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The
2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as
Euro 2012, will be the 14th
European Championship for
national football teams
organised by
UEFA. The final tournament will be hosted by Poland and Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012. It is the first time that either nation has hosted the tournament. This bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee in 2007.
The final tournament features 16 nations, the last European Championship to do so (from
Euro 2016 onward, there will be 24 finalists). Qualification was contested by 51 nations between August 2010 and November 2011 to join the two host nations in the tournament. The winner of the tournament gains automatic entry to the
2013 FIFA Confederations Cuphosted by Brazil
