EURO 2021

Warsaw – Poland’s National Stadium, which is to host the opening match of the Euro 2012 football championship, was unlikely to be ready by the June 30 deadline amid a series of construction mistakes, local media reported Wednesday. The stairs leading up to the stadium in Warsaw were faulty as inspectors said they would not withstand the weight of thousands of football fans. ‘I’m aware there are tensions at the construction site, especially because of the stairs,’ said Sports Minister Adam Giersz. ‘They are faulty, which means the deadline might […]

The opening of the sports complex “Olympic”, which will take the final match of Euro 2012, moved to the end of September, Told Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Boris Kolesnikov According to Kolesnikov, now the stadium is ready by 87%. “Unfortunately, the Germans delayed the delivery of construction materials for 60 days. Therefore, the discovery will have to move at the end of September (before it was planned that the stadium will open on August 24. – Ed.). In thethe middle month immediately begin rehearsals grand opening ” […]

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has met with the sixteen chairmen of Poland’s Ekstraklasa football clubs to talk about stadium safety and a proposed crackdown on hooliganism. Sports Minister Adam Giersz and Deputy Interior Minister Adam Rapacki were also present at the meeting, as well as the Chairman of the Polish FA (PZPN), Grzegorz Lato. Before the meeting, Donald Tusk, himself an avid football fan, said that he would announce government decisions as to stadium safety. The Prime Minister said that his cabinet would continue to employ measures seen at the […]

The final decisions have been taken, because each team is waiting for the December draw of the Euro 2012 groups, but there are indications that Swedes will live and train in Gdynia. Gdynia is one of the fastest developing cities in Poland, and, according to recent ranking of “Przekrój”, it is the leader among the best places to live in. Gdynia is famous for its cultural events of national importance or even of world importance, among which one should mention about Literary Award Gdynia Polish Film Festival, theater festival report […]

The main sports arena in Ukraine, which will host the finals of the Euro 2012 soccer tournament, now has a logo. Soccer fans could enter a contest to have their logo chosen to represent the tourney. The winner is designer and soccer fan Sergey Melnik, who lives in Dubai. The logo is supposed to represent the inside of the stadium. Sergey’s brother traveled to Kyiv to accept the $1,200 prize on his brother’s behalf. [Alexander Melnik, Winner’s Brother]: “This is a membrane that is stretched over the stadium, and the […]

National Stadium in Warsaw, one of the main arenas of the European Football Championship in 2012, will be officially opened on 27 August. On that day, there will be an artistic event called “Energia pokoleń” (Energy of Generations). Three weeks before it, on 6 August, motocross competitions will be held at the National Stadium, however the opening ceremony will be on 27 August. On 6 September football match Poland-Germany is planned. – Motocross competitions will be the first test sport event, while the official inauguration of the stadium, with speeches […]

UEFA-recommended accommodation centres are approached as basis for individual national teams for Euro 2012. The drawing of groups for the finals will take place in Kiev on December 2. Each participant of the finals has the right to point out a single accommodation centre in Poland and Ukraine and two substitute centres. The UEFA-recommended accommodation centre list, published on October 1, 2010, includes 17 Ukrainian and 21 Polish centres. The list does not include a centre in Grodzisk Wielkopolski already booked by the Polish national soccer team. This is the […]

The National Stadium in Warsaw which has a capacity of 60 thousand seats will be built in the place where at present is the 10th Anniversary Stadium. According to current conception the National Stadium is expected to be the main element of a sports-recreational centre. The National Stadium is expected to be one of the main centres of the European Football Championships Euro 2012, where according to the original scheme it will be played among others: the opening match, some of the group matches, one quarter-final and one semi-final. Warsaw […]

The National Stadium in Warsaw which has a capacity of 60 thousand seats will be built in the place where at present is the 10th Anniversary Stadium, or next to Washington roundabout in Prague-South. According to current conception the National Stadium is expected to be the main element of a sports-recreational centre (“the National Sport Centre”) which will including among others: a pool with Olympic parameters, a sports-auditorium hall on 15 thousand seats, as well as commercial part (shop centres, gastronomic centres). The Central Sports Centre in Warsaw is the […]

Common border checks, simplification of checks procedures, as well as increase of the safety of fans are joint projects of Kiev and Warsaw, which are being prepared for the EURO 2012. The projects are being prepared by internal affairs ministries in both countries in the framework of a working group of Euro 2012. An important project is to organize a joint Polish-Ukrainian border checks, which would facilitate the whole process of checks and shorten the waiting time. Dariusz Derewicz from the Department of Public Security said that such cooperation worked, […]