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]
UEFA evropsko prvenstvo v nogometu do 17 let 2012 | |
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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 | 41,424 (2,762 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Max Meyer (3 goals) |
Best player(s) | Max Meyer |
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Players born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to participate in this competition.
The tournament was held in Domžale, Lendava, Ljubljana and Maribor.[4] The selected stadiums that hosted the matches were:
Ljubljana | Maribor |
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Domžale | Lendava |
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Stožice Stadium | Ljudski vrt | Domžale Sports Park | Lendava Sports Park | |
Capacity: 16,038 | Capacity: 12,702 | Capacity: 2,854 | Capacity: 2,011 | |
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.
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[5]
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All times are local (UTC+02:00).
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 |
Georgia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
France | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
Iceland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
Georgia | 0–1 | Germany |
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Report | Meyer 59' |
Attendance: 600
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
France | 2–2 | Iceland |
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Chemlal 7' Martial 56' |
Report | Birgisson 66' Hermannsson 77' |
Attendance: 1,028
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
France | 1–1 | Georgia |
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Lemar 67' | Report | Chechelasvili 30' (pen.) |
Attendance: 1,228
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
Iceland | 0–1 | Germany |
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Report | Stendera 20' |
Attendance: 1,154
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)
Germany | 3–0 | France |
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Meyer 54', 56' Dittgen 62' |
Report |
Attendance: 4,552
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)
Iceland | 0–1 | Georgia |
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Report | Dartsimelia 74' |
Attendance: 763
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
Poland | 1–0 | Belgium |
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M. Stępiński 65' | Report |
Attendance: 693
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
Slovenia | 1–3 | Netherlands |
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Zahović 74' | Report | Vloet 13' Lumu 35' Aké 61' |
Attendance: 8,132
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)
Netherlands | 0–0 | Belgium |
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Report |
Attendance: 812
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
Slovenia | 1–1 | Poland |
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Šauperl 26' | Report | Rabiega 10' |
Attendance: 1,864
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
Netherlands | 0–0 | Poland |
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Report |
Attendance: 537
Referee: Emir Alecković (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Belgium | 3–1 | Slovenia |
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Schrijvers 2' Gerkens 53' Dierckx 80' |
Report | Stojanović 13' |
Attendance: 6,211
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||
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| 13 May – Ljubljana | |||||
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| Germany | 1 | ||||
| 16 May – Ljubljana | |||||
| Poland | 0 | ||||
| Germany | 1 (4) | ||||
| 13 May – Ljubljana | |||||
| Netherlands | 1 (5) | ||||
| Netherlands | 2 | ||||
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| Georgia | 0 | ||||
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All times are local (UTC+2)
Germany | 1–0 | Poland |
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Goretzka 34' | Report |
Attendance: 1,629
Referee: Emir Alecković (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Netherlands | 2–0 | Georgia |
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Hendrix 79' Haye 90+2' |
Report |
Attendance: 547
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)
Germany | 1–1 | Netherlands |
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Goretzka 45' | Report | Acolatse 90+1' |
Penalties | ||
Sarr Werner Itter Stendera Kempf |
4–5 | Huser Aké Acolatse Hendrix Vilhena |
Attendance: 11,674
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
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Source: UEFA Technical Report[7]