Holders Spain face Italy, England tackle France

Published: 02 Dec 2011 - 18:16:50

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Holders Spain face Italy, England tackle France

Defending champions Spain and 1968 winners Italy will clash in Group C of Euro 2012 after the draw for next year's finals was made here on Friday.

The Republic of Ireland and Croatia make up the pool, with the top two sides progressing to the quarter-finals.

England were drawn in Group D with co-hosts Ukraine, Sweden and two-time winners France.

In a mouth-watering Group B, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Portugal were all drawn together, while co-hosts Poland will face Greece, Russia and Czech Republic in Group A.

The three-week long tournament, which runs from June 8 to July 1, will be hosted by four cities in each country -- Warsaw, Wroclaw, Gdansk and Poznan in Poland; Kiev, Donetsk, Kharkiv and Lviv in the Ukraine.

Poland will face 2004 winners Greece in the opening game on June 8.