2012 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz
The 2012 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 10th edition of the tournament and was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Biarritz, France between 9 and 15 July 2012. The singles championship was won by Romina Oprandi and the doubles championship was won by Severine Beltrame and Laura Thorpe.


2012 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry through a Lucky Loser spot:


2012 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz – Doubles
Alexandra Panova and Urszula Radwańska were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2012 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes
The 2012 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France between 7 and 13 May 2012.


2012 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes – Doubles
Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Petra Martić were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate.


2012 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes – Doubles
Alexandra Panova and Urszula Radwańska won the title defeating Katalin Marosi and Renata Voráčová in the final 7–5, 4–6, [10–6].


2012 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes – Singles
Sorana Cîrstea was the defending champion but decided to play at the 2012 Mutua Madrid Open instead.


2012 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes – Singles
Yulia Putintseva won the title defeating Patricia Mayr-Achleitner in the final 6–2, 6–1.


2012 Open GDF Suez de Marseille
The 2012 Open GDF Suez de Marseille was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Marseille, France, on 11–17 June 2012.


2012 Open GDF Suez de Marseille, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Open GDF Suez de Marseille, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry from a special exempt spot:


2012 Open GDF Suez de Marseille – Doubles
Irina-Camelia Begu and Nina Bratchikova were the defending champions, but both decided not to participate.


2012 Open GDF Suez de Marseille – Doubles
Séverine Beltrame and Laura Thorpe won the title, defeating Kristina Barrois and Olga Savchuk in the final, 6–1, 6–4.


2012 Open GDF Suez de Marseille – Singles
Pauline Parmentier was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Lourdes Domínguez Lino 3–6, 3–6.


2012 Open GDF Suez de Touraine
The 2012 Open GDF Suez de Touraine was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Joué-lès-Tours, France on 8–14 October 2012.


2012 Open GDF Suez de Touraine, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Open GDF Suez de Touraine – Doubles
Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiya Kichenok were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2012 Open GDF Suez de Touraine – Doubles
Séverine Beltrame and Julie Coin won the title defeating Justyna Jegiołka and Diāna Marcinkēviča in the final 7–5, 6–4.


2012 Open GDF Suez de Touraine – Singles
Alison Riske was the defending champion, but lost to Maria João Koehler in the semifinals.


2012 Open GDF Suez de Touraine – Singles
Monica Puig won the title defeating Maria João Koehler in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–1.


2012 Open GDF Suez – Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy were the defending champions but Shaughnessy decided not to participate. Mattek-Sands plays alongside Jarmila Gajdošová, but lost in the first round. Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond won the title, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Petra Martić 7–6(7–3), 6–1 in the final.


2012 Open GDF Suez – Singles
Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but she chose not to participate this year.


2012 Open GDF Suez – Singles
Angelique Kerber won her maiden WTA singles title, defeating Marion Bartoli in the final 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3.


2012 Open Prévadiès Saint–Brieuc
The 2012 Open Prévadiès Saint–Brieuc was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Saint-Brieuc, France between 2 and 8 April 2012.


2012 Open Prévadiès Saint–Brieuc, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Open Prévadiès Saint–Brieuc, Champions, Doubles
Laurynas Grigelis /  Rameez Junaid def. Stéphane Robert /  Laurent Rochette, 1–6, 6–2, [10–6]


2012 Open Prévadiès Saint–Brieuc – Doubles
Tomasz Bednarek and Andreas Siljeström were the defending champions but Siljeström decided not to participate. Bednarek paired up with Olivier Charroin. Laurynas Grigelis and Rameez Junaid won the title, defeating Stéphane Robert and Laurent Rochette 1–6, 6–2, [10–6] in the final.


2012 Open Prévadiès Saint–Brieuc – Doubles, Seeds
The top seeded team received a bye into the quarterfinals.


2012 Open Prévadiès Saint–Brieuc – Singles
Maxime Teixeira was the defending champion. Grégoire Burquier won the title by defeating Augustin Gensse 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3) in the final.


2012 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées
The 2012 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Saint-Gaudens, France, on 14–20 May 2012.


2012 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées – Doubles
Caroline Garcia and Aurélie Védy were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2012 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées – Doubles
Vesna Dolonc and Irina Khromacheva won the title, defeating Naomi Broady and Julia Glushko in the final, 6–2, 6–0.


2012 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées – Singles
Anastasia Pivovarova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2012 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées – Singles
Mariana Duque Mariño won the title, defeating Claire Feuerstein in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2.


