2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round
2013 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite round was the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2013. 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 Slovakia.
Seeding
The draw for the elite round was held on 5 December 2012.[1] 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.[2]
| Pot A | Pot B | Pot C | Pot D |
|---|---|---|---|
 Germany Serbia Czech Republic Hungary Croatia England Norway |
 Ukraine Switzerland Republic of Ireland Sweden Netherlands Slovenia.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
 Israel Italy Georgia Bulgaria Portugal Spain Finland |
 Russia Poland Belarus Austria Northern Ireland France Estonia |
The hosts of the seven one-venue mini-tournament groups are indicated below in italics.
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.[3]
- Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question
- Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question
- Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question
- 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 6) will apply
- Results of all group matches:
- Superior goal difference
- Higher number of goals scored
- 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.
Group 1
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
| France |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| Spain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 |
| Belgium |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
26 March 2013 15:00 |
| France |
3 – 2 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
Coulibaly  10'Cornet 20'Houri 79' |
Report | Nuñez 28' Chirivella 72' (pen.) |
Group 2
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| Serbia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Republic of Ireland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
| Georgia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
27 March 2013 11:00 |
| Georgia |
3 – 0 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Zarandia 54' Kerdzevadze 62'Chabradze 71' |
Report |
Group 3
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 |
| Hungary |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| Finland |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
| Belarus |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
26 March 2013 14:30 |
| Hungary |
3 – 2 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Rácz 37' Zsótér 77'Takács 80+4' |
Report | Galibert 9' Jääkeläinen 65' |
Group 4
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
| Germany |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 |
| Bulgaria |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Estonia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 |
26 March 2013 13:30 |
| Ukraine |
5 – 1 | Estonia |
|---|---|---|
| Boryachuk 41', 58', 72' Kuksenko 47' (pen.)Makohon 51' |
Report | Liivak 28' |
26 March 2013 16:00 |
| Germany |
5 – 2 | Bulgaria |
|---|---|---|
| Werner 45' Avdijaj 54'Multhaup 60'Waldschmidt 78', 80+1' |
Report | Ivaylov 48' Despodov 80' |
Group 5
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| Poland |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| Czech Republic |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| Israel |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Group 6
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| England |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| Portugal |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| Slovenia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
Group 7
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 |
| Norway |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Netherlands |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| Northern Ireland |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
21 March 2013 19:00 |
| Netherlands |
2 – 2 | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Souza 10' Gronsveld 43' |
Report | Kennedy 62' Tracey 76' |
Qualified nations
| Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
|---|---|---|
 Slovakia | Hosts | 0 (debut) |
| Croatia | Group 1 winner | 1 (2005) |
| Austria | Group 2 winner | 2 (2003, 2004) |
| Sweden | Group 3 winner | 0 (debut) |
| Ukraine | Group 4 winner | 3 (2002, 2004, 2007) |
| Switzerland | Group 5 winner | 5 (2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010) |
| Russia | Group 6 winner | 1 (2006) |
| Italy | Group 7 winner | 3 (2003, 2005, 2009) |
- 1 Only counted appearances for under-17 era (bold indicates champion for that year, while italic indicates hosts)
References
- ↑ "Italy in Netherlands' way". UEFA. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "U17 elite round seedings". UEFA. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship 2012/13" (PDF).