2012 IS Open de Tênis
The 2012 IS Open de Tênis was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in São Paulo, Brazil, on 23–29 April 2012.


2012 IS Open de Tênis, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 IS Open de Tênis, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:


2012 IS Open de Tênis – Doubles
Paul Capdeville and Marcel Felder won the first edition of the tournament by defeating André Ghem and João Pedro Sorgi 7–5, 6–3 in the final.


2012 IS Open de Tênis – Singles
Blaž Kavčič won the first edition of the tournament by defeating Júlio Silva 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


2012 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating
The 2012 ISU World Team Trophy was an international team figure skating competition in the 2011–12 season. Participating countries selected two men's single skaters, two ladies' single skaters, one pair and one ice dancing entry to compete in a team format with points based on the skaters' placement.


2012 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating, Background
The event was originally scheduled to be held on April 14–17, 2011 in Yokohama, Japan, but the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami led to the event's postponement. It was rescheduled to April 19–22, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan.


2012 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating, Background
Japan qualified in first place with 7,891 points, followed by Canada (6,943), Russia (6,807), the United States (6,399), Italy (5,412), and France (5,214). The total prize money at the World Team Trophy paid by the Japan Skating Federation is US$1 million, the highest of any ISU event.


2012 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating, Background
World Team Trophy medals are awarded to the national teams. Skaters who place in the top three of their discipline receive gifts rather than individual medals.


2012 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating, Results, Competition notes
Daisuke Takahashi set a world record to win the men's short program, scoring 94.00 points. Carolina Kostner won the ladies' short program, while Meryl Davis / Charlie White were first in the short dance. On the second day of competition, Takahashi won the men's event, Davis and White won the ice dancing event, and Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran won the pairs' short program. On the final day of the World Team Trophy, Akiko Suzuki won the ladies' event and Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov the pairs' event. Team Japan won the title overall, with Team USA taking the silver medal. Team Canada and Team France were tied, with Canada winning the tiebreaker to claim the bronze medal. Team France won the organizing committee's team spirit award.


2012 ITF Men's Circuit
The 2012 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2012 edition of the entry level tour for men's professional tennis, and is the third tier tennis tour below the Association of Tennis Professionals, World Tour and Challenger Tour. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) who additionally organizes the ITF Women's Circuit which is an entry level tour for women's professional tennis.


2012 ITF Men's Circuit
Future tournaments are organized to offer either $10,000 or $15,000 in prize money and tournaments which offering hospitality to players competing in the main draw give additional ranking points which are valid under the ATP ranking system, and are to be organized by a national association or approved by the ITF Men's Circuit Committee.


2012 ITF Men's Circuit
The tournaments are played on a rectangular flat surface, commonly referred to as a tennis court. The dimenstion of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the ITF and the court is 23.78 meters (78.0 feet) long, 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) wide. Its width is 8.23 meters (27.0 feet) for singles matches and 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) for doubles matches. Tennis is played on a variety of surfaces and each surface has its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. There are four main types of courts depending on the materials used for the court surface, clay, hard, grass and carpet courts with the ITF classifying five different pace settings ranging from slow to fast.


2012 ITF Men's Circuit, Participating host nations
Countries that are hosting a tournament in 2012, but did not in 2011.


2012 ITF Men's Circuit (April–June)
The 2012 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2012 edition of the entry level tour for men's professional tennis, and is the third tier tennis tour below the Association of Tennis Professionals, World Tour and Challenger Tour. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) who additionally organizes the ITF Women's Circuit which is an entry level tour for women's professional tennis.


2012 ITF Men's Circuit (April–June)
Future tournaments are organized to offer either $10,000 or $15,000 in prize money and tournaments which offering hospitality to players competing in the main draw give additional ranking points which are valid under the ATP ranking system, and are to be organized by a national association or approved by the ITF Men's Circuit Committee.


2012 ITF Men's Circuit (April–June)
The tournaments are played on a rectangular flat surface, commonly referred to as a tennis court. The dimenstion of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the ITF and the court is 23.78 meters (78.0 feet) long, 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) wide. Its width is 8.23 meters (27.0 feet) for singles matches and 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) for doubles matches. Tennis is played on a variety of surfaces and each surface has its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. There are four main types of courts depending on the materials used for the court surface, clay, hard, grass and carpet courts with the ITF classifying five different pace settings ranging from slow to fast.


2012 ITF Men's Circuit (January–March)
The 2012 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2012 edition of the entry level tour for men's professional tennis, and is the third tier tennis tour below the Association of Tennis Professionals, World Tour and Challenger Tour. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) who additionally organizes the ITF Women's Circuit which is an entry level tour for women's professional tennis.


2012 ITF Men's Circuit (January–March)
Future tournaments are organized to offer either $10,000 or $15,000 in prize money and tournaments which offering hospitality to players competing in the main draw give additional ranking points which are valid under the ATP ranking system, and are to be organized by a national association or approved by the ITF Men's Circuit Committee.


2012 ITF Men's Circuit (January–March)
The tournaments are played on a rectangular flat surface, commonly referred to as a tennis court. The dimenstion of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the ITF and the court is 23.78 meters (78.0 feet) long, 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) wide. Its width is 8.23 meters (27.0 feet) for singles matches and 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) for doubles matches. Tennis is played on a variety of surfaces and each surface has its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. There are four main types of courts depending on the materials used for the court surface, clay, hard, grass and carpet courts with the ITF classifying five different pace settings ranging from slow to fast.


2012 ITF Men's Circuit (July–September)
The 2012 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2012 edition of the entry level tour for men's professional tennis, and is the third tier tennis tour below the Association of Tennis Professionals, World Tour and Challenger Tour. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) who additionally organizes the ITF Women's Circuit which is an entry level tour for women's professional tennis.


2012 ITF Men's Circuit (July–September)
Future tournaments are organized to offer either $10,000 or $15,000 in prize money and tournaments which offering hospitality to players competing in the main draw give additional ranking points which are valid under the ATP ranking system, and are to be organized by a national association or approved by the ITF Men's Circuit Committee.


2012 ITF Men's Circuit (July–September)
The tournaments are played on a rectangular flat surface, commonly referred to as a tennis court. The dimenstion of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the ITF and the court is 23.78 meters (78.0 feet) long, 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) wide. Its width is 8.23 meters (27.0 feet) for singles matches and 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) for doubles matches. Tennis is played on a variety of surfaces and each surface has its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. There are four main types of courts depending on the materials used for the court surface, clay, hard, grass and carpet courts with the ITF classifying five different pace settings ranging from slow to fast.


2012 ITF Men's Circuit (October–December)
The 2012 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2012 edition of the third tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Challenger Tour. During the months of October 2012 and December 2012 over  tournaments were played with the majority being played in the month of .


2012 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour
The 2012 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour is the global elite professional wheelchair tennis circuit organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the Wheelchair Tennis Masters, the ITF Super Series, the ITF 1 series, the ITF 2 series, the ITF 3 series, and the ITF Futures series.


2012 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of Grand Slams and events in the ITF Masters Series, ITF Super Series and the ITF 1 Series on the 2012 calendar.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit
The 2012 ITF Women's Circuit was the 2012 edition of the second-tier tour for women's professional tennis. The ITF Women's Circuit is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The 2012 season consisted of 484 events in 63 countries with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit, Statistical information
To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after the end of the week.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit (April–June)
The 2012 ITF Women's Circuit was the 2012 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit (January–March)
The 2012 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2012 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000. During the months of January to March 2012, 88 tournaments were held.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit (July–September)
The 2012 ITF Women's Circuit was the 2012 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit (October–December)
The 2012 ITF Women's Circuit was the 2012 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Suzhou
The 2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Suzhou was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Suzhou, China, on 8–14 October 2012.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Suzhou, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Suzhou – Doubles
Timea Bacsinszky and Caroline Garcia won the title defeating Yang Zhaoxuan and Zhao Yijing in the final 7–5, 6–3.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Suzhou – Singles
Hsieh Su-wei won the title defeating Duan Yingying in the final 6–2, 6–2.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan
The 2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is the 2nd edition of the tournament which is part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It takes place in Wenshan City, China between 9 and 15 April 2012.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan – Doubles
Shuko Aoyama and Rika Fujiwara were the defending champions, but Fujiwara chose not to participate. Aoyama partnered up with Mari Tanaka, but lost in the quarterfinals to Han Xinyun and Sun Shengnan.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan – Doubles
Hsieh Shu-ying and Hsieh Su-wei won the title, defeating Liu Wanting and Xu Yifan in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan – Singles
Iryna Brémond was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan – Singles
Hsieh Su-wei won the title, defeating Zheng Saisai in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Yakima
The 2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Yakima was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament and was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Yakima, Washington, United States, on July 9–15, 2012.


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Yakima, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Yakima – Doubles
Samantha Crawford and Madison Keys won the title, defeating Xu Yifan and Zhou Yimiao in the final, 6–3, 2–6, [12–10].


