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 Domà ¾ale, 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.
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.
All times are local (UTC+02:00).
All times are local (UTC+2)