2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
# 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) | 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 (16 teams) | Germany (ranked 1)  Netherlands (ranked 2) | 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 teams) | | 4 group winners from 2nd qualifying round | Semifinals, Final |

## Final round

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.

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 June 2012 | 26 June 2012 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 29 June 2012 | 29 June 2012 |
| France | 5 | 29 June 2012 | 29 June 2012 |
| France | 5 | France | 1 (3) |
| 26 June 2012 | 26 June 2012 | | France | 1 (3) |
| 26 June 2012 | 26 June 2012 | Germany | 1 (4) |
| Denmark | 0 | Germany | 1 (4) |
| Germany | 2 | | |
| Germany | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 29 June 2012 | 29 June 2012 |
| | | Switzerland | 0 (4) |
| | | Denmark | 0 (5) |

### Final

* 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 European champions
* Germany Third title
