They have made it through the group stage for the first time since reaching the quarter-finals of UEFA EURO 2004.
Sweden are competing at their sixth successive EURO finals, and their seventh in total.Sweden got their first victory against Ukraine at the third attempt, Tobias Hysén striking two minutes into added time for a 1-0 victory in a friendly in Kharkiv on 10 August 2011.Marko Dević's penalty cancelled out Johan Elmander's early goal for Sweden. The teams played again in the final of a friendly tournament in Cyprus on 9 February 2011 they drew 1-1 over 90 minutes, Ukraine then prevailing 5-4 on penalties.They first met in Sweden on 1 June 2008, when Serhiy Nazarenko gave the visitors a 1-0 victory.That was the countries' first competitive encounter and also the last time they met, their three previous friendly meetings having yielded one win each and a draw over 90 minutes.Those proved to be Ukraine's only points of the tournament, the co-hosts finishing behind England and France in Group D but above Sweden, who also ended with three points.Andriy Pyatov and Andriy Yarmolenko were in that Ukraine side, with Andreas Granqvist, Mikael Lustig and Sebastian Larsson all starters for Sweden.Zlatan Ibrahimović (52) struck first for a Sweden side coached by Erik Hamrén but Shevchenko levelled three minutes later and then got what proved to be the winner in the 62nd minute for Oleh Blokhin's Ukraine. Ukraine marked their finals debut with a 2-1 win against Sweden at Kyiv's NSC Olimpiyskiy on Matchday 1 of UEFA EURO 2012.The winners will face England or Germany in the quarter-finals in Rome on 3 July.His side finished behind the Netherlands and Austria in Group C to qualify as one of the four best third-placed sides overall their reward is a tie against a Sweden side that won Group E ahead of Spain.
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