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Hamren believes Sweden can go far at Euro 2012
Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2012 by Goal.com

Hamren believes Sweden can go far at Euro 2012

Sweden boss Erik Hamren has spoken of his delight at seeing his team defeat Serbia in their final warm-up fixture before Euro 2012.

Goals from Ola Toivonen and Zlatan Ibrahimovic ensured the Swedes go to the championships in Poland and Ukraine on the back of two straight victories prior to facing co-hosts Ukraine on Monday evening, having previously beaten Iceland.

Of the friendly successes, Hamren told SVT Sport: “It has been two good games for us and we have got what we wanted. Then we have a few days in Kiev to prepare for the premiere.”

And Hamren is confident that the Swedes can cause a shock and claim a place in the latter stages of the tournament, as the head coach said: “Then it is as I said before, we can have three good matches in Kiev but to move forward we will encounter great resistance.

“But we've got a good feeling in the group that we can go further and further.”

Standings
    Rank Team W/D/L Pts

    Cities & Stadiums

    The Top 3 Teams of Previous Tournaments

    Year Winners Runner-up Third place
    2008SpainGermanyRussia / Turkey
    2004GreecePortugalNetherlands / Czech Republic
    2000FranceItalyNetherlands / Portugal
    1996GermanyCzech RepublicFrance / England
    1992DenmarkGermanyNetherlands / Sweden
    1988NetherlandsSoviet UnionItaly / West Germany
    1984FranceSpainDenmark / Portugal
    1980West GermanyBelgiumCzechoslovakia
    1976CzechoslovakiaWest GermanyNetherlands
    1972West GermanySoviet UnionBelgium
    1968ItalyYugoslaviaEngland
    1964SpainSoviet UnionHungary
    1960Soviet UnionYugoslaviaCzechoslovakia