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Reuters, Warsaw

Poland may host the 2012 European Championship on its own if Ukraine does not complete its Kiev stadium on schedule, UEFA President Michel Platini was quoted as saying by Polish media on Friday.

Daily Dziennik reported that Platini also played down speculation Germany could step in to host the tournament instead.

"Germany? Only if the bulldozers are still working at the National Stadium in Warsaw in June 2012, but I doubt that," Platini told Dziennik.

"Kiev is another matter. If this city is late with the stadium, then there is a possibility that Euro 2012 will be hosted only by Poland."

UEFA has already threatened both Poland and Ukraine with the possibility that the tournament may be taken away from them if they failed to speed up stadium construction and tackle major infrastructure problems.