Group A of UEFA Euro 2012 was played from 8 to 16 June 2012. The pool was made up of co-host Poland, Czech Republic, Greece and Russia. The top two finishing teams, Czech Republic and Greece, progressed to the quarter-finals, while Russia and Poland were eliminated from the tournament. [1]
Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | UEFA Rankings November 2011 [nb 1] | FIFA Rankings June 2012 |
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A1 | ![]() | 1 | Co-host | 18 April 2007 | 2nd | 2008 | Group stage (2008) | 28 | 62 |
A2 | ![]() | 3 | Group F winner | 11 October 2011 | 4th | 2008 | Winners (2004) | 8 | 15 |
A3 | ![]() | 2 | Group B winner | 11 October 2011 | 10th | 2008 | Winners (1960) | 6 | 13 |
A4 | ![]() | 4 | Play-off winner | 15 November 2011 | 8th | 2008 | Winners (1976) | 13 | 27 |
Notes
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 [a] | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 [a] | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
In the quarter-finals,
Poland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Poland [3] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Greece [3] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [4] |
Russia ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Russia [6] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Czech Republic [6] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [7] |
Greece ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Greece [9] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Czech Republic [9] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [10] |
Poland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Poland [12] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Russia [12] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [13] |
Czech Republic ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Czech Republic [15] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Poland [15] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [16] |
Greece ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Greece [18] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Russia [18] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [19] |