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 between 4 and 16 May. 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.
Players born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to participate in this competition.

Venues

The tournament was held in Domžale, Lendava, Ljubljana and Maribor. The selected stadiums that hosted the matches were:
LjubljanaMariborDomžaleLendava
Stožice StadiumLjudski vrtDomžale Sports ParkLendava Sports Park
Capacity: 16,038Capacity: 12,702Capacity: 2,854Capacity: 2,011
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Qualification

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

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Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.
;Referees
;Assistant referees
  • Milutin Djukič
  • Mark Gavin
  • Serkan Gençerler
  • Haralds Gudermanis
  • Mubariz Hashimov
  • Borut Križarić
  • Leif Opland
  • Jean-Yves Wicht
;Fourth officials
  • Mitja Žganec
  • Dejan Balažič

Group stage

''All times are local.''

Group A

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330050+59
31112204
302136−32
301224−21

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Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
312031+25
312021+15
311132+14
301237−41

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Knockout stage

Bracket

All times are local

Semifinals

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Goalscorers

;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goals

Tournament select squad

;Goalkeepers
;Defenders
;Midfielders
;Forwards