Uefa gives Ukraine green light for Euro 2012 14/12/2009 |
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Uefa has given Ukraine its seal of approval to host the 2012 European Championships and chosen Kiev to stage the final.
European football’s governing body had been concerned about the slow progress of infrastructure work in Lviv, Donetsk and Kharkiv, raising doubts about Ukraine jointly hosting the event with Poland.
But after revisiting the cities, Uefa president Michel Platini said: “We can have a tournament in Poland and Ukraine.”
Warsaw, Poznan, Wroclaw and Gdansk had already been confirmed by Uefa as Poland’s venues but it had given Ukraine a November 30 deadline to make improvements in the three cities. Kiev had already won its approval.
Platini added: “I’m pleased to say that thanks to the tremendous efforts of the Ukrainian government we can finally give the green light to a symmetrical tournament with four cities in Poland and Kiev, Lviv, Kharkiv and Donetsk in Ukraine.
“There remains considerable work to be done and considerable hoops to jump through but I entirely trust Ukraine and Poland as hosts.
“We knew it would be a difficult undertaking and that it would be necessary to invest enormously in all of the infrastructure – sporting, hotels and transport.
“Poland and Ukraine have done this in spite of the devastating international financial and economic crisis, and Ukraine has been one of the countries most severely affected by this crisis.
“The work is not finished. Uefa experts will obviously continue to accompany the two countries towards the final tournament.”
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