UPDATE 3-Soccer-Ukraine, Poland to speed up or lose Euro 2012

(adds details, quotes) By Darren Ennis

BORDEAUX, France, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Poland and Ukraine could still lose the right to stage the Euro 2012 soccer finals unless preparations are stepped up, UEFA president Michel Platini said on Friday.

"The executive committee reconfirmed UEFA's commitment to organise Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine," Platini told a news conference in Bordeaux.

"At the same time the committee stressed a number of conditions must be met in order to bring forward the whole project."

When asked if Ukraine and Poland could still lose the right to stage the tournament if they failed to meet those conditions, Platini said: "Yes, the completion of the Kiev and Warsaw stadiums remains an essential element of the whole project

"Without Kiev or without Warsaw (stadiums) we cannot have a tournament. We will have stadiums, we will have wonderful stadiums but we were promised hotels and airports, but we won't have airports. We were promised roads. The Kiev and Warsaw governments must deliver," Platini said.

UEFA also said it may reduce the number of stadiums to be used with a minimum of six and maximum of eight in the light of the slow progress and there may not necessarily be the same number of venues in each country.

"The deadline is May 2009. We will regularly assess the situation on the ground and I, along with the executive, will finally decide on which stadiums, if they are ready, in 2009," Platini said.

He added that his organisation had not yet looked into a "plan B" if Poland and Ukraine are not ready on time.