2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
| 2012. aasta U-19 Euroopa meistrivõistlused jalgpallis | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Estonia |
| Dates | 3–15 July |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Spain (9th title)
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| Runners-up |
 Greece
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 49 (3.27 per match) |
| Attendance | 46,022 (3,068 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Jesé (5 goals)
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| Best player |
Gerard Deulofeu
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The 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 61st edition of UEFA's European Under-19 Championship (the eleventh since the age competition change to an Under-19 level) and took place in Estonia from 3 to 15 July.Spain are the title holders. This competition also acted as a qualifying competition for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, as six sides from Europe qualify.
Players born after 1 January 1993 were eligible to participate in this competition.
Qualification for the final tournament occurred in two stages: a qualifying round and an elite round. During these rounds, 51 national teams competed to determine the seven teams that would join the automatically qualified host nation Estonia.
The qualifying round was played between 21 September and 16 November 2011. Liechtenstein did not enter and England, France and Spain received a bye to the elite round as a result of their UEFA ranking coefficient. The remaining 48 teams were divided into 12 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches were played, the 12 group winners, 12 group runners-up and the best third-placed team advanced to the elite round.
The elite round was played between 23 and 31 May 2012. The 28 teams entering this phase were split into seven groups of four teams for a further round of mini-tournaments. The seven group winners qualified for the final tournament.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:
UEFA named six referees and eight assistant referees for the tournament on 18 June 2012, all who are young and upcoming top referees in Europe. Additionally two Estonian referees were chosen as fourth officials for the group stage matches.
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