UEFA receives five bids to host Euro 2012
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-22 21:59

UEFA has received five bids to host the European soccer championship in 2012, European soccer's governing body said in a statement on Friday.

They comprise joint bids from Croatia-Hungary and Poland-Ukraine and single bids from Greece, Italy and Turkey.

Bids from Azerbaijan, Romania and Russia, which were submitted by the initial deadline in February, were not followed through by Thursday's final deadline.

The five bidding candidatures will be reduced to a short-list of three on November 7 and the decision on the host will be taken by UEFA's Executive Committee in December 2006.

Italy is the only country to have staged a version of the finals in the past, hosting a four-team tournament in 1968 and an eight-team tournament in 1980.

Last year's finals were staged in Portugal and the next finals will be held jointly by Austria and Switzerland in 2008.

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