2012 ITF Women's Circuit – Yakima – Singles
Shelby Rogers won the title defeating Samantha Crawford in the final 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–3.


2012 ITM Cup
The 2012 ITM Cup season was the seventh season of New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition since it turned professional in 2006. The regular season began on August 23, when Hawke's Bay hosted Auckland. It involved the top fourteen rugby unions of New Zealand. For sponsorship reasons, the competition was known as the ITM Cup and it was the third season under the lead sponsor. The winner of the Championship, Counties Manukau was promoted to the Premiership, the seventh placed Premiership team, Hawke's Bay was relegated to the Championship.


2012 ITM Cup, Format
The ITM Cup standings were sorted by a competition points system. Four points were awarded to the winning team, a draw equaled two points, whilst a loss amounted to zero points. Unions could also win their side a respectable bonus point. To receive a bonus point, they must have scored four tries or more or lose by seven or fewer points or less. Each team was placed on their total points received. If necessary of a tiebreaker, when two or more teams finish on equal points, the union who defeated the other in a head-to-head got placed higher.


2012 ITM Cup, Format
In case of a draw between them, the side with the biggest points deferential margin got rights to be ranked above. If they were tied on points difference, it was then decided by a highest scored try count or a coin toss. This seeding format was implemented since the beginning of the 2006 competition.


2012 ITM Cup, Format
The competition included a promotion-relegation process with the winner of the Championship receiving automatic promotion to the Premiership, replacing the seventh-placed team in the Premiership which was relegated to the Championship for the following year. The regular season consisted of two types of matches. The internal division matches were when each team played the other six unions in their division once, home or away. The cross-division matches were when each team played four teams from the other division, thus missing out on three teams, each from the opposite division.


2012 ITM Cup, Format
Each union played home or away games against teams from the other division, making a total of ten competition games for each union. The finals format allowed the top four teams from each division move on to the semi-finals. The top two division winners, based on table points, received a home semi-final. In the first round of the finals, the semi-finals, the second division winner hosted the third division winner, and the first division winner hosted the fourth division winner. The final was hosted by the top remaining seed.


2012 ITM Cup, Regular season
The 2012 ITM Cup was played across eight weeks with every team playing two Tuesday or Wednesday night fixtures in a double-up round where they played twice that week. The competition started on Thursday, August 23, with Hawke's Bay taking on Auckland at McLean Park.


2012 ITM Hamilton 400
The 2012 ITM Hamilton 400 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the third event of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 20–22 April at the Hamilton Street Circuit, in Hamilton, New Zealand.


2012 ITM Hamilton 400
The event was dominated by the Ford Performance Racing team with Will Davison winning the Saturday race and Mark Winterbottom winning the Sunday race. Davison was the best performed driver over the whole weekend.


2012 ITS Cup
The 2012 ITS Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Olomouc, Czech Republic, on 23–29 July 2012.


2012 ITS Cup, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 ITS Cup, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry from a Special Exempt spot:


2012 ITS Cup – Doubles
Michaëlla Krajicek and Renata Voráčová were the defending champions, but Krajicek chose not to participate. Therefore, Voráčová partnered up with Yuliya Beygelzimer, but lost in the final to Inés Ferrer Suárez and Richèl Hogenkamp 2–6, 6–7(4–7).


2012 ITS Cup – Singles
Nastassja Burnett was the defending champion, but lost to Tatjana Malek in the second round.


2012 ITS Cup – Singles
María Teresa Torró Flor won the title, defeating Alexandra Cadanțu in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2012 ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championship
The 2012 ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championship was held in Stockholm, Sweden on 26 August 2012. The championship was the seventh team championships to be held and the fourth since the championships were reformatted in 2009; eliminating the separate male and female teams, running the championships with mixed teams. The team championship event coincided on the same weekend as the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series Stockholm race.


2012 ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championship
Each team was allowed to enter 2 teams of four, made up of 2 females and 2 males. The teams competed in the following order of female–male–female–male. Each athlete completed a 300-metre swim, a 6 kilometre bike ride and a 2 kilometre run.


2012 ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championship, Results
The ITU events in Stockholm were the first to occur since the Olympic games almost two weeks prior, with some Olympians who participated in 2011 team Championship choosing not to take part in this year's event. Twenty-two teams representing 20 countries began the competition. With the help of 2012 Olympic Triathlon bronze medalist Jonathan Brownlee, Great Britain was able to defend its 2011 Team Triathlon World Championship. The French team finished second, finishing ten seconds behind Britain. The Russian team came in 3rd to claim the bronze. The American team failed to finish after falling too far behind its competition.


2012 ITU Triathlon World Cup
The 2012 ITU Triathlon World Cup was a series of triathlon races organised by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) for elite-level triathletes held during the 2012 season. For 2012, nine races were announced as part of the World Cup series. Each race was held over a distance of 1500 m swim, 40 km cycle, 10 km run (an Olympic-distance triathlon). Alongside a prize purse, points were awarded at each race contributing towards the overall 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series point totals. Eight of the nine stops in the world cup series are repeat destinations, with the stop in Banyoles, Spain being a new venue location for the cup.


2012 ITU World Triathlon Series
The 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series was a series of eight World Championship Triathlon events that led up to a Grand Final held in Auckland, New Zealand in October 2012. The Series was organised under the auspices of the world governing body of triathlon, the International Triathlon Union (ITU).


2012 ITU World Triathlon Series
The World Triathlon Series (WTS) visited Sydney, San Diego, Madrid, Kitzbühel, Hamburg, London, Stockholm, and Auckland. The series took place during the 2012 Summer Olympic year with many countries using the results of some series races to determine which athletes would qualify to represent their nation in triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.


2012 ITU World Triathlon Series
The series included two sprint distance races and six Olympic distance races. The series stop in Stockholm also served as the location for the 2012 ITU Team Triathlon World Championships. The Grand Final in Auckland included the World Championships for Under 23, Junior and Paratriathlon division, which was decided over a single race. Elite level competitors were crowned champions in Auckland based on the final WTS point standings.


2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
The 2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: XV Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) was the fifteenth edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations. It was held at the Polideportivo Máximo Viloria in Barquisimeto, Venezuela between 8–10 June. Twenty-five nations and a total of 398 athletes participated at the competition.


2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
Initially set to be held in the country's capital Caracas, the competition was moved to Maracay in April 2011. The Venezuelan Sports Ministry had not committed any funds for the event. As a result, the president of the Venezuelan Athletics Federation, Wilfredy León, rescheduled the event following the promise of the Aragua state governor Rafael Isea to help build a new stadium for the championships. However, the new stadium and purpose-built accommodation for the event were not ready within schedule. The event was postponed from May to June, but the project remained off-target and in May 2012 Héctor Rodríguez, the Venezuelan Sports Minister, declared that the competition would be held in Barquisimeto (the host of the 2003 South American Championships).


2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
The highlight performances were two South American records by Brazilians in the women's section. Andressa de Morais threw a record in the discus throw and Lucimara da Silva's heptathlon score was also a Championship record. Barquisimeto native Rosa Rodríguez also set a championship record in the women's hammer throw, while Colombia's James Rendon was the only man to break a competition record, bettering the 20,000 metres walk time.


2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
Argentine thrower German Lauro won both the men's shot put and discus events. Ecuador's Álex Quiñónez was the only other athlete to take two individual titles (100 m and 200 m), although Evelyn dos Santos came close by winning the 200 m and finishing second in the 100 m. Becoming one of the oldest gold medallists at the competition, 39-year-old Romary Rifka, who first participated in 1988, won the women's high jump. Brazil, which sent the largest delegation, topped the medal table with fourteen gold medals and a total of 44 overall.


2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
Cuba (leaders in 2010) came second with eight golds and eighteen medals. Colombia was third, on six golds, and the hosts Venezuela performed well on home turf, taking fourth place in the table and ten medals from the competition. In addition to the two area records, eleven national records were broken during the competition.


2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, Participating nations
Twenty-four members of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo sent athletes to the event. The level of athlete participation (362 in total) was relatively high compared to previous years although non-American countries representation was rather poor. Aruba participated for the first time. The five member nations not competing were Andorra, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe.


2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results
These are the official results of the 2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics which took place on June 8–10, 2012 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.


2012 Ice Challenge
The 2012 Ice Challenge was an international figure skating competition in the 2012–2013 season. It was organized by the Austrian Figure Skating Association and sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing, on the senior, junior, and novice levels. The competition was held in Graz, Austria from 6–11 November 2012.


2012 Icelandic Cup
The 2012 Icelandic Cup, also known as the Borgunarbikar for sponsorship reasons, was the 53rd edition of the Icelandic national football cup. It began with the preliminary round on 1 May 2012 and was scheduled to end with the final on 18 August 2012 at Laugardalsvöllur. KR were the reigning champions, having won their twelfth Icelandic Cup the previous year.


2012 Icelandic Cup, Preliminary round
The preliminary round consists of two teams from the lower Icelandic levels. The match were played on 1 May 2012.


