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1 Palace of Arts Ukraine (Palace Ukraina) Metro station 2 3 RUS Hotel Contents

3 UEFA EURO 2012 - Final Draw 4 UEFA EURO 2012 6 Final Draw Procedure

11 FINAL DRAW INFORMATION 12 Media Programme 14 Venue Maps 22 Accommodation & Transport 24 Media Accreditation for Final Draw 26 Media Operations - Infrastructure

29 FINAL TOURNAMENT INFORMATION 30 Media Accreditation & Media Booking process 33 Media Information System (MIS)

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UEFA EURO 2012 FINAL DRAW UEFA EURO 2012 two countries...

‘Creating History Eight cities will serve as venues for the 24-day Together’ is the event which opens in on 8 June and slogan adopted concludes in Kyiv on 1 July. In between, the by and Polish cities of Gdansk, Poznan and Wroclaw and Ukraine’s , and and will join Ukraine for UEFA the two capitals in hosting matches. EURO 2012 and with good Poland and Ukraine can draw encouragement reason – this from previous successful collaborations – Belgium may be the 14th and the (2000) and Austria and Swit- UEFA European zerland (2008) offered ample evidence that joint Championship ventures can work – and Polish Football Federa- but it is the first tion (PZPN) president is optimistic to take place about meeting the challenge. in central and “I’m very happy that this event will take eastern Europe. place on Polish and Ukrainian soil. I won’t hide that it’s a great thing for my people. I hope it will be a great success,” he said.

4 one tournament!

There are 1.4 million fans expected at the stadiums and live matches will be broadcast across more than 200 territories – television viewers will be able to watch a EURO final for the first time in 3D.

Amid the sense of new frontiers, eastern Europe’s first EURO will be the last comprising 16 teams. Whatever the number, Grygoriy Surkis, president of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU), is confident of seeing a show to remember.

“I have no doubt we’ll see some class teams in action next summer and watch some outstanding performances from the greatest players,” he said.

5 Final Draw Procedure

The UEFA EURO 2012 final draw will take place at the Palace of Arts Ukraine, locally referred to as ‘Palace Ukraina’, in Kyiv on Friday 2 December at 19:00 local time (18:00 CET). The event will determine the group formation for the final round of the tournament in June next year. In addition to revealing the match schedule, the official ball for the tournament will also be unveiled during the ceremony.

For the first time in the history of the UEFA European Football Championship, the final draw will take place on a Friday evening instead of lunchtime on a Sunday, to give this important event even greater media exposure.

Basic conditions • 16 teams participate in the UEFA EURO 2012 final tournament. They will be divided into four groups of four teams each (Groups A to D). • The host associations are placed as top seeds: Poland as A1, Ukraine as D1.

Team rankings, pot allocations and allocation of positions • The 14 teams involved in the draw are classified on the basis of the national team coefficient rankings, for which their results in the following competi- tions are used: - UEFA EURO 2008 (qualifying competition and final tournament) - FIFA World Cup 2010 (qualifying competition and final tournament) and - UEFA EURO 2012 (qualifying competition). • Spain, the reigning European champions are in Pot 1. The team with the best coefficient will join Spain in Pot 1.

6 • The remaining 12 teams are allocated to the pots 2-4 according to their coefficients. • In order to determine the positions of the remaining 12 teams in their respective groups, four additional pots will be used, containing 3 balls each: - Pot a: balls A2, A3 and A4 - Pot b: balls B2, B3 and B4 - Pot c: balls C2, C3 and C4 - Pot d: balls D2, D3 and D4

pot team group position Poland A A1 Top seeds Ukraine D D1 Finalist 3: Spain Pot 1 (seeds) B or C B1 or C1 Finalist 4 Finalist 13 Finalist 14 Pot 4 A, B, C, D 2, 3 or 4 Finalist 15 Finalist 16 Finalist 9 Finalist 10 Pot 3 A, B, C, D 2, 3 or 4 Finalist 11 Finalist 12 Finalist 5 Finalist 6 Pot 2 A, B, C, D 2, 3 or 4 Finalist 7 Finalist 8 The national team coefficient ranking was published on Wednesday, 16 November 2011.

7 Final Draw Procedure

1. The draw starts with Pot 1 in order to fill position one in groups B and C

A first ball is drawn from Pot 1 and the drawn team is placed in position one in Group B. Then the second ball is drawn from Pot 1 and the drawn team is placed in position one in Group C.

