2. Football refers to a number of sports that involve, to varying
degrees, kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal.
Various forms of "football" can be identified in history, often
as popular peasant games
3. Early Ball History
Through out history, humans have enjoyed kicking a ball or something
like a ball. South American Indians were known to use a light elasticized
ball.
However; rubber was not to be practically manufactured until a few
thousand years later.
According to historical references and legend, early balls ranged from
human heads, stitched up cloth, animal and human skulls to pig or cow
bladders.
4. It is known for a fact that "soccer" was played in 600 A.D. in
Kyoto, Japan. Later, football was played in the United Kingdom
by people of all sorts. The king of England thought that
Football should be banned because of how dangerous it was,
but no one could stop soccer because it had become too
popular of a sport. Today Football is all over the world and
considered to be the most popular sport of all.
5. The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly
referred to as Euro 2012, 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.
This will be the last European Championship finals
tournament to contain 16 nations; 24 will compete from Euro
2016 onward. Qualification will be contested by 51 nations
between August 2010 and November 2011 to join the two
host nations in the tournament.
6. Match ball
Adidas Tango 12
The official match ball for UEFA Euro 2012 is the Adidas Tango
12, which is designed to be easier to dribble and control than
the reportedly unpredictable Adidas Jabulani used at the
2010 FIFA World Cup.
8. Cities Hosts
Euro 2012 will be spread over four cities in Poland: Warsaw, Gdansk, Poznan, Wroclaw;
and four cities in Ukraine: Kiev, Lviv, Kharkiv and Donetsk.
Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine and one of the largest cities in Europe. Its territory is 839
km2. The city population is over 4 mln citizens. Of them, around 2.7 mln live in Kyiv on
a constant basis. The city itself and the neighbouring area constitute an agglomeration
with total population of 5 mln. Kyiv is the main political centre of the country.
Lviv is a city in the west of Ukraine. It is the seventh in terms of population in Ukraine.
In 2007, 735,000 inhabitants lived in Lviv. The city`s area is 171 square кm.
Donetsk is a city in the east of Ukraine, the heart of strong industrial centre Donbass.
The city population is about 1 million. The city`s area is 996 square кm. From the north
to the south, the city stretches for 38 km, and from the east to the west – for 55 km.
Total length of its streets exceeds 2,500 km.
Kharkiv is a city in the North-East of Ukraine, administrative center of Kharkiv region.
Its population is 1 470 900 inhabitants, city area is 306 839 km2. It is the second
Ukrainian city by population number.
9. Warsaw is the capital of Poland. It is located on the Vistula
River. Nowadays the population of Warsaw numbers 1.7 mln
of inhabitants. The area of the city covers 516.9 square
kilometres.
Gdansk is the city in the North of Poland. The area of the city
is 261. 6 km². Its population is 463 thousand people.
Wroclaw is the main city in south-western Poland, situated on
the River Oder. Wrocław was the historical capital of Silesia. It
is one of the largest (forth by population size) and oldest
Polish cities. The area of the city is 293 km². Its population is
632,996 inhabitants.
Poznan is the city in the central part of Western Poland, on
the Warta river, large business, industrial and educational
center of Poland. Its population is 556 022 inhabitants. The
area of the city is 261.85 km².
26. Logo and slogan
• The official logo for the tournament was unveiled at a special
event at Mykhailivska Square, Kiev, on 14 December 2009.
• The logo is shows the stalk of a flower with three branches. A
ball is depicted around the central flower, with the left flower
being red and white (the colors of Poland’s flag) and the right
flower being yellow and blue (the colors of Ukraine’s flag).
• The competition slogan, “Creating History Together” (Polish:
Razem tworzymy przyszłość, Ukrainian: Творимо історію
разом / Tvorymo istoriyu razom), was announced along with
the logo. The slogan reflects the fact that Poland and Ukraine
represent the easternmost host nations in European
Championship history.
27.
28.
29. Mascots
Polish and Ukrainian twins
Slavek & Slavko
Slavek and Slavko are the official mascots of the UEFA Euro
2012. They are twins and represent Polish and Ukrainian
footballers in national colours. The mascots were
announced in December 2010.[38] Similarly as in 2008
names Slavek and Slavko were chosen in the web voting,
over "Siemko and Strimko" and "Klemek and Ladko". They
were designed by Warner Bros.
30. Official songs ,Official
anthem UEFA EURO 2012
• It was announced that "Endless
Summer" by German singer
Oceana would be the official song
of the Official tournament.
31. Participating teams
• The finals will feature sixteen national teams, as
has been the format since 1996
• The sixteen finalists who will participate in the
final tournament are:
• Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark,England,
• France, Germany,Greece, Italy ,the Netherlands,
• Poland (co-hosts), Portugal, Republic of Ireland,
• Russia, Spain,Sweden ,Ukraine (co-hosts).
32. Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic
33. Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
34. Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0
Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
35. Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
France0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
36. Quarter-finals21 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2 Winner Group A Match 25
Runner-up Group B National Stadium, Warsaw
22 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2 Winner Group B Match 26
Runner-up Group A PGE Arena, Gdańsk
23 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3 Winner Group C Match 27
Runner-up Group D Donbass Arena, Donetsk
24 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3 Winner Group D Match 28
Runner-up Group C Olympic Stadium, Kiev
37. Semi-finals27 June 2012 21:45
UTC+3Winner Match 25 Match 29
Winner Match 27 Donbass Arena,Donetsk
28 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2 Winner Match 26 Match 30
Winner Match 28 National Stadium, Warsaw
38. Final
Final: 1 July 2012
21:45 UTC+3 Winner Match
29 Match 31 Winner Match
30 Olympic Stadium, Kiev
