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UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates11 August 2010 – 15 November 2011
Teams51
Tournament statistics
Matches played248
Goals scored665 (2.68 per match)[note 1]
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (12 goals)
2008
2016

The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 was a series of parallel association football competitions held in Poland and Ukraine between 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012. The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 7 February 2010 in the Congress Hall of the Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, with matches set to take place between August 2010 and November 2011. Two host countries qualified automatically. For the first qualifying round, there were nine groups. Six of these groups had six teams (one from pots 1 to 6 below); the remaining three groups consisted of five teams (one each from pots 1 to 5 below). The group competition was a double round robin: each team hosted a game with every other team in its group. Each group winner qualified, along with the second-place team with the most points against teams ranked in the top five in the group. The remaining eight second-place teams were paired for two-game play-offs, with the winner of each total goals tie (or away goals rule, or penalty shootout) qualifying for the finals to complete the field of sixteen teams.

Qualified teams

File:UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers Map.png
Euro 2012 qualifiers
  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter
  Not a UEFA member
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1]
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Co-host 18 April 2007 1 (2008)
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 0 (debut)
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany[upper-alpha 2] Group A winner 2 September 2011 10 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Group C winner 6 September 2011 7 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Group E winner 6 September 2011 8 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Group I winner 6 September 2011 8 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
File:Flag of England.svg England Group G winner 7 October 2011 7 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia[upper-alpha 3] Group B winner 11 October 2011 9 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008)
File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France Group D winner 11 October 2011 7 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Group F winner 11 October 2011 3 (1980, 2004, 2008)
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Group H winner 11 October 2011 7 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Best runner-up 11 October 2011 4 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008)
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Play-off winner 15 November 2011 3 (1996, 2004, 2008)
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic[upper-alpha 4] Play-off winner 15 November 2011 7 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Play-off winner 15 November 2011 5 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland Play-off winner 15 November 2011 1 (1988)
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  2. From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
  3. From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.
  4. From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.

Seedings

The pot allocations for the qualifying group stage draw were based on the UEFA national team coefficient rankings as of the end of 2009. The sole exception was the automatic placement of Spain, as reigning European champions, as the top-ranked team (their coefficient ranking would have also placed them in this position anyway).[1][2][3] Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating:[4]

The 51 entrants were divided into the following six pots for the drawing of nine qualifying groups on 7 February 2010 in Warsaw, Poland:[5]

Pot 1
Team Coeff Rank
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (title holders) 39,964 1
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 38,294 2
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 37,821 3
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 35,838 4
File:Flag of England.svg England 34,819 5
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 33,677 6
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 33,226 7
File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France 32,551 8
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 32,477 9
Pot 2
Team Coeff Rank
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 31,268 10
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 30,871 11
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 30,695 12
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 30,395 13
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 29,811 14
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 29,447 15
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 29,222 16
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 28,228 17
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 28,145 18
Pot 3
Team Coeff Rank
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 28,052 20
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 27,198 21
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 26,827 22
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 26,210 24
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 25,971 25
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 25,646 26
File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 24,518 27
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 24,381 28
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 24,365 29
Pot 4
Team Coeff Rank
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 24,221 30
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 23,303 31
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 23,048 32
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 22,071 33
File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg Belarus 21,515 34
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 21,426 35
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 21,274 36
File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia 19,409 37
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 18,791 38
Pot 5
Team Coeff Rank
File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 18,751 39
File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 18,319 40
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 17,792 41
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 15,819 42
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 15,734 43
File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 15,404 44
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 15,164 45
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 14,730 46
File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein 13,581 47
Pot 6
Team Coeff Rank
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 13,500 48
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 11,872 49
File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta 11,517 50
File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands 10,620 51
File:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra 09,197 52
File:Flag of San Marino (1862–2011).svg San Marino 07,783 53

Notes

  • The co-hosts Ukraine and Poland, which qualified automatically, were ranked 19th (28,133) and 23rd (26,620) respectively.

Before the draw UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Armenia would not be drawn against Azerbaijan (due to the dispute concerning territory of Nagorno-Karabakh) and Georgia would not be drawn against Russia (due to the dispute regarding the territory of South Ossetia).[6] Armenia and Azerbaijan were drawn together in Group A during the draw ceremony, forcing UEFA to reassign Armenia to Group B, as Azerbaijan had refused to play in Armenia when they had been drawn together during UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying.[7]

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.[8]

  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. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. if, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two or more teams still had an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) was reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6) to 10) applied;
  6. superior goal difference in all group matches;
  7. higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  8. higher number of goals scored away from home in all group matches;
  9. fair play ranking in all group matches;
  10. drawing of lots.