2. The draw continues with Pot 4, from which a team will be allocated to each group consecutively, from Group A to Group D.

A first ball is drawn from Pot 4 and placed in Group A. In order to determine the position of the drawn team within Group A, a ball is drawn from Pot a. A second ball is drawn from Pot 4 and placed in Group B.

Once again, to determine the position of the team within Group B, a ball is drawn from Pot b. The same procedure is repeated for Groups C and D consecutively, until all balls from Pot 4 have been drawn and the teams positioned in each group.

3. The same procedure is followed for Pot 3 and finally Pot 2

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FINAL DRAW INFORMATION Media Programme

Thursday, 1 December 2011 Final Draw Accreditation, Palace Ukraina

TIME (local time) ACTIVITY place

08:00-20:00 Media accreditation for final draw Level 1

Friday, 2 December 2011 UEFA Press Conference, Olympic Stadium

TIME (local time) ACTIVITY place Media accreditation for UEFA 10:00-13:00 Media Welcome desk press conference

11:00-11:20 Olympic Stadium media tour I Stadium

11:20-11:40 Olympic Stadium media tour II Stadium

11:40-12:00 Olympic Stadium media tour III Stadium

13:00-14:00 UEFA press conference Press conference room

12 Friday, 2 December 2011 FINAL DRAW, Palace Ukraina

TIME (local time) ACTIVITY place

08:00-20:00 Media accreditation for final draw Level 1

10:00-24:00 Media centre Level 6

10:00-24:00 NRH camera storage availability Level 4

11:00-18:40 SAD distribution Level 4

Photographers briefing (in the Level 6 16:00 media centre’s screening room) All photographers on draw hall 18:30 floor in their platform positions or Level 3 assigned seats 18:40 Closing of draw hall doors – floor Level 3 18:50 Closing of draw hall doors – balcony Level 5 (media seating) UEFA EURO 2012 final draw Draw hall stage 19:00-20:00 ceremony Four individual group photos with their respective coaches Draw hall stage Followed by Press conference / mixed zone media opportunities according to Level 5 the four groups

10:00-23:00 Beverages 15:00-17:00 Hot food Level 6 21:00-23:00 Sandwiches

13 VENUE MAP

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Палац «Україна» / Palats «Ukraina»

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Олімпійська / 1 Olimpiiska 2 Червоноармійська вул. / Chervonoarmiis’ka str.

Палац «Україна» / Palats «Ukraina»

1 Accredited Entrance 2 Broadcast Compound Metro station

15 VENUE MAP levels 1 & 2

Level 6

Level 5

Level 4

Level 3

Broadcast Access Media Access Level 2

1 Accredited Entrance 2 Guest Arrival Positions Level 1 3 Flash Interview Positions

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STAGE

DRAW HALL

3 FROM BROADCAST TO COMPOUND LEVEL 3

Level 2

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Level 6

Level 5

Level 4

Broadcast Access Level 3 Media Access

4 Commentary Positions 5 Photo Positions A Level 2 6 Unilateral Camera Positions 7 Stand-up Positions 8 SAD Distribution Level 1 9 Camera Storage

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6 6 5 DRAW HALL 6 6 5 7 4 4 4 4

ACCESS TO TO DRAW HALL LEVEL 4

TERRACE

Level 3

TO LEVEL 5

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Level 6

Level 5

Level 4

Broadcast Access Media Access

Level 3 Press Conference / 10 Mixed Zone 11 Photo Positions B 12 Media Seats Level 2 13 Media Centre 14 Screening Room 15 Media Hospitality Level 1 16 Cloakroom

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Level 5

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Level 6

21 Accommodation & Transport

RUS Hotel 4, Hospitalna Str., Kyiv 01601, Ukraine Tel.: +38 044 256 40 00 Fax: +38 044 289 43 96 e-mail: [email protected] www.hotelrus.kiev.ua/en

Distances (approximate) from the RUS hotel to:

Boryspil International Airport 40 km

Train Station 5 km

Palace Ukraina 2.8 km

Olympic Stadium 0.6 km

22 Kyiv taxi rates (approximate):

Airport to City Centre 250 UAH

Airport to Hotel Rus 250 UAH

Hotel Rus to Palace Ukraina 40 UAH

Airport to Olympic Stadium 250 UAH

Airport to Palace Ukraina 250 UAH

(exchange rate: 1 EUR ⁼ 11 UAH)

Olympic Stadium to Palace Ukraina Please note - The Blue line is highly recommended when travel- ling between the Palace Ukraina and Olympic Stadium (see highlighted blue line in the city overview map located on inside cover of the media guide).

