UEFA Euro 2012 Group B

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Group B of UEFA Euro 2012 began on 9 June 2012 and ended on 17 June 2012. The pool was made up of the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Portugal. Germany and Portugal progressed to the quarter-finals, while Denmark and the Netherlands were eliminated from the tournament.

Group B was dubbed by many the "group of death" of Euro 2012.[1][2][3][4] All four teams were in the top 10 of the FIFA World Rankings at the start of the tournament.[5]

In the first round, Denmark upset Netherlands 1–0 with a 24th-minute goal from Michael Krohn-Dehli.[6] In the next match, Germany defeated Portugal 1–0 with a 72nd-minute goal from Mario Gómez, leaving Germany and Denmark tied at three points at the top of the group with Portugal and the Netherlands at the bottom of the group with no points.[7]

In the second round, when Portugal played Denmark, Portugal went ahead 2–0 with a 24th-minute goal from Pepe and a 36th-minute goal from Hélder Postiga, but with two goals from Nicklas Bendtner (41st and 80th minute), Denmark equalized. However, Portugal's Silvestre Varela scored in the 87th minute to give Portugal the win.[8] In the next match, Netherlands and Germany continued their longstanding rivalry. Striker Mario Gómez scored twice in the first half (24th and 38th minute) to put the Germans ahead 2–0, and despite a 73rd-minute goal from Robin van Persie, Germany won 2–1.[9]

Leading into the third round, all four teams were still able to qualify and no team was already qualified, despite the fact that Germany had 6 points and Netherlands had 0 points. Ultimately, Germany defeated Denmark 2–1 after Lukas Podolski and Lars Bender scored for Germany in the 19th and 80th minutes, respectively, despite an equalizer from Michael Krohn-Dehli in the 24th minute.[10] In the other match (played simultaneously in order to prevent the teams from gaining a strategic advantage by knowing the result of the other match on the same day) between Portugal and Netherlands, Rafael van der Vaart scored to give the Netherlands a lead for the first time in the entire tournament, but after much criticism in the media for his failure to score in the first two matches,[11][12] Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to secure a 2–1 victory for Portugal.[13] With these results, Germany and Portugal qualified, in first and second place, respectively, and Denmark and Netherlands were eliminated.

Teams[]

Draw position Team Pot Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		UEFA Rankings
November 2011[nb 1] 		FIFA Rankings
June 2012
B1  Netherlands 1 Group E winner 6 September 2011 9th 2008 Winners (1988) 2 4
B2  Denmark 4 Group H winner 11 October 2011 8th 2004 Winners (1992) 11 9
B3  Germany[nb 2] 2 Group A winner 2 September 2011 11th 2008 Winners (1972, 1980, 1996) 3 3
B4  Portugal 3 Play-off winner 15 November 2011 6th 2008 Runners-up (2004) 9 10

Notes

  1. ^ The UEFA rankings of November 2011 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. ^ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.

Standings[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9 Advance to knockout phase
2  Portugal 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3  Denmark 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Netherlands 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the quarter-finals,

  • The winner of Group B, Germany, advanced to play the runner-up of Group A, Greece.
  • The runner-up of Group B, Portugal, advanced to play the winner of Group A, Czech Republic.

Matches[]

All times Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Netherlands vs Denmark[]

Netherlands 0–1 Denmark
Report
  • Krohn-Dehli 24'
Attendance: 35,923[14]
Netherlands[15]
Denmark[15]
GK 1 Maarten Stekelenburg
RB 2 Gregory van der Wiel downward-facing red arrow 85'
CB 3 John Heitinga
CB 13 Ron Vlaar
LB 15 Jetro Willems
CM 8 Nigel de Jong downward-facing red arrow 71'
CM 6 Mark van Bommel (c) Yellow card 67'
RW 11 Arjen Robben
AM 10 Wesley Sneijder
LW 20 Ibrahim Afellay downward-facing red arrow 71'
CF 16 Robin van Persie
Substitutions:
MF 23 Rafael van der Vaart upward-facing green arrow 71'
FW 9 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar upward-facing green arrow 71'
FW 7 Dirk Kuyt upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
Bert van Marwijk
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GK 1 Stephan Andersen
RB 6 Lars Jacobsen
CB 3 Simon Kjær
CB 4 Daniel Agger (c)
LB 5 Simon Poulsen Yellow card 78'
CM 7 William Kvist Yellow card 81'
CM 21 Niki Zimling
RW 10 Dennis Rommedahl downward-facing red arrow 84'
AM 8 Christian Eriksen downward-facing red arrow 74'
LW 9 Michael Krohn-Dehli
CF 11 Nicklas Bendtner
Substitutions:
MF 14 Lasse Schøne upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 23 Tobias Mikkelsen upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Morten Olsen

