By Anna Italia 
Covering the UEFA EURO 2012 from an Italian Perspective

Here is the UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying Draw including qualifying groups and fixtures, EURO 2012 tickets, and EURO 2012 Calendar Events. Current champions is Spain.

UEFA EURO 2012 Qualifying Draw

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Fifty one countries participated in the UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying Draw in Warsaw on Sunday, February 7, 2010 conducted by four famous names from Polish and Ukrainian football: Andriy Shevchenko, Andrzej Szarmach, Oleg Blokhin and Zbigniew Boniek. Two familiar faces in the draw are Andriy  Shevchenko and Zbigniew Boniek who played in the Italian Serie A.  Shevchenko played for AC Milan while Boniek played for Juventus and AS Roma.

UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying groups draw

Group A: Germany, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan

Group B: Russia, Slovakia, Republic of Ireland, Macedonia, Armenia, Andorra

Group C:  Italy, Serbia, Northern Ireland, Slovenia, Estonia, Faroe Islands

Group D: France, Romania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Belarus, Albania, Luxembourg

Group E: Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Moldova, San Marino

Group F: Croatia, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Georgia, Malta

Group G: England, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Wales, Montenegro

Group H: Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Cyprus, Iceland

Group I: Spain, Czech Republic, Scotland, Lithuania, Liechtenstein

HERE IS HOW IT WORKS

Based on  the rules of the UEFA, the groups will be contested according to a league system on a home-and-away basis, with games scheduled between September 2010 and October 2011.

The nine winners and the runner-up with the best record against the top five sides in their pool qualify directly for the final tournament, the last  before the championship is expanded to 24 teams. The eight remaining runners-up go into play-off matches in November 2011 to decide the  final four sides to join co-hosts Poland and Ukraine.

The associations in a group have 30 days after the UEFA EURO 2012qualifying draw in Warsaw on 7 February 2010 in which to agree on the  order of their matches.

The exact date of each match must bespecified (e.g. Saturday 4 September 2010). If the associations in question are unable to reach agreement the matches will take place according to a standard fixture list drawn up by the UEFA administration. This standard fixture list will take into consideration relevant factors for the match organization, such as weather conditions.

The following 12 dates are reserved for the UEFA EURO 2012 group matches in qualifying:

a) 3/4 and 7 September 2010
b) 8/9 and 12 October 2010
c) 25/26 and 29 March 2011
d) 3/4 and 7 June 2011
e) 2/3 and 6 September 2011
f) 7/8 and 11 October 2011

The following dates are reserved for the UEFA EURO 2012  play-off matches between the
remaining eight runners-up:

a) 11/12 November 2011
b) 15 November 2011

UEFA EURO 2012 Event Calendar
Date	Event
18/04/2007	Announcement of EURO hosts
14/12/2009	Logo and slogan launch
07/02/2010	Qualifying draw in Warsaw
08/06/2010	Two years to EURO kick-off
03, 04, 07/09/2010	EURO qualifying matches
08, 09, 12/10/2010	EURO qualifying matches
25, 26, 29/03/2011	EURO qualifying matches
03, 04, 07/06/2011	EURO qualifying matches
02, 03, 06/09/2011	EURO qualifying matches
07, 08, 11/10/2011	EURO qualifying matches
11, 12/11/2011	EURO qualifying play-offs
15/11/2011	EURO qualifying play-offs
08/06/2012	EURO kicks off in WarsawE

UEFA EURO 2010 Qualifying Draw GROUPS
EURO 2012 Group A Germany Turkey Austria Belgium Kazakhstan Azerbaijan	EURO 2012 Group B Russia Slovakia Republic of Ireland Macedonia Armenia Andorra
EURO 2012 Group C       Italy Serbia Northern Ireland Slovenia Estonia Faroe Islands	EURO 2012 Group D     France, Romania Bosnia Herzegovina Belarus Albania Luxembourg
EURO 2012 Group E Netherlands Sweden, Finland Hungary Moldova San Marino	EURO 2012 Group F   Croatia Greece Israel Latvia Georgia Malta
EURO 2012 Group G England Switzerland Bulgaria Wales, Montenegro	EURO 2012 Group  H Portugal Denmark Norway Cyprus Iceland
EURO 2012 Group  I Spain Czech Republic Scotland Lithuania Liechtenstein	Bye to finals (hosts) Poland Ukraine

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Click the video to watch the UEFA EURO 2012 Qualifying Draw.
Sunday, February 7, 2010.  Italy  is in Group C.




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I found this article in Fusirosanero interesting. What are your thoughts is Palermo President Maurizio Zamparini right or not?

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Zamparini sustains that "without wrongful referee decisions we would have been side by side with Inter"  The note was taken from an interview Zamparini gave to La Gazzetta dello Sport commenting the many wrongful referee decisions affecting Palermo in this season.  Zamparini said that there is a list of at least 11 wrongful referee decisions penalizing us that without those Palermo would have had almost same points as inter.   



Point is that Palermo fans are so upset that they keep mentioning all the wrongful decisions to Zamparini and he has to defend himself. 

For example, after the game against Napoli, Zamprini was not happy with Referee Orsato not giving a penalty to Palermo.  Zamparini after the match added in an interview in La Gazzetta dello Sport, "I can demonstrate that there has been at least 9 penalties not given to Palermo this season." 

The thing is what can Palermo do to avoid more wrongful decisions?  I want to hear from you guys....
 
This week Palermo defeated Parma.  Palermo up to Serie A Week 23 is in the 5th position with 37 points just one point less than Napoli holding the 4th position.  Inter has 52 points.


Palermo 2 - 1 Parma  


Next week Palermo is playing the away match against Roma at the Olimpico. Roma is in the 3rd position with 44 points.  If we lose the match we might go down to the 8th position if Juventus and Sampdoria win their respective games.  My question is are we going to see more wrongful decisions against Palermo?  Let's talk about it guys...

See you soon from Sunny Sicily



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