What is 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship?
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox international football competition | tourney_name = <!-- blank, if tournament name is like PAGE NAME--> | year = 2011 | yearr = | other_titles = 2012. aasta U-19 Euroopa meistrivõistlused jalgpallis | size = | alt = | caption = | city = | country = Estonia | dates = 3–15 July | num_teams = 8 | confederations = 1 | venues = 4 | cities = 3 | champion_other = {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain national under-19 football team|Spain]] | count = 9 | second_other ={{flagicon|GRE}} [[Greece national under-19 football team|Greece]] | matches = 15 | goals = 49 | attendance = 46022 | top_scorer ={{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jesé]] <small>(5 goals)</small> | player = {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Gerard Deulofeu]] | prevseason = [[2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2011]] | nextseason = [[2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2013]] }} The '''2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship''' was the 61st edition of [[UEFA]]'s [[UEFA European Under-19 Championship|European Under-19 Championship]] (the eleventh since the age competition change to an Under-19 level) and took place in [[Estonia]] from 3 to 15 July.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.uefa.com/under19/news/newsid=1722075.html|title=U19 elite round draw made|publisher=UEFA|access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref> [[Spain national under-19 football team|Spain]] are the title holders. This competition also proceeded as a qualifying competition for the [[2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup]], as six sides from Europe qualify. Players born after 1 January 1993 were eligible to participate in this competition. ==Qualification== {{Main|2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification|l1=Qualifying round|2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification|l2=Elite round}} Qualification for the final tournament occurred in two stages: a qualifying round and an elite round. During these rounds, 51 national teams competed to determine the seven teams that would join the automatically qualified host nation [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]]. Th