2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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

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]

Contents

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

Venues

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: 16,038Capacity: 12,702Capacity: 2,854Capacity: 2,011
Stozice Stadium Ljubljana.jpg Ljudski vrt 2012.jpg Domzale Stadium 2014.jpg

Qualification

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

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

Match officials

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

Group stage

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

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 330050+59
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 31112204
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 302136−32
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 301224−21
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg0–1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Report Meyer Soccerball shade.svg59'
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg2–2Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Chemlal Soccerball shade.svg7'
Martial Soccerball shade.svg56'
Report Birgisson Soccerball shade.svg66'
Hermannsson Soccerball shade.svg77'
Sports Park, Domžale
Attendance: 1,028
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg1–1Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Lemar Soccerball shade.svg67' Report Chechelasvili Soccerball shade.svg30' (pen.)
Sports Park, Domžale
Attendance: 1,228
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg0–1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Report Stendera Soccerball shade.svg20'
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 1,154
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3–0Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Meyer Soccerball shade.svg54', 56'
Dittgen Soccerball shade.svg62'
Report
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 4,552
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg0–1Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Report Dartsimelia Soccerball shade.svg74'
Sports Park, Domžale
Attendance: 763
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 312031+25
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 312021+15
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 311132+14
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 301237−41
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–0Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
M. Stępiński Soccerball shade.svg65' Report
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg1–3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Zahović Soccerball shade.svg74' Report Vloet Soccerball shade.svg13'
Lumu Soccerball shade.svg35'
Aké Soccerball shade.svg61'
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 8,132
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0–0Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Report
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 812
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg1–1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Šauperl Soccerball shade.svg26' Report Rabiega Soccerball shade.svg10'
Lendava Sports Park, Lendava
Attendance: 1,864
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0–0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Report
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg3–1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Schrijvers Soccerball shade.svg2'
Gerkens Soccerball shade.svg53'
Dierckx Soccerball shade.svg80'
Report Stojanović Soccerball shade.svg13'
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 6,211
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 May – Ljubljana
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1
 
16 May – Ljubljana
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1 (4)
 
13 May – Ljubljana
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1 (5)
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2
 
 
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 0
 

All times are local (UTC+2)

Semifinals

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Goretzka Soccerball shade.svg34' Report

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg2–0Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Hendrix Soccerball shade.svg79'
Haye Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Report
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 547
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

Final

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goals

Tournament select squad

Source: UEFA Technical Report [7]

References

  1. "Slovenia, Slovakia given U17s". UEFA . 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. 13 May 2012.
  7. "Technical Reportfinals" (PDF). UEFA . Retrieved 31 July 2016.