Summary

  Group winners and the best ranked runner-up qualified directly for UEFA Euro 2012
  The remaining runners-up advanced to the play-offs
  Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage
Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Group I
File:Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
File:Flag of Russia.svg
Russia
File:Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
File:Flag of France.svg
France
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
File:Flag of Greece.svg
Greece
File:Flag of England.svg
England
File:Flag of Denmark.svg
Denmark
File:Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
File:Flag of Turkey.svg
Turkey
File:Flag of Ireland.svg
Republic of Ireland
File:Flag of Estonia.svg
Estonia
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg
Bosnia and Herzegovina
File:Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden
File:Flag of Croatia.svg
Croatia
File:Flag of Montenegro.svg
Montenegro
File:Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Czech Republic
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
File:Flag of Austria.svg
Austria
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Azerbaijan
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
Kazakhstan
File:Flag of Armenia.svg
Armenia
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg
Slovakia
File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Macedonia
File:Flag of Andorra.svg
Andorra
File:Flag of Serbia.svg
Serbia
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg
Slovenia
File:Ulster Banner.svg
Northern Ireland
File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg
Faroe Islands
File:Flag of Romania.svg
Romania
File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg
Belarus
File:Flag of Albania.svg
Albania
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg
Luxembourg
File:Flag of Hungary.svg
Hungary
File:Flag of Finland.svg
Finland
File:Flag of Moldova.svg
Moldova
File:Flag of San Marino.svg
San Marino
File:Flag of Israel.svg
Israel
File:Flag of Latvia.svg
Latvia
File:Flag of Georgia.svg
Georgia
File:Flag of Malta.svg
Malta
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg
Wales
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Bulgaria
File:Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
File:Flag of Iceland.svg
Iceland
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg
Cyprus
File:Flag of Scotland.svg
Scotland
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg
Lithuania
File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg
Liechtenstein

Groups

The following 18 dates were reserved for group matches in qualifying:

  • 3–4 and 7 September 2010
  • 8–9 and 12 October 2010
  • 25–26 and 29 March 2011
  • 3–4 and 7 June 2011
  • 2–3 and 6 September 2011
  • 7–8 and 11 October 2011

For the first time, Tuesday evenings replaced Wednesday evenings for midweek qualifying fixtures where two matchdays occurred in the same week. This was in order to allow players an extra day to return to their clubs for domestic duty the following week. Consequently, teams were permitted to move the earlier weekend match forward to the Friday evening.[9][10][11]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany Turkey Belgium Austria Azerbaijan Kazakhstan
1 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 10 10 0 0 34 7 +27 30 Qualify for final tournament 3–0 3–1 6–2 6–1 4–0
2 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 10 5 2 3 13 11 +2 17 Advance to play-offs 1–3 3–2 2–0 1–0 2–1
3 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 10 4 3 3 21 15 +6 15 0–1 1–1 4–4 4–1 4–1
4 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 10 3 3 4 16 17 −1 12 1–2 0–0 0–2 3–0 2–0
5 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 10 2 1 7 10 26 −16 7 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–4 3–2
6 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 10 1 1 8 6 24 −18 4 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–0 2–1
Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Russia Republic of Ireland Armenia Slovakia North Macedonia Andorra
1 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 10 7 2 1 17 4 +13 23 Qualify for final tournament 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 6–0
2 File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 10 6 3 1 15 7 +8 21 Advance to play-offs 2–3 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1
3 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 10 5 2 3 22 10 +12 17 0–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 4–0
4 File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 10 4 3 3 7 10 −3 15 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 1–0
5 File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia 10 2 2 6 8 14 −6 8 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–0
6 File:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra 10 0 0 10 1 25 −24 0 0–2 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy Estonia Serbia Slovenia Northern Ireland Faroe Islands
1 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 10 8 2 0 20 2 +18 26 Qualify for final tournament 3–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 3–0 5–0
2 File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 10 5 1 4 15 14 +1 16 Advance to play-offs 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–1
3 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 10 4 3 3 13 12 +1 15 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 3–1
4 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 10 4 2 4 11 7 +4 14 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 5–1
5 File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 10 2 3 5 9 13 −4 9 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 4–0
6 File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands 10 1 1 8 6 26 −20 4 0–1 2–0 0–3 0–2 1–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. The Italy v Serbia match was abandoned at 0–0 after six minutes due to rioting by Serbian fans.[12] The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body awarded the match as a 3–0 forfeit win to Italy.[13]

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France Bosnia and Herzegovina Romania Belarus Albania Luxembourg
1 File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France 10 6 3 1 15 4 +11 21 Qualify for final tournament 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–0
2 File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 6 2 2 17 8 +9 20 Advance to play-offs 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 5–0
3 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 10 3 5 2 13 9 +4 14 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 3–1
4 File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg Belarus 10 3 4 3 8 7 +1 13 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–0
5 File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 10 2 3 5 7 14 −7 9 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
6 File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 10 1 1 8 3 21 −18 4 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–0 2–1
Source: UEFA

