2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 61st edition of UEFA's European Under-19 Championship (the eleventh since the age competition change to an Under-19 level) and took place in Estonia from 3 to 15 July.[1] Spain are the title holders. This competition also acted as a qualifying competition for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, as six sides from Europe qualify.

2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
2012. aasta U-19 Euroopa meistrivõistlused jalgpallis
Tournament details
Host countryEstonia
Dates3–15 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (9th title)
Runners-up Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored49 (3.27 per match)
Attendance46,022 (3,068 per match)
Top scorer(s) Jesé (5 goals)
Best player(s) Gerard Deulofeu

Players born after 1 January 1993 were eligible to participate in this competition.

Qualification
Main articles: Qualifying round and Elite round

Qualification for the final tournament occurred in two stages: a qualifying round and an elite round. During these rounds, 51 national teams competed to determine the seven teams that would join the automatically qualified host nation Estonia.

The qualifying round was played between 21 September and 16 November 2011. Liechtenstein did not enter and England, France and Spain received a bye to the elite round as a result of their UEFA ranking coefficient. The remaining 48 teams were divided into 12 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches were played, the 12 group winners, 12 group runners-up and the best third-placed team advanced to the elite round.

The elite round was played between 23 and 31 May 2012. The 28 teams entering this phase were split into seven groups of four teams for a further round of mini-tournaments. The seven group winners qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:

Country Qualified as Previous appearances in final tournament1
only U-19 era (since 2002)
 EstoniaHosts0 (debut)
 FranceWinner of Group 15 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010)
 EnglandWinner of Group 26 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010)
 SerbiaWinner of Group 34 (20052, 2007, 2009, 2011)
 PortugalWinner of Group 44 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010)
 GreeceWinner of Group 54 (2005, 2007, 2008, 2011)
 CroatiaWinner of Group 61 (2010)
 SpainWinner of Group 78 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues
Stadium Location Capacity[2] Notes[3]
A. Le Coq Arena Tallinn 9,692 Three group games, semifinals and the final
Haapsalu linnastaadion Haapsalu 869 Three group matches
Kadrioru staadion Tallinn 5,000 Three group matches
Rakvere linnastaadion Rakvere 2,500 Three group matches

Tallinn
Haapsalu
Rakvere

Match officials

UEFA named six referees and eight assistant referees for the tournament on 18 June 2012, all who are young and upcoming top referees in Europe. Additionally two Estonian referees were chosen as fourth officials for the group stage matches.[4]

Country Referee
Denmark Kenn Hansen
Italy Paolo Valeri
Latvia Vadims Direktorenko
Netherlands Danny Makkelie
Northern Ireland Arnold Hunter
Switzerland Alain Bieri

Squads
Main article: 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads

Results
2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship teams and final classification

Group stage

The draw was held on 6 June 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia.[5][6]

Each group winner and runner-up advanced to the semifinals. The top three teams in each group also qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.[7]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question
  2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question
  4. If, after applying criteria 1) to 3) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 3) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5) and 7) will apply
  5. Results of all group matches:
    1. Superior goal difference
    2. Higher number of goals scored
  6. Respect Fair Play ranking of the teams in question
  7. Drawing of lots

Additionally, if two teams which have the same number of points and the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, their final rankings are determined by the penalty shoot-out and not by the criteria listed above. This procedure is applicable only if a ranking of the teams is required to determine the group winner and the runner-up.

Legend
Advanced to semifinals and qualified for the 2013 U-20 World Cup
Qualified for the 2013 U-20 World Cup

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 321074+37
 Greece 320185+36
 Portugal 311186+24
 Estonia 300319−80
Greece 1–2 Spain
Diamantakos  66' Report Jesé  30'
Derik  40'
Attendance: 1,350[8]
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)
Estonia 0–3 Portugal
Report Pikk  5' (o.g.)
Betinho  25'
Martins  72'
Attendance: 6,691[8]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
Estonia 1–4 Greece
Luigend  90' Report Katidis  43'
Fourlanos  55'
Diamantakos  85', 90+2'
Attendance: 3,345[9]
Portugal 3–3 Spain
Bruma  11'
Gomes  39'
João Mário  90+1' (pen.)		 Report Jesé  8', 28', 48'
Attendance: 3,780[9]
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Spain 2–0 Estonia
Suárez  39'
Alcácer  86'		 Report
Attendance: 3,877[10]
Portugal 2–3 Greece
Gomes  19'
Betinho  90+6'		 Report Gianniotas  18'
Katidis  42', 69'
Attendance: 1,193[10]

