2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2012 UEFA Premajhna 17 Evropska prvenstva v nogometu
Tournament details
Host country Slovenia
Dates 4–16 May
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Netherlands (2nd title)
Runners-up  Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 28 (1.87 per match)
Attendance 41,500 (2,767 per match)
Top scorer(s) Germany Max Meyer (3 goals)
Best player Germany Max Meyer

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]

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 will host matches are:

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

For more details on this topic, see 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads.
1.^ Teams that made their debut (as an Under 17 side).

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

4 May 2012
18:30
Georgia  0 – 1  Germany
Report Meyer  59'

4 May 2012
20:30
France  2 – 2  Iceland
Chemlal  7'
Martial  56'
Report Birgisson  66'
Hermannsson  77'
Sports Park, Domžale
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

7 May 2012
17:30
France  1 – 1  Georgia
Lemar  67' Report Chechelasvili  30' (pen.)
Sports Park, Domžale
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

7 May 2012
18:30
Iceland  0 – 1  Germany
Report Stendera  20'

10 May 2012
19:30
Germany  3 – 0  France
Meyer  54', 56'
Dittgen  62'
Report

10 May 2012
19:30
Iceland  0 – 1  Georgia
Report Dartsimelia  74'
Sports Park, Domžale
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 312031+25
 Poland 312021+15
 Belgium 311132+14
 Slovenia 301237–41

4 May 2012
14:00
Poland  1 – 0  Belgium
M. Stępiński  65' Report
Lendava Sports Park, Lendava
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

4 May 2012
20:15
Slovenia  1 – 3  Netherlands
Zahovič  74' Report Vloet  13'
Lumu  35'
Aké  61'
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 8,132
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

7 May 2012
17:00
Netherlands  0 – 0  Belgium
Report

7 May 2012
20:15
Slovenia  1 – 1  Poland
Šauperl  26' Report Rabiega  10'
Lendava Sports Park, Lendava
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

10 May 2012
17:30
Netherlands  0 – 0  Poland
Report

10 May 2012
17:30
Belgium  3 – 1  Slovenia
Schrijvers  2'
Gerkens  53'
Dierckx  80'
Report Stojanović  13'
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 6,211
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

All times are local (UTC+2)

Semifinals

13 May 2012
17:30
Germany  1 – 0  Poland
Goretzka  34' Report

13 May 2012
20:30
Netherlands  2 – 0  Georgia
Hendrix  79'
Haye  80+2'
Report
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

Final

16 May 2012[5]
18:00
Germany  1 – 1  Netherlands
Goretzka  45' Report Acolatse  80+1'
  Penalties  
Sarr
Werner
Itter
Stendera
Kempf
4 – 5 Huser
Aké
Acolatse
Hendrix
Trindade de Vilhena
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 11,674
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goals

Tournament select squad

Goalkeepers
  • Germany Oliver Schnitzler
Defenders

Midfielders
Attackers

[6]

References

  1. "Slovenia, Slovakia given U17s". uefa.com. 2010-10-29. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
  2. "Znana prizorišča EP do 17 let". Football Association of Slovenia. 2011-12-20. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  3. "Madžarska pritobža prodaja vstopnic šele 13. 4." (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 2012-04-11.
  4. M.R. (2011-12-19). "Foto: "Ne glede na mnenje večnih negativcev gre slovenskemu nogometu dobro"". RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  5. "Under-17 finals schedule confirmed". UEFA.com. 2012-05-13.
  6. "Ten talents to watch from the U17 finals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.

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