UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs
The UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-off ties will be played over two legs, with the first legs on 11 and 12 November and the second legs on 15 November 2011. The four winners are found according to the standard rules for the knockout phase in European competitions, and the winners will qualify for the Euro 2012 tournament.[1]
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 some groups contain six teams and some five, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group were not included 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.
Template:UEFA Euro 2012 qualification (2nd place)
Seedings
The draw for the play-offs was held on 13 October 2011 in Kraków, Poland.[2] This determined the four pairings as well as the order of the home and away ties.[1][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.[1] 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:
- 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying group stage.
- 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage and final tournament.
- 20% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying stage and final tournament.
The seedings were as follows:[4]
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Matches
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Turkey 
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 Croatia
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11–12 Nov | 15 Nov | |
Estonia 
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 Republic of Ireland
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11–12 Nov | 15 Nov | |
Czech Republic 
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 Montenegro
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11–12 Nov | 15 Nov | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina 
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 Portugal
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11–12 Nov | 15 Nov |
First leg
Second leg
References
- ^ a b c "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2010–12" (PDF). UEFA. 2009. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) Cite error: The named reference "regulations" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ "UEFA EURO 2012 play-off draw in Krakow". UEFA. 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Draw for the UEFA EURO 2012 play-offs". UEFA. 13 October 2011.
- ^ "Seedings confirmed for EURO play-off draw". UEFA. 12 October 2011.