Castrol has announced its status as Official UEFA EURO 2012™ Sponsor and today unveiled predictions for the 16 countries most likely to qualify from their groups for the final stages of the tournament.
Castrol has measured the past team and player performance to work out the attack and defence ratings of each of 51* competing European nations. Then, by simulating the tournament more than 50,000 times and taking into account the draw groupings, the results interestingly show that England, despite failing to qualify for the UEFA EURO 2008™ tournament, are jointly ranked third favourite to qualify alongside last year’s tournament winner Spain. Austria, the previous tournament’s joint host, is however considered ‘unlikely’ to qualify with only 3% chance of success.
Castrol has calculated each team’s chances of progression through the UEFA EURO 2012™ group stages to secure a place at the all important Final stages alongside hosts, Poland and Ukraine. Netherlands, Germany, England and Spain top the list of the competing nations as the most likely to make it past the qualifiers, with fans from Wales, Northern Ireland and Belgium, amongst others, unlikely to be travelling far as their nations languish at the bottom of the pack with less than a 4% chance of securing a place in the Finals.
Mohammed Samir, Marketing Head of Castrol Middle East Lubricants, said: “Football fans in the Middle East represent a wonderful example of sporting spirit and passion for quality performance that knows no boundaries. With the same passion for football and performance, Castrol is proud to strengthen its commitment to football by again signing as sponsors for the UEFA EURO tournament”.
Commenting on the predictions he added “With Castrol’s help, fans can get a more accurate forecast of how the competition will pan out and how big teams like Spain and Italy will get on”.
The UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier predictions have been created by the same team of Castrol Performance Analysts behind the Castrol Rankings and Castrol Index. Castrol has applied the same expertise the company applies to the development of its lubricant oils and used objective analysis and highly advanced technology to offer fans a unique insight into what it will take for their team to be successful in UEFA EURO 2012™.
