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Didn't see a thread started but the tourney begins today at noon with co-host Poland taking on Greece. All matches will be shown live by ESPN. Here's the UEFA link and a pretty good review by Grant Wahl. I think he's right about the tourney, it's the best tournament in the world, even better than the World Cup (with the exception that the US isn't playing). http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/wr...l?sct=sc_t11_a0PS I see the thread above about the Euro bracket challenge, wasn't sure if that was supposed to just be purely about the challenge contest.....if the mods want to move this up there, that's OK with me.
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FRIDAY - GROUP A
Poland 1-1 Greece
Czech Republic 1-4 Russia
SATURDAY - GROUP B
Denmark 1-0 Netherlands
Germany 1-0 Portugal
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SUNDAY - GROUP C
Italy 1-1 Spain
Croatia 3-1 Ireland
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MONDAY - GROUP D
England 1-1 France
Ukraine vs. Sweden @ 2:45 pm
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20 goals scored in eight matches (2.50 per match) with two shutouts.
Below are the results along with their FIFA World Ranking:
FRIDAY - GROUP A
#62 Poland 1-1 #15 Greece
#27 Czech Republic 1-4 #13 Russia
SATURDAY - GROUP B
#9 Denmark 1-0 #4 Netherlands
#3 Germany 1-0 #10 Portugal
SUNDAY - GROUP C
#12 Italy 1-1 #1 Spain
#8 Croatia 3-1 #18 Ireland
MONDAY - GROUP D
12 pm, #6 England 1-1 #14 France
3 pm, #17 Sweden 1-2 #52 Ukraine
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what is the magic spray that we see every 5 minutes, they've never told us. it sure is a miracle worker tho.
is there any contact in the european "mens" game that doesn't result in flopping around like a fish? what adult grabs a body part like they've been shot, opens mouth wide to howl & rolls back & forth on the ground? little magic spray & they're hopping around again & that seems to be ok with the fans, fifa, etc i hope that never takes hold in our college & hs ranks. i also wonder why the women don't flop around like the "men", they just play harder.
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6/12/12 Euro 2012 TV ratings continue to grow on ESPNPaul Kennedy, Soccer AmericaQuote:
There seems to be not stopping the growth of the U.S. viewership for international soccer.
After the first three days of Euro 2012, four group games on ESPN drew higher ratings than those for any first-round game four years earlier.
Sunday's Spain-Italy game, which kicked off at noon ET, drew a 1.7 rating, higher than the 1.6 rating for the Detroit-Cincinnati baseball game on ESPN.
Three other games drew higher ratings than the 0.9 rating that was the best rating at Euro 2008 for a group match: Germany-Portugal (1.3), Netherlands-Denmark (1.2) and Ireland-Croatia (1.2).
To put soccer in perspective on the American sports scene, here a few other ratings over the weekend:
-- Game 7 of the Miami-Boston NBA series drew a 9.1 rating, the highest ever for an NBA game on cable TV;
-- Game 5 of the NHL's Stanley Cup final between Los Angeles and Detroit on NBC drew a 2.6 rating.
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Imagine how many more people would watch it if they knew they wouldn't have to listen to Alexi Lalas!
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Future Euro
2016 hosted by France
Current Euro
2012 hosted by Poland/Ukraine
Past Euro Champions
2008 Spain
2004 Greece
2000 France
1996 Germany
1992 Denmark
1988 Netherlands
1984 France
1980 West Germany
1976 Czechoslovakia
1972 West Germany
1968 Italy
1964 Spain
1960 USSR
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