The 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship will be the eleventh edition of UEFA

UEFA

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's European Under-17 Football Championship

UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship

The UEFA U-17 Championship is an annual football competition organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA. From 1982 to 2001 it was an Under-16 event.This meeting serves as a preliminary competition for the FIFA U-17 World Cup every other year....

. Slovenia

Slovenia

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will host the tournament. Players born after 1 January 1995 will be eligible to participate in this competition.

Qualification

The final tournament of the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship will be preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round. During these rounds, 52 national teams will compete to determine the seven teams.

External links

• – uefa.com