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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| Host country | Slovenia |
| Dates | 4–16 May |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 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 | 41,424 (2,762 per match) |
| Top scorer | Max Meyer (3 goals) |
| Best player | Max Meyer |
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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:
| Ljubljana | Maribor | Ljubljana Maribor Domžale Lendava | Domžale | Lendava |
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| Stožice Stadium | Ljudski vrt | Domžale Sports Park | Lendava Sports Park | |
| Capacity: 16,038 | Capacity: 12,702 | Capacity: 2,854 | Capacity: 2,011 | |
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
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut (as an Under 17 side).
Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.
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Group stage
All times are local (UTC+02:00).
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| Iceland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1–3 | Netherlands |
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| Zahović 74' | Report | Vloet 13' Lumu 35' Aké 61' |
| Netherlands | 0–0 | Belgium |
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| Netherlands | 0–0 | Poland |
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Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 13 May – Ljubljana | ||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||
| 16 May – Ljubljana | ||||||
| Poland | 0 | |||||
| Germany | 1 (4) | |||||
| 13 May – Ljubljana | ||||||
| Netherlands | 1 (5) | |||||
| Netherlands | 2 | |||||
| Georgia | 0 | |||||
All times are local (UTC+2)
Semifinals
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Georgia |
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| Hendrix 79' Haye 90+2' | Report |
Final
| Germany | 1–1 | Netherlands |
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| Goretzka 45' | Report | Acolatse 90+1' |
| Penalties | ||
| Sarr Werner Itter Stendera Kempf | 4–5 | Huser Aké Acolatse Hendrix Vilhena |
Goalscorers
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goals
- Tuur Dierckx
- Pieter Gerkens
- Siebe Schrijvers
- Mohamed Chemlal
- Thomas Lemar
- Anthony Martial
- Chiaber Chechelasvili
- Dato Dartsimelia
- Max Dittgen
- Marc Stendera
- Gunnlaugur Birgisson
- Hjörtur Hermannsson
- Elton Acolatse
- Nathan Aké
- Thom Haye
- Jorrit Hendrix
- Jeroen Lumu
- Rai Vloet
- Vincent Rabiega
- Mariusz Stępiński
- Bian Paul Šauperl
- Petar Stojanović
- Luka Zahović
Tournament select squad
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Source: UEFA Technical Report
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