Man of the Match:
Michael Krohn-Dehli (Denmark)[14]

Assistant referees:[16]
Primoz Arhar (Slovenia)
Matej Žunič (Slovenia)
Fourth official:
Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
Additional assistant referees:
Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Roman Slyško (Slovakia)

Germany vs Portugal[]

Germany 1–0 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 32,990[17]
Germany[18]
Portugal[18]
GK 1 Manuel Neuer
RB 20 Jérôme Boateng Yellow card 69'
CB 5 Mats Hummels
CB 14 Holger Badstuber Yellow card 43'
LB 16 Philipp Lahm (c)
CM 6 Sami Khedira
CM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger
RW 13 Thomas Müller downward-facing red arrow 90+4'
AM 8 Mesut Özil downward-facing red arrow 87'
LW 10 Lukas Podolski
CF 23 Mario Gómez downward-facing red arrow 80'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Miroslav Klose upward-facing green arrow 80'
MF 18 Toni Kroos upward-facing green arrow 87'
MF 15 Lars Bender upward-facing green arrow 90+4'
Manager:
Joachim Löw
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GK 12 Rui Patrício
RB 21 João Pereira
CB 2 Bruno Alves
CB 3 Pepe
LB 5 Fábio Coentrão Yellow card 60'
CM 16 Raul Meireles downward-facing red arrow 80'
CM 4 Miguel Veloso
CM 8 João Moutinho
RF 17 Nani
CF 23 Hélder Postiga Yellow card 13' downward-facing red arrow 70'
LF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
FW 11 Nélson Oliveira upward-facing green arrow 70'
FW 18 Silvestre Varela upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Paulo Bento

Man of the Match:
Mesut Özil (Germany)[17]

Assistant referees:[19]
Frédéric Cano (France)
Michaël Annonier (France)
Fourth official:
Marcin Borski (Poland)
Additional assistant referees:
Fredy Fautrel (France)
Ruddy Buquet (France)
Reserve assistant referee:
Marcin Borkowski (Poland)

Denmark vs Portugal[]

Denmark 2–3 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 31,840[20]
Denmark[21]
Portugal[21]
GK 1 Stephan Andersen
RB 6 Lars Jacobsen Yellow card 81'
CB 3 Simon Kjær
CB 4 Daniel Agger (c)
LB 5 Simon Poulsen
DM 7 William Kvist
CM 21 Niki Zimling downward-facing red arrow 16'
RW 10 Dennis Rommedahl downward-facing red arrow 60'
AM 8 Christian Eriksen
LW 9 Michael Krohn-Dehli downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
CF 11 Nicklas Bendtner
Substitutions:
MF 19 Jakob Poulsen Yellow card 56' upward-facing green arrow 16'
FW 23 Tobias Mikkelsen upward-facing green arrow 60'
MF 14 Lasse Schøne upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
Manager:
Morten Olsen
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GK 12 Rui Patrício
RB 21 João Pereira
CB 2 Bruno Alves
CB 3 Pepe
LB 5 Fábio Coentrão
CM 16 Raul Meireles Yellow card 29' downward-facing red arrow 84'
CM 4 Miguel Veloso
CM 8 João Moutinho
RF 17 Nani downward-facing red arrow 89'
CF 23 Hélder Postiga downward-facing red arrow 64'
LF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c) Yellow card 90+2'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Nélson Oliveira upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 18 Silvestre Varela upward-facing green arrow 84'
DF 14 Rolando upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Paulo Bento

Man of the Match:
Pepe (Portugal)[20]

Assistant referees:[22]
Alasdair Ross (Scotland)
Derek Rose (Scotland)
Fourth official:
Viktor Shvetsov (Ukraine)
Additional assistant referees:
William Collum (Scotland)
Euan Norris (Scotland)
Reserve assistant referee:
Oleksandr Voytyuk (Ukraine)

Netherlands vs Germany[]

