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{{Infobox international football competition<br />
| tourney_name = Nehru Cup<br />
| year = 2012<br />
| other_titles = <br />
| image = Nehru Cup 2012 Logo.jpg<br />
| size = 200px<br />
| caption = 2012 Nehru Cup official logo<br />
| country = India<br />
| dates = 22 August – 2 September (11 days)<br />
| confederations = 2<br />
| num_teams = 5<br />
| venues = 1<br />
| cities = 1<br />
| champion = India<br />
| count = 3<br />
| second_other = {{fb|CMR}}<br />
| third = Maldives<br />
| fourth = Syria<br />
| matches = 11<br />
| goals = 32<br />
| attendance = <br />
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]]<br />{{flagicon|CMR}} Alix Ebanga <br />{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Stéphane Kingue Mpondo]]<br>(4 goals)<br />
| player = <br />
| prevseason = [[2009 Nehru Cup|2009]]<br />
| nextseason = <br />
}}<br />
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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.<ref name=AIFFWim>{{cite web|title=Wim Koevermans named as new Senior Team Coach |url=http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=3200 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105000108/http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=3200 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 January 2013 |work=The All India Football Federation |accessdate=15 June 2012 }}</ref> 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.<ref name=TOINews>{{cite web|title=India beat Cameroon to win third successive Nehru Cup title |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/nehru-cup-2012/top-stories/India-beat-Cameroon-to-win-third-successive-Nehru-Cup-title/articleshow/16221268.cms|work=Times Of India|accessdate=2 Sep 2012}}</ref><br />
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India won the Nehru Cup after defeating the Cameroon 5–4 on penalties after the match ended 2–2 in extra-time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nehru cup win: It is an incredible achievement, says Indian coach|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_nehru-cup-win-it-is-an-incredible-achievement-says-indian-coach_1735999|work=Daily News & Analysis|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/india-rejoices-nehru-cup-treble-1694216<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611042730/https://www.fifa.com/news/india-rejoices-nehru-cup-treble-1694216<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
|archive-date=11 June 2021<br />
|title=India rejoice Nehru Cup treble.FIFA.com|access-date=2021-03-08}}</ref><br />
==Format==<br />
On 15 June 2012 the [[All India Football Federation]] announced the format for the 2012 Nehru Cup.<ref name=AIFFWim/> 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.<ref name=AIFFWim/><br />
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==Broadcasting==<br />
[[NEO Sports]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2012/08/14/3305881/nehru-cup-is-a-key-tournament-to-radically-restructure-and?source=breakingnews |title = Nehru Cup is a key tournament to radically restructure and popularize football in India - IMG Reliance COO Ashu Jindal - Goal.com |access-date=14 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306023951/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2012/08/14/3305881/nehru-cup-is-a-key-tournament-to-radically-restructure-and?source=breakingnews |archive-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> 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).<br />
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==Squads==<br />
{{main|2012 Nehru Cup squads}}<br />
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==Venue==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
|-<br />
! [[New Delhi]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]]<br />
|-<br />
| Capacity: '''60,000'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium CWG opening ceremony.jpg|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Teams==<br />
Teams were:<ref>{{cite web|title=Teams finalized for Nehru Cup 2012|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/07/29/teams-finalized-for-nehru-cup-2012/|publisher=sportskeeda.com|accessdate=31 July 2012|date=29 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Neighbours Nepal to replace African side Kenya?|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/08/04/2012-nehru-cup-neighbours-nepal-to-replace-african-side-kenya/|publisher=sportskeeda.com|accessdate=24 August 2012|date=4 August 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160509033915/http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=ind/men/matches/index.html#year2012 FIFA.com]</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! width=17%|Country !! width=17%|Confederation!! width=17% | FIFA rank <br />
|-<br />
|{{fb|India}} || [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] || 167<br />
|-<br />
|{{fb|Syria}} || [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] || 147<br />
|-<br />
|{{fb|Maldives}} || [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] || 160<br />
