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) Max Meyer (3 goals)
Best player(s) Max Meyer

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: 16,038 Capacity: 12,702 Capacity: 2,854 Capacity: 2,011

Qualification
Main articles: Qualifying round and Elite round

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
Further information: 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 330050+59
 Georgia 31112204
 France 302136−32
 Iceland 301224−21
Georgia 0–1 Germany
Report Meyer 59'
Attendance: 600
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'
Attendance: 763

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 312031+25
 Poland 312021+15
 Belgium 311132+14
 Slovenia 301237−41
Poland 1–0 Belgium
M. Stępiński 65' Report
Attendance: 693
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
Attendance: 537
Belgium 3–1 Slovenia
Schrijvers 2'
Gerkens 53'
Dierckx 80'		 Report Stojanović 13'
Attendance: 6,211

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
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
Germany 1–0 Poland
Goretzka 34' Report
Attendance: 1,629
Netherlands 2–0 Georgia
Hendrix 79'
Haye 80+2'		 Report
Attendance: 547

Final
Germany 1–1 Netherlands
Goretzka 45' Report Acolatse 80+1'
Penalties
Sarr
Werner
Itter
Stendera
Kempf 		4–5 Huser
Aké
Acolatse
Hendrix
Vilhena
Attendance: 11,674

Goalscorers
3 goals
2 goals
1 goals

Tournament select squad

Source: UEFA Technical Report[7]

References
  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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