2012 U.S. state secession petitions
The petitions prompted responses from various state governors and other elected officials, most of whom rejected the notion. In January 2013, a White House staffer officially responded to the various petitions, noting that secession was inconsistent with the United States Constitution.


2012 U.S. state secession petitions, Petitions and counter-petitions
In 2012, a series of online petitions were launched on the WhiteHouse.gov "We the People" electronic petitioning system, asking for secession for various states; the petition for Texas garnered the most signatures, quickly garnering the 25,000 necessary to trigger a response from an Obama administration official. The petitions were largely in response to President Obama's reelection in the 2012 presidential election.


2012 U.S. state secession petitions, Petitions and counter-petitions
There were eventually secession petitions set up for all fifty states, with six (Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia and Texas) reaching the 25,000 threshold. The Texas secession e-petition ultimately received the most e-signatures, almost 126,000.


2012 U.S. state secession petitions, Responses, Counter-petitions
The petitions prompted others visitors to launch "counter-petitions, asking that the president stop states from seceding" or to deport secessionists. The petitions were started by individual citizens, not by the states themselves, and have no legal standing.


2012 U.S. state secession petitions, Responses, Governors
The petitions prompted responses from several state governors who rejected the idea. A spokeswoman for Governor Robert Bentley of Alabama said "Governor Bentley believes in one nation under God" and "We can disagree on philosophy, but we should work together to make this country the best it can be." Governor Bill Haslam of Tennessee said: "I don't think that's a valid option for Tennessee...I don't think we’ll be seceding.” The press secretary to Governor Rick Perry of Texas released a statement saying Perry "believes in the greatness of our Union and nothing should be done to change it" but "also shares the frustrations many Americans have with our federal government."


2012 U.S. state secession petitions, Responses, Conservatives
Conversely, a spokeswoman for Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Representative Ron Paul of Texas said that Paul "feels the same now" as he did in 2009, when he said "It’s very American to talk about secession -- that’s how we came into being."


2012 U.S. state secession petitions, Responses, Conservatives
A number of conservative media figures devoted time to discussing the petitions, such as Phil Valentine and Sean Hannity.


2012 U.S. state secession petitions, Responses, White House
In January 2013, the "secession petitions filed by residents of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and five other states, as well as one counterpetition seeking the deportation of everyone who signed a secession petition," received an official response from White House Office of Public Engagement director Jon Carson. Carson rejected the secession notion, writing that open debate was positive for democracy but that the Founders had established a "perpetual union" and that the Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. White (1869) that individual states had no right to secede.


2012 UAB Blazers football team
The 2012 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the East Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They were led by first year head coach Garrick McGee and played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The 2012 squad finished the season with a record of three wins and nine losses (3–9 overall, 2–6 in the C-USA).


2012 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 2012 UC Davis Aggies football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 20th year head coach Bob Biggs and played their home games at Aggie Stadium. This was their first year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.


2012 UCF Knights baseball team
The 2012 UCF Knights baseball team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Knights played their home games at Jay Bergman Field in Orlando, Florida. The Knights were led by head coach Terry Rooney, who was in his fourth season with the team.


2012 UCF Knights baseball team
The 2012 season marked the second consecutive season that the Knights made the NCAA Tournament. Their 2011 tournament appearance was the program's first since 2004.


2012 UCF Knights baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2012 UCF Knights football team
The 2012 UCF Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Knights played in the Eastern Division of Conference USA and played their home games at Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The Knights were led by head coach George O'Leary, who was in his ninth season with the team.


2012 UCF Knights football team
The 2012 season marked UCF's last as a member of Conference USA, as the Knights moved to the American Athletic Conference in 2013. UCF was originally barred from postseason play for the season due to recruiting violations in both football and basketball under previous athletic director Keith Tribble. The university had its appeal delayed until 2013 and was bowl-eligible for 2012. For the fourth time as C-USA members, UCF won the Conference USA Eastern Division, though the Knights lost the Conference USA Championship game to Tulsa. As a result, the Knights appeared in the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, in which they defeated Ball State, 38–17, for the second bowl victory in program history. The Knights finished the season receiving votes both in the AP and Coaches polls.


2012 UCF Knights football team
All games were broadcast live on the UCF-IMG radio network. The Knights' flagship station was WYGM "740 The Game" in Orlando.


2012 UCI BMX World Championships
The 2012 UCI BMX World Championships were the seventeenth edition of the UCI BMX World Championships and took place in Birmingham in the United Kingdom and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX.


2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The 2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships is the World Championship for cyclo-cross. It took place in Koksijde, Belgium on the weekend of January 28 and 29, 2012. As in the previous years, four events were scheduled. The event was the biggest Cyclo-cross World Championship yet, in terms of attendance. About 61000 people headed down to Koksijde on Sunday for the main event.


2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race
This event was held on Sunday 29 January 2012 as part of the 2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. Ten laps had to be completed, totalling up to 29.44 kilometre.


2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race, Summary
In the weeks before the race, four favourites emerged: Sven Nys, who has been considered a favourite on about every race since he became a professional, Kevin Pauwels, who had won the World Cup the week before, Zdeněk Štybar, the World Champion of the two previous years and Niels Albert, who had a lousy season, but is known to be great in the sand.


2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race, Summary
Albert started very quickly with Štybar right behind him. However halfway round the first lap Albert was already alone while Štybar got caught up by the pack. A lap later Pauwels had left the others and was gaining on Albert, but never actually got there. Meanwhile, in the background, the five other Belgian riders were together with Štybar hanging at the end of that group.


2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race, Summary
By lap four, Nys had joined Pauwels in the chase on Albert who had kept on widening the gap. Their combined efforts were not enough as the gap kept on growing while from behind the four other Belgians, with an impressive Rob Peeters, were slowly gaining ground. The riders from other countries were nowhere to be seen.


2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race, Summary
Albert kept on going solo till the end and took home his second World Championship title. The chasing group consisted completely of the six other Belgians. Tom Meeusen and Rob Peeters were looking the best, but Meeusen fell in the sand in the last lap. Peeters did keep his stability and got a silver medal, Pauwels completed the podium. Nys ended as the last Belgian, the chase on Albert had destroyed him.


2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's junior race
This event was held on Saturday 28 January 2012 as part of the 2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. Six laps had to be completed, totalling up to 17.72 kilometre.


2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's under-23 race
This event was held on Saturday 28 January 2012 as part of the 2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. Seven laps had to be completed, totalling up to 20.65 kilometre.


2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Women's elite race
This event was held on Sunday 29 January 2012 as part of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Koksijde, Belgium. Five laps had to be completed, totalling up to 14.79 kilometre. It was won by Marianne Vos of Netherlands who was first and in control from start to finish. In the background Sanne Cant of Belgium, quite adapt in the sand, tried to get rid of Daphny Van Den Brand of Netherlands in the many sand patches, but never managed to. Van Den Brand eventually beat Cant in the sprint, taking home the silver.


2012 UCI Europe Tour
The 2012 UCI Europe Tour was the eighth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2012 season began on 29 January 2012 with the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise and ended on 21 October 2012 with the Chrono des Nations.


2012 UCI Europe Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Europe Tour cycling jersey. Giovanni Visconti of Italy was the defending champion of the 2010–11 UCI Europe Tour. John Degenkolb of Germany was crowned as the 2012 UCI Europe Tour.


2012 UCI Europe Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.


2012 UCI Europe Tour
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2012 UCI Europe Tour, Final standings
There is a competition for the rider, team and country with the most points gained from winning or achieving a high place in the above races.


2012 UCI Juniors Track World Championships
The 2012 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Invercargill ILT Velodrome in Invercargill, New Zealand from 22 to 26 August 2012. Nineteen events were scheduled.


2012 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
The 2012 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships was the 23rd edition of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships and was held in Leogang and Saalfelden, Austria.


2012 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Women's cross-country eliminator
The women's cross-country eliminator in the 2012 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships was held on 9 September 2012. Alexandra Engen of Sweden won the event before Jolanda Neff of Switzerland and Aeksandra Dawidowicz of Poland.


2012 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships
The 2012 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships was the 10th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships held in Ornans, France.


2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
The 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup includes two disciplines: cross-country and downhill.


