2012 Nehru Cup
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | India |
| Dates | 22 August – 2 September (11 days) |
| Teams | 5 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of India.svg India (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon |
| Third place | File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 11 |
| Goals scored | 32 (2.91 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | India Sunil Chhetri Cameroon Alix Ebanga Cameroon Stéphane Kingue Mpondo (4 goals) |
← 2009 | |
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The 2012 Nehru Cup was the 15th edition of the Nehru Cup and 3rd Nehru Cup since it was revived in 2007. It was held from 22 August to 2 September.[1] The tournament was hosted in New Delhi, India. A total of 5 teams participated in the tournament through being invited by the All India Football Federation. The final match happened between India and Cameroon and India won the match in penalty shoot out.[2]
India won the Nehru Cup after defeating the Cameroon 5–4 on penalties after the match ended 2–2 in extra-time.[3][4]
Format
[edit | edit source]On 15 June 2012 the All India Football Federation announced the format for the 2012 Nehru Cup.[1] The tournament was played in a round-robin style. In the end the top 2 teams India & Cameroon from the 5 teams played in the final, which took place on 2 September.[1]
Broadcasting
[edit | edit source]NEO Sports,[5] a premium all Sports Channel from the bouquet of NEO Sports Broadcast Pvt. Ltd., has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights of 2012 Nehru Cup in the Indian Sub Continent (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives).
Squads
[edit | edit source]Venue
[edit | edit source]| New Delhi |
|---|
| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
| Capacity: 60,000 |
| File:Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium CWG opening ceremony.jpg |
Teams
[edit | edit source]Teams were:[6]
| Country | Confederation | FIFA rank |
|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of India.svg India | AFC | 167 |
| File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria | AFC | 147 |
| File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives | AFC | 160 |
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | AFC | 161 |
| File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon | CAF | -- |
Matches
[edit | edit source]The First Round teams and matches were announced on 6 August 2012 by the All India Football Federation.[7]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon Cameroon | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 10 |
| File:Flag of India.svg India | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 |
| File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 |
| Maldives File:Flag of Maldives.svg | 2–1 | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal |
|---|---|---|
| Assadhulla File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Easa File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' |
Report | Rai File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4' |
| India File:Flag of India.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives |
|---|---|---|
| S. Chhetri File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+2' (pen.), 70' Nabi File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' |
Report |
| Nepal File:Flag of Nepal.svg | 0–5 | File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kolony File:Soccerball shade.svg 12', 60' Ebanga File:Soccerball shade.svg 41', 65' Momasso File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' |
| India File:Flag of India.svg | 0–0 | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg | 3–1 | File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives |
|---|---|---|
| Mpondo File:Soccerball shade.svg 12', 39' Ebanga File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' (pen.) |
Report | Akram Abdul Ghani File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' |
| India File:Flag of India.svg | 0–1 | File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Bitte File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' |
Final
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Winners
[edit | edit source]| 2012 Nehru Cup champion |
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| File:Flag of India.svg India Third title |
Statistics
[edit | edit source]Goalscorers
[edit | edit source]There were 32 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.
4 goals
- India Sunil Chhetri
- Cameroon Alix Ebanga
- Cameroon Stéphane Kingue Mpondo
3 goals
2 goals
- Cameroon Vigny Kolony
1 goal
- Cameroon Joseph Momasso
- Cameroon Samuel Bitte
- Cameroon Mackon Thierry
- India Anthony Pereira
- India Syed Rahim Nabi
- India Gouramangi Singh
- Maldives Akram Abdul Ghani
- Maldives Assadhulla Abdulla
- Maldives Ali Ashfaq
- Maldives Ismail Easa
- Maldives Ahmed Rasheed
- Nepal Ju Manu Rai
- Syria Ali Ghalioum
- Syria Hani Al Taiar
- Syria Oday Jafal
References
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