark horses.<\/p>\n

Group D sees the other co-hosts Ukraine pitting themselves against giants of European football England and France while Sweden could be the surprise package. <\/p>\n

The Euro Groups and fixtures, the top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

Group A: Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Russia <\/p>\n

Group B: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal <\/p>\n

Group C: Croatia, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Spain<\/p>\n

Group D: England, France, Sweden, Ukraine<\/p>\n

Day Date Team Time (IST) Group
Fri June 8 Poland vs Greece (21:30) A
Sat June 9 Russia vs Czech Republic (00:15) A
Sat June 9 Netherlands vs Denmark (21:30) B
Sun June 10 Germany vs Portugal (00:15) B
Sun June 10 Spain vs Italy (21:30) C
Mon June 11 Rep.Ireland vs Croatia (00:15) C
Mon June 11 France vs England (21:30) D
Tue June 12 Ukraine vs Sweden (00:15) D
Tue June 12 Greece vs Czech Republic (21:30) A
Wed June 13 Poland vs Russia (00:15) A
Wed June 13 Denmark vs Portugal (21:30) B
Thu June 14 Netherlands vs Germany (00:15) B
Thu June 14 Italy vs Croatia (21:30) C
Fri June 15 Spain vs Rep.Ireland (00:15) C
Fri June 15 Sweden vs England (21:30) D
Sat June 16 Ukraine vs France (00:15) D
Sun June 16 Greece vs Russia (00:15) A
Sun June 16 Czech Republic vs Poland (00:15) A
Mon June 17 Portugal vs Netherlands (00:15) B
Mon June 17 Denmark vs Germany (00:15) B
Tue June 18 Croatia vs Spain (00:15) C
Tue June 18 Italy vs Rep.Ireland (00:15) C
Wed June 19 Sweden vs France (00:15) D
Wed June 19 England vs Ukarine (00:15) D<\/p>\n

Quarter-finals:
Thursday June 21 (00:15)
Winner Group A vs Runner-up Group B<\/p>\n

Friday June 22 (00:15)
Winner Group B vs Runner-up Group A<\/p>\n

Saturday June 23 (00:15)
Winner Group C vs Runner-up Group D<\/p>\n

Sunday June 24 (00:15)
Winner Group D vs Runner-up Group C<\/p>\n

Semi-finals:
Wednesday June 27 (00:15)
At Donetsk <\/p>\n

Thursday June 28 (00:15)
At Warsaw <\/p>\n

Final:
Sunday July 1 (00:15)
At Kiev <\/p>\n

(IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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