2012 UCI Road World Championships
The 2012 UCI Road World Championships took place in the southern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, also known as South Limburg, between September 15 and 23. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23, and team time trials for elite men and women. It was the 79th Road World Championships. Castelfidardo near Loreto in Italy was also a candidate, but Italy had held the UCI Road World Championships in Varese in 2008. The Netherlands had last hosted the Road World Championships in 1998, in Valkenburg aan de Geul, and 2012 was the seventh time that the country hosted the championships.


2012 UCI Road World Championships
The 2012 championships had a number of changes compared to the former editions. A team time trial was reintroduced. This was last competed as a world championship event in 1994 between nations. The reintroduction will see trade teams compete, similar to the Eindhoven Team Time Trial held between 2005 and 2007. The Junior championships will also be on the programme. With the extra events, the championships will be held over two weekends (nine days) and will also include an opening ceremony and a cyclosportive event.


2012 UCI Road World Championships
The start and finish for the events was in Vilt, a commune of Valkenburg aan de Geul on top of the Cauberg.


2012 UCI Road World Championships, Schedule
Circuit = west on Rijksweg in Vilt, continuing through Berg en Terblijt onto Bergerstraat, turning left grazing Maastricht on the east by going south on Molenweg, then turning left and continuing  east on Bemelerweg, continuing onto Oude Akerstraat and Bemelerberg through Bemelen, continuing onto Gasthuis, turning left and continuing northeast On Smitserweg, which turns into Bemelerweg grazing Sibbe on the west and into Daalhemerweg curving to north all the way into Valkenburg aan de Geul, at the end turning left onto Cauberg, back to Vilt.


2012 UCI Road World Championships, Participating nations
Cyclists from 74 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed, excluding riders in the team time trials, is shown in parentheses.


2012 UCI Road World Championships, Medal table
Team time trials are included under the UCI registration country of the team.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior road race
The Men's junior road race of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 21 September 2012 in Limburg, the Netherlands.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior time trial
The Men's junior time trial of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 17 September 2012 in Limburg, the Netherlands.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The Men's Individual Road Race of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 23 September in the province of Limburg, Netherlands.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The race was won by Belgium's Philippe Gilbert, after he made a late attack on the final ascent of the Cauberg climb and advanced clear of the rest of the field to win his first world title and the first by a Belgian since Tom Boonen won in Madrid in 2005. He finished four seconds clear of Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen, who claimed the silver medal, while the bronze medal went to Spain's Alejandro Valverde, who finished a second further behind. When the announcement was made of the course, Gilbert was the instant favourite and rode all year with this pressure. Leading into the worlds he had won only two races all season.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Route
The race started in Maastricht and ended in Valkenburg. The first 108 kilometres (67 mi) was contested through a number of Limburg cities before the riders entered a 16.1 kilometres (10.0 mi) circuit to be completed on ten occasions. The finish was 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) beyond the summit of the Cauberg hill in Valkenburg – where the Amstel Gold Race had finished from 2003 to 2013, and hosted the finish of stage 3 of the 2006 Tour de France – a 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) long climb with a maximum gradient of 12%.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Final classification
Of the race's 207 entrants, 122 riders completed the full distance of 269 km (167.1 mi).


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial
The Men's team time trial of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 16 September 2012 in the province of Limburg, Netherlands.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial
It was the first such event for trade teams, and the first team time trial to be held as a world championship since 1994. The race was won by the Belgian squad Omega Pharma–Quick-Step by 3.23 seconds over the American BMC Racing Team, with Australian outfit Orica–GreenEDGE completing the podium, 47.06 seconds in arrears of Omega Pharma–Quick-Step.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
The Men's time trial of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 19 September 2012 in Limburg, Netherlands.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
Tony Martin defended his title by one of the smallest margins in the history of the event. On his ride he caught up and overtook Alberto Contador who started two minutes ahead.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, Route
The riders completed a course that was 46.2 km (28.7 mi) starting from Heerlen and finishing in Valkenburg. There were three named climbs including the famous Cauberg that features in the Amstel Gold Race.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race
The Men's under-23 road race of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 22 September 2012 in Limburg, the Netherlands.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial
The Men's under-23 time trial of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 17 September in and around Valkenburg, Netherlands.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial
Anton Vorobyev took Russia's first gold medal in the event, since Mikhail Ignatiev won in Madrid in 2005, denying Australia's Rohan Dennis and Damien Howson by 44.39 and 51.12 seconds respectively.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior road race
The Women's junior road race of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 21 September 2012 in Limburg, the Netherlands.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior road race
During the race Eva Mottet heavily crashed. She got medical help, and her father was with her as he was an UCI-official at the race. She suffered major injuries to her nose, and would never fully recover.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior time trial
The Women's junior time trial of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 18 September 2012 in Limburg, the Netherlands.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
The Women's road race of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 22 September in  the province of Limburg, Netherlands.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
Dutchwoman Marianne Vos won her second world title after finishing second 5 times since 2007. She struggled to escape for much of the 129-kilometre eight-lap race, but finally got clear on the intimidating Cauberg Hill to sprint to victory on the last two ascents. With a finishing time of three hours 14 minutes and 29 seconds, Vos beat Rachel Neylan of Australia by 10 seconds, with Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini third.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Route
The race covered 129 km and contained eight laps on a 16.5 km circuit. The circuit included the Bemelerberg, 900 m long and maximal 7% and the Cauberg hill in Valkenburg – where the Amstel Gold Race has finished since 2003, and hosted the finish of stage 3 of the 2006 Tour de France – a 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) long climb with a maximum gradient of 12%. The finish was 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) beyond the summit of the Cauberg hill.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Final classification
Of the race's 132 entrants, 80 riders completed the full distance of 129 km (80.2 mi).


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial
The Women's team time trial of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 16 September 2012 in the province of Limburg, Netherlands.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial
It was the first such event for trade teams. The race was won by the German licensed squad Team Specialized–lululemon (Charlotte Becker, Ellen van Dijk, Amber Neben, Evelyn Stevens, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Trixi Worrack) by 24.19 seconds over the Australian Orica-AIS, with the Dutch outfit AA Drink–leontien.nl completing the podium, 1 minute and 59.32 seconds in arrears of Team Specialized–lululemon.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, Participation
Invitations were sent to the 20 leading UCI Women's Teams in the team rankings on 15 August 2012. Sengers Ladies Cycling Team, which entered the top 20 on 26 August was invited as well. Twelve teams accepted the invitation within the deadline and got the right to participate. Each team consisted of six riders.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, Participation
1: UCI women's teams ranking as of 15 August 2012


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, Parcours
The teams completed a course that was 34.2 km (21.3 mi) starting from Sittard and finishing in Valkenburg aan de Geul. There were two named climbs: the Lange Raarberg (1300m, 4.5%) and the famous Cauberg (1200m 5.8%) that features in the Amstel Gold Race. The finish was located 1.5 km after the top of the Cauberg.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, Pre-race favourite
Team Specialized–lululemon was the top favourite for the team time trial. The team won all the team time trials that season however the difference in time between the number two in each time trial, Orica-AIS, became each time trial smaller. In April in stage 4b of the Energiewacht Tour Specialized-lululemon won the team time trial over 26.5 km (16.5 mi) by 40 seconds over Orica-AIS.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, Pre-race favourite
More close to the World Championships the difference between Specialized-lululemon and Orica-AIS was 29 seconds at the world cup race Open de Suède Vårgårda over 42.5 km (26.4 mi) (17 August 2012) and eleven days before the World Championships only 19 seconds in stage 2 at the 2012 BrainWash Ladies Tour over 34 km (21 mi). A difference between the time trials that year and the one at the World Championships was that the World Championships was on a hilly parcours and all the other ones were flat.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, Race
Team Specialized–lululemon were the last team down the start ramp and Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, the squad's weakest climber on paper, put in a shift on the front in the early, flat kilometres, ensuring that the team broke more or less even with Orica-AIS. At the first time check after 11 km, the Orica-AIS sextet was less than a second behind Specialized-lululemon. Specialized-lululemon began to come to the fore and the team set a ferocious tempo up the climb of the Lange Raarberg, a little under two-thirds of the way into the race.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, Race
At the second time check Specialized-lululemon coming through 13 seconds clear of the rivals. With Orica-AIS reduced to the minimum four for the finale, they remained in contention on the final climb of the Cauberg hill and crossed the line after the false flat 1:35 quicker than AA Drink-leontien.nl squad.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, Race
Specialized-lululemon's Evelyn Stevens hit the front up the Cauberg hill with 20 seconds in hand and once over the top, Amber Neben, Trixi Worrack, Charlotte Becker and local favourite Ellen van Dijk took over for the final push to the line and brought Specialized-lululemon home to claim the first women's world team time trial victory.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
The Women's time trial of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 18 September 2012 in and around Valkenburg, Netherlands.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
Judith Arndt of Germany defended successfully her world time trial title. The 36-year-old, who retired at the end of the championships, completed the hilly course in a time of 32 minutes 26 seconds to beat former teammate Evelyn Stevens of the United States by 33 seconds. Stevens had been the seventh last to start, and her time of 33 minutes dead took the lead from Team Specialized–lululemon teammate Ellen van Dijk of the Netherlands.


