Who Will Win Euro 2012? Post Your Predictions And Try to Beat The Experts
Here’s your chance to see if you know more than the experts when predicting who will advance in Euro 2012 and who will win the tournament.
I’ve combed the Internet for predictions from a variety of experts, including many of the EPL Talk Podcast crew plus expert writers. The picks for Michael Cox, Kristian Jack, Raphael Honigstein, Andy Brassell and Paolo Bandini are courtesy of The Footy Blog, a well-written soccer site run by former EPL Talk blogger Richard Whittall.
Here are the predictions we need you to complete:
Group A
- 1A winner
- 2A runner-up
Group B
- 1B winner
- 2B runner-up
Group C
- 1C winner
- 2C runner-up
Group D
- 1D winner
- 2D runner-up
Quarterfinal #1: 1A vs 2B
- Winner
- Loser
Quarterfinal #2: 1B vs 2A
- Winner
- Loser
Quarterfinal #3: 1C vs 2D
- Winner
- Loser
Quarterfinal #4: 1D vs 2C
- Winner
- Loser
Semi-Final 1 (winner of quarterfinal #1 vs quarterfinal #3)
- Winner
- Loser
Semi-Final 2 (winner of quarterfinal #2 vs quarterfinal #4)
- Winner
- Loser
Runner-up
- Euro 2012 runner-up
Winner
- Euro 2012 champion
And here are the predictions from the experts:
Group A
- 1A winner — Russia (Matt Duncan, Michael Cox, Kristian Jack, Raphael Honigstein, Kristan Heneage)
- 1A winner — Poland (The Gaffer, Morgan Green, Andy Brassell, Paolo Bandini, Michael Ballack, Alexi Lalas)
- 1A winner — Greece (Kartik Krishnaiyer)
- 2A runner-up — Poland (Matt Duncan, Kartik Krishnaiyer)
- 2A runner-up — Greece (The Gaffer, Morgan Green, Alexi Lalas, Kristan Heneage)
- 2A runner-up — Russia (Michael Ballack)
Group B
- 1B winner — Germany (The Gaffer, Morgan Green, Kartik Krishnaiyer, Michael Cox, Paolo Bandini, Raphael Honigstein, Michael Ballack, Alexi Lalas, Kristan Heneage)
- 1B winner — Holland (Matt Duncan, Kristian Jack, Andy Brassell)
- 2B runner-up — Germany (Matt Duncan)
- 2B runner-up — Holland (The Gaffer, Kartik Krishnaiyer, Morgan Green, Michael Ballack, Kristan Heneage)
- 2B runner-up — Portugal (Alexi Lalas)
Group C
- 1C winner — Spain (The Gaffer, Kartik Krishnaiyer, Morgan Green, Matt Duncan, Michael Cox, Andy Brassell, Paolo Bandini, Raphael Honigstein, Kristan Heneage)
- 1C winner — Italy (Kristian Jack)
- 2C runner-up — Italy (Matt Duncan, Kristan Heneage)
- 2C runner-up — Croatia (Kartik Krishnaiyer, Morgan Green)
- 2C runner-up — Ireland (The Gaffer)
Group D
- 1D winner — France (Kartik Krishnaiyer, Morgan Green, Matt Duncan, Michael Cox, Kristian Jack, Andy Brassell, Raphael Honigstein, Kristan Heneage)
- 1D winner — England (The Gaffer, Paolo Bandini)
- 2D runner-up — England (Matt Duncan, Kartik Krishnaiyer, Kristan Heneage)
- 2D runner-up — Ukraine (The Gaffer)
- 2D runner-up — Sweden (Morgan Green)
Quarterfinal #1 — 1A versus 2B:
- Winner — Germany (Matt Duncan)
- Winner — Holland (The Gaffer, Kartik Krishnaiyer, Morgan Green, Kristan Heneage)
- Loser — Russia (Matt Duncan, Kristan Heneage)
- Loser — Greece (Kartik Krishnaiyer)
- Loser — Poland (The Gaffer, Morgan Green)
Quarterfinal #2 — 1B versus 2A:
- Winner — Holland (Matt Duncan)
- Winner — Germany (The Gaffer, Kartik Krishnaiyer, Kristan Heneage)
- Winner — Greece (Morgan Green)
- Loser — Poland (Kartik Krishnaiyer, Matt Duncan)
- Loser — Greece (The Gaffer, Kristan Heneage)
- Loser — Germany (Morgan Green)
Quarterfinal #3 — 1C versus 2D:
- Winner — Spain (The Gaffer, Matt Duncan, Morgan Green, Kristan Heneage)
- Winner — England (Kartik Krishnaiyer)
- Loser — England (Matt Duncan, Kristan Heneage)
- Loser — Spain (Kartik Krishnaiyer)
- Loser — Ukraine (The Gaffer)