See also: Germany–Netherlands football rivalry
Netherlands 1–2 Germany
 Report
Attendance: 37,750[23]
Netherlands[24]
Germany[24]
GK 1 Maarten Stekelenburg
RB 2 Gregory van der Wiel
CB 3 John Heitinga
CB 4 Joris Mathijsen
LB 15 Jetro Willems Yellow card 90'
CM 8 Nigel de Jong Yellow card 80'
CM 6 Mark van Bommel (c) downward-facing red arrow 46'
RW 11 Arjen Robben downward-facing red arrow 83'
AM 10 Wesley Sneijder
LW 20 Ibrahim Afellay downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 16 Robin van Persie
Substitutions:
MF 23 Rafael van der Vaart upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 9 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 7 Dirk Kuyt upward-facing green arrow 83'
Manager:
Bert van Marwijk
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GK 1 Manuel Neuer
RB 20 Jérôme Boateng Yellow card 87'
CB 5 Mats Hummels
CB 14 Holger Badstuber
LB 16 Philipp Lahm (c)
CM 6 Sami Khedira
CM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger
RW 13 Thomas Müller downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
AM 8 Mesut Özil downward-facing red arrow 81'
LW 10 Lukas Podolski
CF 23 Mario Gómez downward-facing red arrow 72'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Miroslav Klose upward-facing green arrow 72'
MF 18 Toni Kroos upward-facing green arrow 81'
MF 15 Lars Bender upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
Manager:
Joachim Löw

Man of the Match:
Mario Gómez (Germany)[23]

Assistant referees:[25]
Stefan Wittberg (Sweden)
Mathias Klasenius (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
Additional assistant referees:
Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
Reserve assistant referee:
Damien MacGraith (Republic of Ireland)

Portugal vs Netherlands[]

Portugal 2–1 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 37,445[26]
Portugal[27]
Netherlands[27]
GK 12 Rui Patrício
RB 21 João Pereira Yellow card 90+2'
CB 2 Bruno Alves
CB 3 Pepe
LB 5 Fábio Coentrão
CM 16 Raul Meireles downward-facing red arrow 72'
CM 4 Miguel Veloso
CM 8 João Moutinho
RF 17 Nani downward-facing red arrow 87'
CF 23 Hélder Postiga downward-facing red arrow 64'
LF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
FW 11 Nélson Oliveira upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF 6 Custódio upward-facing green arrow 72'
DF 14 Rolando upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
Paulo Bento
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GK 1 Maarten Stekelenburg
RB 2 Gregory van der Wiel
CB 13 Ron Vlaar
CB 4 Joris Mathijsen
LB 15 Jetro Willems Yellow card 51' downward-facing red arrow 67'
DM 8 Nigel de Jong
CM 23 Rafael van der Vaart (c)
RW 11 Arjen Robben
AM 16 Robin van Persie Yellow card 69'
LW 10 Wesley Sneijder
CF 9 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Substitutions:
MF 20 Ibrahim Afellay upward-facing green arrow 67'
Manager:
Bert van Marwijk

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)[26]

Assistant referees:[28]
Renato Faverani (Italy)
Andrea Stefani (Italy)
Fourth official:
Martin Atkinson (England)
Additional assistant referees:
Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Reserve assistant referee:
Michael Mullarkey (England)

Denmark vs Germany[]

Denmark 1–2 Germany
 Report
Attendance: 32,990[29]
Denmark[30]
Germany[30]
GK 1 Stephan Andersen
RB 6 Lars Jacobsen
CB 3 Simon Kjær
CB 4 Daniel Agger (c)
LB 5 Simon Poulsen
DM 7 William Kvist
CM 19 Jakob Poulsen downward-facing red arrow 82'
CM 21 Niki Zimling downward-facing red arrow 78'
RW 8 Christian Eriksen
LW 9 Michael Krohn-Dehli
CF 11 Nicklas Bendtner
Substitutions:
MF 2 Christian Poulsen upward-facing green arrow 78'
FW 23 Tobias Mikkelsen upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Morten Olsen
DEN-GER 2012-06-17.svg
GK 1 Manuel Neuer
RB 15 Lars Bender
CB 5 Mats Hummels
CB 14 Holger Badstuber
LB 16 Philipp Lahm (c)
CM 6 Sami Khedira
CM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger
RW 13 Thomas Müller downward-facing red arrow 84'
AM 8 Mesut Özil
LW 10 Lukas Podolski downward-facing red arrow 64'
CF 23 Mario Gómez downward-facing red arrow 74'
Substitutions:
MF 9 André Schürrle upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 11 Miroslav Klose upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 18 Toni Kroos upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Joachim Löw

Man of the Match:
Lukas Podolski (Germany)[29]

Assistant referees:[31]
Roberto Alonso Fernández (Spain)
Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain)
Fourth official:
Mark Clattenburg (England)
Additional assistant referees:
David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)
Reserve assistant referee:
Peter Kirkup (England)

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