2012 Icelandic Cup, First round
The first round consisted of the winner from the preview round, 35 teams from the lower Icelandic levels and 10 clubs from the 2. deild karla. The matches were played between 6 May and 8 May 2012.


2012 Icelandic Cup, Second round
The second round included the 23 winners from the previous round, 3 teams from the lower Icelandic leagues, 2 teams from the 2. deild karla and all 12 clubs from the 1. deild karla. The matches were played on 15, 16, 17 and 22 May 2012.


2012 Icelandic Cup, Third round
The third round included the 20 winners from the previous round and the 12 clubs from the Úrvalsdeild. These matches were played on 6, 7, 8 and 12 June 2012.


2012 Icelandic Cup, Fourth round
The fourth round consisted of the 16 winners of the previous round. These matches were played on 25 and 26 June 2012.


2012 Icelandic Cup, Quarterfinals
This round consisted of the eight winners of the previous round. These matches were played on 8 and 9 July 2012.


2012 Icelandic Cup, Semifinals
The semifinal matches involved the four winners from the quarter-final round and were played on 1 and 2 August 2012.


2012 Icelandic Cup, Final
The final took place at Laugardalsvöllur on 18 August 2012 and was contested between the winners of the previous semi-final matches.


2012 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The 2012 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the 17th season of the Icelandic Men's League Cup, a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. The competition started on 16 February 2012 and concluded on 28 April 2012. Valur were the reigning champions, having won their second League Cup the year before.


2012 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The 24 teams from the Úrvalsdeild karla and 1. deild karla were divided into 3 groups of 8 teams. Every team played every other team of its group once, home, away or on a neutral ground. In a change from last year's competition, eight clubs again progress to the knockout stages of the competition. Each group winner, each group runner-up and the best two third-place finishes will enter the quarter finals.


2012 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
Although ÍA qualified for the elimination phase, they had already planned a tour, so they canceled their further participation, which gave Víkingur R. the opportunity to win the trophy. On 18 April it was confirmed that Víkingur used an illegal player at their game against Stjarnan, which originally ended 2−2. FSI awarded a 3-0 victory to Stjarnan, so they played in the quarterfinals.


2012 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, Group stage
The games were played from 16 February to 15 April 2012.


2012 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, Knockout-round
The eight progressed teams played a knockout-round to determine the winner of the 2012 League Cup.


2012 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, Knockout-round, Quarterfinals
The games were played on 18 and 19 April 2012.


2012 Icelandic constitutional referendum
A non-binding constitutional referendum was held in Iceland on 20 October 2012. Voters were asked whether they approved of six proposals included in a new draft constitution drawn up by the Icelandic Constitutional Assembly. All six questions were approved by voters.


2012 Icelandic presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 30 June 2012. The result was a victory for the incumbent Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, who defeated his nearest rival Thóra Arnórsdóttir by nearly 20% of the vote, and went on to serve a record fifth term as president of Iceland.


2012 Icelandic presidential election, Candidates and campaign
There were six candidates, but the election became a contest between the incumbent President, and the journalist Thóra Arnórsdóttir, who wanted to return the presidency to a more ceremonial role.


2012 Icelandic presidential election, Candidates and campaign
Two other candidates declared their intent to stand in the election, but later dropped out:


2012 Icelandic presidential election, Campaign
After trailing in the opinion polls, Ólafur resorted to a negative campaign against Thóra, saying she would be "dangerous for the country" and that she would "do nothing but follow the government's will, particularly in terms of foreign policy", in continuing its membership application to the European Union being pursued by the current government led by Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir's Social Democratic Alliance, and he had reservations about the prospect of being a member of the EU. He also accused the Icelandic media of giving Thóra preferential treatment. Ólafur also claimed to be the best person to steer Iceland through financial crisis.


2012 Icelandic presidential election, Campaign
Thóra also accused Ólafur of distorting the president's role from that of a figurehead to a more political position and that she would return the post to its ceremonial stature instead of getting involved in politics. However, Ólafur was said to be popular because of the two referenda Iceland held over the financial crisis and, as a result, many Icelanders felt he was looking out for their interests after being seen to have stood up to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands over Icesave repayments.


2012 Icelandic presidential election, Campaign
Thóra told the Reykjavik Grapevine that Iceland needs new leadership: "I think we have all felt a strong need for a change in this country. Iceland is a small country, and we pretty much agree on how this society should be;" she also told Morgunbladid that her lack of experience in politics was not a bad thing as she "think[s] that now is an opportunity to learn from the experience we have been through … and use it for a new beginning... [although the presidency is largely ceremonial, the position] has a great power of influence."


2012 Icelandic presidential election, Opinion polls
An opinion poll published on 21 May by the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Iceland showed Thóra leading with 46.2%, with Ólafur on 37.8%. However, after she suspended her campaign as she was due to give birth, the gap narrowed as Ólafur stood alone as the leading campaigner. An average of three poll prior to the election indicated Ólafur leading with 45% and Thóra in second place with 37.7% ahead of four other candidates.


2012 Icelandic presidential election, Conduct
Voting centres were open from 9AM to 10PM. After having voted, Thóra said to DV: "You see this glorious day, I can't be anything but optimistic. The Gallup poll gives a strong indication of the outcome, but we will just count the votes and accept whatever that brings us. To have the possibility to topple the current president is a victory in itself." The same day Ólafur wrote in Morgunbladid: "Iceland is now at a crossroads. Behind us are difficult years. Ahead are decisions on the constitution and our relationship with other countries in Europe. There is still turbulence in the continent's economy and in many areas... The president...shall assist the country in tackling the biggest issues; they will determine the fate of Icelanders for decades."


2012 Icelandic presidential election, Results, Reactions
After partial results were released Thóra told RUV: "This has been a valuable experience. Now I will take a holiday, attend to my new daughter and the other children and go on maternity leave and think how I can put this experience to use. To get more than one-third [of votes], I'm overwhelmed. I of course hoped to win. This is something you only do once in a lifetime," as she indicated she would not run in the next election.


2012 Icelandic presidential election, Analysis
According to Euronews, Ólafur's win was seen as having "emboldened a presidential office that had up until then played a mainly ceremonial role."


2012 Icelandic presidential election, Other information
If one of the female candidates had won, Iceland would have had nearly all its leading governing and religious positions held by women; the female president would be head of state, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir would be head of government, Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir would be the Althing speaker, while Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir would have been the head of the Church of Iceland.


2012 Idaho State Bengals football team
The 2012 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bengals were led by second year head coach Mike Kramer and played their home games at Holt Arena. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 0–8 in Big Sky play to finish in last place.


2012 Idaho Vandals football team
The 2012 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Vandals were led by sixth-year head coach Robb Akey for the first eight games and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome. This was Idaho's final season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference;  the WAC ceased to support football after the 2012 season, and Idaho played as an independent in football in 2013.


2012 Idaho Vandals football team
After achieving a 20–50 (.286) record while head coach and a 1–7 record in 2012, Akey's contract was terminated on October 21. First-year offensive coordinator Jason Gesser was appointed interim head coach for the final four games, in which the Vandals were winless.


2012 Idaho Vandals football team
Idaho finished the season 1–11, 1–5 in conference to finish in sixth place in the seven-team WAC. On December 3, Paul Petrino was hired as head coach for the 2013 season.


2012 Idaho Vandals football team, NFL Draft
No Vandals were selected in the 2013 NFL Draft, but defensive end Benson Mayowa made the opening day roster of the Seattle Seahawks as a rookie free agent.


2012 Idol Star Athletics – Swimming Championships
The 2012 Idol Star Athletics – Swimming Championships (Hangul: 아이돌 스타 육상-수영 선수권 대회) was held at Jamsil Arena in Seoul, South Korea on January 8, 2012 and was broadcast on MBC on January 24, 2012 (2 episodes). At the championships a total number of 10 events in athletics and 2 events in swimming were contested: 6 by men and 6 by women. There were a total number of 150 participating K-pop singers and celebrities, divided into 16 teams.


2012 Idol Star Olympics Championships
The 2012 Idol Star Olympics Championship (Hangul: 아이돌 스타 올림픽) was held at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul (on July 10, 2012) and Yong In University General Gymnasium in Yongin, South Korea and was broadcast on MBC from July 25 to 26, 2012. At the championships, a total number of 14 events (9 in athletics, 2 in archery, 2 in fencing and 1 in table tennis) were contested: 7 by men, 5 by women and 2 mixed. There were a total number of 150 participating K-pop singers and celebrities, divided into 9 teams.


2012 If Stockholm Open
The 2012 If Stockholm Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 44th edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden between 15 and 21 October 2012. Tomáš Berdych won the singles title.


2012 If Stockholm Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 If Stockholm Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 If Stockholm Open – Doubles
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were the defending champions but Bopanna decided not to participate. Qureshi played alongside Jean-Julien Rojer. Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares won the final 6–7(4–7), 7–5, [10–6] against Robert Lindstedt and Nenad Zimonjić.


