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2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2012 UEFA Pod 17 Evropsko prvenstvo v nogometu
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Tournament details
Host country Slovenia
Dates 4–16 May
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Netherlands (2nd title)
Runners-up  Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 28 (1.87 per match)
Attendance 41,500 (2,767 per match)
Top scorer(s) Germany Max Meyer (3 goals)
Best player Germany Max Meyer
← Serbia 2011
Slovakia 2013 →

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.

Players born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to participate in this competition.

The tournament was held in Domžale, Lendava, Ljubljana and Maribor. The selected stadiums that hosted the matches were:

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.

All times are local (UTC+02:00).


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