Men's Football at London Olympics 2012 - Venues and fixtures

One football extravaganza ends in the form of Euro 2012 and another one opens. Though it does not look like it can catch the eyes of many, more viewers are expected to follow this year’s edition in London. First up lets look at the stadiums that are going to host the matches in and around Great Britain

There are 6 stadiums in total. The stadiums represent London itself apart from Southeast England, the English Midlands, Northwest England, Northeast England, Scotland and Wales.

Wembley Stadium – 90,000 seats

The iconic stadium is set to host various group matches, a quarter final match, a semifinal match and the grand final as well. Known for its brilliant atmosphere, most of the tickets have already been sold out where other sports have barely reached its figures.

Old Trafford –  76,212 seats

The Theater of Dreams. Forget about the match, just buy a ticket and enjoy the atmosphere as once upon a time, the legends of the beautiful game had set foot here. The current stadium of English Premier League runner ups Manchester United, it will play host to group matches, a quarter final and a semi final.

Millennium Stadium – 74,500 seats

A spectacular stadium from personal experience! Brilliant view from anywhere, fantastic atmosphere and great place overall. Group matches, a quarter final and the third place playoff will be played here. Home of the Rugby Union team of Wales, it has hosted many football matches for the Wales national team.

St. James Park –  52,387 seats

Though renamed as Sports Direct Arena by its owners Newcastle United Football Club, it has kept its historical name of being known as St.James Park. Famous in and around Europe, it has featured in quite a few motion-pictures as well! It will host group matches and a quarter final as well.

Hampden Park –  52,103 seats

It is the home venue of the Scottish National Football team and Queen’s Park FC. It holds the record attendance in any football match at 149,415 in a match comprising of Scotland vs England in 1937. Will be hosting group matches only.

City of Coventry Stadium – 32,500 seats

Ricoh arena, as it is known as to the fans, the City of Coventry Stadium houses Coventry City FC which is an all-packed complex a casino, hypermarkets, leisure clubs, hotels and an exhibition hall. Like Hampden it will host only group matches.

Now moving onto the groups – There are 4 namely Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D and then the Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and the finals will be played en route to Wembly!

July 26	5pm	UAE vs Uruguay	Old Trafford	Manchester
July 26	8pm	Team GB vs Senegal	Old Trafford	Manchester
July 29	5pm	Senegal vs Uruguay	Wembley Stadium	London
July 29	7.45pm	Team GB vs UAE	Wembley Stadium	London
August 1	7.45pm	Senegal vs UAE	City of Coventry Stadium	Coventry
August 1	7.45pm	Team GB vs Uruguay	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff

July 26	2.30pm	Mexico vs Korea Republic	St James’ Park	Newcastle
July 26	5.15pm	Gabon vs Switzerland	St James’ Park	Newcastle
July 29	2:30pm	Mexico vs Gabon	City of Coventry Stadium	Coventry
July 29	5:15pm	Korea Republic vs Switzerland	City of Coventry Stadium	Coventry
August 1	5pm	Mexico vs Switzerland	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff
August 1	5pm	Korea Republic vs Gabon	Wembley Stadium	London

July 26	7.45pm	Belarus vs New Zealand	City of Coventry Stadium	Coventry
July 26	7.45pm	Brazil vs Egypt	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff
July 29	12pm	Egypt vs New Zealand	Old Trafford	Manchester
July 29	3pm	Brazil vs Belarus	Old Trafford	Manchester
August 1	2.30pm	Brazil vs New Zealand	St James’ Park	Newcastle
August 1	2.30pm	Egypt vs Belarus	Hampden Park	Glasgow

July 26	12pm	Honduras vs Morocco	Hampden Park	Glasgow
July 26	2.45pm	Spain vs Japan	Hampden Park	Glasgow
July 29	5pm	Japan vs Morocco	St James’ Park	Newcastle
July 29	7.45pm	Spain vs Honduras	St James’ Park	Newcastle
August 1	5pm	Japan vs Honduras	City of Coventry Stadium	Coventry
August 1	5pm	Spain vs Morocco	Old Trafford	Manchester