EURO finals draw seedings unveiled
Baku, November 16 (AZERTAC). Spain and the Netherlands will join co-hosts Poland and Ukraine in Pot 1 after the seedings for the UEFA EURO 2012 finals draw at 18.00CET on 2 December in Kyiv were announced.
UEFA has announced the seedings for the UEFA EURO 2012 finals draw at the Palace of Arts in Kyiv, Ukraine on Friday 2 December.
The 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams each (Groups A to D). Four seeding pots will be created, with the host associations Poland and Ukraine being top seeds. Poland will be automatically placed in Group A as A1, Ukraine in Group D as D1.
The reigning champions Spain will be placed in Pot 1, together with the Netherlands, the team with the highest national team coefficient, as established at the conclusion of the play-off matches.
The other 12 qualifiers have been allocated to the remaining three pots according to their respective coefficients.
Pot 1: Ukraine, Poland, Spain, Netherlands, Pot 2: Germany, Italy, England, Russia, Pot 3: Croatia, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Pot 4: Denmark, France, Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland.
UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino will conduct the draw, and the ceremony will be hosted by Olga Freimut and Piotr Sobczynski - two renowned TV presenters in the UEFA EURO 2012 host countries. The show will include three entertainment acts: the P. Virsky Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble, Ukrainian singer Jamala and a surprise international artist.
Furthermore, and supporting the motto `Creating History Together`, UEFA has invited legendary players from all previous editions of the tournament to participate in the show. In addition, the official match ball of UEFA EURO 2012 will be unveiled during the ceremony.
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