Ukraine will organize the tournament "Generation 2012"

On 8th – 13th August Ukraine will host the tournament "Generation 2012". For the second time the tournament’s organizer is the Ukrainian Football Federation, which will hold this year’s matches jointly with partners from Poland.

Young players born in the years 1992-93 will take part in the tournament. Because of their age they could participate in their national teams in 2012.

12 teams from Ukraine and Poland will be 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 will see 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 will compete in the circular system – 2 matches daily. Each match will be 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, will 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.

FFU, 1st August 2006