2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
International football competition
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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]
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| Host country | Slovenia |
| Dates | 4–16 May |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venues | 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 | Max Meyer (3 goals) |
| Best player | Max Meyer |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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
Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[5]
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Group stage
All times are local (UTC+02:00).
Group A
Iceland  | 0–1 |  Georgia |
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| Report | Dartsimelia  74' |
Group B
| 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 |
| Netherlands | 0–0 | Belgium |
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| Netherlands | 0–0 | Poland |
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| Belgium | 3–1 | Slovenia |
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| Schrijvers 2' Gerkens 53'Dierckx 80' |
Report | Stojanović 13' |
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 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
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Georgia |
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| Hendrix 79' Haye 90+2' |
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Final
Goalscorers
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goals
Tuur Dierckx- Pieter Gerkens
- Siebe Schrijvers
Mohamed Chemlal- Thomas Lemar
- Anthony Martial
Chiaber Chechelasvili- Dato Dartsimelia
Max Dittgen- Marc Stendera
Gunnlaugur Birgisson- Hjörtur Hermannsson
Elton Acolatse- Nathan Aké
- Thom Haye
- Jorrit Hendrix
- Jeroen Lumu
- Rai Vloet
Vincent Rabiega- Mariusz Stępiński
Bian Paul Šauperl- Petar Stojanović
- Luka Zahović
Tournament select squad
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Source: UEFA Technical Report[7]