Host country Slovenia Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities) | Dates 4–16 May Runners-up Germany | |
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation) Champions Netherlands (2nd title) | ||
The 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the eleventh edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship under its current age grouping. Slovenia hosted the tournament between 4 and 16 May. An appeal by the Hungarian Football Federation to have Hungary replace Belgium over an ineligible player in the Belgium V Russia elite round match was unsuccessful.
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Players born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to participate in this competition.
Venues
The tournament was held in Domžale, Lendava, Ljubljana and Maribor. The selected stadiums that hosted the matches were:
Qualification
The final tournament of the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round. During these rounds, 52 national teams competed to determine the seven teams.
Participants
Group stage
All times are local (UTC+02:00).
Bracket
All times are local (UTC+2)
Goalscorers
Tournament select squad
Source: UEFA Technical Report