- Loser — Sweden (Morgan Green)
Quarterfinal #4 — 1D versus 2C:
- Winner — France (Matt Duncan, Kartik Krishnaiyer, Morgan Green)
- Winner — England (The Gaffer)
- Winner — Italy (Kristan Heneage)
- Loser — Italy (Matt Duncan)
- Loser – Croatia (Kartik Krishnaiyer, Morgan Green)
- Loser — Ireland (The Gaffer)
- Loser — France (Kristan Heneage)
Semifinal #1 — winner of quarterfinal #1 vs #3:
- Winner — Germany (Matt Duncan)
- Winner — Holland (The Gaffer, Kartik Krishnaiyer, Morgan Green)
- Winner — Spain (Kristan Heneage)
- Loser — Spain (The Gaffer, Matt Duncan, Morgan Green)
- Loser — England (Kartik Krishnaiyer)
- Loser — Holland (Kristan Heneage)
Semifinal #2 — winner of quarterfinal #2 vs #4:
- Winner — France (Matt Duncan, Morgan Green)
- Winner — Germany (Kartik Krishnaiyer, Kristan Heneage)
- Winner — England (The Gaffer)
- Loser — Holland (Matt Duncan)
- Loser — France (Kartik Krishnaiyer)
- Loser — Germany (The Gaffer)
- Loser — Greece (Morgan Green)
- Loser — Italy (Kristan Heneage)
Runner-Up
- Spain (Michael Cox, Andy Brassell, Raphael Honigstein, Sol Campbell, Sid Lowe, Kevin McCarra, Jonathan Wilson, Kasey Keller, Robbie Mustoe)
- France (Morgan Green, Paolo Bandini, Paul Doyle, Dominic Fifield, Barry Glendenning, Michael Ballack, Alexi Lalas, Tommy Smyth)
- Netherlands (The Gaffer, Kartik Krishnaiyer, Kristian Jack, Daniel Taylor, Taylor Twellman)
- Germany (Matt Duncan, Rob Smyth, Alan Hansen, Steve McManaman, Kristan Heneage)
- Russia (Barney Ronay)
Winner
- Germany (Kartik Krishnaiyer, Michael Cox, Kristian Jack, Raphael Honigstein, Andy Brassell, Paolo Bandini, Barry Glendenning, Sid Lowe, Kevin McCarra, Barney Ronay, Jonathan Wilson, Michael Ballack, Alexi Lalas, Tommy Smyth)
- Spain (Paul Doyle, Rob Smyth, Daniel Taylor, Alan Hansen, Steve McManaman, Taylor Twellman, Kristan Heneage)
- Holland (Morgan Green, Sol Campbell, Dominic Fifield, Kasey Keller, Robbie Mustoe)
- France (Matt Duncan)
- England (The Gaffer)
Post your predictions in the comments section below between now and when the tournament starts. Then we’ll see at the close of the tournament on July 1 who had the most accurate picks. Best of luck. It’s easier than it looks!
46 Responses to Who Will Win Euro 2012? Post Your Predictions And Try to Beat The Experts
winners of group a Poland
runners up Czech Republic
winners of group b Germany
runners up Netherlands
winners of group c Spain
runners up Italy
winners of group d France
runners up England
winners of first quarter final Netherlands
winners of second quarter final Germany
winners of third quarter final Spain
winners of fourth quarter final France
winners of first semi final Germany
winners of second semi final Spain
overall winners of euro 2012 Germany
Group A:
1.) Russia
2.) Czech Republic
3.) Poland
4.) Greece
Group B:
1.) Germany
2.) Netherlands
3.) Portugal
4.) Denmark
Group C:
1.) Spain
2.) Italy
3.) Croatia
4.) Ireland
Group D:
1.) France
2.) England
3.) Sweden
4.) Ukraine
Quarterfinals:
Netherlands over Russia
Germany over Czech Republic
Spain over England
Italy over France
Semifinals:
Germany over Italy
Netherlands over Spain
Final:
Netherlands over Germany
I love how put all that work in but aren’t smart enough to realize that your final can’t happen.
BECAUSE MY DENMARK IS GETTING THROUGH THAT GROUP!
Your prediction is right! Netherlands are over Spain for revenge beating Netherlands in the 2010 world cup. I am hoping that the Netherlands will win euro 2012!
oh no denmark just now in round 1 Denmark made a goal.
but lets still believe that Netherlands still has a chance!