2012 If Stockholm Open – Singles
Gaël Monfils was the defending champion, but lost to wildcard Patrik Rosenholm in the first round. Tomáš Berdych won the title, defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2012 If Stockholm Open – Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2012 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 2012 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Tim Beckman, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Leaders Division of the Big Ten Conference. Illinois finished the 2012 season with 2–10, 0–8 in Big 10 Leaders play, where they placed last and failed to play bowl eligible for first time since 2009.


2012 Illinois House of Representatives election
The 2012 Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives was conducted on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with the entire House of Representatives up for a vote every two years. The share of votes remained very similar from the last election, but the Democrats were able to win back several seats, due in part to their  near complete control of the state's redistricting process after the 2010 census, allowing them to win 3/5 of the seats in the House of Representatives (a supermajority in Illinois).


2012 Illinois Senate election
The Illinois State Senate Election of 2012 was held on November 6th, 2012. Elections were held in all 59 senate seats because the election followed a redistricting of the state's legislative districts.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 9
Note: Incumbent Jeffrey Schoenberg (D) is not running for re-election.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 11
Note: Incumbent Steve Landek (D) is not running for re-election in District 11. Instead he is running in District 12.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 12
Note: Incumbent Martin Sandoval (D) is not running for re-election in District 12. Instead he is running in District 11.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 15
Note: Incumbent James Meeks (D) is not running for re-election.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 18
Note: Incumbent Edward Maloney (D) is not running for re-election.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 21
Note: Incumbent Ron Sandack (R) is not running for re-election.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 25
Note: Incumbent Chris Lauzen (R) is not running for re-election.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 28
Note: Incumbent John Millner (R) is not running for re-election.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 29
Note: Incumbent Susan Garrett (D) is not running for re-election.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 31
Note: Incumbent Suzi Schmidt (R) is not running for re-election.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 33
Note: Incumbent Dan Kotowski (D) is not running for re-election in District 33. Instead he is running in District 28.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 34
Note: Incumbent Dave Syverson (R) is not running for re-election in District 34. Instead he is running in District 35.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 48
Note: Incumbent Tom Johnson (R) is not running for re-election.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 49
Note: Incumbent William "Sam" McCann (R) is not running for re-election in District 49. Instead he is running in District 50.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 50
Note: Incumbent Larry Bomke (R) is not running for re-election.


2012 Illinois Senate election, List of candidates, District 51
Note: Incumbent Kyle McCarter (R) is not running for re-election in District 51. Instead he is running in District 54.


2012 Illinois State Redbirds football team
The 2012 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth year head coach Brock Spack and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They finished the season 9–4 overall and 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Appalachian State in the second round before falling to Eastern Washington in the quarterfinals.


2012 Illinois State Redbirds football team, Home attendance average
The Illinois State Redbird football program averaged 6,511 fans for the 2012 home football games while the East Side of Hancock Stadium was being renovated. The Redbirds sold out two games in, against Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois.


2012 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout, Primary election
For the primary election, turnout was 23.20%, with 1,694,317 votes cast.


2012 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout, General election
For the general election, turnout was 70.20%, with 5,279,752 votes cast.


2012 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States President
Illinois voted for the Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.


2012 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States President
This was the sixth consecutive presidential election in which Illinois had voted for the Democratic ticket.


2012 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
Illinois had lost one seat in the reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census. All 18 of Illinois' remaining seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2012.


2012 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
Before the election, Republicans held 11 and Democrats held 8 seats from Illinois. In 2002, Democrats won 12 seats while Republicans won 6.


2012 Illinois elections, State elections, State Senate
One-third of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 2012.


2012 Illinois elections, State elections, State House of Representatives
All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 2012.


2012 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures
Illinois voters voted on a single ballot measure in 1998. In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.


2012 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Public Pension Amendment
Illinois voters rejected the proposed Illinois Public Pension Amendment, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. This would have amended the Constitution of Illinois. The measure would have made it so that a three-fifths approval would be required by the General Assembly, city councils, and school districts that wish to increase the pension benefits of their employees.


2012 Illinois elections, Local elections
Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.


2012 Illinois judicial elections
The 2012 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those one seat of the Supreme Court of Illinois for ten seats in the Illinois Appellate Court. Primary elections were held on March 20, 2012, and general elections were held on November 6, 2012. These elections were part of the 2012 Illinois elections.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Supreme Court of Illinois
Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by district. One seat held a partisan election, while another held a retention election.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Supreme Court of Illinois
The court has seven seats total separated into five districts. The first district, representing Cook County, contains three seats, making it a multi-member district, while other four districts are single-member districts. Justices hold ten year terms.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Supreme Court of Illinois, 1st district
In October 2010, Democrat Mary Jane Theis was appointed by the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of justice Thomas R. Fitzgerald. Theis successfully ran for election to fill this seat for a full term.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Supreme Court of Illinois, 1st district, Republican primary
No candidates ran in the primary for the Republican nomination. Republicans ultimately nominated James Gerard Riley.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Supreme Court of Illinois, 1st district, General election
The court has seven seats total separated into five districts. The first district contains three seats (making it a multi-member district), while other four districts are single-member districts. Justices hold ten year terms.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Supreme Court of Illinois, Retention elections
To be retained, judges were required to have 60% of their vote be "yes".


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Cahill vacancy)
A vacancy was created by the death of Robert Cahill. Matthias William Delort was elected to fill the judgeship. This was a regular election, as Cahill's term would have ended in 2012.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Cahill vacancy), Republican primary
No candidates ran in the primary for the Republican nomination.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Coleman vacancy)
A vacancy was created when Sharon Johnson Coleman stepped down in order to accept a position on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Nathaniel Roosevelt Howse, Jr. was elected to fill the judgeship. Before being elected to this judgeship, Howse had already been serving on the Appellate Court, having been appointed to a different 1st district judgeship in August 2009, after the retirement of Denise M. O'Malley. This was a regular election, as Coleman's term would have ended in 2012.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Coleman vacancy), Republican primary
No candidates ran in the primary for the Republican nomination.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Gallagher vacancy)
A vacancy was created when Michael Gallagher retired. P. Scott Neville Jr. was elected to fill the judgeship. Before being elected to this judgeship, Neville had already been serving on the Appellate Court, having been served as an appointed member of the first district since 2004.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Gallagher vacancy), Republican primary
No candidates ran in the primary for the Republican nomination.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (O'Brien vacancy)
A vacancy was created when Sheila O'Brien retired in 2011. Jesse G. Reyes was elected to fill the judgeship.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (O'Brien vacancy), Republican primary
No candidates ran in the primary for the Republican nomination.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Theis vacancy)
A vacancy was created when Mary Jane Theis was appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court in 2010. Maureen Connors, who had been appointed in October 2010 to fill the judgeship until a permanent occupant would be elected in 2012, was elected to permanently fill the judgeship.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Theis vacancy), Republican primary
No candidates ran in the primary for the Republican nomination.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Tully vacancy)
A vacancy was created when John Tully retired on December 31, 2009. Terrance J. Lavin, who had been appointed on February 1, 2010 to fill the judgeship until a permanent occupant would be elected in 2012, was elected to permanently fill the judgeship.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st district (Tully vacancy), Republican primary
No candidates ran in the primary for the Republican nomination.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 2nd district (O'Malley vacancy)
A vacancy was created when Jack O'Malley retired on December 3, 2010. Joseph Birkett, who had been appointed on fill the judgeship until a permanent occupant would be elected in 2012, was elected to permanently fill the judgeship.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 2nd district (O'Malley vacancy), Democratic primary
No candidates ran in the primary for the Democratic nomination.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 4th district (Myerscough vacancy)
A vacancy was created when Sue E. Myerscough left her judgeship in the Illinois Appellate Court's 4th district to become a judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois in February 2010. Carol Pope was elected to fill the judgeship. Before being elected to this judgeship, Pope had already been serving on the Illinois Appellate Court's, having been appointed to a different 4th district judgeship in December 2008.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 4th district (Myerscough vacancy), Democratic primary
No candidates ran in the primary for the Democratic nomination.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, 5th district (Donovan vacancy)
A vacancy was created when James Donovan retired on December 2, 2012. Judy Cates was elected to fill the judgeship.


2012 Illinois judicial elections, Illinois Appellate Court, Retention elections
To be retained, judges were required to have 60% of their vote be "yes".


2012 Imola Superbike World Championship round
The 2012 Imola Superbike World Championship round was the second round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season and of the 2012 Supersport World Championship season. It took place over the weekend of 30 March–1 April 2012 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari near Imola, Italy.


2012 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team
The 2012 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team represented the University of the Incarnate Word in the 2012 NCAA Division II football season. This was be the Cardinals' final season in the Lone Star Conference as they began the transition to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) in 2013. Home games were played at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium. They finished the season 2–9, 1–7 in Lone Star play to finish in a tie for eighth place.