2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
Second last to go, as the previous year’s silver medallist, New Zealand’s Linda Villumsen, Arndt’s Orica-AIS teammate, came closest to unseating the American, but crossed the line in 33’07”, which was only good enough for provisional second place, ahead of 2010 champion Emma Pooley of Great Britain. As defending champion Arndt set off last and, after setting the fastest time at both intermediate checkpoints, powered up the final Cauberg climb and sprinted to the finish to push Stevens off the top step of the podium, and Pooley out of the medals altogether.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was the World Championships for track cycling in 2012. They took place in Melbourne, Australia from 4 to 8 April 2012. The championships took place in the Hisense Arena which previously hosted the world championships in 2004 and from 2008 to 2010 a round of the World Cup as well as the track cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The championships were also the final ranking event for the purposes of Olympic qualification. Ten of the nineteen World Championship disciplines are replicated at the 2012 Summer Olympics.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The championships were dominated by the rivalry between Australia and Great Britain, who shared 12 of the 19 gold medals available between them, including in eight of the ten Olympic events. Australia won the greatest total number of medals (15). while the British team led in Olympic events. Of the other nations, only Germany won more than one gold medal.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Several World Records were broken during the championship. Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte started the hunt with a new record in the qualifying of the Team sprint, just to break the record once again during the final. Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke and Geraint Thomas followed up with a new record during the Team pursuit final. At the Women's Team pursuit competition, Dani King, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell set a new record. During the last day of the competition, Anna Meares set the last new world record in the 500 m time trial race on her way to the gold medal.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Schedule
The competition days will be split in Afternoon and Evening Sessions.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's 1 km time trial
The Men's time trial at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 5. 27 athletes participated in the contest.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit
The Men's individual pursuit at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 7. Twenty-two athletes participated in the contest. After the qualification, the two fastest riders advanced to the final and the 3rd- and 4th-fastest riders raced for the bronze medal.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin
The men's keirin at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 8 April. 33 athletes participated in the contest. After the six qualifying heats, the fastest rider in each heat advanced to the second round. The riders that did not advance to the second round, raced in six repechage heats. The first rider in each heat advanced to the second round along with the eight that qualified before.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin
The first three riders from each of the two second round heats advanced to the final and the remaining riders raced a consolation 7–12 final.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison
The Men's madison at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 8. 17 teams participated in the contest.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium
The Men's omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 5–6. 24 athletes participated in the contest.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race
The Men's points race at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 7. 20 athletes participated in the contest.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch
The Men's scratch at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 4. Twenty-one athletes participated in the scratch race. The competition consisted of 60 laps, making a total of 15 km.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
The men's sprint at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 6–7 April. 53 cyclists participated in the contest.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit
The Men's team pursuit at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 4. 15 nations of 4 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint
The men's team sprint at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 4 April. 17 nations of 3 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest two teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
The Women's time trial at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 8. 23 athletes participated in the contest.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit
The Women's individual pursuit at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 8. 22 athletes participated in the contest. After the qualification, the fastest 2 riders advanced to the Final and the 3rd and 4th fastest riders raced for the bronze medal.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
The Women's keirin at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 7. 22 athletes participated in the contest. After the 4 qualifying heats, the 2 fastest rider in each heat advanced to the second round. The riders that did not advance to the second round raced in 4 repechage heats. The first rider in each heat advanced to the second round along with the 8 that qualified before.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
The first 3 riders from each of the 2 Second Round heats advanced to the Final and the remaining riders raced a consolation 7–12 final.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium
The Women's omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 6–7. 24 athletes participated in the contest.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race
The Women's points race at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 5. Eighteen athletes participated in the contest.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
The Women's scratch at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 6. 17 athletes participated in the contest. The competition consisted of 40 laps, making a total of 10 km.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint
The Women's sprint at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 5–6. 29 cyclists participated in the contest.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Qualifying
The Qualifying was held at 13:30, the top 24 riders qualified for the next round.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit
The Women's team pursuit at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 5. 14 nations of 3 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.


2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint
The Women's team sprint at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 4. 16 nations of 2 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.


2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup
The 2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup was the 15th edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The calendar was to retain the same races as the 2011 edition, with the only change being the rescheduling of the Ronde van Drenthe to be the first race, until the GP Ciudad de Valladolid was cancelled for financial reasons. Annemiek Van Vleuten was the defending champion.


2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup
Marianne Vos secured her fourth World Cup when she finished in third place at the Open de Suède Vårgårda, which gave her a sufficient points lead to ensure her victory regardless of the placings in the following week's final race, the Grand Prix de Plouay, which she also won.


2012 UCI Women's Road World Rankings
The 2012 UCI Women's Road Rankings is an overview of the final UCI Women's Road Rankings, based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2012 women's road cycling season.


2012 UCI Women's Road World Rankings, UCI Teams Ranking
This is the ranking of the UCI women's teams from 2012.


2012 UCI World Tour
The 2012 UCI World Tour was the fourth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The series started with the Tour Down Under's opening stage on 17 January, and consisted of 14 stage races, 14 one-day races, and one team time trial (which only counted towards the team rankings). The Tour of Hangzhou which was originally included in the list of races was postponed until 2013.


2012 UCI World Tour, Teams
The 18 UCI ProTeams competed in the World Tour, with UCI Professional Continental teams, or national squads, able to enter at the discretion of the organisers of each event. The ProTeams, which were obliged to take part in all 29 events, were:


2012 UCI World Tour, Teams
GreenEDGE (known as Orica–GreenEDGE from May onwards) was a new team, while FDJ–BigMat regained ProTour status, which it lost for the previous season. These teams replaced HTC–Highroad, which folded after 21 years, and Team RadioShack, which largely merged with Leopard Trek to form RadioShack–Nissan. A change in sponsorship saw Quick-Step become Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, while 2011's Omega Pharma–Lotto became Lotto–Belisol. Two teams each changed their names twice to reflect changes of sponsorship: Team Saxo Bank reverting to its previous name, having been known as Saxo Bank–SunGard in 2011, before becoming Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank in June; while the serial addition of new sponsors gave rise to the names Garmin–Barracuda and Garmin–Sharp.


2012 UCI World Tour, Events
All 27 events from the 2011 UCI World Tour were included, and E3 Harelbeke, a one-day race in Belgium, and the World Team Trial Championships, were added.


2012 UCI World Tour, Events
† The World Team Time Trial Championship gives points only in the team rankings, not in the individual or national standings.


2012 UCI World Tour, Final standings, Individual
Riders tied with the same number of points were classified by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.


2012 UCI World Tour, Final standings, Team
Team rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of the top five riders of a team in the table, plus points gained in the World Team Time Trial Championship (WTTT).


2012 UCI World Tour, Final standings, Nation
National rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of the top five riders registered in a nation in the table. The national rankings as of the 21st event, Clásica de San Sebastián, were used to determine how many riders a country could have in the World Championships.


2012 UCLA Bruins baseball team
The 2012 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was in the Pac-12 Conference, and played their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. John Savage was in his eighth season as head coach. On March 13, 2012, the Bruins participated in the Dodgertown Classic for the third year, defeating USC 7–2 in the non-conference event. The Bruins tied for first in the Pac-12 Conference with Arizona, finishing with a 20–10 conference record. Seven players were picked in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.