Free metro tokens will be provided when you receive your accreditation at either the Palace Ukraina or Olympic Stadium.

23 Media Accreditation for Final Draw

Accreditations must be collected in person presenting the same ID or passport that was used during the application process.

Palace Ukraina Location Accreditation Centre, Level 1 Vasilkivska (Chervonoarmiyska),103 Kyiv, Ukraine

Opening hours Media Accreditation 1 December 2011: 08:00-20:00 2 December 2011: 08:00-20:00

Access Media accreditation will permit access to the guest arrival area outside. Once inside the Palace Ukraina, the accreditation will permit access to the media centre (Level 6), including the screening room and media catering.

A supplementary accreditation device (SAD) is required for accessing the other following media areas:

24 Media Position SAD TYPE

Photo position on the photo platform – Level 3 Photo Platform SAD

Photo position on the draw hall floor – Level 3 Photo Position “A” SAD

Photo position on the draw hall balcony – Level 5 Photo Position “B” SAD

Media seat on the draw hall balcony – Level 5 Media Seat SAD

Press Conference / Press conference / mixed zone – Level 5 Mixed Zone SAD

All SADs are available at the SAD distribution desk on Level 4.

Non-rights holders (NRH) will be permitted to bring cameras into the media centre and the press conference / mixed zone. NRHs wishing to watch the final draw ceremony inside the draw hall will be obliged to leave their cameras in the NRH camera storage on Level 4. Cameras will be returned upon departure from the ceremony.

Please Note: A final draw media accreditation will not permit access to the UEFA press conference at Olympic Stadium. The separate UEFA press conference media accreditation can be collected at the Media Welcome desk at the stadium.

25 Media Operations - Infrastructure

Media Centre Screening room Situated on Level 6, the media The screening room will be an area centre has a total of 248 working of the media centre where media positions (208 media, 40 photo). can view the final draw ceremony Each position will be equipped with from 44 working positions. simple, efficient and free connec- tivity either by a RJ-45 connection At the conclusion of the ceremony, or the wireless network. The media the press conference / mixed zone centre will also offer the following media opportunities will run simul- infrastructure and services: taneously, one group will be allo- cated to the projection screen, while • Media hospitality the remaining three group’s media (free food and beverages) opportunities can be seen and heard on the Media-TV group monitors • Information (media releases, found within the media centre. press kits, media guide, etc.) • Internet terminals • Screening room • Media–TV (media dedicated TV channel that can be seen from monitors within the media centre)

26 Press Conference / Mixed Zone Photo Positions Situated on Level 5, directly outside There will be a range of photo oppor- the media seating for the final tunities for the day of the final draw. draw, the press conference / mixed Before the event, there will be a zone will be four separate areas dedicated area for all media to take according to groups (D – UKR , C, B, photos of the guest arrival. A – POL, from left to right). In the auditorium, there will be 10 Following the ceremony, a desig- photo positions from a platform on nated UEFA Media Officer and the near right side of the stage, 20 volunteer holding a “lollipop” sign seats on the Draw Hall floor and 20 to signify the specific group will seats on the balcony. All photogra- escort their respective coaches to phers on the draw hall floor must be the podium for an official statement in their assigned position by 18:30. and mixed zone opportunity. No Photographers with seats must simultaneous interpretation will be remain seated for the duration of provided. the ceremony.

Within each group’s press confer- Immediately after the draw, there ence / mixed zone area there will be will be a photo session on the a 4 x 2 m camera platform and an stage with each individual group’s audio split box at each podium. four coaches. Photographers must remain in their assigned positions until the guests and officials have exited the draw hall. Photographers will not be permitted into the press conference / mixed zone.

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FINAL TOURNAMENT INFORMATION Media Accreditation & Media Booking process

All media wishing to apply for an accreditation for UEFA EURO 2012 will have to be registered in FAME (Football Administration and Management Environment).

