Portugal coach Paulo Bento published the 23-player name list for UEFA EURO 2012, with Lopes and Custódio included, who have never made appereances on behalf of national team.

Denmark coach Morten Olsen released the last two candidates enrolled in the 23-man squad list, they are defender Jores Okore and forward Nicklas Pedersen. Original goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen (Stoke City FC) was replaced by Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City FC).

Kazakhstan 0-3 Germany

Sweden 0-0 Ireland

Germany 4 - 4 Sweden

Republic of Ireland 1 - 6 Germany

Faroe Islands 1 - 2 Sweden

Goals from Rasmus Elm and Marcus Berg gave Sweden a 2-0 victory over Kazakhstan in their opening World Cup qualifier. Sweden's goals were scored by Elm (38') and Berg (90'). Sweden's starting line-up was Isaksson, Olsson, Granqvist, Lustig, Safari, Larsson, Elm, Wernbloom, Ibrahimovic, Elmander and Toivonen while Kazakhstan lined up with Sidelnikov, Nurdauletov, Kislitcin, Kirov, Rozhkov, Dmitrenko, Schmidtgal, Shabalin, Ostapenko, Nusrbayev and Bogdanov.

Montpellier Hérault SC defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa who has no France squad experience was admitted to the 26-man provisional suqad for UEFA UERO 2012 for the absence of Younès Kaboul.

Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk announced that Wilfried Bouma and Jetro Willems who are considered as the PSV Eindhoven binary will be in the 23-player finalists, while Vurnon Anita and Siem de Jong have lost their seats.