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The Euro 2012 draw is complete

December 29th, 2011 Kiev, Ukraine – The Euro 2012 draw  is complete at the Palace of Sports: In   Group A : It’s Poland, Greece, the Czech Republic and Russia. In   Group B : It’s the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal and Denmark. In   Group C : It’s Spain, Italy, Ireland and Croatia. In   Group D : It’s England, Ukraine, France and Sweden. The reigning world and European champions, Spain, remain well set to become the first side to successfully defend the Henri Delaunay Cup after cantering through qualifying. The Roja negotiated their group with a perfect record, an achievement matched on this occasion by the UEFA EURO 2008 runners-up, Germany, and only three times previously en route to a UEFA European Football Championship final tournament. The group stage ended on 11 October, with Russian, France, Denmark and Greece leaving it until the final day to join Spain, Germany, England, Italy and the Netherlands as section winners. Sweden, meanwhile, confirmed their place in a fourth succ