2012 UCLA Bruins baseball team
In the post-season, the Bruins performed well in the NCAA Regional and Super Regional rounds, winning 5 straight games. The Bruins defeated Creighton twice and New Mexico once to win the Los Angeles Regional. They then won the Los Angeles Super Regional by defeating TCU in two consecutive games. The team reached the College World Series for the fourth time in program history, beating Stony Brook in the first game. The Bruins lost the next two games to Arizona and Florida State, finishing the season with a 48–16 record.


2012 UCLA Bruins baseball team, Previous season
UCLA finished the 2011 regular season as the #1 team in the Pacific-10 Conference with 18 conference wins and 9 losses, and a 35–24 overall record. They lost to UC Irvine in the Los Angeles Regional Finals of the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2012 UCLA Bruins baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2012 UCLA Bruins baseball team, UCLA Bruins in the 2012 MLB Draft
The following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team
The 2012 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by first year head coach Jim L. Mora and played its home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. They were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. The Bruins won the conference's South Division and played in the Holiday Bowl, where they lost 26–49 to Baylor. UCLA finished the season 9–5, including 6–3 in conference play, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 482 to 386.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Previous season
In the previous season, the Bruins were the South Division Champions, and played in the Pac-12 Conference Championship game, where they were defeated by Oregon. The team also played in the post season Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco, where they lost to Illinois.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Media
The radio broadcast team members on flagship station KLAC-AM 570 are Chris Roberts, play-by-play; Matt Stevens, analyst; and Wayne Cook, sidelines.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Rice
UCLA leads the series 4–0, last winning 26–16 on September 9, 2006 at the Rose Bowl. Brett Hundley started at quarterback.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Rice
Johnathan Franklin rushed for 214 yards and three touchdowns in this rout. UCLA dominated both in the air with 303 yards passing compared to 184 yards for Rice, and on the ground with 343 yards rushing compared to 174 for Rice. This was despite Rice having about 8+1⁄2 minutes more of possession than UCLA. Franklin's performance was 2 yards short of a career high. Hundley took the first snap of the game 72 yards for a touchdown. Hundley completed 21 of 28 passes for 202 yards and rushed for 79 yards on 7 carries.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Rice
Rice was led by quarterback Taylor McHargue, who completed 17 of 28 passes for 179 yards with one interception; and had 129 yards rushing.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Rice
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 72 Yd Run (Pat Blocked); UCLA – Jerry Johnson 11 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Pat Blocked); UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 74 Yd Run (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick); RICE – Luke Willson 8 Yd Pass From Taylor McHargue (Chris Boswell Kick); RICE – Chris Boswell 53 Yd FG


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Rice
2nd quarter scoring: RICE – Taylor McHargue 1 Yd Run (Chris Boswell Kick); UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 27 Yd FG; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 78 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); RICE – Sam McGuffie 2 Yd Pass From Taylor McHargue (Chris Boswell Kick); UCLA – Damien Holmes 44 Yd Fumble Return (Pat Blocked)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Rice
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Joseph Fauria 4 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed); UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 22 Yd Run (Brett Hundley Pass To David Allen For Two-Point Conversion)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
Nebraska led the series 6–4 and UCLA was 3–2 at home against the Cornhuskers. Former player James McAlister was the game's honorary captain.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
Johnathan Franklin rushed for 217 yards for an average of 8.3 yards per carry, which placed him at 7th place of the UCLA rushing record list.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Joseph Fauria 27 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); NEB – Ameer Abdullah 6 Yd Run (Brett Maher Kick); NEB – Taylor Martinez 92 Yd Run (Brett Maher Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 35 Yd FG; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 4 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); NEB – Ameer Abdullah 17 Yd Run (Brett Maher Kick); UCLA – Steven Manfro 49 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); NEB – Brett Maher 54 Yd FG


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 22 Yd FG; NEB – Brett Maher 43 Yd FG


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Taylor Martinez Tackled By Datone Jones In End Zone; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 9 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); NEB – Brett Maher 40 Yd FG


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
With this victory, UCLA was ranked in the AP Top 25 poll for the first time since 2007.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Houston
Houston and UCLA are tied 3–3 in the series with the Cougars winning at home last season.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Houston
The Bruins led the Cougars in first downs (29–14), net yards rushing (247–139), net yards passing (320–249), and total offense yards (567–388). Brett Hundley completed 27 of 42 passes with 2 interceptions for 320 yards. His longest pass was a 40-yard pass to Johnathan Franklin. Franklin moved into second place of the UCLA rushing record list when he rushed for 117 yards on 25 carries.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Houston
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Eric Kendricks 23 Yd Fumble Return (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA – Datone Jones 7 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Houston
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 35 Yd FG


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Houston
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Jordon James 12 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 23 Yd; UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 33 Yd


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Houston
4th quarter scoring: HOU – David Piland 86 Yd Run (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed); UCLA – Steven Manfro 14 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
UCLA leads the all-time series 41–15–4; Last Meeting, UCLA 27, Oregon State 19 (2011 at Corvallis, Ore.). Former quarterback Matt Stevens is the honorary captain.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
1st quarter scoring: ORST – Trevor Romaine 22 Yd FG


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 22 Yd FG; ORST – Brandin Cooks 75 Yd Pass From Sean Mannion (Trevor Romaine Kick); ORST – Markus Wheaton 42 Yd Pass From Sean Mannion (Trevor Romaine Kick); UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 65 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
3rd quarter scoring: ORST – Storm Woods 2 Yd Run (Trevor Romaine Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 1 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); ORST – Trevor Romaine 17 Yd FG; UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 35 Yd FG


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Colorado
UCLA leads the series 5–2; UCLA won last year, 45–6, in the Rose Bowl.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Colorado
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 12 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Colorado
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA -Darius Bell 17 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); COLO – Dustin Ebner 17 Yd Pass From Jordan Webb (Will Oliver Kick); UCLA – Brett Hundley 1 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Colorado
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Joseph Fauria 8 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Colorado
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Jordon James 25 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA – Damien Thigpen 23 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); COLO – Nick Kasa 31 Yd Pass From Nick Hirschman (Will Oliver Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California
The Bruins look to end their losing streak at Memorial Stadium dating back to the 1999 season. Terry Leyden is the referee for the game.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California
UCLA is the Pac-12 leader in total offense (560.4 yards per game) and in scoring offense (3rd) at 36.8 per game. Their rushing offense is No. 2, led by Johnathan Franklin with 697 yards and their passing game is No. 4. Defensively, UCLA leads the conference with nine interceptions.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Cassius Marsh 4 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); CAL – Vincenzo D'Amato 26 Yd FG


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California
2nd quarter scoring: CAL – C.J. Anderson 5 Yd Pass From Zach Maynard (Vincenzo D'Amato Kick); CAL – Keenan Allen 8 Yd Pass From Zach Maynard (Pat Blocked)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California
3rd quarter scoring: CAL – Brendan Bigelow 32 Yd Pass From Zach Maynard (Vincenzo D'Amato Kick); UCLA – Joseph Fauria 3 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); CAL – Keenan Allen 34 Yd Pass From Zach Maynard (Pat Blocked)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 29 Yd FG; CAL – Zach Maynard 1 Yd Run (Vincenzo D'Amato Kick); CAL – C.J. Anderson 68 Yd Run (Vincenzo D'Amato Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Utah
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 12 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UTAH – Ryan Lacy 0 Yd Fumble Return (Coleman Petersen Kick); UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 64 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Utah
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 3 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Utah
4th quarter scoring: UTAH – Dres Anderson 1 Yd Pass From Jon Hays (Coleman Petersen Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
UCLA leads the series, 17–10–1. Last season, UCLA downed ASU 29–28 at the Rose Bowl, a last second field goal attempt by the Sun Devils was just off the mark.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
1st quarter scoring: ASU – Kevin Ozier 7 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly (Alex Garoutte Kick); ASU – Marion Grice 2 Yd Run (Alex Garoutte Kick); UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 3 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA – Devin Fuller 15 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
2nd quarter scoring: ASU – Jon Mora 36 Yd FG; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 5 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
3rd quarter scoring: ASU – Jon Mora 31 Yd; UCLA – Damien Thigpen 65 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); ASU – Marion Grice 20 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed); UCLA – Joseph Fauria 4 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
4th quarter scoring: ASU – Marion Grice 8 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly (Alex Garoutte Kick); UCLA – Damien Thigpen 20 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); ASU – Jon Mora 22 Yd FG; ASU – D. J. Foster 7 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly (Alex Garoutte Kick); UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 33 Yd


