[2] Defending champions South Korea failed to qualify for the tournament.

France won the title after defeating North Korea 1–1 (7–6 after pen.).

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.

[10] Etsuko Fukano Ri Hyang-ok Hong Kum-nyo Liu Hsiu-mei Chie Ohata Zhang Lingling Aissata Amegee Emmanuella Aglago Diana Mukasa Khadidja Belkadi Alondra Arellano Gillian Martindale Cardella Samuels Elizabeth Aguilar Milagros Leonardo Nykasie Liverpool Suzanne Morisset Shirley Perelló Mady Santos Claudia Umpiérrez Luciana Mascaraña Nadia Weiler Finau Vulivuli Jacqueline Stephenson Wantin Yagum 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 The final draw was held on 6 July 2012 in Baku.

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.