2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the fifth edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. The tournament serves as a qualifier to the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The first qualifying matches were played on 29 September 2011, the final was played on 29 June 2012.
With 42 participating nations a new U-17 record was set.

Qualification

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Competition format
First qualifying round	40 teams from associations ranked 3–43		10 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one country, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient
Second qualifying round		10 group winners from 1st qualifying round 4 best group runners-up from 1st qualifying round	4 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one country, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient
Final tournament		4 group winners from 2nd qualifying round	Semifinals, Final

The four qualifying group winners played the knockout stage in the Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Switzerland from 26 to 29 June 2012. There were two semifinals, a third place match and the final.
The third place match as well as the final were decided by penalties. No extra time was played.

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