2012 La Manga Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Spain |
Dates | February 15 – February 22 |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | FC Nordsjælland (1st title) |
Runners-up | Vålerenga |
Third place | Viking |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 9 |
Goals scored | 24 (2.67 per match) |
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The 2012 La Manga Cup was an exhibition international club football (soccer) competition featuring football club teams from Europe, which was held in February 2012. All matches were played in La Manga Stadium in La Manga, Spain. This was the fifteenth La Manga Cup. The tournament was won by FC Nordsjælland, who beat Vålerenga on goal differential after both clubs finished with identical records of two wins and one draw.
Teams
[edit]The following six clubs participated in the 2012 tournament:[1]
- FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk from the Ukrainian Premier League in Ukraine
- FC Nordsjælland from the Danish Superliga in Denmark
- FK Ekranas from the A Lyga in Lithuania
- Strømsgodset from the Tippeligaen in Norway
- Vålerenga from the Tippeligaen in Norway
- Viking from the Tippeligaen in Norway
Standings
[edit]With only six teams entered, the 2012 version of the Cup was contested in a Round Robin style format, wherein each participating team played against three of the other five teams entered in the competition, with the winner determined by points earned.[2][3]
Pl | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | FC Nordsjælland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 |
2 | Vålerenga | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 |
3 | Viking | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
4 | Strømsgodset | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 3 |
5 | FC Dnipro | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
6 | FK Ekranas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
Matches
[edit]Viking | 2–1 | FK Ekranas |
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André Danielsen 42' Veton Berisha 90+3' | Marko Anđelković 10' |
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1–1 | Viking |
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Penalties | ||
1 – 3 |
FC Nordsjælland | 2–2 | Viking |
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Penalties | ||
2 – 4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "La Manga Cup 2012 Standings". Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ "La Manga Cup 2012 Results". Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ "La Manga Cup 2012 Final Results". Retrieved 22 Feb 2012.