A: Russia, Greece
B: Germany, Netherlands
C: Spain, Italy
D: France, England
Quarters:
Russia def. Netherlands
Germany def. Greece
Spain def. England
France def. Italy
Semis:
Spain def. Russia
Germany def. France
FINAL:
Germany def. Spain
Group A:
1.) Russia
2.) Czech Republic
3.) Poland
4.) Greece
Group B:
1.) Germany
2.) Portugal
3.) Netherlands
4.) Denmark
Group C:
1.) Spain
2.) Croatia
3.) Italy
4.) Ireland
Group D:
1.) France
2.) Sweden
3.) England
4.) Ukraine
Quarterfinals:
Portugal over Russia
Germany over Czech Republic
Spain over Sweden
Croatia over France
Semifinals:
Croatia over Germany
Portugal over Spain
Final:
Portugal over Croatia
In-spite of my dislike for Roy and imo his already poor stewardship of the greatest manager job in football. I will be rooting for my country, with tempered hope, if they win, I will take it all back, if they don’t then I’m sure it will be Roy’s fault.
Group A: Russia and Po
and advance. Greece and Czech Republic eliminated. Group B: Germany and Holland advance. Portugal and Denmark eliminated. Group C: Spain and Italy advance. Croatia and Ireland eliminated. Group D: Ukraine and England advance. Sweden and France eliminated.
It’s stats/facts like this that make Roy’s reason for not selecting some players lack credibility and lead to a lack of confidence.
Stewart Downing has admitted he was disappointed not to score a Premier League goal in his debut season for Liverpool but also failed to manage an assist either. (Source skysports.com)
So a player fails to score or provide an assist for a goal for any entire season but those are not enough “footballing reasons” to be excluded, he is a winger right? He is at the very least expected to cross or pass the ball for someone else to score right? Like Arron Lennon or Adam Johnson did…just checking. Clearly Roy isn’t interested in scoring or providing passes for anyone one else to.
Cuckoo ! ;p
Experts? I mostly see bloggers.
Bloggers are experts, too!
Cheers,
The Gaffer
Not when they pick England to Win it.
Now, that’s very good…….but I hope The Gaffer is right.
just off topic a bit, made my prediction already…but Honigstein is the patronizing person ever when it came to his Euro preview on Soccernet, he pretty much called every team in this tournament poor except for the 4-5 favorites. I guess to him whats the point of playing the group stage then?
Honigstein can be endearing to listen to, but annoying at times. His rant about the away goal rule being pointless in today’s European knockout games was wrong, in my opinion. But I usually rate him higher than a lot of others.
Having said that, one of the things that jumps out at me from the predictions of the majority of experts is how many of them have gone with the very predictable pick of Germany as champions. Upsets happen at all tournaments, but the majority of the picks from The Guardian crew are lacking in diversity and show what a low opinion they have about England.
Cheers,
The Gaffer
I just noticed you had England winning it all! I have to ask, what are 2 aspects of England’s game/squad that you think puts england over the top and makes this happen?
Dust,
Simply, Joe Hart and Scott Parker. As long as they remain fit, they will be key to England. Parker, at his best, is a wall in midfield. And it’s going to be very difficult for teams to find a way past Joe Hart.
Cheers,
The Gaffer
Its not that hard to beat Joe Hart…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vZoq9a3nzU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pki069juAH8
I have to say I agree with your 2 choices (Im a spurs fan so it would seem bias), and want to note that it will take the fighting spirit of those 2 players perhaps even heroic performances inspired by those players to make up for what England lack in tactics and flair in the current 23.
I think Parker will put himself on the line and give all as will Hart. The individual skills of young and eventually Rooney will need to be prominent if they are to pull off, what would be the upset of an age. And yes, it will mean for sure that the mayan prophecy will come true!
Taking nothing away from Hart. He’s a great keeper, but if I had Vincent Kompany in front of me even I might look half decent. I’m afraid Hart may come under a lot more fire than he’s used to, with unfortunate results…”Oh, Hart had no chance on that one!”
Having said that, I hope you’re right about everything.
1A: Poland
2A: Russia
1B: Netherlands
2B: Germany
1C: Spain
2C: Croatia
1D: France
2D: Sweden
1A vs 2B: Germany
1B vs 2A: Netherlands
1C vs 2D: Spain
1D vs 2C: France
Germany vs Spain: Germany
Netherlands vs France: Netherlands
Germany vs Nehterlands: Germany
Group A)
1. Poland
2. Czech Republic
3. Greece
4. Russia
Group B)
1. Germany
2. Holland
3. Portugal
4. Denmark
Group C)
1. Spain
2. Italy
3. Ireland
4. Croatia
Group D)
1. England
2. Sweden
3. France
4. Ukraine
Quarters:
1. Holland over Poland
2. Germany over Czech
3. Spain over Sweden
4. England over Italy
Semi
1. Holland over England
2. Germany over Spain
Final
Germany over Holland
Group A
Russia winner
Greece runner-up
Group B
Holland winner
Germany runner-up
Group C
Spain winner
Croatia runner-up
Group D
England winner
France runner-up
Quarterfinal #1: Germany over Russia
Quarterfinal #2: Holland over Greece
Quarterfinal #3: Spain over France
Quarterfinal #4: England over Croatia
Semi-Final 1 Spain over Germany
Semi-Final 2 Holland over England
Final
Holland over Spain
Russia – Poland
Germany – Holland
Spain – Ireland
France – England
Holland win vs Russia
Germany win vs Poland
Spain with vs England
France win vs Ireland
Spain win vs Holland
France win vs Germany
Spain win vs France
I have no idea if I got the knock out stage correct as far as which teams would play in which semi/quarter, if I haven’t then bugger it I’m tired!
