2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	29 September 2011 – 29 June 2012
Teams	42 (qualification) 4 (final round)
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

Main article: 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship 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

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-finals			Final

26 June 2012
Switzerland	1
France	5

			29 June 2012
			France	1 (3)
			Germany	1 (4)


			Third place
26 June 2012		29 June 2012
Denmark	0	Switzerland	0 (4)
Germany	2		Denmark	0 (5)

Semi-finals

Switzerland v France

26 June 2012
11:00 CET

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

Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)

Denmark v Germany

26 June 2012
15:00 CET

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

Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon
Referee: Amy Rayner (England)

Third place match

Switzerland v Denmark

29 June 2012
11:00 CET

Switzerland	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Denmark
	Report
	Penalties
Bruderer Wuichet Ribeaud Vienne Calo Deplazes Studer	4–5	Hansen Beck Poulsen Thestrup Kildemoes Christiansen Nederby

Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)

Final

France v Germany

29 June 2012
15:00 CET

France	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Germany
Diani 57'	Report	Bremer 67'
	Penalties
Toletti Saulnier Gherbi Froment Karchouni	3–4	Däbritz Beil Panfil Streng Lückel

Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon
Referee: Amy Rayner (England)

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

References

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

External links

UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

Tournaments	Switzerland 2008 Switzerland 2009 Switzerland 2010 Switzerland 2011 Switzerland 2012 Switzerland 2013 England 2014 Iceland 2015 Belarus 2016 Czech Republic 2017 Lithuania 2018

Qualifications	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

International women's association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17

Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football

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