2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySwitzerland
Dates26–29 June
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Germany (3rd title)
Runners-up France
Third place Denmark
Fourth place  Switzerland

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.[1]

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)
  • 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

2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship teams and final round performance

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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 June 2012
 
 
  Switzerland1
 
29 June 2012
 
 France5
 
 France1 (3)
 
26 June 2012
 
 Germany1 (4)
 
 Denmark0
 
 
 Germany2
 
Third place
 
 
29 June 2012
 
 
  Switzerland0 (4)
 
 
 Denmark0 (5)

Semi-finals

Switzerland 1–5 France
Pulver 13' Report Toletti 14'
Blanchard 19'
Cousin 40'
Diani 52'
Karchouni 80+4' (pen.)
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)

Denmark 0–2 Germany
Report Bremer 71'
Däbritz 80+3'

Third place match

Switzerland 0–0 Denmark
Report
Penalties
Bruderer soccer ball with check mark
Wuichet soccer ball with check mark
Ribeaud soccer ball with check mark
Vienne soccer ball with red X
Calo soccer ball with red X
Deplazes soccer ball with check mark
Studer soccer ball with red X
4–5 soccer ball with check mark Hansen
soccer ball with check mark Beck
soccer ball with red X Poulsen
soccer ball with red X Thestrup
soccer ball with check mark Kildemoes
soccer ball with check mark Christiansen
soccer ball with check mark Nederby
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)

Final

France 1–1 Germany
Diani 57' Report Bremer 67'
Penalties
Toletti soccer ball with check mark
Saulnier soccer ball with check mark
Gherbi soccer ball with check mark
Froment soccer ball with red X
Karchouni soccer ball with red X
3–4 soccer ball with red X Däbritz
soccer ball with check mark Beil
soccer ball with check mark Panfil
soccer ball with check mark Streng
soccer ball with check mark Lückel
 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 European champions 

Germany
Third title

References

  1. "Women's U17 entry hits new high". UEFA. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
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