|-<br />
|{{fb|Nepal}} || [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] || 161<br />
|-<br />
|{{fb|Cameroon}}|| [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] || 58<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Matches==<br />
The First Round teams and matches were announced on 6 August 2012 by the [[All India Football Federation]].<ref name=AIFFFirstRound>{{cite web|title=India take on Syria in Nehru Cup Opener|url=http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=3243|work=The All India Football Federation|accessdate=6 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816013052/http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=3243|archive-date=16 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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{{Main|2012 Nehru Cup Group Stage}}<br />
{{:2012 Nehru Cup Group Stage}}<br />
{{Football box<br />
|date=22 August 2012<br />
|time=19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}<br />
|score= 2–1<br />
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20120824012105/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/89418/india-vs-syria/report Report]<br />
|team2={{fb|Syria}}<br />
|goals1= [[Sunil Chhetri|S. Chhetri]] {{goal|45+2}}<br>[[Anthony Pereira|Pereira]] {{goal|82}}<br />
|goals2= [[Alaa Al Shbli|Al Shbli]] {{goal|89}}<br />
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Nehru Stadium]], [[Delhi]]<br />
|attendance=<br />
|referee= Vladislav Tseytlin ([[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]])<br />
}}<br />
----<br />
{{Football box<br />
|date=23 August 2012<br />
|time=19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
|team1={{fb-rt|Maldives}}<br />
|score= 2–1<br />
|report= [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/89419/maldives-vs-nepal/report Report]<br />
|team2={{fb|Nepal}}<br />
|goals1= [[Assadhulla Abdulla|Assadhulla]] {{goal|6}}<br>[[Ismail Easa|Easa]] {{goal|77}}<br />
|goals2= [[Ju Manu Rai|Rai]] {{goal|90+4}}<br />
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Nehru Stadium]], [[Delhi]]<br />
|attendance= <br />
|referee= Santosh Kumar ([[All India Football Federation|India]])<br />
}}<br />
----<br />
{{Football box<br />
|date=24 August 2012<br />
|time=19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
|team1={{fb-rt|Syria}}<br />
|score= 2–2<br />
|report= [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/89420/syria-vs-cameroon/report Report]<br />
|team2={{fb|Cameroon}}<br />
|goals1= [[Alaa Al Shbli|Al Shbli]] {{goal|42}}<br>[[Oday Jafal|Jafal]] {{goal|80}}<br />
|goals2= [[Stéphane Kingue Mpondo|Mpondo]] {{goal|17}} <br>Ebanga {{goal|55|pen.}}<br />
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Nehru Stadium]], [[Delhi]]<br />
|attendance=<br />
|referee= Rowan Arumughan ([[All India Football Federation|India]])<br />
}}<br />
----<br />
{{Football box<br />
|date=25 August 2012<br />
|time=19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}<br />
|score= 3–0<br />
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20140313044222/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/89421/india-vs-maldives/report Report]<br />
|team2={{fb|Maldives}}<br />
|goals1=[[Sunil Chhetri|S. Chhetri]] {{goal|45+2|pen.|70}}<br>[[Syed Rahim Nabi|Nabi]] {{goal|54}}<br />
|goals2=<br />
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Nehru Stadium]], [[Delhi]]<br />
|attendance=<br />
|referee= Hamad Hashmi ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])<br />
}}<br />
----<br />
{{Football box<br />
|date=26 August 2012 <br />
|time=19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
|team1={{fb-rt|Nepal}}<br />
|score= 0–5<br />
|report= [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/89422/nepal-vs-cameroon/report?ICID=OP Report]<br />
|team2={{fb|Cameroon}}<br />
|goals1=<br />
|goals2= Kolony {{goal|12||60}} <br>Ebanga {{goal|41||65}}<br>Momasso {{goal|76}}<br />
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Nehru Stadium]], [[Delhi]]<br />
|attendance=<br />
|referee= Rowan Arumughan ([[All India Football Federation|India]])<br />
}}<br />
----<br />
{{Football box<br />
|date=27 August 2012<br />
|time=19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
|team1={{fb-rt|Maldives}}<br />
|score= 2–1<br />
|report= [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/89423/maldives-vs-syria/report Report]<br />
|team2={{fb|Syria}}<br />
|goals1= [[Ali Ashfaq|Ashfaq]] {{goal|59}}<br>[[Ahmed Rasheed (footballer)|Rasheed]] {{goal|90+3}}<br />
|goals2= [[Alaa Al Shbli|Al Shbli]] {{goal|81}}<br />
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Nehru Stadium]], [[Delhi]]<br />
|attendance=<br />
|referee= Santosh Kumar ([[All India Football Federation|India]])<br />
}}<br />
----<br />
{{Football box<br />
|date=28 August 2012<br />
|time=19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}<br />
|score= 0–0<br />
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20140416041626/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/89425/india-vs-nepal/report Report]<br />
|team2={{fb|Nepal}}<br />
