2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
2012. aasta U-19 Euroopa meistrivõistlused jalgpallis
2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.png
Tournament details
Host countryEstonia
Dates3–15 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Spain.svg Spain (9th title)
Runners-up Flag of Greece.svg Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored49 (3.27 per match)
Attendance46,022 (3,068 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Spain.svg Jesé (5 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Deulofeu
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The 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 61st edition of UEFA's European Under-19 Championship (the eleventh since the age competition change to an Under-19 level) and took place in Estonia from 3 to 15 July. [1] Spain were the defending champions. This competition also acted as a qualifying competition for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, as six sides from Europe qualify.

Contents

Players born after 1 January 1993 were eligible to participate in this competition.

Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament occurred in two stages: a qualifying round and an elite round. During these rounds, 51 national teams competed to determine the seven teams that would join the automatically qualified host nation Estonia.

The qualifying round was played between 21 September and 16 November 2011. Liechtenstein did not enter and England, France and Spain received a bye to the elite round as a result of their UEFA ranking coefficient. The remaining 48 teams were divided into 12 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches were played, the 12 group winners, 12 group runners-up and the best third-placed team advanced to the elite round.

The elite round was played between 23 and 31 May 2012. The 28 teams entering this phase were split into seven groups of four teams for a further round of mini-tournaments. The seven group winners qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:

CountryQualified asPrevious appearances in final tournament 1
only U-19 era (since 2002)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Hosts0 (debut)
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Winner of Group 1 5 (2003, 2005 , 2007, 2009, 2010 )
Flag of England.svg  England Winner of Group 2 6 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Winner of Group 3 4 (2005 2 , 2007, 2009, 2011)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Winner of Group 4 4 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Winner of Group 5 4 (2005, 2007, 2008, 2011)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Winner of Group 6 1 (2010)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Winner of Group 7 8 ( 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 )
1Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

StadiumLocationCapacity [2] Notes [3]
A. Le Coq Arena Tallinn 9,692Three group games, semifinals and the final
Haapsalu linnastaadion Haapsalu 869Three group matches
Kadrioru staadion Tallinn 5,000Three group matches
Rakvere linnastaadion Rakvere 2,500Three group matches

Estonia flag map2.png

Soccer ball.svg
Tallinn
Soccer ball.svg
Haapsalu
Soccer ball.svg
Rakvere

Match officials

UEFA named six referees and eight assistant referees for the tournament on 18 June 2012, all who are young and upcoming top referees in Europe. Additionally two Estonian referees were chosen as fourth officials for the group stage matches. [4]

CountryReferee
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Kenn Hansen
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Paolo Valeri
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Vadims Direktorenko
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Danny Makkelie
Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland Arnold Hunter
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Alain Bieri

Squads

Results

2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship teams and final classification 2012 UEFA U-19 European Championship map.svg
2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship teams and final classification

Group stage

The draw was held on 6 June 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia. [5] [6]

Each group winner and runner-up advanced to the semifinals. The top three teams in each group also qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings. [7]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question
  2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question
  4. If, after applying criteria 1) to 3) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 3) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5) and 7) will apply
  5. Results of all group matches:
    1. Superior goal difference
    2. Higher number of goals scored
  6. Respect Fair Play ranking of the teams in question
  7. Drawing of lots

Additionally, if two teams which have the same number of points and the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, their final rankings are determined by the penalty shoot-out and not by the criteria listed above. This procedure is applicable only if a ranking of the teams is required to determine the group winner and the runner-up.

Legend
Advanced to semifinals and qualified for the 2013 U-20 World Cup
Qualified for the 2013 U-20 World Cup

