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UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs

Gianni Infantino (left) and Zbigniew Boniek during a draw for the play-offs

The UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-off ties were played over two legs, with the first legs on 11 November and the second legs on 15 November 2011.[1] The four winners are found according to the standard rules for the knockout phase in European competitions, and the winners qualified for the Euro 2012 tournament.[2] Qualifying play-offs was a second stage (round) of UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying.

Ranking of second-placed teams

The highest ranked second placed team from the groups qualified automatically for the tournament, while the remainder entered the playoffs. As six groups contained six teams and three with five, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group were discarded 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.

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.

Seedings

Zbigniew Boniek during the draw

The draw for the play-offs was held on 13 October 2011 in Kraków, Poland, to determine the four pairings as well as the order of the home and away ties.[3]

After the controversy caused by the UEFA play-offs during 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying – which was originally to be an unseeded draw, but was later altered by FIFA to a seeded one – UEFA stated from the outset that the draw for the play-offs would be seeded.[2] The four runners-up with the best positions in the UEFA team coefficient ranking system were therefore seeded.

Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating:[4]

The seedings were as follows:[5]

Summary

Matches

Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 42,863[6]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 26,371[7]
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Croatia won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2012.

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 9,692[8]
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,151[9]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Republic of Ireland won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2012.

Generali Arena, Prague
Attendance: 14,560[10]
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 10,100[11]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Czech Republic won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2012.

Bilino Polje, Zenica
Attendance: 12,352[12]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 47,728[13]
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Portugal won 6–2 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2012.

Goalscorers

There were 20 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ "UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2010–12" (PDF). UEFA. September 2009. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Draw for the UEFA EURO 2012 play-offs". UEFA. 13 October 2011.
  4. ^ "National Team Coefficient Ranking" (PDF). UEFA. 12 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Seedings confirmed for EURO play-off draw". UEFA. 12 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Turkey vs. Croatia - 11 November 2011 - Soccerway".
  7. ^ "Croatia vs. Turkey - 15 November 2011 - Soccerway".
  8. ^ "Estonia vs. Republic of Ireland - 11 November 2011 - Soccerway".
  9. ^ "Republic of Ireland vs. Estonia - 15 November 2011 - Soccerway".
  10. ^ "Czech Republic vs. Montenegro - 11 November 2011 - Soccerway".
  11. ^ "Montenegro vs. Czech Republic - 15 November 2011 - Soccerway".
  12. ^ "Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Portugal - 11 November 2011 - Soccerway".
  13. ^ "Portugal vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina - 15 November 2011 - Soccerway".