# 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the third edition of the women's football tournament, and was held in Azerbaijan from 22 September to 13 October, following a decision by the executive committee on 19 March 2010. Defending champions South Korea failed to qualify for the tournament. France won the title after defeating North Korea 1–1 (7–6 after pen.).

## Mascot

The official mascot of this World Cup was The Top Top Girl (Top Top Qız), which means ball in Azerbaijani, a young girl with the national flag painted on her cheeks. Her body is blue, red, green and white kit like the host's national team and her brown hair in a ponytail designed to resemble what is known as a buta, a curving decorative motif widely used in Azerbaijani art.

## Qualified teams

| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifiers |
| AFC (Asia) | 2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship | China Japan North Korea |
| CAF (Africa) | 2012 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament | Gambia Ghana Nigeria |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) | 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship | Canada Mexico United States |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2012 South American Under 17 Women's Championship | Brazil Colombia Uruguay |
| OFC (Oceania) | 2012 OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament | New Zealand |
| UEFA (Europe) | Host nation | Azerbaijan |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship | France Germany |
    1.^ Teams that made their debut.

## Venues

Originally, all 4 stadiums were to be located in Baku, but due to FIFA demands, 2 extra stadiums needed to be added. 1 more in the city and another in Lankaran who hosted 3 games. There were also matches in Lankaran. 4 matches including the first round of the Group A,the 3rd place match and the final were held at Tofiq Bahramov Stadium.
| Baku | Baku | Lankaran | Lankaran | Baku | Baku |
| Tofiq Bahramov Stadium | Tofiq Bahramov Stadium | Lankaran City Stadium | Lankaran City Stadium | Eighth Kilometer District Stadium | Eighth Kilometer District Stadium |
| Capacity: 31,200 | Capacity: 31,200 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 11,000 | Capacity: 11,000 |
| BakuLankaran ||||||
| Baku | Baku | Baku | Baku | Baku | Baku |
| Shafa Stadium | Shafa Stadium | Dalga Arena | Dalga Arena | Bayil Stadium | Bayil Stadium |
| Capacity: 8,152 | Capacity: 8,152 | Capacity: 6,700 | Capacity: 6,700 | Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 5,000 |

## Match officials

A total of 14 referees and 28 assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.
| Confederation | Referees | Assistant referees |
| AFC | Etsuko Fukano Ri Hyang-ok | Hong Kum-nyo Liu Hsiu-mei Chie Ohata Zhang Lingling |
| CAF | Aissata Amegee | Emmanuella Aglago Diana Mukasa Khadidja Belkadi |
| CONCACAF | Alondra Arellano Gillian Martindale Cardella Samuels | Elizabeth Aguilar Milagros Leonardo Nykasie Liverpool Suzanne Morisset Shirley Perelló Mady Santos |
| CONMEBOL | Claudia Umpiérrez | Luciana Mascaraña Nadia Weiler |
| OFC | Finau Vulivuli | Jacqueline Stephenson Wantin Yagum |
| UEFA | Jana Adámková Katalin Kulcsár Kateryna Monzul Morag Pirie Karolina Radzik-Johan Carina Vitulano | Nicolet Bakker Ourania Foskolou Giuliana Guarino Panagiota Koutsoumpou Judit Kulcsár Monica Løkkeberg Ulviyya Mustafaeva Maya Nabiyeva Lucie Ratajová Judit Romano Romina Santuari Adriana Šecová |

## Final draw

The final draw was held on 6 July 2012 in Baku.

## Squads

Each team submitted a squad of 21 players, including three goalkeepers. The squads were announced on 14 September 2012.

