EA Sports Simulation Predicts Germany Will Beat Netherlands to Win Euro 2012

Germany are the winners of Euro 2012, after beating the Netherlands 3-1 in a pulsating final.

At least that's what a tournament simulation by EA Sports has predicted.

The games manufacturer played out all 31 games on EA Sports' UEFA Euro 2012, the officially licensed expansion pack to their hugely popular FIFA 12 product.

Their mocked up tournament saw Russia, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, France and England advance from the group stages of Euro 2012.

At the quarters stage, England were beaten—all too predictably—by Spain via a penalty shootout.

Netherlands beat Russia 2-0, Italy edged out France 2-1 and Germany swept aside tournament hosts Poland 3-1.

The semifinals saw Netherlands shock holders Spain 3-1, with Robin van Persie among the goalscorers for the Dutch.

In the other semi, a Miroslav Klose strike was enough to see Germany past Italy.

In the final, Van Persie's opener for the Netherlands was cancelled out by a goal from Real Madrid's Mesut Ozil. It was then left for Mario Gomez to score the winner and hand Germany their first major tournament success since 1996.

Should we read anything into it? Well maybe. Here's what the official press release said (obtained first-hand):

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EA SPORTS has a proven track record of correctly predicting winners using its game engines across all of its simulation sports franchises. EA SPORTS correctly predicted Chelsea would defeat Liverpool 2-1 to capture this year’s FA Cup and Spain would win the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.The Madden NFL franchise has correctly predicted seven of the past nine Super Bowl champions.

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