Ƙungiyoyi hamsin da ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi goma sha shida sun shiga gasar cin kofin na goma sha huɗu da suka rage a wasan karshe, tare da masu haɗin gwiwar Poland da Ukraine. An rarraba ƙungiyoyi zuwa ƙungiyoyi tara, tare da zanawa ta amfani da sabon haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyar ƙwararrun UEFA a karon farko don ƙayyade saiti. A matsayin masu karewa, Spain ta kasance ta atomatik a saman. Tsarin cancantar ya fara ne a watan Agusta 2010 kuma ya ƙare a watan Nuwamba 2011. A ƙarshen matakin rukuni na cancanta a watan Oktoba 2011, ƙungiyoyi tara masu nasara sun cancanta ta atomatik, tare da ƙungiyar da ta fi girma a matsayi na biyu. Sauran ƙungiyoyi takwas da suka rage sun buga wasanni biyu, kuma masu nasara huɗu sun cancanci zuwa wasan karshe.
Agusta shekara ta 2010