Quite a few new records were set in 2011 in UEFA events as regards Euro-2012. The main ones were named by Local Organizing Committee chief Markiyan Lubkivskyi in an interview with the Information Centre Ukraine-2012.

"First, the largest number of people wishing to buy tickets - 12 million applicants have registered through the site and ordered tickets for EURO. This is 14% more than at the previous championship. The competition for tickets - 1:20 indicates that interest in the tournament is huge. Regardless of the fact that in total in 2012 we have more tickets (1.4 million), compared to previous tournaments because the capacity of stadiums is larger. Second, the record number of applications for volunteer work - 24,000 applicants. Of these, we need to select 6,000 tournament assistants from them", said Markiyan Lubkivskyi.

The tournament director stressed that one feature of the 2012 tournament is much higher than in previous championships, namely UEFA’s investment in preparations and organization of the event - 500 million Euros.
"Another thing that can be considered a record is that all the strongest teams of the continent are coming to play in Ukraine and Poland. This is a unique situation where no European country which is a grandee of European football has been left aside of the finals of the tournament," he said.

Another event which broke all previous records was the draw ceremony. In Ukraine this holiday became the largest and best organized in the entire history of the Euro. The celebration was attended by 700 VIP-guests, 500 journalists and the world saw a wonderful picture.

"But in fact, there are many records still ahead of us. This is a big tournament, which is being held in two countries, which are located on vast areas. We would like our national team to also set a record", Markiyan Lubkivskyi added.

A reminder that the head of the LOC also said that some teams taking part in the finals at Euro-2012 and which will play in Ukraine may change their choice of being based in Poland.

If a team arrives in Ukraine ahead of a match and lives a few days at the transfer camp there it may well stay there in order to prepare for matches and change the location of its training camp.