Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has said he is confident that the finals of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship will be successfully held in Ukraine.
He made the comment in interviews with Poland’s TVP television company and Rzeczpospolita newspaper, the Ukrainian presidential press service reported on Monday.
Yuschenko said that there were no problems with the development of Ukraine’s sporting infrastructure. He also said that Ukraine had been handling work on the reconstruction of roads and the development of tourist infrastructure.
“In general, I think that Ukraine is preparing with dignity for the visit by UEFA’s fact-finding mission to our country, particularly Kyiv, in September,” he said.
As reported, the UEFA Executive Committee decided at a meeting in Bucharest on May 13 to confirm the appointment of Kyiv and four Polish cities – Warsaw, Poznan, Gdansk, and Wroclaw, as official host cities for Euro 2012.
Kyiv was confirmed as a host city for group matches, quarter-final match(es) and a semi-final. The final will be held in Kyiv only if specific conditions with regard to the stadium, airport infrastructure, regional transport and accommodation are met by November 30, 2009.
Three other Ukrainian cities – Donetsk, Lviv, and Kharkiv, will host group matches if the same conditions are met by November 30.
UEFA also decided not to confirm Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa as host cities nor retain them as reserve cities.
UEFA’s Executive Committee will make a final decision on the host cities for the Euro 2012 European Football Championship at its meeting in Madeira, Portugal, on December 10-11.
