2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football 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)
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| Runners-up |
 Germany
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 28 (1.87 per match) |
| Attendance | 41,500 (2,767 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Max Meyer (3 goals) |
| Best player |
Max Meyer
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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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