cube Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Ukraine is approved for 2012 so tomorrow we get the logo and then the Draw for the Qualifying can come and start the countdown to 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Tadaaaa Video with the presentation of the logo Michel Platini during a conference, with the logo behind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 The official logo, visual identity and slogan for UEFA EURO 2012™ have been unveiled at a special event in Kyiv's Mykhailivska Square with co-hosts Ukraine and Poland looking forward to 'Creating History Together'. Star guests Polish Football Association President Grzegorz Lato, his Football Federation of Ukraine counterpart Grigoriy Surkis and UEFA President Michel Platini officially unwrapped the logo as the highlight of the launch proceedings. The ceremony was attended by the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, representatives from the eight host cities – Gdansk, Warsaw, Poznan, Wroclaw, Lviv, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Kyiv – and numerous other dignitaries. Visual identity The purpose of the logo is to give UEFA EURO 2012™ a personality of its own, with the visual identity to be applied across a range of promotional applications from tickets to web banners. The objective is to help promote the tournament – one of the world's biggest sporting events – by providing an easily recognisable identity with a flavour of the host nations. The logo takes its visual lead from 'wycinanka', the traditional art of paper cutting practised in rural areas of Poland and Ukraine, as a tribute to the fauna and flora of the region. EURO bloom The 'bloom' logo has a flower representing each of the co-host nations and a central ball symbolising the emotion and passion of the competition, while the stem denotes the structural aspect of the competition, UEFA and European football. Nature has inspired other features of the visual identity, with woodland green, sun yellow, aqua blue, sky blue and blackberry purple being the crucial tones of the palette of colours to figure in official tournament branding. Uniting ethos The event slogan, meanwhile, is 'Creating History Together'. The staging of the UEFA European Championship finals in Poland and Ukraine, a first for Central and Eastern Europe, will have a place in the history books, with everyone involved in UEFA EURO 2012™ – organisers, host countries, host cities, players and fans – contributing to another exciting chapter of European football. ©uefa.com 1998-2009. All rights reserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted December 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 A great idea wonderfully realised -- well done, Poland and Ukraine! By the way, here's an example of that "wycinanka" paper cutting art upon which the logo is based: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4gamesandcounting Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 I really love the logo. Great to see real logos still exist post Sochi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 (edited) I really love the logo. Great to see real logos still exist post Sochi. Not sure about the logo (maybe it's a grower, haha!) but I do like the quirky graphics on the banner. The plant and flowers are nice as a motif in the graphics, but maybe there's a bit too much going on for them to work as a logo for me. Interesting that you mention Sochi - I think that has a good logo but I think the other graphics surrounding it (i.e. the triangles) will get boring very quickly. This is the opposite; the logo is way too busy, but the surrounding graphics are interesting and very pleasing. Oh well, it hardly matters. The main thing is this tournament is going ahead as planned. Edited December 14, 2009 by RobH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 somewhat exotic but its nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filipe_Golias Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 This logo takes a while to settle in. The first impression is that it's so animated and colorful that it seems almost childish. But if you take a minute to understand the concept, it is really a great job! Oh, the logo presentation video is amazing! There are logos and logos, but I definitely prefer these traditional iconic logos over the currently trendy, minimalistic, web-orientated ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Yes, I agree, a nice logo for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 At least some artistry and imagination. The Euro 2012 designers surely must've scratched their heads and said WTF??? re Sochi. I mean this is what Sochi should've done...after all, what do we really know about Crimean art? Nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filipe_Golias Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 This is from the same Portuguese team (Brandia Central) that created the Euro 2004 logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted December 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 This is from the same Portuguese team (Brandia Central) that created the Euro 2004 logo. Well, there's quite a similarity between the logos of EURO 2004 and EURO 2012: They both have a big football as the "centre of attention". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 It's nice, but it reminds me a lot at the Scottish tourist board logo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 Euro 2012 qualifying draw Ukraine’s former Chelsea star Andriy Shevchenko is among the Euro 2012 tournament ambassadors presenting the qualifying competition draw for the championships in Warsaw on Feb. 7. There are 51 teams contesting the 14 places available for the 2012 finals alongside co-hosts Poland and Ukraine and they are split into six seeding pots ahead of the draw. There will be nine qualifying groups – six comprising six sides and three involving five. UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino says preparations for the 2012 European Championships in Poland/Ukraine are on schedule. WFI Ranking to be used for the Uefa Euro 2012 qualifying draw (Feb 2010): POT ONE: Spain Germany Netherlands Italy England Croatia Portugal France Russia POT TWO: Greece Czech Republic Sweden Switzerland Serbia Turkey Denmark Slovakia Romania POT THREE: Israel Bulgaria Finland Norway Republic of Ireland Scotland Northern Ireland Austria Bosnia-Herzegovina POT FOUR: Slovenia Latvia Hungary Lithuania Belarus Belgium Wales F.Y.R. Macedonia Cyprus POT FIVE: Montenegro Albania Estonia Georgia Moldova Iceland Armenia Kazakhstan Liechtenstein POT SIX: Azerbaijan Luxembourg Malta Faroe Islands Andorra San Marino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I love the logo - but on first look I thought "The Netherlands". Then you obviously realise it is ukraine and Poland. Lovely looking logo though. Much better than recent poor efforts. I am not including London in that btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 If Capello stays after the world cup, and I'm sure he will, I'm not worried about who we get in the qualifiers. I'm really not. Saying that, I always hope for the home nations in these draws, but three of them are in the same pot this year (I count the Rebublic as a home nation when I'm talking about football before you ask). England Czech Republic Scotland Wales Iceland (San Marino) That'd be a nice group I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I've just read this also: UEFA has confirmed that, for political reasons, Armenia will not be drawn against Azerbaijan (due to the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh) and Georgia will not be drawn against Russia (due to the disputed territory of South Ossetia) in the qualifiers for Euro 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 The draw is on soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Rob, ARD is just showing the proposed new stadiums - does BBC something similar right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 I don't know, I'm listening to it on the radio, and watching it on UEFA's website at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Who would you like Germany to get CAF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Who would you like Germany to get CAF? mhh - I think there are not real easy European teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Rob, wouldn't it be "strange" if all British teams are in one group? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Well, they can't all be in the same group, but we can have three in once group, which would be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 ... pot 6 is done: A AZE B AND C FAR D LUX E RSM F MAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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