UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs

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Gianni Infantino (left) and Zbigniew Boniek during a draw for the play-offs Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs draw (2).jpg
Gianni Infantino (left) and Zbigniew Boniek during a draw for the play-offs

The UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-off ties were played over two legs, with the first legs on 11 November and the second legs on 15 November 2011. [1] The four winners are found according to the standard rules for the knockout phase in European competitions, and the winners qualified for the Euro 2012 tournament. [2] Qualifying play-offs was a second stage (round) of UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying.

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Ranking of second-placed teams

The highest ranked second placed team from the groups qualified automatically for the tournament, while the remainder entered the playoffs. As six groups contained six teams and three with five, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group were discarded in this ranking. As a result, a total of eight matches played by each team count toward the purpose of the second-placed ranking table.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 E Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 86022011+918Qualify for final tournament
2 H Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 85122112+916Advance to play-offs
3 F Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 8512126+616
4 B Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 8431106+415
5 D Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 842298+114
6 I Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 8413128+413
7 C Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 84131311+213
8 G Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 833277012
9 A Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8323810211
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) UEFA national team coefficient ranking; 6) Lower disciplinary points total; 7) Drawing of lots.

Seedings

Zbigniew Boniek during the draw Zbigniew Boniek 2011 (1).jpg
Zbigniew Boniek during the draw

The draw for the play-offs was held on 13 October 2011 in Kraków, Poland, to determine the four pairings as well as the order of the home and away ties. [3]

After the controversy caused by the UEFA play-offs during 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying – which was originally to be an unseeded draw, but was later altered by FIFA to a seeded one – UEFA stated from the outset that the draw for the play-offs would be seeded. [2] The four runners-up with the best positions in the UEFA team coefficient ranking system were therefore seeded.

Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating: [4]

The seedings were as follows: [5]

Pot 1 (seeded)
TeamCoeffRank
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 32.7237
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 31.20211
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 28.20313
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 27.98215
Pot 2 (unseeded)
TeamCoeffRank
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 27.60118
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.19919
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 21.87635
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 20.35537

Summary

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg0–3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0–3 0–0
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg1–5Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 0–4 1–1
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–0Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 2–0 1–0
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg2–6Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0–0 2–6

Matches

Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg0–3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Report Olić Soccerball shade.svg2'
Mandžukić Soccerball shade.svg32'
Ćorluka Soccerball shade.svg51'
Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 42,863 [6]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg0–0Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Report
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 26,371 [7]
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Croatia won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2012.


Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–4Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Report Andrews Soccerball shade.svg13'
Walters Soccerball shade.svg67'
Keane Soccerball shade.svg71', 88' (pen.)
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 9,692 [8]
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg1–1Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Ward Soccerball shade.svg32' Report Vassiljev Soccerball shade.svg57'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,151 [9]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Republic of Ireland won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2012.


Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg2–0Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Pilař Soccerball shade.svg63'
Sivok Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Report
Generali Arena, Prague
Attendance: 14,560 [10]
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Montenegro  Flag of Montenegro.svg0–1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Report Jiráček Soccerball shade.svg81'
Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 10,100 [11]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Czech Republic won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2012.


Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg0–0Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
Bilino Polje, Zenica
Attendance: 12,352 [12]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg6–2Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ronaldo Soccerball shade.svg8', 53'
Nani Soccerball shade.svg24'
Postiga Soccerball shade.svg72', 82'
Veloso Soccerball shade.svg80'
Report Misimović Soccerball shade.svg41' (pen.)
Spahić Soccerball shade.svg65'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 47,728 [13]
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Portugal won 6–2 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2012.

Goalscorers

There were 20 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

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