2012 La Manga Cup

2012 La Manga Cup
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Dates February 15 – February 22
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions DenmarkFC Nordsjælland (1st title)
Runners-up Norway Vålerenga
Third place Norway Viking
Tournament statistics
Matches played 9
Goals scored 24 (2.67 per match)
Main article: La Manga Cup

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

The following six clubs participated in the 2012 tournament:[1]

Standings

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
1 Denmark FC Nordsjælland 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7
2 Norway Vålerenga 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
3 Norway Viking 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
4 Norway Strømsgodset 3 1 0 2 4 4 +0 3
5 Ukraine FC Dnipro 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
6 Lithuania FK Ekranas 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0

Matches

February 15, 2012
18:00 CET
Viking Norway 2–1 Lithuania FK Ekranas
André Danielsen  42'
Veton Berisha  90+3' 		Marko Anđelković  10'

February 19, 2012
18:00 CET
Vålerenga Norway 2–0 Lithuania FK Ekranas

February 22, 2012
15:00 CET
FC Nordsjælland Denmark 2–2 Norway Viking
  Penalties  
2 – 4

References

  1. ↑ "La Manga Cup 2012 Standings". Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "La Manga Cup 2012 Results". Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "La Manga Cup 2012 Final Results". Retrieved 22 Feb 2012.