2012 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team, Previous season
The Cardinals finished the 2011 season with a record of 2–8, 2–6 in Lone Star Conference play.


2012 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team, TV and radio
All Incarnate Word games were broadcast on KKYX 680 AM with the voices of Gabe Farias and Shawn Morris. KKYX's broadcasts were available at their . produced a student media broadcast every week, that is available online, and they provided streaming of all non-televised home games were shown via .


2012 Incheon United FC season
The 2012 season was Incheon United's ninth season in the K-League in South Korea. Incheon United will be competing in K-League and Korean FA Cup.


2012 Incheon United FC season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Incheon United FC season, Current squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Incheon United FC season, Match results, K-League
[ 1] Round 15 Match of Incheon vs Pohang was originally K-League restricted non-attendance match.


2012 Independence Bowl
The 2012 AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 28, 2012, at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, in the United States. The 37th edition of the Independence Bowl began at 1:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. The game's title sponsor was AdvoCare, an American dietary supplement company.


2012 Independence Bowl
The game featured the Ohio Bobcats from the Mid-American Conference against the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks from the Sun Belt Conference and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. Both the Bobcats and the Warhawks accepted their invitation after finishing at 8–4 during the regular season. This was both teams' first appearance in the Independence Bowl.


2012 Independence Bowl, Teams
Under normal circumstances, the Independence Bowl would feature the seventh bowl-eligible team from the Atlantic Coast Conference against the tenth bowl-eligible team from the Southeastern Conference. However, both conferences are one school shy of having enough bowl-eligible teams to qualify (the ACC has six and the SEC has nine).


2012 Independence Bowl, Teams
On Friday, November 30, Louisiana Tech was invited to play in the Independence Bowl but asked for more time as they were in negotiations with the Liberty Bowl and Heart of Dallas Bowl. Louisiana Tech athletic director Bruce Van De Velde and WAC commissioner Jeff Hurd both claimed that on Saturday, December 1, the Liberty Bowl executive director Steve Ehrhart guaranteed the Bulldogs a bowl invite. After the Independence Bowl's deadline for Louisiana Tech to accept their invitation passed, the Independence Bowl selected the MAC's Ohio (8-4) instead. On Sunday, December 2, the Liberty Bowl extended their remaining bid to Iowa State (6-6) instead of Louisiana Tech (9-3). The Bulldogs did not end up playing in any bowl game despite boasting the nation's top scoring offense.


2012 Independence Bowl, Teams, Ohio
Despite a promising 7-0 start to the season (including a #23 ranking as well as defeating Penn State), the Bobcats would decline during their last five games, posting a mere 1-4 record during that timespan, dropping their conference record to 4-4, only good for third place in the MAC East Division. When Louisiana Tech declined their invitation, the Bobcats accepted theirs.


2012 Independence Bowl, Teams, Louisiana–Monroe
In their first winning season since joining Division I FBS (then Division I-A) in 1994 (when they were the Northeast Louisiana Indians), the Warhawks finished in a tie for second place in the Sun Belt, amassing a 6–2 conference and 8–4 overall record. After the season, the Warhawks accepted an invitation to the 2012 Independence Bowl.


2012 Independence Bowl, Teams, Louisiana–Monroe
This was the first bowl game in school history for the Warhawks, being one of two teams making their bowl debut this season (along with fellow Sun Belt member the WKU Hilltoppers).


2012 India Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2012 Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold was the last Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix tournament of the 2012 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, India from 18 December until 23 December 2012 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2012 India Super Series
The 2012 India Super Series was the fourth super series tournament of the 2012 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in New Delhi, India from 24–29 April 2012 and had out a total purse of $200,000.


2012 India blackouts
Two severe power blackouts affected most of northern and eastern India on 30 and 31 July 2012. The 30 July 2012 blackout affected over 400 million people and was briefly the largest power outage in history by number of people affected, beating the January 2001 blackout in Northern India (230 million affected). The blackout on 31 July is the largest power outage in history. The outage affected more than 620 million people, about 9% of the world population, or half of India's population, spread across 22 states in Northern, Eastern, and Northeast India. An estimated 32 gigawatts of generating capacity was taken offline. Of the affected population, 320 million initially had power, while the rest lacked direct access. Electric service was restored in the affected locations between 31 July and 1 August 2012.


2012 India blackouts, Background
India is the world's third largest producer and consumer of electricity after United States and China; however, the electrical infrastructure is generally considered unreliable. The northern electrical grid had previously collapsed in 2001. In 2012, an estimated 27% of energy generated was lost in transmission or stolen, while peak supply fell short of demand by an average of 9%. During that period, the nation suffered from frequent power outages that lasted as long as 10 hours and about 25% of the population, about 300 million people, had no electricity at all. Efforts are underway to reduce transmission and distribution losses and increase production.


2012 India blackouts, Sequence of events, 30 July
At 02:35 IST (21:05 UTC on 29 July), circuit breakers on the 400 kV Bina-Gwalior line tripped. As this line fed into the Agra-Bareilly transmission section, breakers at the station also tripped, and power failures cascaded through the grid. All major power stations were shut down in the affected states, causing an estimated shortage of 32 GW. Officials described the failure as "the worst in a decade".


2012 India blackouts, Sequence of events, 30 July
On the day of the collapse, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde stated that the exact cause of the failure was unknown, but that at the time of the failure, electricity use was "above normal". He speculated that some states had attempted to draw more power than permitted due to the higher consumption. Spokesperson for PowerGrid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) and the Northern Regional Load Dispatch Centre (NRLDC) stated that Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana were the states responsible for the overdraw. PGCIL's chairman also stated that electrical service was restored "at a record time".


2012 India blackouts, Sequence of events, 30 July
A senior director for an Indian power company described the outage as "a fairly large breakdown that exposed major technical faults in India's grid system. Something went terribly wrong which caused the backup safety systems to fail."


2012 India blackouts, Sequence of events, 30 July
More than 300 million people, about 25% of India's population, were without power. Railways and some airports were shut down until 08:00. The busiest airport in South Asia, Delhi Airport, continued functioning because it switched to back-up power in 15 seconds. The outage caused "chaos" for Monday morning rush hour, as passenger trains were shut down and traffic signals were non-operational. Trains stalled for three to five hours. Several hospitals reported interruptions in health services, while others relied on back-up generators. Water treatment plants were shut down for several hours, and hundreds of thousands people were unable to draw water from wells powered by electric pumps.


2012 India blackouts, Sequence of events, 30 July
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) stated that the blackout had "severely impacted" businesses, leaving many unable to operate. Oil refineries in Panipat, Mathura and Bathinda continued operating because they have their own captive power stations within the refineries and do not depend on the grid.


2012 India blackouts, Sequence of events, 31 July
The system failed again at 13:02 IST (07:32 UTC), due to a relay problem near the Taj Mahal. As a result, power stations across the affected parts of India again went offline. NTPC Ltd. stopped 38% of its generation capacity. Over 60 crore (600 million) people (nearly half of India's population), in 22 out of 28 states in India, were without power.


2012 India blackouts, Sequence of events, 31 July
More than 300 intercity passenger trains and commuter lines were shut down as a result of the power outage. The worst affected zones in the wake of the power grid's collapse were Northern, North Central, East Central, and East Coast railway zones, with parts of Eastern, South Eastern and West Central railway zones. The Delhi Metro suspended service on all six lines, and had to evacuate passengers from trains that stopped mid-journey, helped by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority.


2012 India blackouts, Sequence of events, 31 July
About 200 miners were trapped underground in eastern India due to lifts failing, but officials later said they had all been rescued.


2012 India blackouts, Sequence of events, 31 July
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), not normally mandated to investigate blackouts, began to do so because of the threat to basic infrastructure facilities like railways, metro rail system, lifts in multi-storey buildings, and movement of vehicular traffic.


2012 India blackouts, Sequence of events, 31 July
The following regions were not directly affected by the power outage:


2012 India blackouts, Sequence of events, 31 July
As of 2 August, Uttar Pradesh was being supplied about 7 GW power, while the demand was between 9 and 9.7 GW.


2012 India blackouts, Prior disaster-proofing
Before the grid collapse, the private sector spent $29 billion to build their own independent power stations in order to provide reliable power to their factories. The five biggest consumers of electricity in India have private off-grid supplies. Indian companies have 35 GW of private off-grid generation capacity and plan to add another 33 GW to their off-grid capacity.


2012 India blackouts, Reactions
On the day of the collapse, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde ordered a three-member panel to determine the reason for the failure and report on it in fifteen days. In response to criticism, he observed that India was not alone in suffering major power outages, as blackouts had also occurred in the United States and Brazil within the previous few years.


2012 India blackouts, Reactions
Washington Post described the failure as adding urgency to Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's plan for a US$400 billion overhaul of India's power grid. His plan calls for a further 76 gigawatts of generation by 2017, produced in part by nuclear power.


