The 2012 European Soccer Championship will be held in five Poland and five Ukrainian cities, Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza reported on Thursday, Xinhua reported.

    Claiming that such a decision will be made public by UEFA next Wednesday, the daily said that among Poland`s lucky cities will be Warsaw, Gdansk, Wroclaw, Poznan and Cracow.

    In Ukraine chosen will be Kyiv, Doneck, Lviv, Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk.

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    According to Polish Sport and Tourism Minister Miroslaw Drzewiecki, the UEFA`s Wednesday decision will not be final. In his opinion matches will be played on no more than eight stadiums.

    Poland will co-host the European soccer championship with Ukraine.

Xinhua