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 321074+37
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 320185+36
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 311186+24
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 300319−80
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg1–2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Diamantakos Soccerball shade.svg66' Report Jesé Soccerball shade.svg30'
Derik Soccerball shade.svg40'
Attendance: 1,350 [8]
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–3Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report Pikk Soccerball shade.svg5' (o.g.)
Betinho Soccerball shade.svg25'
Martins Soccerball shade.svg72'
Attendance: 6,691 [8]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg1–4Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Luigend Soccerball shade.svg90' Report Katidis Soccerball shade.svg43'
Fourlanos Soccerball shade.svg55'
Diamantakos Soccerball shade.svg85', 90+2'
Attendance: 3,345 [9]
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg3–3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bruma Soccerball shade.svg11'
Gomes Soccerball shade.svg39'
João Mário Soccerball shade.svg90+1' (pen.)		 Report Jesé Soccerball shade.svg8', 28', 48'
Attendance: 3,780 [9]
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg2–0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Suárez Soccerball shade.svg39'
Alcácer Soccerball shade.svg86'		 Report
Attendance: 3,877 [10]
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg2–3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Gomes Soccerball shade.svg19'
Betinho Soccerball shade.svg90+6'		 Report Gianniotas Soccerball shade.svg18'
Katidis Soccerball shade.svg42', 69'
Attendance: 1,193 [10]

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of England.svg  England 321053+27
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 320152+36
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 311142+24
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 300318−70
England  Flag of England.svg1–1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Chalobah Soccerball shade.svg60' Report Pavičić Soccerball shade.svg57'
Attendance: 1,270 [8]
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg0–3Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Report Samnick Soccerball shade.svg17'
Pogba Soccerball shade.svg26' (pen.)
Vion Soccerball shade.svg32'
Attendance: 1,827 [8]
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg1–0Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Foulquier Soccerball shade.svg79' Report
Attendance: 1,182 [9]
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg1–2Flag of England.svg  England
Ninković Soccerball shade.svg70' Report Afobe Soccerball shade.svg6'
Redmond Soccerball shade.svg63'
Attendance: 1,712 [9]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg3–0Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Pavičić Soccerball shade.svg2'
Pongračić Soccerball shade.svg49', 57'		 Report
Attendance: 1,647 [10]
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg1–2Flag of England.svg  England
Veretout Soccerball shade.svg31' Report Lundstram Soccerball shade.svg16'
Kane Soccerball shade.svg39'
Attendance: 3,234 [10]

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 July – Tallinn
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3 (4)
 
15 July – Tallinn
 
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 3 (2)
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1
 
12 July – Tallinn
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0
 
Flag of England.svg  England 1
 
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2
 

Semi-finals

England  Flag of England.svg1–2 (a.e.t.)Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Afobe Soccerball shade.svg56' Report Bougaidis Soccerball shade.svg38'
Lykogiannis Soccerball shade.svg108'
Attendance: 3,115 [11]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

Final

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1–0Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Jesé Soccerball shade.svg80' Report
Attendance: 7,864 [12]
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
GK1 Kepa Arrizabalaga Yellow card.svg 90+2'
DF3 Álex Grimaldo
DF4 Jonás Ramalho
DF5 Derik
MF6 José Campaña (c)
MF8 Suso Sub off.svg 71'
MF9 Paco Alcácer
FW10 Jesé Yellow card.svg 90'Sub off.svg 90+1'
DF12 Jonny
MF16 Óliver
FW14 Gerard Deulofeu Sub off.svg 84'
Substitutes
GK17 Adrián Ortolá
FW7 Juanmi Sub on.svg 84'
MF11 Juan Bernat Sub on.svg 90+1'
DF14 Pablo Insúa
MF18 Denis Suárez Sub on.svg 71'
DF19 Salva Ruiz
FW20 Nono
Manager
Flag of Spain.svg Julen Lopetegui
Flag of Greece.svg
Greece
GK12 Sokratis Dioudis
DF2 Nikos Marinakis
DF3 Kostas Stafylidis
DF4 Mavroudis Bougaidis
MF6 Panagiotis Ballas
FW7 Charis Mavrias
MF8 Spyros Fourlanos Sub off.svg 85'
FW9 Dimitris Diamantakos Sub off.svg 67'
MF10 Giorgos Katidis (c) Yellow card.svg 78'Sub off.svg 90'
DF11 Giannis Gianniotas
MF15 Dimitris Kourbelis
Substitutes
GK19 Panagiotis Tsintotas
DF5 Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos
MF13 Konstantinos Rougalas
DF14 Charalambos Lykogiannis
FW17 Anastasios Bakasetas
MF18 Andreas Bouchalakis
Manager
Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Tsanas
 2012 UEFA U-19 European Champions 
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
9th title

Goalscorers

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Team of the tournament

After the final, the UEFA technical team selected 23 players to integrate the "team of the tournament". [13]

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