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 321053+27
 France 320152+36
 Croatia 311142+24
 Serbia 300318−70
England 1–1 Croatia
Chalobah  60' Report Pavičić  57'
Attendance: 1,270[8]
Serbia 0–3 France
Report Samnick  17'
Pogba  26' (pen.)
Vion  32'
Attendance: 1,827[8]
France 1–0 Croatia
Foulquier  79' Report
Attendance: 1,182[9]
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)
Serbia 1–2 England
Ninković  70' Report Afobe  6'
Redmond  63'
Attendance: 1,712[9]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
Croatia 3–0 Serbia
Pavičić  2'
Pongračić  49', 57'		 Report
Attendance: 1,647[10]
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)
France 1–2 England
Veretout  31' Report Lundstram  16'
Kane  39'
Attendance: 3,234[10]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 July – Tallinn
 
 
 Spain 3 (4)
 
15 July – Tallinn
 
 France 3 (2)
 
 Spain 1
 
12 July – Tallinn
 
 Greece 0
 
 England 1
 
 
 Greece2
 

Semi-finals
England 1–2 (a.e.t.) Greece
Afobe  56' Report Bougaidis  38'
Lykogiannis  108'
Attendance: 3,115[11]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
Spain 3–3 (a.e.t.) France
Deulofeu  62', 112'
Alcácer  78'		 Report Umtiti  26', 90+1'
Pogba  117'
Penalties
Campaña
Suárez
Jesé
Alcácer
Deulofeu 		4–2 Pogba
Pléa
Umtiti
Kondogbia
Attendance: 4,325[11]

Final
Spain 1–0 Greece
Jesé  80' Report
Attendance: 7,864 [12]

Spain
GK1Kepa Arrizabalaga  90+2'
DF3Álex Grimaldo
DF4Jonás Ramalho
DF5Derik
MF6José Campaña (c)
MF8Suso  71'
MF9Paco Alcácer
FW10Jesé  90'  90+1'
DF12Jonny
MF16Óliver
FW14Gerard Deulofeu  84'
Substitutes
GK 17 Adrián Ortolá
FW 7 Juanmi  84'
MF 11 Juan Bernat  90+1'
DF 14 Pablo Insúa
MF 18 Denis Suárez  71'
DF 19 Salva Ruiz
FW 20 Nono
Manager
Julen Lopetegui

Greece
GK12Sokratis Dioudis
DF2Nikos Marinakis
DF3Kostas Stafylidis
DF4Mavroudis Bougaidis
MF6Panagiotis Ballas
FW7Charis Mavrias
MF8Spyros Fourlanos  85'
FW9Dimitris Diamantakos  67'
MF10Giorgos Katidis (c)  78'  90'
DF11Giannis Gianniotas
MF15Dimitris Kourbelis
Substitutes
GK 19 Panagiotis Tsintotas
DF 5 Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos
MF 13 Konstantinos Rougalas
DF 14 Charalambos Lykogiannis
FW 17 Anastasios Bakasetas
MF 18 Andreas Bouchalakis
Manager
Kostas Tsanas
 2012 UEFA U-19 European Champions 

Spain
9th title

Goalscorers
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Team of the tournament

After the final, the UEFA technical team selected 23 players to integrate the "team of the tournament".[13]

References
  1. "U19 elite round draw made". UEFA. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  2. "Staadionid" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  3. "Alanud aasta toob Eestisse jalgpalli suurvõistluse" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  4. "UEFA määras Eestis toimuvale finaalturniirile 16 kohtunikku" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  5. "Millal ja kus peetakse U-19 EM-finaalturniiri mängud?" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  6. Tallinn welcomes U19 contenders UEFA.com
  7. "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship 2011/12" (PDF).
  8. "U-19 EM-finaalturniiri külastas avapäeval 11 138 pealtvaatajat" [11,138 people attended the opening day of U19 European Championship] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  9. "U-19 EM-finaalturniiri publikuarv ületas 20 000 piiri" [U19 final tournament's attendance number surpassed 20,000] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  10. "Alagrupimänge külastas üle 30 000 pealtvaataja" [More than 30,000 people attended group stage matches] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  11. "Finaali pääsesid Kreeka ja Hispaania" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  12. "Euroopa meistriks tuli Hispaania" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  13. "Technical report" (PDF). UEFA. p. 13. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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