2012 India blackouts, Reactions
Rajiv Kumar, secretary general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) said, "One of the major reasons for the collapse of the power grid is the major gap between demand and supply. There is an urgent need to reform the power sector and bring about infrastructural improvements to meet the new challenges of the growing economy."


2012 India blackouts, Reactions
On 1 August 2012, newly appointed Power Minister Veerappa Moily stated, "First thing is to stabilize the grid and it has to sustain. For that we will work out a proper strategy." He declined to blame specific states, saying, "I don't want to start with the blame game."


2012 India blackouts, Reactions
Team Anna, the supporters of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, charged that this grid failure was a conspiracy to suppress the indefinite fast movement started on 25 July 2012 for the Jan Lokpal Bill and targeting Sharad Pawar.


2012 India blackouts, Reactions
Some technology sources and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) proposed that another widespread outage could be prevented by integrated network of microgrids and distributed generation connected seamlessly with the main grid via a superior smart grid technology, which includes automated fault detection, islanding and self-healing of the network.


2012 India blackouts, Investigation
The three-member investigation committee consisted of S. C. Shrivastava, A. Velayutham and A. S. Bakshi, and issued its report on 16 August 2012. It concluded that four factors were responsible for the two days of blackout:


2012 India blackouts, Investigation
The committee also offered a number of recommendations to prevent further failures, including an audit of the protection systems.


2012 Indian Federation Cup
The 2012 Indian Federation Cup was the 34th season of the top knock-out competition in India. The qualifiers started in August while the Final Round took place from 19 September 2012 to 30 September 2012.


2012 Indian Federation Cup
Salgaocar were the defending champions, having beaten East Bengal 3–1 in the 2011 Final.


2012 Indian Federation Cup
DD Sports Friday agreed to telecast live the semifinals and final of the tournament.


2012 Indian Federation Cup
The cup was eventually won by East Bengal after they defeated Dempo in the final on 30 September 2012.


2012 Indian Federation Cup, Calendar
The calendar for the 2012 Indian Federation Cup, as announced by the All India Football Federation:


2012 Indian Federation Cup, Qualifying Rounds
All of the teams entering the competition that are not members of the I-League and have to compete in the qualifying rounds.


2012 Indian Federation Cup Final
The 2012 Indian Federation Cup Final was the 34th final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between East Bengal and Dempo on 30 September 2012.


2012 Indian Federation Cup Final
East Bengal won the final 3–2, to claim their eighth Federation Cup title. Climax Lawrence put Dempo in front in the 51st minute but Arnab Mondal equalized for East Bengal in the 60th minute. The match then went into extra-time as Manandeep Singh scored the winner for East Bengal in the 100th minute before Chidi Edeh scored the third goal for East Bengal in the 109th minute to seal the victory and championship before Mahesh Gawli scored the consolation for Dempo.


2012 Indian Federation Cup Final, Route to the final, East Bengal
East Bengal entered the 2012 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. They were placed in Group C along with Sporting Clube de Goa, ONGC, and Kalighat MS and their matches were played in Siliguri. The tournament got off to a mixture start for East Bengal as they drew their opening match 1–1 against Sporting Goa with new Nigerian signing Chidi Edeh scoring his first goal for the club in the 10th minute from the penalty spot.


2012 Indian Federation Cup Final, Route to the final, East Bengal
The club then won their first game of the season in their second match of the tournament on 23 September 2012 against ONGC F.C. in which East Bengal came back from 0–1 down to 2–1 winners after Edeh and other new signing, India international, Manandeep Singh scored two goals to gift Bengal the victory.


2012 Indian Federation Cup Final, Route to the final, East Bengal
East Bengal then confirmed promotion out of the group stage of the Federation Cup to the Semi-Finals after a remarkable come from behind victory in their last game at the group stage to Kalighat MS in which East Bengal came back from 2–0 to tie the score up at 2–2 through two goals from Manandeep Singh in the 26th and 30th minute but then East Bengal had to come from behind again after Kalighat took the lead again to go up 3–2 with Edeh scoring two goals to win the game for East Bengal 4–3 and send them to the semi-finals.


2012 Indian Federation Cup Final, Route to the final, East Bengal
In the semi-finals East Bengal took on Churchill Brothers and after finishing regulation time tied at 0–0 the match went into 30-minute extra-time where East Bengal would eventually take the lead from former Churchill Brothers youngster Lalrindika Ralte in the 111th minute of play which then allowed East Bengal to win the match 1–0 and send them to the final.


2012 Indian Federation Cup Final, Route to the final, Dempo
Dempo entered the 2012 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. They were placed in Group A along with Mumbai, Pailan Arrows, and Shillong Lajong and their matches were played in Jamshedpur. The tournament got off to a mix start as well for Dempo as they drew against Pailan Arrows 1–1 in their first match with Clifford Miranda scoring the equalizer for Dempo after Holicharan Narzary gave Pailan the lead.


2012 Indian Federation Cup Final, Route to the final, Dempo
Dempo then won their first match of the tournament in their second match of the group stage against Shillong Lajong with Clifford Miranda again being the goalscorer for Dempo as they won 1–0. Dempo then confirmed their place into the semi-finals of the Federation Cup with a demolition performance over Mumbai in their last group match in which they won 4–0 with Miranda scoring one goal for the club and Nigerian Koko Sakibo scoring a hat-trick.


2012 Indian Federation Cup Final, Route to the final, Dempo
In the semi-finals Dempo took on reigning Federation Cup champions from 2011 Salgaocar on 27 September 2012 in a match that was eventually won by Dempo 2–0 with goals coming from Joaquim Abranches in the 70th minute and Koko Sakibo in the 84th minute to send the Goan club to the final.


2012 Indian Federation Cup Qualifiers, Format
The qualifiers will start from 11 September to 16 September 2012 and will consist of 6 teams, 5 of which played in the 2012 I-League 2nd Division Final Round and the other one being HAL Sporting Club who were relegated from the 2011–12 I-League season. All 6 teams are divided into two groups of 3. The top team from each group moves on to the Cup proper.


2012 Indian Federation Cup group stage
This article details the 2012 Indian Federation Cup Group stage.


2012 Indian Federation Cup group stage
The group stage features 16 teams: the 14 automatic qualifiers from the I-League and the 2 winners of the qualifiers.


2012 Indian Federation Cup group stage
The teams were drawn into four groups of four, and played each once in a round-robin format. The matchdays were from 19 September to 25 September.


2012 Indian Federation Cup group stage
The top team in each group advances to the Semi-Finals.


2012 Indian Grand Prix
The 2012 Indian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 October 2012 at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. The race was the seventeenth round of the 2012 championship, and marked the second running of the Indian Grand Prix.


