The 2012 Bolivian women's football championship was the eighth edition of the tournament. It was held from 22 to 26 October 2012 in the city of Santa Cruz. It was contested by seven regional champions and determined the 2012 Bolivian women's football champion and served as qualification to the continental championship, the 2012 Copa Libertadores Femenina.
Santa Cruz FC, who competed last year under then name Gerimex FC, were the defending champions. For the eighth time the title went to a team from Santa Cruz when Universidad de Santa Cruz (Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, UAGRM) won its title.
Format Seven teams were divided into two groups of four and three teams. After all teams played each other once the two best placed teams per group moved onto the semi-finals.
Group stage Group A TeamSanta Cruz (Santa Cruz) 3 3 0 0 12 1 +8 9Aurora (Cochabamba) 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6Estudiantes (Santa Cruz) 3 1 0 2 7 8 –1 3Valencia JV (Oruro) 3 0 0 3 0 13 –13 0 Day 1: Aurora 4–2 Estudiantes Santa Cruz 5–0 Valencia JV
Day 2: Aurora 4–0 Valencia JV Santa Cruz 4–1 Estudiantes
Day 3: Santa Cruz 3–0 FC Aurora Estudiantes 4–0 Valencia JV
Group B TeamUniversidad (Santa Cruz) 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6San Martín (Tarija) 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3Deportivo Chuquisaca (Chuquisaca) 2 0 0 2 0 4 –4 0
Day 1: Universidad 2–0 Deportivo Chuquisaca
Day 2: San Martín 2–0 Deportivo Chuquisaca
Day 3: Universidad 2–1 San Martín
Knock-out stage Semi-finals The semi-finals were played the next day after the last group matches.
Third place match
Final
Top scorer Santa Cruz FC's Luciel Pérez won the top-scorer award with her sixth goal in the final. Her teammate Maitté Zamorano scored five goals.
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