Euro 2012

[The Coon Dog]

Re: Euro 2012

Group C

Spain

Italy

Republic of Ireland

Croatia


Group D

Ukraine

Sweden

France

England

[Sockeye Salmon]

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The group A teams would be pretty happy with that draw

[SlimPickens]

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Group B...wow!

[anfo27]

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I'm gutted. I'm just thankful Portugal got Holland and not Spain, still bloody tough though. We had the toughest group in the World Cup and now we draw the group of death again. Ah well if you want to be the best you have to beat the best right?
Has it been announced which city each group is based?

[ledge]

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I'm gutted. I'm just thankful Portugal got Holland and not Spain, still bloody tough though. We had the toughest group in the World Cup and now we draw the group of death again. Ah well if you want to be the best you have to beat the best right?
Has it been announced which city each group is based?

Whos we??

[anfo27]

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Whos we??

My parents are from Portugal but I'm an aussie first so if Australia ever played Portugal i'd be cheering the aussies on.

[The Doctor]

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How on earth did they come up with these groups? Weren't they meant to be seeded?

Groups B and C are incredibly tough when you consider the FIFA world rankings

Group A

Poland 66
Russia 12
Greece 14
Czech Rep 33

Group B

Holland 2
Denmark 11
Germany 3
Portugal 7

Group C

Spain 1
Italy 9
Croatia 8
Ireland 21


So groups B and C get 3 teams each in from the top 10 and Group A none???

Did Roman Abramovich slip Sepp Blatter a few zillion rubles or something?

[Raw Toast]

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How on earth did they come up with these groups? Weren't they meant to be seeded?

Groups B and C are incredibly tough when you consider the FIFA world rankings

Group A

Poland 66
Russia 12
Greece 14
Czech Rep 33

Group B

Holland 2
Denmark 11
Germany 3
Portugal 7

Group C

Spain 1
Italy 9
Croatia 8
Ireland 21


So groups B and C get 3 teams each in from the top 10 and Group A none???

Did Roman Abramovich slip Sepp Blatter a few zillion rubles or something?

Completely agree. FFS, group B has four of the top 11 teams in the world in it! It would be an outrage for a World Cup, let alone a Euro. And to make matters worse, the Dutch and Germans are likely to lead to a fair few cards, if history is any guide.

The Dutch, whom I follow with passion, have been pretty expectant, suspect they'll be a fair bit more cautious now...

[The Coon Dog]

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Bump!

Starts on June 8.

Here is the schedule (Poland is 8 hours behind Melb & Ukraine is 7 hours behind Melb) :

Link

[Mantis]

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Too lazy to search, who has broadcast rights?

[chef]

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Setanta.

[The Coon Dog]

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Too lazy to search, who has broadcast rights?

SBS are doing some games. Some are delayed & some live, seems a real mix match with 4 first round group games, 2 quarter finals & 1 semi final plus the final.

Poland v Greece
11:00pm Sunday 10 June
Delayed
SBS TWO

Spain v Italy
9:30pm Tuesday 12 June
Delayed
SBS TWO

France v England
9:30pm Wednesday 13 June
Delayed
SBS TWO

Netherlands v Germany
9:30pm Friday 15 June
Delayed
SBS TWO

Quarter Final (Match TBC)
4:00am Date TBC
LIVE
SBS ONE

Quarter Final (Match TBC)
4:00am Date TBC
LIVE
SBS ONE

Semi Final (Match TBC)
4:00am Date TBC
LIVE
SBS ONE

Final
4:00am Monday 2 July
LIVE
SBS ONE

9:30pm Tuesday 3 July
REPLAY
SBS TWO

[LostDoggy]

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How on earth did they come up with these groups? Weren't they meant to be seeded?

Groups B and C are incredibly tough when you consider the FIFA world rankings

Group A

Poland 66
Russia 12
Greece 14
Czech Rep 33

Group B

Holland 2
Denmark 11
Germany 3
Portugal 7

Group C

Spain 1
Italy 9
Croatia 8
Ireland 21


So groups B and C get 3 teams each in from the top 10 and Group A none???

Did Roman Abramovich slip Sepp Blatter a few zillion rubles or something?

I think they seed the home sides higher than they usually would.
Greece won 8 years back because Portugal was rated higher than they should of.

[The Coon Dog]

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Another big corruption scandal in Italy Chops, usually means Italy do well!

[LostDoggy]

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Another big corruption scandal in Italy Chops, usually means Italy do well!

That happens every season in Italy.