2012 Indian Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel started the race from pole position. Vettel won the race for the second consecutive year, but despite leading every lap of the race, he was denied a Grand Chelem when Jenson Button set the fastest lap of the race. The organisers of the race invited shooter Gagan Narang, who won a bronze medal for India at the London Olympics, to wave the chequered flag.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Sergio Pérez was taken ill ahead of the race, forcing Sauber to run test and reserve driver Esteban Gutiérrez in his place for the first free practice session. Pérez was able to return to the car for the second practice session. Valtteri Bottas once again ran in place of Bruno Senna at Williams, while Giedo van der Garde drove Heikki Kovalainen's Caterham.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Ferrari was the centre of controversy over the course of the weekend when they displayed the flag of the Italian Navy on the nose of the F2012 in support of the Italian sailors held by Indian authorities over a shooting incident that resulted in the deaths of two Indian fishermen in February 2012.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its silver-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Following track invasions by stray dogs in 2011, race organisers took precautions by installing ultrasonic devices around the circuit to deter animals from accessing the circuit.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
The first practice session was run without incident. Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time, despite having spent most of the ninety minutes of the session in his garage. Jenson Button was second, three-tenths of a second behind Vettel, with Fernando Alonso in third, a further tenth of a second behind. Vettel was fastest in the second session as well, setting a time one tenth of a second faster than teammate Mark Webber and six-tenths of a second faster than Fernando Alonso.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
The under-used surface of the circuit caused problems for several drivers, with Felipe Massa, Romain Grosjean, and Bruno Senna all spinning throughout the session, though all three were able to continue running without forcing the suspension of the session. Vettel was once again fastest in the third practice session, two-tenths faster than Button and Webber.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Force India ensured that their cars were first on track for the first part of Saturday's qualifying session. Kimi Räikkönen, Felipe Massa and Bruno Senna set the early pace while the Red Bulls and McLarens stayed in the garage waiting for the track to become more grippy once rubber had been laid down. Ferrari attempted to improve Fernando Alonso's lap time by making Massa run in front of him on the straight so he could use the slipstream to gain extra top speed.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Alonso's lap, however, was not faster than Massa's and the drafting idea was not used later in qualifying, presumably because it did not work. Massa was on a quick lap after this, but accelerated too much out of a corner and spun his car round; he recovered and returned to the pits. Once the Red Bulls and McLarens had set their lap times, the Toro Rosso of Jean-Éric Vergne was left in eighteenth and therefore not within the top seventeen slots times required to make the next qualifying session.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
He set a lap time, but it was only good enough to move up one place. His teammate, Daniel Ricciardo, was the driver who progressed to Q2 himself when he pushed Vergne back into the eighteenth qualifying slot. Once again, the Caterhams, Marrusias and HRTs occupied the three final rows of the grid.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Vitaly Petrov, whose car had needed some last minute repair just before the session had begun, qualified in nineteenth place and his teammate Heikki Kovalainen ended up twentieth after spinning the car round on his final lap, and running back across the track before getting stuck in the gravel. Narain Karthikeyan qualified in twenty-third place for his home Grand Prix, just one thousandth of a second slower than Pedro de la Rosa. The Marussia cars of Timo Glock and Charles Pic ended up twenty-first and twenty-fourth, and last, respectively. Every car excluding the Red Bulls, McLarens, Ferraris and Lotuses used the softer compound 'option' tyre in the session. Williams driver Pastor Maldonado set the session's fastest time.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The second part of qualifying began under yellow flag conditions because Kovalainen's stricken Caterham was still being returned to the pits. Every driver set a time not long after the flag had been lifted, and many returned to the pits not long after this. There was a flurry of lap times being set at the end of the session, and it was not certain which drivers had made it through until after the chequered flag was waved as every driver but Vettel, Webber and Hamilton came back on track.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Kamui Kobayashi qualified his Sauber in a disappointing seventeenth place, while his teammate made it into the final session of qualifying. It was the same story for Romain Grosjean, Bruno Senna and Michael Schumacher who all failed to make Q3 after their teammates did. They lined up on the grid in 11th, 13th and 14th respectively. The Force India team were disappointed at their home race, with Nico Hülkenberg and Paul di Resta only taking twelfth and sixteenth spots on the grid respectively.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
At least one of their two drivers had qualified within the top ten at each of the last ten races. Daniel Ricciardo out-qualified Vergne for the thirteenth time in 2012, put his Toro Rosso in fifteenth position on the grid. Jenson Button completed the final lap of the session to give himself the second fastest time behind Vettel.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Seven teams were represented in Q3, but the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg elected not to run and consequently took tenth place on the grid. Sergio Pérez and Pastor Maldonado did well to qualify their cars in eighth and ninth positions; the Lotus of Räikkönen was in front of them in seventh. The session was split into two informal phases, with cars choosing to make two attempts at a good time. Sebastian Vettel made a mistake on his first flying lap and ran across turn 7, but he set lap worthy of pole position on his following attempt.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Mark Webber set a lap half a tenth slower, initially in front of Button, Alonso and Hamilton. Both Red Bulls abandoned their laps at the very end of the session, as Vettel set a too slow first sector, and Webber ran wide at turn 3 whilst running behind the McLarens. Vettel took pole position for Red Bull's third consecutive front row lock-out. It was the first time Red Bull had had three front row lock-outs in a row, and the first time any team had done since McLaren did in 2007.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton set the last lap of qualifying to move his car up to third on the grid, only two-tenths behind Webber. Button qualified fourth in front of Vettel's main title rival Alonso and Massa qualified sixth. This meant that the cars lined up two by two, with Red Bulls taking front row, McLaren taking the second and Ferrari taking the third. It was only the third time in the 2012 season that no penalties needed to be applied before the start of the race.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Sebastian Vettel took a dominant win, which was his 4th consecutive one ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso who got past Mark Webber when the latter suffered from a KERS problem in his Red Bull. Lewis Hamilton closed up to Webber but couldn't get past and had to settle for 4th place. After this race Vettel extended his Championship lead to 13 points over Alonso.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Post race controversies
There was speculation in the media that the chaotic Indian customs regulations might have cost Fernando Alonso the race. This was because Ferrari could not get certain crucial auto parts and equipment flown into India because of the complex paperwork associated with Indian customs.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Post race controversies
A significant drop in race day attendance was noticed, as the number of fans attending the race dropped to 65,000 (from 95,000 in the previous year). Formula One president Bernie Ecclestone stated that he was not worried, and that attendance is always high in the first year and tends to go down in the second.


2012 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Post race controversies
There was also some discontent between Ferrari technical director Pat Fry and Alonso, when Fry stated in Twitter that "In order to be where we wanted and where we were capable of being, we needed to be perfect today and we weren't", after Alonso qualified fifth behind the Red Bulls and the McLarens. Alonso apparently took this as a jibe against his driving skills, and the Ferrari management had to prevent him from responding to it publicly.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes
The 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes were magnitude 8.6 and 8.2 Mw  undersea earthquakes that struck near the Indonesian province of Aceh on 11 April at 15:38 local time. Initially, authorities feared that the initial earthquake would cause a tsunami and warnings were issued across the Indian Ocean; however, these warnings were subsequently cancelled. These were unusually strong intraplate earthquakes and the largest strike-slip earthquake ever recorded.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Tectonic setting
The 2012 earthquake's epicenter was located within the Indo-Australian Plate, which is divided into two sub- or proto-plates: the Indian, and Australian. At their boundary, the Indian and Australian Plates converge at 11 mm (0.4 in) per year in a NNW–SSE direction. This convergence is accommodated by a broad zone of diffuse deformation. As part of that intraplate deformation, north–south trending fracture zones have been reactivated from the Ninety East Ridge as far east as 97°E.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Tectonic setting
The Indo–Australian Plate was formed after the amalgamation of the Indian Plate and the Australian Plate some 45 million years ago. However, there is a relative movement between the Indian Plate and the Australian Plate. A process which would eventually split the Indo-Australian Plate in two probably started 8 to 10 million years ago and is still taking place. The 2012 Indian Ocean earthquake is associated to the reactivation of the NNE-striking sea floor fabric.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Earthquake
The magnitude 8.6 (Mw) earthquake occurred about 610 km (379 mi) southwest of Banda Aceh, Indonesia at 08:38 UTC on 11 April 2012. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.9 km (14.2 mi), which is considered relatively shallow according to the scale used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake was originally reported as a magnitude 8.9, but was later downgraded to 8.6. It was felt as far away as Malaysia, the Maldives and in India. The earthquake was caused by a strike-slip motion. The earthquake and the largest aftershock had a fault displacement of 21.3 m (70 ft). The strike-slip nature of the earthquake meant that the movement displaced relatively little seawater and was less likely to cause a tsunami.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Earthquake
Both the initial earthquake and the magnitude 8.2 aftershock were classified (based on their focal mechanisms) as strike-slip earthquakes, meaning that the crust on either side shifted against each other horizontally, rather than vertically. Since 2006 there have been three other earthquakes in the area with a similar faulting style. All these earthquakes were consistent with either left-lateral slip on SSW–NNE orientated strike-slip faults, or right-lateral slip on WNW–ESE orientated strike-slip faults, both compatible with the direction of convergence. A back projection analysis of data collected by Hi-net, an observation network in Japan, found a complex pattern of four conjugate faults. There was a strong correlation between the fault rupture pattern and the distribution of the aftershocks.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Earthquake
These earthquakes have a complex rupture process. The rupture of these earthquakes occurred on multiple, almost orthogonal faults. This is rare in a single earthquake. This earthquake had an overall relatively slow rupture speed, although the speed was above the S-wave velocity in some fault segments. The rupture may have affected the crust and the upper mantle according to the kinematic source inversion. The rupture was caused by ductile shear heating instability which is different from frictional failure and operates between 600–800 °C (1,112–1,472 °F), which corresponds to about the depths of 40–60 km (25–37 mi).


