COMMEMORATIVE COIN UKRAINE - 1 HRYVNIA 2012 UEFA EURO SOCCER CUP POLAND-UKRAINE

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COMMEMORATIVE COIN OF UKRAINE
2012 EUROPEAN SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
POLAND-UKRAINE
You are invited to bid on a 1 Hryvnia coin of Ukraine commemorating
2012 Euro Soccer Championship in Poland and Ukraine
.
Metal:  Aluminum-Bronze
Dia:  26 mm
Weight:  6.8 g
This coin was minted in 2012 and is in mint condition.
The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, was the 14th
European Championship
for
national football teams
organized by
UEFA
. The final tournament was hosted for the first time by
Poland
and
Ukraine
, between 8 June and 1 July 2012, after their bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee in 2007.
Euro 2012 set the record for both the highest aggregate attendance (1,440,896) and the highest average attendance per game (46,481) under the 16-team format (since
1996
).
The tournament opened with a
1–1 draw
between
Poland
and
Greece
at the
National Stadium
in
Warsaw
on 8 June 2012. The
final match
took place 23 days later on 1 July 2012 at the
Olympic Stadium
in
Kiev
, where
Spain
defended their title with a 4–0 win over
Italy
. Spain became the first team to win two consecutive European Championships, and the first international team to win three straight major tournament titles (
Euro 2008
,
2010 World Cup
and Euro 2012).
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