The media First-timers are required to register themselves representative in the FAME database via links found on the may already be Media Accreditation section of www..com; in registered in addition, the official UEFA EURO 2012 website (www.euro2012.com) will contain a section called FAME and many Media Services & Accreditation and will directly are already link to the Media Accreditation page on uefa.com. regular users of the system. The accreditation and media booking tools are integrated in FAME and provide corporate users (administrators) at media organisations (editors, news desks, TV & radio broadcasters, agencies) as well as individual users and freelancers the possi- bility to manage their accreditation applications and media booking (match bookings and other supplementary accreditation devices) requests for events organized by UEFA.

Basic guidelines showing the FAME registration process are available on http://www.uefa.com/ uefa/mediaservices/accreditation/index.html as PDF documents, in English, French, German, Polish and Ukrainian.

30 Other language versions (Italian and Spanish) are available on a ‘on request’ basis. Accreditation and Media Booking guidelines will be available for the Final Tournament as downloadable documents sent as links via the assigna- tion e-mail sent to FAME users when the accreditation period starts.

All media releases related to media accreditation and media booking for UEFA EURO 2012 will mention the media accreditations contact e-mail address ([email protected]) for process queries and information.

31 Media Accreditation & Media Booking process

UEFA EURO 2012 Final All accreditation applicants inserting Tournament (08.06.-01.07.2012) their requests in FAME are informed The application period for tourna- of and consent (by agreeing to the ment media accreditations and Accreditation Terms and Conditions group phase match bookings will and to the Privacy statement) to the start on the 12 December 2011 and screening of their data by Polish and it will be split into 2 phases: Ukrainian authorities (if required). All confirmations will clearly state Phase 1 (12.12.2011-15.01.2012) that the allocation of an accredita- The first confirmations will be sent tion may be revoked in the event of out by 31.01.2012. negative feedback from the authori- ties. Accreditation Terms and Condi- Phase 2 (01.02.-15.02.2012) tions are ‘event’ specific and may be Confirmations to be sent out by printed directly from FAME by the 29.02.2012 media representatives.

Media bookings for the quarter- finals will open, via FAME, after the final whistle of the first Match Day Note: 3 matches. Media bookings for All accreditation requests the semi-finals will open after the received from 16.02.2012 until the 15.03.2012 will be consid- first match of the quarter-finals is ered ‘Late Requests’ and their concluded. Media bookings for the respective media bookings will final will open after the first semi- be subject to space restrictions final match is concluded; media will and evaluated on a case-by- be informed via e-mail and/or SMS case basis. of this media booking application schedule, during the tournament.

32 Media Information system (MIS)

The main platform for communicating with the media for the UEFA EURO 2012 will be the Media Information System (MIS) section of the media portal within FAME.

The MIS has been built to become a “one stop shop” for media content and information for the tournament. Within the MIS, all accredited media will be able to access relevant final draw and tournament information through streaming video, audio and video archives, statistics, transcripts, releases and news, resources, and the events calendar.

Media members will also be able to receive up to the minute operations infor- mation via customisable SMS & e-mail subscription services, making the MIS a unique platform for media to stay informed on the latest developments of the final draw and tournament.

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34 35 DISTANCE MAP

GDANSK

1h00* 5h30 1h00 4h45 5h00 345km 5h30

305km

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4h00 2h50 POZNAN WARSAW 320km 1h00*

2h30 350km 1h00 175km 5h15 3h00 5h30 1h20 12h30 385km

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5h50 11h30 16h30 8h00 8h30 WROCLAW 13h30 620km 820km 480km

540km KYIV 1h15 6h20 KHARKIV 9h00 LVIV 700km 1h00*

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GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D

A1. POLAND (POL) B1...... C1...... D1. UKRAINE (UKR) A2...... B2...... C2...... D2......

A3...... B3...... C3...... D3...... A4...... B4...... C4...... D4......

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5h50 16h30 8h00 WARSAW WARSAW 13h30 National National 820km Stadium Stadium 480km Warsaw Warsaw WROCLAW WROCLAW 540km KYIV Municipal Municipal 1h15 Stadium Stadium 6h20 KHARKIV Wroclaw Wroclaw 9h00 700km GDANSK GDANSK 1h00* Arena Arena Gdansk Gdansk 315km 1h10 5h50 5h30 POZNAN POZNAN 11h45 Municipal Municipal 1’175km Stadium Stadium 11h30 Poznan Poznan

KYIV KYIV Olympic Olympic Stadium Stadium 2h00

24h30 19h30 DONETSK DONETSK DONETSK Donbass Arena

KHARKIV KHARKIV Metalist Metalist Stadium Stadium

LVIV LVIV Arena Lviv