2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the eleventh edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship under its current age grouping. Slovenia hosted the tournament[1] between 4 and 16 May.[2] An appeal by the Hungarian Football Federation to have Hungary replace Belgium over an ineligible player in the Belgium V Russia elite round match was unsuccessful.[3]

2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
UEFA evropsko prvenstvo v nogometu do 17 let 2012
Tournament details
Host countrySlovenia
Dates4–16 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (2nd title)
Runners-up Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored28 (1.87 per match)
Attendance41,424 (2,762 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Max Meyer (3 goals)
Best player(s)Germany Max Meyer
2011
2013

Players born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to participate in this competition.

Venues

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The tournament was held in Domžale, Lendava, Ljubljana and Maribor.[4] The selected stadiums that hosted the matches were:

Ljubljana Maribor Domžale Lendava
Stožice Stadium Ljudski vrt Domžale Sports Park Lendava Sports Park
Capacity: 16,038 Capacity: 12,702 Capacity: 2,854 Capacity: 2,011
     

Qualification

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The final tournament of the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round. During these rounds, 52 national teams competed to determine the seven teams.

Participants

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1.^ Teams that made their debut (as an Under 17 side).

Match officials

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A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[5]

Group stage

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All times are local (UTC+02:00).

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Germany 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
  Georgia 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
  France 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
  Iceland 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Georgia  0–1  Germany
Report Meyer   59'
France  2–2  Iceland
Chemlal   7'
Martial   56'
Report Birgisson   66'
Hermannsson   77'
Attendance: 1,028
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

France  1–1  Georgia
Lemar   67' Report Chechelasvili   30' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,228
Iceland  0–1  Germany
Report Stendera   20'
Attendance: 1,154

Germany  3–0  France
Meyer   54', 56'
Dittgen   62'
Report
Attendance: 4,552
Iceland  0–1  Georgia
Report Dartsimelia   74'

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Netherlands 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
  Poland 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
  Belgium 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
  Slovenia 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Poland  1–0  Belgium
M. Stępiński   65' Report
Slovenia  1–3  Netherlands
Zahović   74' Report Vloet   13'
Lumu   35'
Aké   61'
Attendance: 8,132

Netherlands  0–0  Belgium
Report
Attendance: 812
Slovenia  1–1  Poland
Šauperl   26' Report Rabiega   10'
Attendance: 1,864
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

Netherlands  0–0  Poland
Report
Belgium  3–1  Slovenia
Schrijvers   2'
Gerkens   53'
Dierckx   80'
Report Stojanović   13'
Attendance: 6,211

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 May – Ljubljana
 
 
  Germany 1
 
16 May – Ljubljana
 
  Poland 0
 
  Germany 1 (4)
 
13 May – Ljubljana
 
  Netherlands 1 (5)
 
  Netherlands 2
 
 
  Georgia 0
 

All times are local (UTC+2)

Semifinals

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Germany  1–0  Poland
Goretzka   34' Report

Netherlands  2–0  Georgia
Hendrix   79'
Haye   90+2'
Report

Final

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Germany  1–1  Netherlands
Goretzka   45' Report Acolatse   90+1'
Penalties
Sarr  
Werner  
Itter  
Stendera  
Kempf  
4–5   Huser
  Aké
  Acolatse
  Hendrix
  Vilhena
Attendance: 11,674

Goalscorers

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3 goals
2 goals
1 goals

Tournament select squad

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Source: UEFA Technical Report[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Slovenia, Slovakia given U17s". uefa.com. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Znana prizorišča EP do 17 let". Football Association of Slovenia. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Madžarska pritobža prodaja vstopnic šele 13. 4" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 11 April 2012. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  4. ^ M.R. (19 December 2011). "Foto: "Ne glede na mnenje večnih negativcev gre slovenskemu nogometu dobro"". RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  5. ^ Technical Report UEFA. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Under-17 finals schedule confirmed". UEFA.com. 13 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Technical Reportfinals" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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