2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite round was the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2012. The 28 teams advancing from the qualifying round were distributed into seven groups of four teams each, with each group contesting in a round-robin format, with one of the four teams hosting all six group games. The seven group-winning teams automatically qualified for the final tournament in Slovenia. SeedingThe draw for the elite round was held on 29 November 2011 in Nyon. Each team was placed in one of four drawing pots, according to their qualifying round results. The seven sides with the best records were placed in Pot A, and so forth until Pot D, which contained the seven teams with the weakest records. During the draw, each group was filled with one team from every pot, with the only restriction being that teams that played each other in the first qualifying round can not be drawn into the same group again. The hosts of the seven one-venue mini-tournament groups are indicated below in italics. Group 1
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Stade de l'Argenté, Mont-de-Marsan Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
Stade André Darriguade, Dax Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
Stade André Darriguade, Dax Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia) Group 2
Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg Referee: Michael Johansen (Denmark)
John Grün, Mondorf-les-Bains Referee: Gunnar Jarl Jónsson (Iceland)
John Grün, Mondorf-les-Bains Referee: Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus)
La Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette Referee: Gunnar Jarl Jónsson (Iceland)
La Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette Referee: Michael Johansen (Denmark)
Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg Referee: Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus) Group 3
Referee: Chris Reisch (Luxembourg)
Referee: Chris Reisch (Luxembourg)
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Bulgaria)
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Bulgaria)
Referee: Markus Hameter (Austria) Group 4
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Group 6
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Croatia)
Referee: Johnny Casanova (San Marino)
Referee: Johnny Casanova (San Marino)
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Croatia)
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg) Group 7Although Hungary originally won the group on goal difference, Belgium filed a complaint, as Russia had fielded an ineligible player in their match against Belgium. The 1–0 victory by Belgium was therefore replaced with a 3–0 default victory for Belgium, causing them to surpass Hungary in the standings.[1] This decision was appealed by the Hungarian FA.[2]
Globall Football Park, Telki Referee: Leonardo Guidi (San Marino)
Grosics Gyula, Tatabánya Referee: Leonardo Guidi (San Marino) References
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