Italy 2-1 Netherlands
Go Azzurri
I want Ireland i know no chance.Germany3/Holland1. France and Ukraine thru group D.to much drama in the England camp.
1A winner – Russia
2A runner-up – Poland
1B winner – Germany
2B runner-up – Denmark
1C winner – Spain
2C runner-up – Croatia
1D winner – France
2D runner-up – England
Quarterfinal #1: 1A vs 2B
Winner – Russia
Loser – Denmark
Quarterfinal #2: 1B vs 2A
Winner – Germany
Loser – Poland
Quarterfinal #3: 1C vs 2D
Winner – Spain
Loser – England
Quarterfinal #4: 1D vs 2C
Winner – France
Loser – Croatia
Semi-Final 1 (winner of quarterfinal #1 vs quarterfinal #3)
Winner – Spain
Loser – Russia
Semi-Final 2 (winner of quarterfinal #2 vs quarterfinal #4)
Winner – Germany
Loser -France
Runner-up
Euro 2012 runner-up – Germany
Winner – Spain
Euro 2012 champion
A: Russia, Poland
B: Germany, Netherlands
C: Spain, Ireland
D: England France
Quarters:
Netherlands def. Russia
Germany def. Poland
France def. Spain
England def. Ireland
Semis:
France def. Netherlands
Germany def. England
FINAL:
Germany def. France
England vs Spain final
England win the whole thing
Come on England
I truly think that Ronaldo will win it. He just needs to calm down. Only he can ruin it for himself.
The Irish will shock the world!!!
Holland will win it if they don’t self impolde like they usually do.
QUARTER FINAL
Russia v/s Germany
Netherlands v/s Greece
Spain v/s Sweden
Italy v/s England
SEMI FINAL
Russia v/s Netherlands
Spain v/s Italy
FINAL
Netherlands
Italy
WINNER EURO 2012
Netherlands
I am going for Netherlands. My prediction is that netherlands will win!
I am not going to be mean. I will tell you the countries i think are strong:
1.Spain
2.Germany
3.Netherlands
(the numbers do not mean ANYTHING)
p.s my time is bad
Definately GERMANY..with a powerful team of energetic and young players CERTAINLY!!…
i agree with faith hope germany will be too good for any team in this tournament and will win the trophy easy
1A: Russia 1B: Germany
2A: Greece 2B: Portugal
1C: Italy 1D: France
2C: Spain 2D: Ukraine
1A vs 2B: Russia
1B vs 2A: Germany
1C vs 2D: Italy
1D vs 2C: Spain
Russia – Italy: Russia
Germany – Spain: Germany
Germany
Group A:
1. Poland
2. Greece
3. Czech Republic
4. Russia
Group B:
1. Netherlands
2. Germany
3. Denmark
4. Portugal
Group C:
1. Spain
2. Italy
3. Croatia
4. Rep. of Ireland
Group D:
1. France
2. Sweden
3. Ukraine
4. England
Semifinalists:
Poland, Netherlands, Spain, France
You will see that England will win the cup easily. More easily than you thought of. God save the queen….
How come nobody saw Portugal going through!
And the winner is :
EURO 2012 Final :
Germany vs Italy : 1 – 4 : ITALY!!!
The octopus ghost “Paul” told me last night
semi final : Portugal Vs Spain —– Portugal Vs France :::: 1 – 1 – pinalty winer spain — — – 2 – 0 – win fra
…
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Over All The Winner Of Euro 2012 Is Portugal ………………………… 80%
………………………………………….Is Germany…………………………. 85%
…………………………………………. Is Spain …………………………… 90%
you guys all suck! of course spain is gonna go to the final and SPAIN DID!
no one expected that Italy would
and everyone was counting on Germany (which by the way was such a FAIL)! they didn’t even make it to the friggin’ finals!
and now, anyone who’s anyone who knows FOOTBALL will KNOW that Spain will butcher Italy in the final!
all your predictions are lame
SPAIN TIL DEATH!
Spain will kick italy ass for sure