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EURO 2012: meeting with UEFA
Generation 2012
Tournament
For the second time the tournament’s organizer was the Ukrainian Football Federation, which will hold this year’s matches jointly with partners from Poland. Young players born in the years 1992-93 took part in the tournament. Because of their age they could participate in their national teams in 2012.
12 teams from Ukraine and Poland was presented by those cities which were placed in the joint Poland-Ukraine bid to host the matches of the final round of the European Football Championships 2012. For that reason the tournament saw participation of players from Chorzów, Gdańsk, Krakow, Poznań, Warsaw, Wrocław, as well as Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Odessa, Kiev, Kiev Oblast and Lviv.
In sub-groups the players compete in the circular system – 2 matches daily. Each match is composed of two halves 25 each with a break not longer than 10 minutes. The teams that win the First and the Second place in the group matches, become the semi-final pairs. The finals are scheduled for 12th August at Victor Bannikov NTK FFU Stadium.
The tournament aims at the promotion of the joint Poland-Ukraine bid in the UEFA competition for hosting EURO 2012. "Generation 2012" is a major element in the preparations for the final stage of this bidding. The high priority of the event is evidenced by the fact that Miroslav Dutczak, the Deputy Ukrainian Minister for Family, Youth and Sport was appointed as the head of the tournament’s Organizing Committee.
Timetable
9th August
10:00 - opening ceremony of the tournament
Group A
11:00 Donetsk - Gdańsk (Olympic Stadium)
12:00 Gdańsk - Kiev Region (Olympic Stadium)
13:00 Donetsk - Kiev Region (Olympic Stadium)
Group B
11:00 Dnipropetrovsk - Poznań (Viktor Bannikov Stadium)
12:00 Poznań - Warsaw (Viktor Bannikov Stadium)
13:00 Warsaw - Dnipropetrovsk (Viktor Bannikov Stadium)
Group C
15:30 Kiev - Chorzów (Olympic Stadium)
16:30 Lviv - Chorzów (Olympic Stadium)
17:30 Kiev - Lviv (Olympic Stadium)
Group D
15:30 Krakow - Wrocław (Viktor Bannikov Stadium)
16:30 Odessa - Wrocław (Viktor Bannikov Stadium)
17:30 Odessa - Krakow (Viktor Bannikov Stadium)
10th August
przerwa w rozgrywkach
11th August
10:30 A3 - D3 (Stadium of the Academy of Physical Education in Kiev)
11:30 B3 - C3 (Stadium of the Academy of Physical Education in Kiev)
12:30 A2 - D2 (Stadium of the Academy of Physical Education in Kiev)
10:30 B2 - C2 (ATEK)
11:30 A1 - D1 (ATEK)
12:30 B1 - C1 (ATEK)
12th August
10:00 - mecz za 11 miejsce (Stadium of the Academy of Physical Education in Kiev)
11:00 - mecz za 9 miejsce (Stadium of the Academy of Physical Education in Kiev)
10:00 - mecz za 7 miejsce (ATEK)
11:00 - mecz za 5 miejsce (ATEK)
16:30 - mecz za 3 miejsce (Viktor Bannikov Stadium)
18:00 - mecz za 1 miejsce (Viktor Bannikov Stadium)
19:00 - ceremonia wręczenia nagród
Results
Tournament medallists:
1st place – Gdańsk,
2nd place – Lviv,
3rd place – Warsaw
Other places in the tournament were divided among the teams in the following way:
4th place – Krakow,
5th place – Wrocław,
6th place – Chorzów,
7th place – Poznań,
8th place – Donetsk,
9th place – Dnipropetrovsk,
10th place – Kiev Region,
11th place – Kiev,
12th place – Odessa.
Results of the first stage:
| Group A | W | D | L | F - A | Pnt |
| Gdansk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 - 2 | 6 |
| Donetsk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 - 4 | 3 |
| Kiev region | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 - 6 | 0 |
| Group B | W | D | L | F - A | Pnt |
| Warsaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 - 0 | 6 |
| Poznan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 |
| Dniepropietrovsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 - 5 | 0 |
| Group C | W | D | L | F - A | Pnt |
| Lviv | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 - 1 | 6 |
| Chorzow | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 - 2 | 3 |
| Kiev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 - 8 | 0 |
| Group D | W | D | L | F - A | Pnt |
| Krakow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 - 0 | 6 |
| Wroclaw | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 - 2 | 3 |
| Odessa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 - 9 | 0 |
Comments
Vitaly Zhuravskiy, acting as the city Mayor Deputy, greeted the guests:
- We are proud that Ukraine and Poland are unified by one project – EURO 2012. We hope that those boys will play in the main staff of their national teams at the European championship of year 2012. It is great that the final tournament EURO 2012, I am sure, we will win the tender, will be held in Kyiv.
Myroslav Dutchak, Deputy Minister of Ukraine for Family, Youth and Sports pointed out:
- It is pleasant to admit that our goal for the tournament is realized. Children do not only compete but get acquainted with our capital, with each other, build friendship between Ukraine and Poland – forever. We will see the confirmation of this on the 8th of December, when our Bid wins.
Adam Olkowicz, Deputy Director of the Executive Committee EURO 2012 of Poland, thanked the organizers of the tournament, for the organization of the competition and care, and addressed Ukrainian colleagues:
- Remain our friends for our team to work as fruitful as we have done so far! We are – one team, and this tournament will confirm our desire for victory.
Anatoliy Bidenko, Vice-President of the Football Federation of Ukraine, compared Ukraine to Portugal in regard to EURO 2004:
- As an example I would like to say some words about Portugal, ordinary country which turned into a fairy-tale. I wish the idea of the football functionaries reached people and I wish to young people to grow fast and quickly contribute to the main staff of their national teams, and perform at EURO 2012.
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