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In Warsaw, begins drawing skills of Euro-2012

In Warsaw begins drawing the European Championship qualifying round.

Recall that the Ukrainian national team does not participate in the selection of a home Euro 2012, so all fights are friendlies.

As a result of the draw all the teams will be divided into 9 groups. In the six groups will be six teams, while another three – five. In the final stage will come 14 best teams that will constitute the company hosts the tournament Ukraine and Poland. Sowing the basket was made according to UEFA coefficients table at the end of World Cup qualification 2010.

In accordance with the calendar of international matches, from September 2010-th to October 2011 the first team from one group will hold each other to match home and away. In the final stage directly come out the winners of the nine teams and the team came second with the best performance. In November 2011 the remaining four trips to the final stage in the play-offs will compete for the other eight teams that finished second.

Sowing

Pot 1: Spain (holders), Germany, Netherlands, Italy, England, Croatia, Portugal, France, Russia.

The current European champion Spain as well as teams of Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, England, Croatia, Portugal, France and Russia got the first basket of the draw qualifying round of Euro 2012.

It is noteworthy that the Russians did not play with the national team of Georgia, as the League for political reasons decided to separate teams on different groups.

Pot 2: Greece, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, Denmark, Slovakia, Romania.

The most powerful representative of this basket looks like team of Serbia, which with 22 points took first place in Group 7, ahead of France, Austria, Lithuania, Romania .

Pot 3: , Israel, Bulgaria, Finland, Norway, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pot 4: Slovenia, Latvia, Hungary, Lithuania, Belarus, Belgium, Wales, Macedonia, Cyprus.

Pot 5: Montenegro, Albania, Estonia, Georgia, Moldova, Iceland, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein.

Cart 6: Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Malta, Faroe Islands, Andorra, San Marino.