The co-Defending Champions Soviet Union (title holders) which qualified automatically, was ranked 1st (40,477) respectively.
The co-hosts Poland which qualified automatically, was ranked 22nd (26,620) respectively.
Summary
Below is a table containing all seven qualifying groups. Teams that have secured a place in the final tournament are highlighted in green. The order of teams is by final group position.
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 reported to be unpredictable Adidas Jabulani ball present in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in RPA.
The mascot names were announced in December 2010 after voting on the UEFA website. Almost 40,000 votes were received, leading to the following result:[2]
Slavek and Slavko: 56% of votes
Siemko and Strimko: 29%
Klemek and Ladko: 15%
Slogan
The slogan for UEFA Euro 2012 was chosen on 24 January 2011: Expect Emotions.
The UEFA President Michel Platini stated "It describes in a nutshell what the UEFA Euro 2012 has to offer: all kinds of emotions – joy, disappointment, relief or high tension – right up to the final whistle."[3]
For the three game group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions were determined by the record of the tied teams in the games they played against each other in the first instance, then the goals scored and goal difference in all group matches. There was a facility for positions to be determined by a penalty shoot-out if their records were identical and their last match was a draw against each other, but this situation did not arise. Pre-tournament records, disciplinary history and the drawing of lots were also available, but unused, grounds for determining positions.[4]