2012 Open Seguros Bolívar
The 2012 Open Seguros Bolívar was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bogotá, Colombia between 9 and 15 July 2012.


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


2012 Open Seguros Bolívar – Doubles
Treat Conrad Huey and Izak van der Merwe were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Marcelo Demoliner and Víctor Estrella defeated Thomas Fabbiano and Riccardo Ghedin 6–4, 6–2 in the final to win the tournament.


2012 Open Seguros Bolívar – Singles
Feliciano López was the defending champion but lost in the first round. Alejandro Falla  won the final against Santiago Giraldo 7–5, 6–3.


2012 Open Sud de France
The 2012 Open Sud de France was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the Open Sud de France, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Arena Montpellier in Montpellier, France, from January 28 to February 5, 2012. It was the first edition to be held in January and the second held in Montpellier.


2012 Open Sud de France, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Open Sud de France, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 Open Sud de France, Finals, Doubles
Nicolas Mahut  /  Édouard Roger-Vasselin defeated  Paul Hanley /  Jamie Murray, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)


2012 Open Sud de France – Doubles
Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins were the defending champions but decided not to participate. However Huss chose not to compete and Hutchins teamed up with Colin Fleming. The French pair formed by Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin beat in the final the 3rd seeded Paul Hanley and Jamie Murray with the score 6–4, 7–6(7–4).


2012 Open Sud de France – Singles
Gaël Monfils was the last champion at the 2010 edition. Tomáš Berdych won the final 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 against Gaël Monfils.


2012 Open Sud de France – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2012 Open d'Orléans
The 2012 Open d'Orléans was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Orléans, France between 24 and 30 September 2012.


2012 Open d'Orléans, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Open d'Orléans, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:


2012 Open d'Orléans – Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Renavand are the defending champions, but lost in the first round this year. Lukáš Dlouhý and Gilles Müller won the title, defeating Xavier Malisse and Ken Skupski 6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–7] in the final.


2012 Open d'Orléans – Singles
Michaël Llodra was the defending champion. David Goffin defeated Ruben Bemelmans 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 in the final to win the title.


2012 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur
The 2012 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 28th edition of the Open de Nice Côte d'Azur and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club in Nice, France, from 21 May through 27 May 2012.


2012 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Doubles
Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer were the defending champions but decided not to participate together. Butorac played alongside Bruno Soares, while Rojer partnered up with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. Butorac lost in the first round to Paul Hanley and Julian Knowle and Rojer lost in the semifinals to American Bob and Mike Bryan, who won the tournament defeating Oliver Marach and Filip Polášek 7–6(7–5), 6–3 in the final.


2012 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Singles
Nicolás Almagro successfully defended his title defeating Brian Baker 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2012 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2012 Open de Rennes
The 2012 Open de Rennes was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rennes, France between 8 and 14 October 2012.


2012 Open de Rennes, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Open de Rennes, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2012 Open de Rennes – Doubles
Martin Emmrich and Andreas Siljeström were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Philipp Marx and Florin Mergea won the title, defeating Tomasz Bednarek and Mateusz Kowalczyk 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2012 Open de Rennes – Singles
Julien Benneteau was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Kenny de Schepper won the title, defeating Illya Marchenko 7–6(7–4), 6–2 in the final.


2012 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
The 2012 Open de Suède Vårgårda – team time trial was the 5th team time trial running on the Open de Suède Vårgårda. It was held on 17 August 2012 over a distance of 42.5 kilometres (26.4 miles) and was the sixth race of the 2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup season.


2012 Orange Bowl
The 2012 Discover Orange Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at Sun Life Stadium, now known as Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami Gardens, Florida. The West Virginia Mountaineers defeated the Clemson Tigers by a score of 70–33. West Virginia tied or broke eight separate team and individual bowl game records, while the combined 69 points West Virginia and Clemson scored in the first half set another new record. The game was part of the 2011–2012 Bowl Championship Series of the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams.


2012 Orange Bowl, Teams
The two schools were meeting for the second time. Coming into the game, Clemson had a 1–0 record over WVU, with a 27–7 victory in the 1989 Gator Bowl. This was Clemson's fourth appearance in the Orange Bowl, while it marked the first time WVU had been invited. Both teams averaged at least 33 points and over 440 yards per game.


2012 Orange Bowl, Teams, West Virginia
West Virginia finished the season in a three-way tie for the Big East Conference title, but earned the conference's BCS bid since it was the highest-ranked team in the final BCS rankings. The team scored 419 points (34.9 per game) this season, fourth highest average in school history. The Mountaineers scored 30 or more points in eight games, 40 or more points in four games and 50 or more points in two games during 2011. This year's team set a new school mark in the passing game (4,102 yards) with receiver Stedman Bailey accounting for 1,197 yards (a school record) and scoring 11 touchdowns.


