MINSK, Belarus (AP) — UEFA has finalized the schedule for the 2012 European Championship, with Kiev, Warsaw and Donetsk all hosting five matches in the tournament.
At a meeting of the European governing body’s executive committee in Minsk on Monday, Ukrainian capital Kiev was confirmed as the venue of the final and will also host a quarterfinal and three group-stage matches.
Polish capital Warsaw and Donetsk in Ukraine will each host a semifinal as well as three group matches and a last-eight game. Gdansk will hold four matches, including a quarterfinal, and the remaining four cities — Wroclaw, Poznan, Kharkiv and Lviv — are scheduled to host three games.
Ukraine will host 16 of the tournament’s 31 matches, the first of which will be June 8, 2012.
