2012 Benacia Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |
 Sanilla |
| Dates | 13 – 22 August 2012 |
| Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Tellia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |
 Batavia |
| Third place |
 Shireroth |
| Fourth place |
Sanilla |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 20 (2.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Frenkel Bruno Jeroen van Veen Mariolino Sonetti Marko Zajc |
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The 2012 Benacia Cup was the first tournament of the Benacia Cup, and was held in Sanilla between 13 August and 22 August 2012. The six competing national teams all qualified successfully to be involved. The tournament's matches were played in three stadiums in three different cities around Sanilla.
The tournament was won by Tellia, for their first ever title, who beat Batavia in the final in Mortis Mercatoria.
Hosting
Sanilla was chosen as the host of the tournament after submitting one of two applications. The FMF Executives agreed that the Sanillan bid was more suited for hosting than the other applicant's and it was announced that the host's national team would receive an automatic berth in the tournament.
Bids
Stadiums
Qualification
Qualification for the 2012 Benacia Cup was decided by the WMFA's groups in the 2012 FMF World Cup qualification rounds. Both the winners and runners-up from all four groups advanced to the tournament, as well as the third-placed team with the best record.
Qualifying standings
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List of qualified teams
Squads
Teams were required to name a twenty-man squad for the tournament, with two goalkeepers, numbered 1 to 20.
Group stage
The group draw was made by FMF President Craitman H. Pellegrino and CTFA President Joe Foxon.
Group A
| Team | Pld |
W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batavia
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advances to final |
| Sanilla
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Advances to third-place play-off |
 Elwynn
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
Group B
| Team | Pld |
W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tellia
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advances to final |
| Shireroth
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advances to third-place play-off |
| Ashkenatza
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 0 |
Knock-out stages
Third-place play-off
Final
| 2012 Benacia Cup Winners |
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 Tellia |
Goalscorers
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
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See also
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