2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

The 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-off ties were played over two legs, with the first legs scheduled on 11 and 12 October 2012 and the second legs on 15 and 16 October 2012. The seven winners qualified for the final tournament in Israel. Qualifying play-offs were the second stage of 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.[1]

Seedings

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The draw for the play-offs was held on 14 September 2012 in Nyon to determine the seven pairings as well as the order of the home and away ties. The seven group winners with the highest competition coefficients have been seeded and those teams were drawn against the unseeded teams. Nations from the same group could not be drawn against each other.[1][2]

Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating:[3]

The seedings were as follows:

Pot A (seeded) Pot B (unseeded)
Team Coeff Team Coeff
  Spain 40,391    Switzerland 34,034
  Czech Republic 36,189   Sweden 32,482
  England 35,601   Russia 31,772
  Netherlands 34,400   Serbia 30,470
  Germany 34,063   Denmark 29,841
  Italy 33,508   Slovakia 27,802
  France 32,517   Norway 24,564

Matches

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spain   8–1   Denmark 5–0 3–1
Italy   4–2   Sweden 1–0 3–2
Czech Republic   2–4   Russia 0–2 2–2
Slovakia   0–4   Netherlands 0–2 0–2
Germany   4–2    Switzerland 1–1 3–1
England   2–0   Serbia 1–0 1–0
France   4–5   Norway 1–0 3–5

First leg

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Slovakia  0–2  Netherlands
Report Van Ginkel   55', 82'

Spain  5–0  Denmark
Rodrigo   16', 18', 21', 66'
Isco   79' (pen.)
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Czech Republic  0–2  Russia
Report Smolov   33', 74' (pen.)

Germany  1–1   Switzerland
Rudy   82' (pen.) Report Drmić   87'

France  1–0  Norway
Varane   22' Report

England  1–0  Serbia
Dawson   65' (pen.) Report

Italy  1–0  Sweden
Immobile   17' Report

Second leg

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Netherlands  2–0  Slovakia
Wijnaldum   56'
De Jong   68' (pen.)
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Netherlands won 4–0 on aggregate.


Russia  2–2  Czech Republic
Smolov   6' (pen.)
Kirillov   83'
Report Wágner   12', 64'

Russia won 4–2 on aggregate.


Switzerland  1–3  Germany
Drmić   75' Report Holtby   8'
Sobiech   20'
Polter   45'

Germany won 4–2 on aggregate.


Sweden  2–3  Italy
Ishak   72'
Hiljemark   77'
Report Insigne   68'
Florenzi   71'
Immobile   86'

Italy won 4–2 on aggregate.


Serbia  0–1  England
Report Wickham   90+4'

England won 2–0 on aggregate.


Norway  5–3  France
Singh   13' (pen.)
Nielsen   19'
Rogne   27'
Konradsen   57'
Berget   66'
Report Guilavogui   28'
Lacazette   84'
Griezmann   87'

Norway won 5–4 on aggregate.


Denmark  1–3  Spain
Christiansen   90+1' Report Muniain   24'
Vázquez   62', 90+2'

Spain won 8–1 on aggregate.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Holders Spain draw Denmark in play-offs". UEFA.com. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Spain among seeds for Friday's U21 play-off draw". UEFA.com. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2011-13" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-24. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
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