The joint Poland–Ukraine bid was chosen by a vote of the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in Cardiff on 18 April 2007. Of the other shortlisted bids, Italy's candidature was "odds-against favourite" to win; however, their bid was marred by a referee corruption scandal and problems with football-related crowd trouble and Croatia–Hungary lost out as Poland-Ukraine became the third successful joint bid for the European Championship, after those of Belgium–Netherlands (2000) and Austria–Switzerland (2008).euro 2012 Maskot
The joint Poland–Ukraine bid was chosen by a vote of the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in Cardiff on 18 April 2007. Of the other shortlisted bids, Italy's candidature was "odds-against favourite" to win; however, their bid was marred by a referee corruption scandal and problems with football-related crowd trouble and Croatia–Hungary lost out as Poland-Ukraine became the third successful joint bid for the European Championship, after those of Belgium–Netherlands (2000) and Austria–Switzerland (2008).
