The final tournament took place in Ho Nanjing, China PR from 3-13 November 2011. The six participating teams were Australia, China PR, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic and Thailand. Japan and Korea DPR secured qualification with a match to spare, while China PR claimed the third and final berth on the last day of competition.
Botswana, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia all participated in the first qualifying round, which took place between 20 January and 5 February 2012.
Ghana and Nigeria booked their place at Azerbaijan 2012 in the second qualifying round between 9 and 30 March 2012. Gambia grabbed the third and final ticket by defeating Tunisia.
The UEFA Women’s U-17 Championship 2011/12 served as the qualification tournament and, by virtue of reaching the final, France and Germany secured their place alongside automatically-qualified hosts Azerbaijan at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2012.
New Zealand booked their place at Azerbaijan 2012 by winning the four-nation OFC qualifying tournament, which took place from 9-13 April in Auckland, New Zealand. The other participating nations included Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Cook Islands.
The CONMEBOL qualifiers will take place in Bolivia between 10 and 26 March 2012. Three places are available at the finals.
Brazil and Uruguay won both of their opening two fixtures to guarantee their place in Azerbaijan, while Colombia defeated Argentina on the final matchday to secure the third ticket.
