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Russians are with the highest average age of Euro 2012 

Russians are with the highest average age of Euro 2012

5.07.2012

The Russian national team will be "the oldest" member of the European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine, and Germany is the "youngest".

According to official data after the announcement of all configurations for Euro 2012, the Russians have an average age of 28.4 years while that of Bundesteam, seen as a favorite for the title, is only 24.4 years. In the top three teams with the highest average age falls more Republic of Ireland with 28.3 years and 28.2 years in Sweden.

Before the Germans are the hosts from Poland with 25.1 years, followed by England and Denmark with 26.5 years.

European champions Spain, who will fight to protect their title, has a national team with an average age of 26.7 years, which place them on 11th in the standings with draw with France.

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