Passage: The draw for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying competition took place in Warsaw on 7 February 2010. Fifty-one teams entered to compete for the fourteen remaining places in the finals, along with co-hosts Poland and Ukraine. The teams were divided into nine groups, with the draw using the new UEFA national team coefficient for the first time in order to determine the seedings. As defending champions, Spain was automatically top seeded. The qualifying process began in August 2010 and concluded in November 2011. At the conclusion of the qualifying group stage in October 2011, the nine group winners qualified automatically, along with the highest ranked second placed team. The remaining eight-second teams placed contested two-legged play-offs, and the four winners qualified for the finals. Twelve of the sixteen finalists entered to compete for the fourteen remaining places in the finals, along with co-hosts Poland and Ukraine. Twelve of the sixteen finalists entered to compete for the fourteen remaining places in the finals. Twelve of the sixteen finalists entered to compete for the fourteen remaining places in
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