## Group stage

The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:
* greatest number of points obtained in all group matches
* goal difference in all group matches
* greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:
* greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
* goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
* greatest number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned
* drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee
The two teams finishing first and second in each group qualify for the quarter-finals.
All times are Azerbaijan Summer Time (UTC+5).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 7 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Azerbaijan (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| North Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 5 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 |
| Gambia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | −25 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 9 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 |
| Ghana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, no extra time will be played, with the match to be determined by a penalty shoot-out.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 4 October – Baku (8KM) | 4 October – Baku (8KM) | | | |
| Nigeria | 0 (3) | | | |
| Nigeria | 0 (3) | 9 October – Baku (8KM) | 9 October – Baku (8KM) | | |
| France (p) | 0 (5) | 9 October – Baku (8KM) | 9 October – Baku (8KM) | |
| France (p) | 0 (5) | France | 2 | |
| 5 October – Baku (8KM) | 5 October – Baku (8KM) | | France | 2 | |
| 5 October – Baku (8KM) | 5 October – Baku (8KM) | Ghana | 0 | |
| Japan | 0 | Ghana | 0 | |
| Japan | 0 | | | | 13 October – Baku (Tofik) | 13 October – Baku (Tofik) |
| Ghana | 1 | | | | 13 October – Baku (Tofik) | 13 October – Baku (Tofik) |
| Ghana | 1 | | | | France (p) | 1 (7) |
| 4 October – Baku (8KM) | 4 October – Baku (8KM) | | | | | France (p) | 1 (7) |
| 4 October – Baku (8KM) | 4 October – Baku (8KM) | | | | North Korea | 1 (6) |
| North Korea | 2 | | | | North Korea | 1 (6) |
| North Korea | 2 | 9 October – Baku (8KM) | 9 October – Baku (8KM) | | | |
| Canada | 1 | 9 October – Baku (8KM) | 9 October – Baku (8KM) | | | |
| Canada | 1 | North Korea | 2 | | | |
| 5 October – Baku (8KM) | 5 October – Baku (8KM) | | North Korea | 2 | | | |
| 5 October – Baku (8KM) | 5 October – Baku (8KM) | Germany | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Germany | 2 | Germany | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Germany | 2 | | | | 13 October – Baku (Tofik) | 13 October – Baku (Tofik) |
| Brazil | 1 | | | | 13 October – Baku (Tofik) | 13 October – Baku (Tofik) |
| Brazil | 1 | | | | Ghana | 1 |
| | | | | | Germany | 0 |

### Final
## Winners

* 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup winners
* France First title

## Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
| Griedge Mbock Bathy | Ri Hyang-sim | Yui Hasegawa |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Ri Un-sim | Chinwendu Ihezuo | Halimatu Ayinde |
| FIFA Fair Play Award | Golden Glove |
| Japan | Romane Bruneau |

## Goalscorers
### 8 goals

* Ri Un-sim

### 6 goals

* Chinwendu Ihezuo

### 4 goals

* Léa Declercq
* Kadidiatou Diani
* Jane Ayieyam
* Halimatu Ayinde

### 3 goals

* Sara Däbritz
* Rebecca Knaak
* Priscilla Okyere
* Yui Narumiya
* Kim So-hyang
* Ri Kyong-hyang

### 2 goals

* Byanca
* Zhang Chen
* Dayana Castillo
* Pauline Cousin
* Ricarda Kießling
* Yui Hasegawa
* Ayaka Inoue
* Rika Masuya
* Akari Shiraki
* Hina Sugita
* Ri Hyang-sim
* Tessy Biahwo
* Summer Green
* Yamila Badell

### 1 goal

* Andressa
* Brena
* Camila
* Summer Clarke
* Amandine Pierre-Louis
* Nichelle Prince
* Valerie Sanderson
* Lyu Yueyun
* Miao Siwen
* Tang Jiali
* Laura Aguirre
* Gabriela Maldonado
* Candice Gherbi
* Griedge Mbock Bathy
* Penda Bah
* Sainey Sissohore
* Sharon Beck
* Vivien Beil
* Pauline Bremer
* Alberta Ahialey
* Fatima Alhassan
* Sherifatu Sumaila
* Yuka Momiki
* Mizuki Nakamura
* Risa Shimizu
* Rin Sumida
* Emily Jensen
* Martine Puketapu
* Choe Yun-gyong
* Kim Phyong-hwa
* Fernanda Pérez
* Joy Bokiri
* Aminat Yakubu
* Darian Jenkins
* Amber Munerlyn
* Toni Payne
* Morgan Stanton

### 1 Own goal

* Ana Clara (playing against New Zealand)
* Diana Duarte (playing against Nigeria)
* Mariama Bojang (playing against France)
* Amie Jarju (playing against United States)
* Metta Sanneh (playing against France)