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona
UCLA's homecoming game and honoring veterans day. UCLA leads the series 19–15–2. UCLA leads 11–4–2 in Los Angeles (8–4–1 in the Rose Bowl) and Arizona leads 11–8 at Tucson.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 37 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA – Brett Hundley 6 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA – Jordan Payton 17 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Damien Thigpen 1 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); ARIZ – John Bonano 28 Yd FG; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 2 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); Joseph Fauria 1 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 25 Yd FG; ARIZ – Ka'Deem Carey 2 Yd Run (John Bonano Kick); UCLA – Joseph Fauria 28 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Steven Manfro 14 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA – Melvin Emesibe 1 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington State
The Bruins lead the series 18–39–1, which was started in 1928.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington State
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Sheldon Price 68 Yd Return Of Blocked Field Goal (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); WSU – Dominique Williams 6 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday (Andrew Furney Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington State
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 16 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA – Joseph Fauria 9 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA – Connor Halliday Tackled By Anthony Barr In End Zone; UCLA – Devin Fuller 10 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA – Eric Kendricks 40 Yd Fumble Return (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington State
3rd quarter scoring: WSU – Brett Bartolone 7 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday (Andrew Furney Kick); UCLA – Jordon James 2 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); WSU – Marcus Mason 4 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday (Andrew Furney Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington State
4th quarter scoring: WSU – Dominique Williams 11 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday (Andrew Furney Kick); WSU – Kristoff Williams 3 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday (Connor Halliday Pass To Dominique Williams For Two-Point Conversion)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
The matchup was the first time since 2005 that UCLA and USC met as ranked teams. It was also the first time since 2001 that the Bruins entered the game ranked higher than the Trojans.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
Jim Colletto, who played football and baseball at UCLA, was the honorary captain for this game. The former Super Bowl XXXV coach was a Bruins coach on the team last defeated USC, 13–9. Shawn Hochuli was the referee.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 1 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 23 Yd FG, UCLA – Joseph Fauria 17 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 16 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); USC – Nelson Agholor 33 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Andre Heidari Kick); USC – Randall Telfer 2 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Andre Heidari Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
3rd quarter scoring: USC – George Uko Recovered Fumble In End Zone (Pat Failed); UCLA – Brett Hundley 3 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
4th quarter scoring: USC – Marqise Lee 14 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Matt Barkley Pass To Robert Woods For Two-Point Conversion) UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 29 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford
Stanford defeated UCLA 35–17 and clinch the Pac-12 Conference North Division championship, setting up a rematch with UCLA the following week in the Pac-12 Championship Game. UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley, in one of his poorest games of the season, was sacked seven times while completing 20 of 38 passes for 261 yards with one touchdown and one interception. The Bruins were penalized 12 times for 135 yards.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford
1st quarter scoring:  STAN – Drew Terrell 11-yard pass from Kevin Hogan (Jordan Williamson kick); UCLA – Joseph Fauria, 13-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Ka'i Fairbairn kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford
2nd quarter scoring:  STAN – Anthony Wilkerson 10-yard run (Williamson kick);  STAN – Stepfan Taylor 49-yard run (Williamson kick);  UCLA – Fairbairn 48-yard field goal


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford
3rd quarter scoring: STAN – Taylor 1-yard run (Williamson kick); STAN – Usua Amanam 11-yard fumble recovery (Williamson kick); UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 11-yard run (Fairbairn kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford (Pac-12 Conference Championship)
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 51-yard run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn kick); STAN – Kevin Hogan 2-yard run (Jordan Williamson kick); UCLA – Brett Hundley 5-yard Run (Fairbairn kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford (Pac-12 Conference Championship)
2nd quarter scoring: STAN – Stepfan Taylor 1-yard run (Williamson Kick); STAN – Williamson 37-yard  field goal


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford (Pac-12 Conference Championship)
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Fairbairn 31-yard  field goal; UCLA – Franklin 20-yard run (Fairbairn kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford (Pac-12 Conference Championship)
4th quarter scoring: STAN – Drew Terrell 26-yard pass from Hogan (Williamson kick); STAN – Williamson 36-yard field goal


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Baylor (Holiday Bowl)
The Bruins played the Baylor Bears (7–5) of the Big 12 Conference in the first meeting ever between the two teams.


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Baylor (Holiday Bowl)
1st quarter scoring: Baylor – Glasco Martin 4-yard run (Aaron Jones kick); Baylor – Antwan Goodley 8-yard pass from Nick Florence (Jones kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Baylor (Holiday Bowl)
2nd quarter scoring: Baylor – Tevin Reese 55-yard pass from Florence (Jones kick); UCLA – Joseph Fauria 22-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn kick); Baylor – Martin 26-yard run (Jones kick); Baylor – Lache Seastrunk 43-yard run (Jones kick); UCLA – Fairbairn 30-yard field goal


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Baylor (Holiday Bowl)
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Fairbairn 40-yard  field goal; Baylor – Martin 1-yard run (Jones kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Baylor (Holiday Bowl)
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 24-yard pass from Hundley (two-point pass conversion failed); Baylor – Florence 1-yard run (Jones kick); UCLA – Logan Sweet 34-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)


2012 UCLA Bruins football team, Awards and honors
Eight Bruins were selected to the 2012 Pac-12 Conference Football All-Academic team:


2012 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team
The 2012 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team played the college's 77th season of organized men's college soccer. 2012 was the team's third full season in the Pac-12 Conference; it had previously played as an independent team. The team won the Pac-12 Conference championship, but fell to the University of San Diego in the NCAA Tournament.


2012 UE34
2012 UE34 is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 70 meters (230 feet) in diameter. It was first observed on 18 October 2012, by Pan-STARRS at Haleakala Observatory on the island of Maui, Hawaii, in the United States. The object was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 29 December 2013. On 8 April 2041 it will pass Earth at a nominal distance of 0.29 LD (0.0007329 AU). Due to its presumed small size, it does not qualify as a potentially hazardous asteroid, despite its low Earth MOID.


2012 UE34, Orbit and classification
2012 UE34 is an Apollo asteroid, which are Earth-crossers and the largest subgroup in the near-Earth object population. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.996–1.22 AU once every 14 months (424 days; semi-major axis of 1.11 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 10° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official first observation at Haleakala in October 2012.


2012 UE34, Orbit and classification, Close encounters
2012 UE34 passed about 300,000 km; 190,000 mi (0.002 AU) from Earth on 8 April 1991. On 8 April 2041, the asteroid will pass about 100,000 km; 65,000 mi (0.0007 AU) from Earth. For comparison, the distance to the Moon is about 0.0026 AU (384,400 km).


2012 UE34, Orbit and classification, Close encounters
It has an exceptionally low minimum orbital intersection distance with Earth of 0.000919 AU (137,500 km), which translates into 0.36 lunar distances. Despite this exceptionally low theoretical distance, the asteroid is not listed as a potentially hazardous asteroid, due to its small size, represented by its proxy, an absolute magnitude of 23.3, which is too faint and above the defined threshold of 22 magnitude.


2012 UE34, Numbering and naming
This minor planet has not been numbered by the Minor Planet Center and remains unnamed.


2012 UE34, Physical characteristics
Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, 2012 UE34 measures 66 meters in diameter, for an absolute magnitude of 23.3 and an assumed albedo of 0.20, which is typical for stony S-type asteroids. In the unusual case of being a carbonaceous asteroid with a low albedo of 0.05, 2012 UE34 may be as large as 130 meters in diameter.


2012 UEC European Track Championships
The 2012 European Track Championships was the third edition of the elite European Track Championships in track cycling. It was held on October 19–21, 2012 and took place at the Cido Arena in Panevėžys, Lithuania.


2012 UEC European Track Championships
It was the first European Elite Track Championships that had opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was held on 19 October, an hour before the start of the evening session.


