UEFA Euro 2012 squads On 29 May 2012, Blanc announced his final 23-man squad. Nations in bold are represented by their national teams in the tournament UEFA Euro 2012 squads The following is a list of squads for each national team competing at the Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. The tournament started on 8 June and the final took place in Kiev on 1 July 2012. Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers, by 29 May 2012. If a player was injured severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his
UEFA Euro 2012 knockout phase to make it out of the group stage; at Euro 2000, co-host Belgium were eliminated at the group stage, and at Euro 2008, co-hosts Austria and Switzerland also failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. Any game in the knockout stage that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes was followed by thirty minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves). If scores were still level after 30 minutes of extra time, there would be a penalty shootout (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round. As with every tournament