|goals1=<br />
|goals2=<br />
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Nehru Stadium]], [[Delhi]]<br />
|attendance=<br />
|referee= Vladislav Tseytlin ([[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]])<br />
}}<br />
----<br />
{{Football box<br />
|date=29 August 2012<br />
|time=19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
|team1={{fb-rt|Cameroon}}<br />
|score= 3–1<br />
|report= [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/89427/cameroon-vs-maldives/report?ICID=OP Report]<br />
|team2={{fb|Maldives}}<br />
|goals1= [[Stéphane Kingue Mpondo|Mpondo]] {{goal|12||39}}<br>Ebanga {{goal|50|pen.}}<br />
|goals2= Akram Abdul Ghani {{goal|26}}<br />
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Nehru Stadium]], [[Delhi]]<br />
|attendance=<br />
|referee= Hamad Hashmi ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])<br />
}}<br />
----<br />
{{Football box<br />
|date=30 August 2012<br />
|time=19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
|team1={{fb-rt|Syria}}<br />
|score= 2–0<br />
|report= [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/89428/syria-vs-nepal/report?ICID=OP Report]<br />
|team2={{fb|Nepal}}<br />
|goals1= [[Hani Al Taiar]] {{goal|9|}}<br>Ali Ghalioum {{goal|49|}}<br />
|goals2=<br />
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Nehru Stadium]], [[Delhi]]<br />
|attendance=<br />
|referee= Rowan Arumughan ([[All India Football Federation|India]])<br />
}}<br />
----<br />
{{Football box<br />
|date=31 August 2012<br />
|time=19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}<br />
|score= 0–1<br />
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20140416044813/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/89429/india-vs-cameroon/report Report]<br />
|team2={{fb|Cameroon}}<br />
|goals1=<br />
|goals2= Bite {{goal|2}}<br />
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Nehru Stadium]], [[Delhi]]<br />
|attendance=<br />
|referee= Hamad Hashmi ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]]) <br />
}}<br />
<br />
===Final===<br />
{{main|2012 Nehru Cup Final}}<br />
{{football box<br />
|date=2 September 2012<br />
|time=19:00<br />
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}<br />
|score=2–2 {{aet}}<br />
|report=[https://archive.today/20130104231557/http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=3279 Report]<br />
|team2={{fb|Cameroon}}<br />
|goals1=[[Gouramangi Singh|G. Singh]] {{goal|19}}<br>[[Sunil Chhetri|Chhetri]] {{goal|78}}<br />
|goals2=[[Thierry Makon Nloga]] {{goal|29}}<br>[[Stéphane Kingue Mpondo|Mpondo]] {{goal|54}}<br />
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Nehru Stadium]], [[Delhi]] <br />
|attendance=30,000<br />
|referee=Vladislav Tseytlin ([[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]])<br />
|penalties1=[[Robin Singh (footballer)|R. Singh]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Sunil Chhetri|Chhetri]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Denzil Franco|Franco]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Mehtab Hossain|Hossain]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Clifford Miranda|Miranda]] {{pengoal}}<br />
|penaltyscore=5–4<br />
|penalties2={{pengoal}} Tambe<br />{{pengoal}} [[Ousmaïla Baba|Baba]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Paul Rolland Bebey Kingué|Bebey]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Stéphane Kingue Mpondo|Mpondo]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Thierry Makon Nloga]] }}<br />
<br />
==Goalscorers==<br />
;4 goals<br />
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]]<br />
*{{flagicon|CMR}} Alix Ebanga<br />
*{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Stéphane Kingue Mpondo]]<br />
<br />
;3 goals<br />
*{{flagicon|SYR}} [[Alaa Al Shbli]]<br />
<br />
;2 goals<br />
*{{flagicon|CMR}} Vigny Kolony<br />
<br />
;1 goal<br />
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br />
*{{flagicon|CMR}} Joseph Momasso<br />
*{{flagicon|CMR}} Samuel Bitte<br />
*{{flagicon|CMR}} Mackon Thierry<br />
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Anthony Pereira]]<br />
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Syed Rahim Nabi]]<br />
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gouramangi Singh]]<br />
*{{flagicon|MDV}} [[Akram Abdul Ghani]]<br />
*{{flagicon|MDV}} [[Assadhulla Abdulla]]<br />
*{{flagicon|MDV}} [[Ali Ashfaq]]<br />
*{{flagicon|MDV}} [[Ismail Easa]]<br />
*{{flagicon|MDV}} [[Ahmed Rasheed (footballer)|Ahmed Rasheed]]<br />
*{{flagicon|NEP}} [[Ju Manu Rai]]<br />
*{{flagicon|SYR}} [[Ali Ghalioum]]<br />
*{{flagicon|SYR}} [[Hani Al Taiar]]<br />
*{{flagicon|SYR}} [[Oday Jafal]]<br />
{{div col end}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist|2}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/4556/nehru-cup Details at Goal.com]<br />
* [https://int.soccerway.com/international/asia/nehru-cup/2012/group-stage/ Details at Soccerway.com]<br />
* [http://www.futbol24.com/international/International/Nehru-Cup/2012/ Details at Futbol24.com]<br />
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