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Group D of
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began on 11 June 2012 and ended on 19 June 2012. The pool was made up of
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and
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. The top two teams, England and France, progressed to the quarter-finals to play Italy and Spain respectively, while Ukraine and Sweden were eliminated from the tournament. On the second matchday, on 15 June, the match between Ukraine and France that began at 19:00 local time was interrupted by heavy rainfall and a thunderstorm. The conditions forced the referee to suspend the game during the fifth minute, and play was only resumed 58 minutes later. UEFA therefore delayed the match between Sweden and England to kick off 15 minutes later than originally scheduled, instead beginning at 22:00 local time, to avoid the matches overlapping. On the final matchday, on 19 June, the match between England and Ukraine featured a
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by Marko Dević. In the second half, with Ukraine losing 1–0 to a
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goal, Dević's shot was hooked clear from behind the England goal-line by
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under the eyes of the additional assistant referee standing beside the goal (as confirmed by video replays). The incident reopened football's
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debate. Although in the build-up to the incident, Dević's teammate Artem Milevskyi was in an offside position when the ball was played to him, which also went unnoticed by the match officials.
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and its chief refereeing officer
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admitted on the following day that an error had been made and that Ukraine had been denied a legitimate goal.


Teams

Notes


Standings

In the
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, *The winner of Group D, England, advanced to play the runner-up of
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Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
. *The runner-up of Group D, France, advanced to play the winner of
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Matches


France vs England


Ukraine vs Sweden


Ukraine vs France

At 19:05 EEST, in the 5th minute, the match was interrupted due to severe weather. The match resumed at 20:02 EEST.


Sweden vs England


England vs Ukraine


Sweden vs France


See also

* England at the UEFA European Championship * France at the UEFA European Championship * Sweden at the UEFA European Championship * Ukraine at the UEFA European Championship


Notes


References


External links


UEFA Euro 2012 Group D
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Group A group is a number of persons or things that are located, gathered, or classed together. Groups of people * Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity * Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic iden ...
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