UEFA Euro 2012 bids that he was optimistic about preparations in both countries and saw no major obstacles. After a UEFA delegation visited Ukraine in September 2011, he stated the country was "virtually ready for Euro 2012." In April 2012, while on an inspection trip to the host city of Lviv, UEFA president Michel Platini labelled hoteliers as "bandits and crooks" for raising hotel prices in Ukraine for Euro 2012. President Yanukovych ordered his government to prevent hoteliers from charging inflated prices. Some hoteliers had increased prices eighty-fold, causing Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to warn that state control of hotel tariffs might be introduced.
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs from the outset that the draw for the play-offs would be seeded. The four runners-up with the best positions in the UEFA team coefficient ranking system were therefore seeded. Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating: <section begin=Seeding /> The seedings were as follows: <section end=Seeding /> <section begin=Matches /> "Croatia won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2012." "Republic of Ireland won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2012." "Czech Republic won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2012." "Portugal won 6–2 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2012." UEFA Euro 2012