2012 UEC European Track Championships
Held some time after the 2012 Summer Olympics, a number of elite European cyclists, notably from Great Britain and France were not in attendance, either through retirement or a rest period. In their absence, the medal table was headed by Germany and the east European track powers; Russia, Belarus and hosts Lithuania.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2012 UEFA Champions League Final was an association football match which took place on Saturday, 19 May 2012 between Bayern Munich of Germany and Chelsea of England at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. The match was to decide the winner of the 2011–12 season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club football tournament. Bayern were making their ninth appearance in the competition's final, having won four and lost four, most recently losing in 2010. Chelsea were appearing in their second final, having lost their first in 2008.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final
It was the first Champions League final to be held at the Allianz Arena (known as Fußball Arena München for the final). As tenants of the Arena, this meant Bayern were the first finalists to have home advantage since 1984. Both teams progressed to the knockout stages by finishing top of their group. Bayern then beat Basel, Marseille and Real Madrid to reach the final, while Chelsea knocked out Napoli, Benfica and defending champions Barcelona.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final
Bayern took the lead late in the second half through Thomas Müller, but Didier Drogba equalised for Chelsea five minutes later to take the game to extra time, in which Arjen Robben missed an awarded penalty, Petr Čech saving the low drive. The teams stayed level at 1–1 and the match went to a penalty shoot-out, which Chelsea won 4–3 to clinch their first Champions League title. In doing so, they became the first London club to win the tournament, the fifth English club and 22nd overall.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final
As winners, Chelsea took part in the 2012 UEFA Super Cup, losing 4–1 to Atlético Madrid, the winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. The victory also allowed them to enter the following season's Champions League competition (having failed to qualify for it by their league finishing position) at the expense of London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, who would otherwise have entered the competition having finished fourth in the Premier League. Chelsea also represented UEFA at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the semi-final stage; however, they were beaten 1–0 by Corinthians in the final.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue
The Allianz Arena was announced by UEFA as the venue of the 2012 final on 30 January 2010, although the stadium was referred to as "Fußball Arena München" for the match, as UEFA does not recognise sponsorship by companies that are not among its partner organisations. The stadium, which opened in 2005, was then the home stadium of both Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich, and was used for six matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup including the opening match.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue
The stadium was hosting its first major European final. The Olympiastadion in Munich, the previous home of Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich, hosted three European Cup finals; in 1979, 1993 and 1997. On each previous occasion, a European Cup final held in Munich had produced a first-time winner of the competition (Nottingham Forest, Olympique Marseille and Borussia Dortmund).


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue
During the match, the stadium was illuminated in green and turquoise to represent the official UEFA emblem of the Munich final, as the outer shell of the Allianz Arena can change colour.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
To reach the final, in the knockout phase Bayern defeated Basel, Marseille, and Real Madrid (3–1 on penalties after a 3–3 aggregate score), while Chelsea overcame Napoli, Benfica, and the defending champions Barcelona (3–2 on aggregate).


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Both teams reached the final having already lost out in their domestic leagues (the Bundesliga and Premier League respectively), but having also reached the final of their domestic cup competitions (the DFB-Pokal and FA Cup respectively), to be played prior to the Champions League Final. Chelsea won the FA Cup by defeating Liverpool 2–1, while Bayern lost the Final of the DFB-Pokal 5–2 to Borussia Dortmund.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Both clubs had lost their most recent Champions League final – Bayern in 2010 to Inter Milan 2–0 and Chelsea in 2008 in an all-English clash with Manchester United on penalties after a 1–1 draw. While that was Chelsea's only Champions League final, Bayern had previously played in eight Champions League/European Cup finals, winning four (1974, 1975, 1976, 2001) and losing four (1982, 1987, 1999 and 2010). The clubs had only met each other once in Europe before, with Chelsea winning 6–5 on aggregate in the quarter-finals of the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
The match was the fourth occasion that a team had reached a final of the European Cup which was scheduled to be played at their own home ground, after 1957, 1965 and 1984, and the first occasion since the tournament was rebranded to the UEFA Champions League. For this reason, fans of Bayern Munich called the match "Finale dahoam" (Bavarian for "final at home"). This was the first time since 2007 that neither of the participants were current champions of their domestic league.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
This was the sixth time that an English side and a German side had met in a European Cup/Champions League final; the other occasions were 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1999. It was also Bayern's fourth time facing an English side in the European Cup/Champions League final, having won in 1975 vs. Leeds United and lost in 1982 vs. Aston Villa and 1999 to Manchester United.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
The two teams each received 17,500 tickets to distribute to their supporters. A further 7,000 tickets were available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com, with prices between €70 and €370. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA's 53 national football associations, and commercial and broadcast partners.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador
Former German player Paul Breitner was named as the ambassador for the final.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Officials
In May 2012, Pedro Proença, the Portuguese referee was selected to oversee the final. Joining him, was fellow Portuguese officials Bertino Miranda and Ricardo Santos as assistant referees, Jorge Sousa and Duarte Gomes as additional assistant referees, Tiago Trigo as reserve assistant referee, and Spaniard Carlos Velasco Carballo as fourth official.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony
The UEFA Champions League Anthem was performed by German tenor Jonas Kaufmann and violinist David Garrett.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Festival and live screenings
The UEFA Champions Festival was held at Munich's Olympiapark from 16–19 May. An official public screening of the final took place at the Olympiastadion during the match, with capacity for 65,000 fans, including a section for Chelsea supporters. A second public screening was planned on the Theresienwiese, where the famous Oktoberfest takes place.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Team selection
Both clubs had players missing due to suspensions; Bayern were missing David Alaba, Holger Badstuber and Luiz Gustavo, while Chelsea were without Branislav Ivanović, Raul Meireles, Ramires and John Terry. Terry was suspended after being sent off in the semi-final, which automatically excludes a player from the final. The other six all received yellow cards in the semi-finals, which took them over the limit of a third yellow card of the competition, which triggers an automatic suspension from the next match.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Team selection
Players union FIFPro appealed to UEFA to allow the players with yellow cards to play, seeing the punishment of "missing the match of your life" as too harsh; UEFA rejected the appeal and stated the rule would not be reviewed for at least three years. Ivanović stated how he "had no idea [he] was one booking away from missing the Champions League final." UEFA confirmed that Chelsea captain Terry would be allowed to lift the trophy should Chelsea win, in spite of his suspension. Ryan Bertrand also got his initial first-team start as a left winger ahead of his regular left back position.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Team selection
Only two of the 36 players had previously been in a winning squad in a Champions League final: Chelsea's Paulo Ferreira and José Bosingwa were in the Porto squad in 2004. Ten of the Bayern 18 had earlier been in their squad that lost the 2010 final, although only four started both games: Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Arjen Robben and Thomas Müller. Eight of the Chelsea squad had been in their losing 2008 squad, including four who started both games: Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Match summary
Bayern had control for most of the match, with Robben having the best chance, which Čech deflected onto the frame of the goal with his legs. Chelsea, however, also had chances, with Salomon Kalou nearly finishing at the near post. Bayern kept pushing Chelsea to the limit but missed sitters from Mario Gómez, who sent his shot over the bar; and Robben, who was blocked at the last second by Gary Cahill.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Match summary
Bayern took the lead in the 83rd minute, when Toni Kroos crossed in to Müller, who headed the ball down into the ground, causing it to bounce over Čech and in off the crossbar. Bayern took Müller off and replaced him with Daniel Van Buyten in an attempt to shore up the defence, but on 88 minutes, Drogba was first to a Juan Mata corner and powered a header past Manuel Neuer for the equaliser. Chelsea won a free kick just outside the area in the 93rd minute, but Drogba smashed it over. The game went to extra time.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Match summary
The first good chance of extra time was when Ivica Olić inside the box passed to Gómez but his shot was wide. Later, Drogba fouled Franck Ribéry in the penalty area, injuring him and earning Bayern a penalty; Robben took it, but his shot was saved by Čech. In the second half of extra time, Olić attempted to set up Van Buyten instead of taking a shot and the ball rolled wide of Čech's far post.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Match summary
For the first time since 2008, when Chelsea had lost to Manchester United, the European Cup would be decided by penalties. Lahm went first and scored to Čech's left, as Čech got his fingertips to the ball but was unable to keep it out. Mata took Chelsea's first penalty and his weak shot was saved by Neuer. Next was Gómez, who drilled his shot into the bottom-right corner. David Luiz took Chelsea's second penalty and scored with a powerful shot into the top corner after a long run up.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Match summary
Goalkeeper Neuer took Bayern's third penalty, and Čech went the right way again but was unable to keep his opposite number's low shot from creeping past him into the bottom-left corner. Lampard was next and he hit a hard shot down the middle. Olić was next, but Čech, who had guessed the correct direction for every Bayern penalty up to that point, saved to his left - Olic's final competitive kick for Bayern.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Match summary
With a chance to tie the shoot-out, Cole slotted his kick into the bottom-right corner, just out of Neuer's reach, leveling the scores at 3–3 and hastening sudden death. Schweinsteiger, who had scored Bayern's decisive fifth penalty against Real Madrid's Iker Casillas in the semi-finals, was their fifth penalty taker again, but Čech tipped his effort onto the post to leave Chelsea one kick away from winning the trophy.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Match summary
In 2008, after Drogba had been sent off in extra time, captain Terry stood in as Chelsea's fifth penalty taker with a chance to win but hit the outside of the post with his kick. Now in the same position, Drogba sent Neuer the wrong way and put his kick into the bottom-left corner to win it for Chelsea. It proved to be his final kick as a Chelsea player until his return in 2014.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Match summary
The victory marked not only Chelsea's first ever European Cup, but also the first time a London team had won the competition – previously, aside from Chelsea's 2008 defeat to United, which was the last time an English club had won the competition, Arsenal had also lost the 2006 final in Paris against Barcelona.


