2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round explained

2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship (qualifying round) was the first round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2012. Matches were played between September 21–November 2, 2011. All times are CET/CEST.

The 52 teams were divided into 13 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament, hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches have been played, the 13 group winners and 13 group runners-up advanced to the elite round.

Alongside the 26 winner and runner-up teams, the two best third-placed teams also qualified. These were determined after considering only their results against their group's top two teams, and applying the following criteria in this order:

1. Higher number of points obtained in these matches;
2. Superior goal difference from these matches;
3. Higher number of goals scored in these matches;
4. Fair-play conduct of the teams in all group matches in the qualifying round;
5. Drawing of lots.

Draw

The draw took place at 30 November 2010 in Nyon.^[1]

width=170	Pot A	width=170	Pot B

The hosts of each of the mini-tournament is marked in italics.

Group 1

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=25	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9
	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
	3	1	0	2	5	6	–1	3
	3	0	0	3	0	12	–12	0

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Group 2

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2	1
	3	0	1	2	4	7	–3	1

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Group 3

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=25	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	4
	3	0	0	3	0	10	–10	0

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Group 4

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
	3	1	1	1	9	2	+7	4
	3	1	1	1	9	3	+6	4
	3	0	0	3	0	22	−22	0

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Group 5

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9
	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

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Group 6

width=190	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
	3	1	0	2	1	5	–4	3
	3	0	0	3	1	9	–8	0

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Group 7

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
	3	1	0	2	5	6	–1	3

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Group 8

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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Group 9

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9
	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3

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Group 10

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9
	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

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Group 11

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9
	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

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Group 12

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3
	3	0	1	2	1	11	−10	1

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Group 13

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	2	0	1	3	5	−2	6
	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3

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Ranking of 3rd placed teams

Counting results against group winners and runners-up. Top 2 will advance to the Elite Round.

Group	width=190	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=21	GD	width=20	Pts
9		2	1	0	1	3	6	−3	3
8		2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
3		2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
13		2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
7		2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
4		2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
5		2	0	0	2	3	5	−2	0
2		2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0
11		2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
12		2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
1		2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0
6		2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0
10		2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

External links

• UEFA website

Notes and References

1. Web site: U17 hopefuls await qualifying round draw . 2010-10-29 . uefa.com . 2010-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101030144911/http://www.uefa.com/under17/news/newsid%3D1554525.html . 30 October 2010 . live .