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Netherlands Sweden Hungary Finland Moldova San Marino
1 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 10 9 0 1 37 8 +29 27 Qualify for final tournament 4–1 5–3 2–1 1–0 11–0
2 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 10 8 0 2 31 11 +20 24 3–2 2–0 5–0 2–1 6–0
3 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 10 6 1 3 22 14 +8 19 0–4 2–1 0–0 2–1 8–0
4 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 10 3 1 6 16 16 0 10 0–2 1–2 1–2 4–1 8–0
5 File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 10 3 0 7 12 16 −4 9 0–1 1–4 0–2 2–0 4–0
6 File:Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino 10 0 0 10 0 53 −53 0 0–5 0–5 0–3 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Greece Croatia Israel Latvia Georgia (country) Malta
1 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 10 7 3 0 14 5 +9 24 Qualify for final tournament 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1
2 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 10 7 1 2 18 7 +11 22 Advance to play-offs 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–0
3 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 10 5 1 4 13 11 +2 16 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–1
4 File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 10 3 2 5 9 12 −3 11 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 2–0
5 File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 10 2 4 4 7 9 −2 10 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
6 File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta 10 0 1 9 4 21 −17 1 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–1
Source: UEFA

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification England Montenegro Switzerland Wales Bulgaria
1 File:Flag of England.svg England 8 5 3 0 17 5 +12 18 Qualify for final tournament 0–0 2–2 1–0 4–0
2 File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 12 Advance to play-offs 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
3 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 8 3 2 3 12 10 +2 11 1–3 2–0 4–1 3–1
4 File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 8 3 0 5 6 10 −4 9 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–1
5 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 8 1 2 5 3 13 −10 5 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–1
Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Denmark Portugal Norway Iceland Cyprus
1 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 8 6 1 1 15 6 +9 19 Qualify for final tournament 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
2 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 8 5 1 2 21 12 +9 16[lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs 3–1 1–0 5–3 4–4
3 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 8 5 1 2 10 7 +3 16[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
4 File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 8 1 1 6 6 14 −8 4 0–2 1–3 1–2 1–0
5 File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 8 0 2 6 7 20 −13 2 1–4 0–4 1–2 0–0
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Czech Republic Scotland Lithuania Liechtenstein
1 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 8 8 0 0 26 6 +20 24 Qualify for final tournament 2–1 3–1 3–1 6–0
2 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 8 4 1 3 12 8 +4 13 Advance to play-offs 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0
3 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 8 3 2 3 9 10 −1 11 2–3 2–2 1–0 2–1
4 File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 8 1 2 5 4 13 −9 5 1–3 1–4 0–0 0–0
5 File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein 8 1 1 6 3 17 −14 4 0–4 0–2 0–1 2–0
Source: UEFA

Ranking of second-placed teams

The highest ranked second placed team from the groups qualified automatically for the tournament, while the remainder entered the play-offs. As six groups contain six teams and three with five, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group were not included in this ranking. As a result, a total of eight matches played by each team count toward the purpose of the second-placed ranking table.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 E File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 8 6 0 2 20 11 +9 18 Qualify for final tournament
2 H File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 8 5 1 2 21 12 +9 16 Advance to play-offs
3 F File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 8 5 1 2 12 6 +6 16
4 B File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 8 4 3 1 10 6 +4 15
5 D File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 4 2 2 9 8 +1 14
6 I File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 8 4 1 3 12 8 +4 13
7 C File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 8 4 1 3 13 11 +2 13
8 G File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 12
9 A File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 8 3 2 3 8 10 −2 11
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) UEFA national team coefficient ranking; 6) Lower disciplinary points total; 7) Drawing of lots.

Play-offs

The eight remaining second-placed teams contested two-legged play-offs to determine the last four qualifiers for the finals. The teams were seeded for the play-off draw according to the UEFA national team coefficient rankings updated after the completion of the qualifying group stage. The draw for the play-offs was held on 13 October 2011 in Kraków, Poland.[14]

Seedings

{{#lst:UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs|Seeding}}

Matches

The first legs were played on 11 November, and the second legs were played on 15 November 2011. The four play-off winners qualified for the final tournament. {{#lst:UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs|Matches}}

Goalscorers

There were 665 goals scored in 248 matches, for an average of 2.68 goals per match.[note 1]

12 goals

9 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 The goal tally takes into account the original result of fixtures that were subsequently forfeited, not the awarded scoreline.

References

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