FACTBOX-Poland/Ukraine's winning bid to host Euro 2012

Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:37pm BST
 
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(Reuters) - Following are details of the stadiums and cities involved in Poland and Ukraine's winning bid to host the 2012 European Championship:

CITIES: Matches will be played in six Polish and six Ukrainian cities.

Poland: Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw, Wroclaw and in reserve Chorzow, Krakow.

Ukraine: Kiev, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv and in reserve Kharkiv, Odessa

VENUES

POLAND:

GDANSK: Baltic Arena, to be built between 2008-2010. Planned capacity: 44,000.

POZNAN: Municipal Stadium. Built in 1980; home to Lech Poznan. Under renovation. Current capacity: 24,166. Planned capacity in 2008: 46,500.

WARSAW: National Stadium; to be built between 2007 and 2009. Planned capacity: 70,000.  Continued...

 

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