UEFA Euro 2012 two consecutive European Championships, and also three straight major tournaments (Euro 2008, 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012). Spain had already gained entry to the 2013 Confederations Cup by winning the 2010 World Cup, so runners-up Italy qualified instead. As at Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, both 2012 host nations were eliminated in the group stage. The hosting of the event was initially contested by five bids representing seven countries: Croatia–Hungary, Greece, Italy, Poland–Ukraine, and Turkey. In November 2005, after an initial consideration of the bid data by UEFA, both the Greek and Turkish bids were eliminated from the
2012 Euro-American Challenge Wesley Carroll. The Team Europe included players from Poland, Germany, Sweden, Finland and France. 2012 Euro-American Challenge The 2012 Euro-American Challenge - was an American football game played at Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland on September 1, 2012. The game was organized by the Collegiate Development Football League and Team USA American Football Stars Stripes. It was the first edition of the Euro-American Challenge. The contest brought the best available American players who are interested in playing professionally in Europe versus the best European players who are willing to be recruited by American scouts to play in the United States.