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: 2,813Capacity: 2,000
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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

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.
;Referees
;Assistant referees
;Fourth officials
All times are local.

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
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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Final

Goalscorers

;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goals
;Goalkeepers
;Defenders
;Midfielders
;Forwards