24 September, Nyon

Preliminary round draw
Matches 20-24 January 2011, winners to qualifying round

Group A: Moldova, Turkey (hosts), Montenegro, Switzerland

Group B: Greece, Latvia, Armenia, Iceland (hosts)

Group C: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (hosts), Georgia, England, Estonia

Group D: Lithuania, France, Bulgaria, Malta (hosts)

Group E: Finland (hosts), Cyprus, Albania, San Marino

Group F: Israel, Andorra, Republic of Ireland (hosts), Norway

Qualifying round draw
Matches 24-27 February 2011, winners and five best runners-up to finals with hosts Croatia

Group 1: Spain (holders), Azerbaijan (hosts), Kazakhstan, Winner preliminary round Group D

Group 2: Russia, Serbia, Netherlands (hosts), Winner preliminary round Group E

Group 3: Portugal, Belarus, Poland (hosts), Winner preliminary round Group C

Group 4: Czech Republic, Romania (hosts), Slovakia, Winner preliminary round Group F

Group 5: Ukraine (host), Hungary, Belgium, Winner preliminary round Group A

Group 6: Italy, Slovenia (hosts), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Winner preliminary round Group B

Procedure

Preliminary round
The 24 lowest-ranked entrants were drawn into six groups to be played as one-venue mini-tournaments from 20 to 24 January 2011.

Every group contains one team from each of the four seeding tiers while six nations are pre-designated as hosts. They were drawn first from Pot 10 and placed in their group in accordance with their seeding position. The remaining fourth-tier sides were drawn from Pot 9 and placed in their group according to seeding position, and so on for Pots 8 (third tier), 7 (second) and 6 (first). The group winners go into the qualifying round.

Qualifying round
The 18 highest-ranked entrants and the six preliminary round group winners were drawn into six groups to be played as one-venue mini-tournaments from 24 to 27 February 2011.

Every group contains one team from each of the four seeding tiers while six nations are pre-designated as hosts. They were drawn first from Pot 5 and placed in their group in accordance with their seeding position. The preliminary round group winners were drawn from Pot 4 and placed in the fourth position in their corresponding section. The remaining third seeds were be drawn from Pot 3 and placed in their group according to seeding position, and so on for Pots 2 (second tier) and 1 (first). The group winners and five best runners-up join hosts Croatia in the final tournament in February 2012.