2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details
UEFA Man of the Match:Didier Drogba (Chelsea)Fans' Man of the Match:Petr Čech (Chelsea)Assistant referees:Bertino Miranda (Portugal)Ricardo Santos (Portugal)Fourth official:Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)Additional assistant referees:Jorge Sousa (Portugal)Duarte Gomes (Portugal)


2012 UEFA Europa League Final
The 2012 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, the 41st season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA (after the UEFA Champions League), and the 3rd season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The match was played on 9 May 2012 at the Arena Națională in Bucharest, Romania, and was contested between two Spanish sides – Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao. The match ended with Atlético Madrid winning 3–0, with Radamel Falcao scoring two goals and Diego scoring another. In doing so, Falcao was named man of the match, and became the first player to win back-to-back Europa League titles with different teams.


2012 UEFA Europa League Final
The winners earned the right to play against Chelsea, the winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, in the 2012 UEFA Super Cup.


2012 UEFA Europa League Final, Venue
The Arena Națională was announced by UEFA as the venue of the 2012 final on 30 January 2010. This was the first final of a European football club competition hosted by Romania.


2012 UEFA Europa League Final, Venue
The stadium was built on the site of the former national stadium, and opened on 6 September 2011 with a UEFA Euro 2012 Group D qualifier match between Romania and France.


2012 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
This was the second consecutive Europa League final contested by two teams from the same nation, and the ninth time overall (including UEFA Cup). The only other all-Spanish final of UEFA's second club competition was the 2007 UEFA Cup Final, when Sevilla defeated Espanyol. That was also the last final before the 2019 UEFA Europa League Final, where both finalist teams had played only in the UEFA Cup/Europa League in their routes to the final (rather than dropping down from the UEFA Champions League, either after the early knockout rounds or after the group stage).


2012 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
Both teams have played in one previous Europa League/UEFA Cup final. Atlético Madrid won the first Europa League final after its renaming in 2010, beating Fulham 2–1 after extra time. Athletic Bilbao lost in 1977 to Juventus on away goals after the tie finished 2–2 on aggregate. The two teams have never met in European competition before. They have met each other in three Copa del Rey finals, with Athletic Bilbao winning two and Atlético Madrid winning one. In the 2011–12 La Liga season, Athletic Bilbao won their home fixture 3–0 and Atlético Madrid won their home fixture 2–1.


2012 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
After losing to Udinese on 20 October 2011, Atlético Madrid went on a run of 11 straight victories to the final, a record in European football, winning their remaining group games to top their group and then defeating four knockout opponents both home and away.


2012 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
The two finalist teams received 9,000 tickets each for distribution to their supporters. 20,000 tickets have been sold to local football fans with a further 3,000 tickets available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com, with prices between 100 RON and 500 RON. The remaining tickets are allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA’s 53 national football associations, and commercial and broadcast partners.


2012 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador
Former Romanian player Miodrag Belodedici was named as the ambassador for the final.


2012 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)Mike Pickel (Germany)Fourth official:Stéphane Lannoy (France)Additional assistant referees:Florian Meyer (Germany)Deniz Aytekin (Germany)


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the eleventh edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship under its current age grouping. Slovenia hosted the tournament between 4 and 16 May. An appeal by the Hungarian Football Federation to have Hungary replace Belgium over an ineligible player in the Belgium V Russia elite round match was unsuccessful.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Players born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to participate in this competition.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Venues
The tournament was held in Domžale, Lendava, Ljubljana and Maribor. The selected stadiums that hosted the matches were:


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification
The final tournament of the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round. During these rounds, 52 national teams competed to determine the seven teams.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round
2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite round was the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2012. The 28 teams advancing from the qualifying round were distributed into seven groups of four teams each, with each group contesting in a round-robin format, with one of the four teams hosting all six group games. The seven group-winning teams automatically qualified for the final tournament in Slovenia.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round, Seeding
The draw for the elite round was held on 29 November 2011 in Nyon. Each team was placed in one of four drawing pots, according to their qualifying round results. The seven sides with the best records were placed in Pot A, and so forth until Pot D, which contained the seven teams with the weakest records. During the draw, each group was filled with one team from every pot, with the only restriction being that teams that played each other in the first qualifying round can not be drawn into the same group again.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round, Seeding
The hosts of the seven one-venue mini-tournament groups are indicated below in italics.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round, Group 7
Although Hungary originally won the group on goal difference, Belgium filed a complaint, as Russia had fielded an ineligible player in their match against Belgium. The 1–0 victory by Belgium was therefore replaced with a 3–0 default victory for Belgium, causing them to surpass Hungary in the standings. This decision was appealed by the Hungarian FA.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round
2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship (qualifying round) was the first round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2012. Matches were played between September 21–November 2, 2011. All times are CET/CEST.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round
The 52 teams were divided into 13 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament, hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches have been played, the 13 group winners and 13 group runners-up advanced to the elite round.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round
Alongside the 26 winner and runner-up teams, the two best third-placed teams also qualified. These were determined after considering only their results against their group's top two teams, and applying the following criteria in this order:


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round, Draw
The draw took place at 30 November 2010 in Nyon.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round, Draw
The hosts of each of the mini-tournament is marked in italics.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round, Ranking of 3rd placed teams
Counting results against group winners and runners-up. Top 2 will advance to the Elite Round.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
The 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship is an international under-17 age group football tournament to be held in Slovenia from 4 May until 16 May 2011. The eight national teams involved in the tournament are required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
Before the start of the tournament, the UEFA administration provides all participating teams with an official form which must be completed with the 18 players participating in the tournament. Two of these 18 players must be goalkeepers. The form must be accompanied by the 18 selected players' passports to prove they are eligible for the tournament.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
Any injured or sick goalkeepers and a maximum of two injured or sick players may be replaced upon submission of written medical evidence and approved by the UEFA doctor on duty at the tournament. Replaced players can take no further part in the tournament.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
The 18 players must wear set numbers between 1 and 23. No number may be used by more than one player in the course of the tournament. For all matches played in the tournament, players must wear the number indicated on the official list of 18 players.