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Earthquake
The serpentinization of oceanic lithosphere can lead to a low friction coefficient, but the reaction is possible only up to 400–500 °C (752–932 °F), which corresponds to the depth of about 25 km (16 mi). A single dynamic weakening mechanism which can work over the whole range of slip of this earthquake is still to be identified.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Earthquake, Damage
Four people in their 60s and 70s in Banda Aceh, and a 39-year-old man in Lhokseumawe died from heart attacks or shock. Injuries were reported in Aceh Singkil, including a child who was critically injured by a falling tree. The quake prompted people in Indonesia, Thailand and India to leave their homes and offices in fear of tsunamis. People headed for higher ground in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia. In Aceh, where 31,000 people were killed in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, people were reported weeping. Some people used cars and motorcycles to reach higher ground. Patients were reportedly wheeled out of hospitals, some with drips attached to their arms. One hotel guest was slightly injured when he jumped out of his window to save himself.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Earthquake, Damage
The earthquake was felt over a large area, including Indonesia, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, and Vietnam. The quake was felt across the eastern coast of India including Chennai, Bangalore, Kochi, Bhubaneswar, Vizag and Kolkata. The Metro Rail services were suspended in Kolkata, and passengers were asked to leave stations. In peninsular Malaysia, shaking was felt in Penang and Kuala Lumpur. The tremor was felt in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where people in some high-rise buildings were evacuated. In China, the earthquake was felt in Tibet. However, it was not reported to be felt in places closer to the epicenter such as Yunnan and Guangxi.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Earthquake, Aftershocks
A magnitude 8.2 aftershock struck at a depth of 16.4 kilometres (10.2 mi) about 430 km (267 mi) southwest of Banda Aceh at 10:43 UTC, two hours after the initial earthquake. It was oddly reported as an 8.8 Mw before being quickly Downgraded. Many aftershocks with magnitude readings between 5.0 and 6.0 were recorded for several hours after the initial earthquake which hit the west coast of northern Sumatra. Since the initial magnitude 8.6 earthquake, there have been 111 aftershocks over magnitude 4.0 according to USGS, including a magnitude 6.2 on 15 April 2012.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Tsunami warnings
Three hours after the initial quake it was still unclear whether a tsunami had been generated or if a tsunami had done any significant damage. A geophysicist from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) stated that a gauge closest to the epicenter recorded a wave peak of about 1 m (3 ft). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that at 10:14 UTC that a tsunami was generated and may have already caused some coastal destruction. A seismologist from the British Geological Survey said that the "tearing earthquake" displaced relatively little water and was therefore unlikely to cause a significant tsunami. Indonesian authorities also issued a statement saying that the likelihood of a tsunami was low.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Tsunami warnings
Tsunami warnings were issued in the following countries: Indonesia, Australia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Seychelles, Mozambique, Mauritius, Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa and the dependencies of Diego Garcia as part of the British Indian Ocean Territories, Crozet Islands, Réunion and Kerguelen Islands. Projected tsunami landfall times in GMT were: 8:38 for Indonesia, 11:38 for Sri Lanka, 14:38 for the Seychelles, 17:38 for Madagascar and 20:38 for South Africa.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Tsunami warnings, India
After the earthquake, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) issued a high-level tsunami warning for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Authorities told civilians to move away from the coast and towards higher ground. Areas subject to warnings included Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Prabkhakar Rao of the disaster control room in Port Blair said that there could be tsunamis as high as 1.5 m (4.9 ft) at Port Blair and 3.9 m (12.8 ft) at Campbell Bay.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Tsunami warnings, India
In Kolkata, underground Metro Railways services were stopped and tall office buildings and shopping malls were evacuated. Navy warships were put on high alert. The Indian Air Force dispatched two C-130s and one Il-76 aircraft to the Andaman islands.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Tsunami warnings, Sri Lanka
The Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights (Sri Lanka) authorised an evacuation order at 9:08 UTC advising people living near coastal regions to move to higher ground. The initial quake was not expected to affect Sri Lanka, but aftershocks were being monitored. Deputy Director M. D. Dayananda said that a tsunami could hit Trincomalee.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Tsunami warnings, Sri Lanka
As part of a risk mitigation measure, the Ceylon Electricity Board disconnected power supplies to coastal areas and railway control rooms. Coastal train services were suspended. The Road Development Authority removed toll charges from the Southern Sri Lanka Distributor to aid the evacuation. Coastal bus services were temporarily re-routed.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Tsunami warnings, Thailand
Six Andaman coast provinces urged people to go to high ground and stay away from areas that could be affected. Phuket International Airport was closed. The alerts caused panic as people fled buildings and made for high ground.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Tsunami warnings, Thailand
During the initial earthquake and for more than two hours after none of Thailand's free television stations reported the earthquake or tsunami warnings, preferring to continue a live broadcast of a royal family ceremony, despite the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC)'s urgent order directing the emergency information to be broadcast instead without delay. This caused criticism on the internet, although it was muted by a lèse majesté law. The Television Pool of Thailand defended their actions, saying that running texts about the warnings were displayed onscreen during the broadcast.


2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes, Tsunami
Small 0.5 m (20 in) waves, within regular tide limits, were reported in the Campbell Bay area of Great Nicobar Island, and 10 cm (4 in) waves were reported in Thailand. The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics said three small tsunamis struck the Aceh coast. The highest was 80 cm (31 in), at Meulaboh. After the sea was seen receding about 10 metres (33 ft) at Simeulue, a 1 m (3 ft) wave was observed. Simeulue is an island of fishing villages 150 km (93 mi) off the west coast of Sumatra.


2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster
The 2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster occurred on 21 June 2012, when a boat carrying more than 200 refugees capsized in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and the Australian external territory of Christmas Island. 109 people were rescued, 17 bodies were recovered, and approximately 70 people remain missing. The boat's passengers were all male and were mostly from Afghanistan.


2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster
The boat was discovered by an Australian Customs and Border Protection Service surveillance plane 109 nautical miles (202 km) south of Java at about 3:00 pm AWST. The boat had sent out a distress call on 19 June, but it failed to identify its location. On 20 June, the boat sent out a second distress call, at which point Australian authorities advised the boat to return to Indonesia. The boat was spotted later that day by a surveillance plane as it continued toward Australian waters. "No visual signs of distress" were observed by the plane's crew. Australian authorities then began to prepare to respond when the boat would enter their territory, but it capsized before leaving Indonesian waters.


2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster
About 40 survivors were found clinging to the upturned boat, while others were found on floating debris up to four miles (6 km) from the disaster's location. Survivors and bodies of the deceased were transported to Christmas Island aboard the patrol boat HMAS Wollongong. Rescue efforts were coordinated by Indonesian authorities with assistance from Australia. Eight Australian and Indonesian ships, plus five Australian aircraft, were still searching for additional survivors on 22 June. Australian Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare stated that the prospect of finding additional survivors was "increasingly grim", due to rough seas.


2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster
Human traffickers often disable their boats once they have entered Australian waters and send out distress calls to have their "cargo" picked up. Christmas Island is a popular target for asylum seekers, whose journeys sometimes end in tragedy. In a statement, the U.N. refugee agency said the tragedy "reinforces the need for renewed international solidarity and cooperation to find protection options for people".


2012 Indian Premier League
The 2012 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 5 or the IPL 2012 or the DLF IPL 2012 (owing to title sponsorship reasons), was the fifth season of the Indian Premier League, initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007 with the first season played in 2008. The tournament began on 4 April and ended on 27 May 2012. Kolkata Knight Riders were the winning team, beating defending champions Chennai Super Kings by five wickets in the final. This season the number of teams in the league went from ten to nine with the termination of Kochi Tuskers Kerala.


2012 Indian Premier League
Despite a slow start, IPL 5 earned a higher cumulative viewership than any previous edition of the IPL. The cumulative reach for 74 IPL 5 matches was recorded at 163 million against 162 million for 73 matches in IPL 4, and the final match had a higher reach than any previous final. The IPL 2012 edition was the most competitive season of which produced many nail biting finishes. In the 2012 season, there were 19 matches which produced results in the last over, and a couple of them produced results in the last ball. There were also 6 matches in which team won by a margin of less than 10 runs. Near the end of the season, the season faced various hurdles including a spot fixing case, which allegedly included 5 players caught on a sting operation carried on by a local news channel.


2012 Indian Premier League
The top four teams of the tournament (Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians) represented India in the 2012 Champions League Twenty20. The Fair Play Award was won by Rajasthan Royals, while Kings XI Punjab batsman Mandeep Singh was named the tournament's "Rising Star" and Kolkata Knight Riders bowler Sunil Narine was Player of the Season. This along with 2009 and 2016 are the only editions where a team topping the table at the end of league stage did not appear in the final.


2012 Indian Premier League, Termination of Kochi
The IPL Committee terminated the Kochi Tuskers Kerala franchise after it breached the BCCI's terms of conditions. Under the terms of the agreement, each franchise has to submit a bank guarantee every year that covers the fee payable to the BCCI. The team, founded in 2010, was bought for ₹ 1,550 crore and the consortium has to pay a bank guarantee of ₹ 1.56 billion every year until 2020. Despite this, the Tuskers' former players participated in this season's competition after being included in the players auction on 4 February 2012.


2012 Indian Premier League, Termination of Kochi
On 13 January, the BCCI asked the international players of Kochi Tuskers Kerala to register the individual court cases against the owners of the Kochi IPL team with the BCCI included as a party to each case.


2012 Indian Premier League, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held on 3 April night in Chennai at the YMCA Ground. The ceremony included some performances by Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Salman Khan, Prabhu Deva, Colonial Cousins, and Katy Perry. The opening game was held in the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, the home venue of the reigning champions Chennai Super Kings. The closing ceremony will also be held at the same venue.


2012 Indian Premier League, Teams and standings, Points table
("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. ' R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)


2012 Indian Premier League, Playoff stage
On 15 March, it was announced that due to the municipal election in Delhi, the playoff schedule was being slightly altered. The sites of 22 and 23 May matches were changed, with Pune now hosting the first qualifier on 22 May and Bengaluru hosting the eliminator on 23 May. Had the Royal Challengers Bangalore qualified for the playoffs, they would play the match in Bengaluru, switching which venue hosts which match if necessary.