2012 Copa Apollonia

2012 Copa Apollonia

Tournament details
Host country	North Antarctica
Dates	TBD
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	8 (in 3 host cities)
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The 2012 Copa Apollonia will be the first tournament of the Copa Apollonia, and will be held in North Antarctica. The ten competing national teams all qualified successfully to be involved. The tournament's matches will be played in eight stadiums in three different cities around North Antarctica.

Hosts

North Antarctica was chosen as the hosts of the tournament after submitting one of two applications. The FMF Executives agreed that the North Antarctican 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

• North Antarctica
• Safiria

Stadiums

• Stadio Napianeso, Brabantia
• Martin I Stadia, Brabantia
• The Den, Countryside
• Stadium of the Capital, New Livingston
• Micrasian Stadia, New Livingston
• Stadio di Nacional, New Livingston
• Livingston Way, New Livingston
• Napian National Stadium, New Livingston

Qualification

Qualification for the 2012 Copa Apollonia was decided by the AEFA'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. Antica were invited to compete after hosting the year's World Cup.

List of qualified teams

• Antica
• Athlon
• Babkha

• Hurmu
• Mahoz HaSephardim
• North Antarctica (hosts)

• Novatainia
• Safiria

• Stormark
• Toketi

Squads

Teams were required to name a twenty-three-man squad for the tournament, with three goalkeepers, numbered 1 to 23.

Group Stage

The group draw was made by FMF President Craitman H. Pellegrino and President of Mercury, Joe Foxon.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Antarctica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toketi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Novatainia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athlon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mahoz HaSephardim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stormark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Safiria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Antica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hurmu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Babkha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Knock-out stages

Semi Finals

Winner Group A v Wildcard Team

Winner Group A	–	Wildcard Team

Stadio Napianeso, Brabantia

Winner Group B v Winner Group C

Winner Group B	–	Winner Group C

Satdium of the Capital, New Livingston

Third place play-off

Loser Semi Final 1 v Loser Semi Final 2

Loser Semi Final 1	–	Loser Semi Final 2

Stadio di Nacional, New Livingston

Final

Winner Semi Final 1 v Winner Semi Final 2

Winner Semi Final 1	–	Winner Semi Final 2

Napian National Stadium, New Livingston

See also

• Copa Apollonia