2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
Players in boldface have been capped at full international level at some point in their career.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
The 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 61st edition of UEFA's European Under-19 Championship (the eleventh since the age competition change to an Under-19 level) and took place in Estonia from 3 to 15 July. Spain are the title holders. This competition also acted as a qualifying competition for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, as six sides from Europe qualify.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Players born after 1 January 1993 were eligible to participate in this competition.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification
Qualification for the final tournament occurred in two stages: a qualifying round and an elite round. During these rounds, 51 national teams competed to determine the seven teams that would join the automatically qualified host nation Estonia.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification
The qualifying round was played between 21 September and 16 November 2011. Liechtenstein did not enter and England, France and Spain received a bye to the elite round as a result of their UEFA ranking coefficient. The remaining 48 teams were divided into 12 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches were played, the 12 group winners, 12 group runners-up and the best third-placed team advanced to the elite round.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification
The elite round was played between 23 and 31 May 2012. The 28 teams entering this phase were split into seven groups of four teams for a further round of mini-tournaments. The seven group winners qualified for the final tournament.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Match officials
UEFA named six referees and eight assistant referees for the tournament on 18 June 2012, all who are young and upcoming top referees in Europe. Additionally two Estonian referees were chosen as fourth officials for the group stage matches.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Results, Group stage
The draw was held on 6 June 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Results, Group stage
Each group winner and runner-up advanced to the semifinals. The top three teams in each group also qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Results, Group stage
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Results, Group stage
Additionally, if two teams which have the same number of points and the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, their final rankings are determined by the penalty shoot-out and not by the criteria listed above. This procedure is applicable only if a ranking of the teams is required to determine the group winner and the runner-up.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Team of the tournament
After the final, the UEFA technical team selected 23 players to integrate the "team of the tournament".


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification
2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (Elite Round) was the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. The 25 teams that advanced from the qualifying round plus three teams who received byes to the elite round were distributed into seven groups of four teams each, with each group played in a round-robin format, with one of the four teams hosting all six group matches. The seven group-winning teams qualified automatically for the final tournament in Estonia.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification, Seeds
The draw for the elite round was held on 29 November 2011 in Nyon, with matches scheduled between 23 and 31 May 2012. A total of 28 participating teams were divided in four draw pots based on the coefficient ranking list established by taking into account only the results of the qualifying round. England, France and Spain received byes to the elite round and were seeded in the first pot.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification, Seeds
The hosts of the seven one-venue mini-tournament groups are indicated below in italics.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification, Tiebreakers
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification, Tiebreakers
Additionally, if two teams which have the same number of points and the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, their final rankings are determined by the penalty shoot-out and not by the criteria listed above. This procedure is applicable only if a ranking of the teams is required to determine the group winner.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (qualifying round) was the first round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
The 48 teams were divided into 12 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament, hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches have been played, the 12 group winners and 12 group runners-up and the best third-placed team advanced to the Elite round. Estonia qualified as hosts while England, France and Spain received byes to the elite round. Liechtenstein did not enter.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Seeds
The draw took place at 30 November 2010, 10.00 CET.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Seeds
The hosts of the twelve one-venue mini-tournament groups are indicated below in italics.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Tiebreakers
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Tiebreakers
Additionally, if two teams which have the same number of points and the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, their final rankings are determined by the penalty shoot-out and not by the criteria listed above. This procedure is applicable only if a ranking of the teams is required to determine the group winner or the runners-up and the third-placed team.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Ranking of third-placed teams
To determine the best third-ranked team from the qualifying round, only the results of the third-placed team against the winners and runners-up in each group are taken into account.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
This article will display the squads for the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Only players born on or after 1 January 1993 are eligible to play.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
Every team had to submit a list of 18 players. Two of them must be goalkeepers.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
Age, caps and goals are as of the start of the tournament, 3 July 2012.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group A, Estonia
Arno Pijpers named his final 18-man squad on 30 June 2012.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group A, Greece
Kostas Tsanas named his final 18-man squad on 21 June 2012.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group A, Portugal
Edgar Borges named his final 18-man squad on 11 June 2012. On 17 June, André Teixeira replaced Edgar Ié after Ié fractured his fifth metatarsal on his left foot.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group A, Spain
Julen Lopetegui named his final 18-man squad on 28 June 2012.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group B, England
Noel Blake named his final 18-man squad on 20 June 2012. Tom Thorpe was named the captain for the tournament.


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Player representation, By club
União de Leiria,  Lens,  Lille,  Málaga,  Manchester City,  Middlesbrough,  Monaco,  Montpellier,  Nacional,  1. FC Nürnberg,  Nantes,  Nice,  OB,  Panionios,  PAOK,  Saint-Étienne,  Sevilla,  Sörve,  Tammeka,  Teleoptik  Tottenham Hotspur,  Videoton,  Villareal,  West Ham United,  Zrinjski Mostar


2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Player representation, By club nationality
Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the finals.


2012 UEFA Super Cup
The 2012 UEFA Super Cup was the 37th UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. It was played at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 31 August 2012, between the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League winners Chelsea of England and the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League winners Atlético Madrid of Spain.


2012 UEFA Super Cup
This was the last Super Cup to be played at the Stade Louis II, which had hosted the match since 1998, as future editions began to be hosted at different venues, starting with the 2013 edition, which was played at Eden Arena in Prague.


2012 UEFA Super Cup
Atlético Madrid won 4–1 to claim their second UEFA Super Cup. Radamel Falcao scored a first-half hat-trick and Miranda added a fourth for Atlético on the hour mark, before Gary Cahill scored a consolation goal for Chelsea in the 75th minute.


2012 UEFA Super Cup, Venue
The Stade Louis II in Monaco was the venue for the UEFA Super Cup every year since 1998. Built in 1985, the stadium is also the home of AS Monaco, who play in the French league system.


2012 UEFA Super Cup, Venue
The net capacity of the Stade Louis II was 18,000. Over 70 percent of the tickets were reserved for the general public and supporters of the two clubs. Chelsea and Atlético distributed their tickets directly to their fans. The ticket category available for the general public was Category 1 (Première) opposite the main stand at a price of €70. The international general public ticket sales process began, exclusively via UEFA.com, on 15 June and ended on 2 July.


2012 UEFA Super Cup, Teams
There had previously been four English-Spanish encounters in the UEFA Super Cup (1979, 1980, 1982, 1998), with English teams winning three out of four.


2012 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Primož Arhar (Slovenia)Matej Žunič (Slovenia)Fourth official:Bojan Ul (Slovenia)Additional assistant referees:Matej Jug (Slovenia)Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)


2012 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
The 2012 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 11th season of the UEFA Women's Champions League football tournament and the third since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup. The match was held in the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany on 17 May 2012. Lyon won the tournament, beating Frankfurt 2–0 to retain the trophy.


2012 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
Lyon played the final for the third consecutive time. It also marked the third time in a row that a French and a German club met in the final.


2012 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
The attendance of 50,212 was claimed by UEFA as a European record for women's club football, ignoring the existence of earlier  reported women's club match attendances of 53,000. Both figures were later surpassed by a 2019 match in Spain.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
The 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the fifth edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. The tournament serves as a qualifier to the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The first qualifying matches were played on 29 September 2011, the final was played on 29 June 2012.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
With 42 participating nations a new U-17 record was set.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Final round
The four qualifying group winners played the knockout stage in the Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Switzerland from 26 to 29 June 2012. There were two semifinals, a third place match and the final. The third place match as well as the final were decided by penalties. No extra time was played.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification
The 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification were two rounds of qualifying tournaments for the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, which was held in Switzerland.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification
With the debut of Bosnia and Herzegovina a new record of 42 participating nations was set. The 42 UEFA members with the exception of Germany and Netherlands, which received a bye, were divided into 10 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament, hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches were played, the 10 group winners and the four best runners-up advanced to the second round.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification
The draw was made on 16 November 2010. Matches were played from 29 September 2011 to 22 October 2011.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, First round, Seeding
The seedings were assigned according to the Under-17 coefficient ranking. There were three pots, with the ten highest ranked teams in Pot A, the next ten in Pot B and the rest in Pot C.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, First round, Seeding
The hosts of the eleven one-venue mini-tournament groups are indicated below in italics.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, First round, Tiebreakers
Tie-breakers between teams with the same number of points are:


2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, First round, Tiebreakers
If now two teams still are tied, reapply tie-breakers 1–3, if this does not break the tie, go on.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, First round, Ranking of Runners-up teams
To determine the four best runners-up from the first qualifying round, only the results against the winners and third-placed teams in each group were taken into account.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Second round
The ten group winners and the four best runners-up joined Germany and the Netherlands in the second round. There were four groups of four teams each. The four group winners advanced to the final round. The draw was held on 15 November 2011. The second round was played from 19 March 2012 to 1 May 2012.


2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2012 Final Tournament was held in Antalya, Turkey between 2 and 14 July 2012. Players born after 1 January 1993 were eligible to participate in this competition.