2012 Orange Bowl, Teams, Clemson
Clemson won its first ACC championship in twenty years and appeared in its first major bowl since the 1982 Orange Bowl, when they won the national championship. The Tigers were 21st in the nation in passing with 285 yards per game. The team was led by quarterback Tajh Boyd, who was 18th in total offense, and by wide receiver Sammy Watkins, who was fourth in the nation with 173 yards per game. Watkins was also rated top-25 in receptions per game and kickoff returns.


2012 Orange Bowl, Records
West Virginia and Clemson together set or tied nine separate bowl records at the Orange Bowl:


2012 Orange Bowl, Gallery
Geno Smith and the West Virginia offense lined up against Clemson's defense.


2012 Orange Open Guadeloupe
The 2012 Orange Open Guadeloupe was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Le Gosier, Guadeloupe between 26 March – 1 April 2012.


2012 Orange Open Guadeloupe, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Orange Open Guadeloupe, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2012 Orange Open Guadeloupe, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:


2012 Orange Open Guadeloupe, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as a lucky loser into the singles main draw:


2012 Orange Open Guadeloupe – Doubles
Riccardo Ghedin and Stéphane Robert were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Albano Olivetti defeated Paul Hanley and Jordan Kerr 7–5, 1–6, [10–7] in the final to win the title.


2012 Orange Open Guadeloupe – Singles
Olivier Rochus was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals. David Goffin won the title, defeating Mischa Zverev 6–2, 6–2 in the final.


2012 Orbetello Challenger
The 2012 Orbetello Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Orbetello, Italy between 23 and 29 July 2012.


2012 Orbetello Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Orbetello Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:


2012 Orbetello Challenger – Doubles
Julian Knowle and Igor Zelenay were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Stefano Ianni and Dane Propoggia won the title, defeating Alessio di Mauro and Simone Vagnozzi 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2012 Orbetello Challenger – Singles
Filippo Volandri was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Roberto Bautista-Agut won the title, defeating Dušan Lajović 6–3, 6–1 in the final.


2012 Oregon Ballot Measure 80
Oregon Ballot Measure 80, also known as the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act, OCTA and Initiative-9, was an initiated state statute ballot measure on the November 6, 2012 general election ballot in Oregon. It would have allowed personal marijuana and hemp cultivation or use without a license and created a commission to regulate the sale of commercial marijuana. The act would also have set aside two percent of profits from cannabis sales to promote industrial hemp, biodiesel, fiber, protein and oil.


2012 Oregon Ballot Measure 80, Ballot qualification
OCTA organizers stated a goal of collecting 130,000 signatures of registered Oregon state voters before submitting a request to the Secretary of State for ballot inclusion. The deadline for turning in signatures was July 6, 2012, and was declared qualified to appear on the November 2012 ballot on July 13.


2012 Oregon Ballot Measure 80, Certified Ballot Title
Allows personal marijuana, hemp cultivation/use without license; commission to regulate commercial marijuana cultivation/sale


2012 Oregon Ballot Measure 80, Certified Ballot Title
Result of a "Yes" Vote: "Yes" vote allows commercial marijuana (cannabis) cultivation/sale to adults through state-licensed stores; allows unlicensed adult personal cultivation/use; prohibits restrictions on hemp (defined).


2012 Oregon Ballot Measure 80, Certified Ballot Title
Result of a "No" Vote: "No" vote retains existing civil and criminal laws prohibiting cultivation, possession and delivery of marijuana; retains current statutes that permit regulated medical use of marijuana.


2012 Oregon Ballot Measure 80, Certified Ballot Title
Summary: Currently, marijuana cultivation, possession and delivery are prohibited; regulated medical marijuana use is permitted. Measure replaces state, local marijuana laws except medical marijuana and driving under the influence laws; distinguishes "hemp" from "marijuana"; prohibits regulation of hemp. Creates commission to license marijuana cultivation by qualified persons and to purchase entire crop. Commission sells marijuana at cost to pharmacies, medical research facilities, and to qualified adults for profit through state-licensed stores. Ninety percent of net goes to state general fund, remainder to drug education, treatment, hemp promotion. Bans sales to, possession by minors. Bans public consumption except where signs permit, minors barred. Commission regulates use, sets prices, other duties; Attorney General to defend against federal challenges/prosecutions. Provides penalties. Effective January 1, 2013; other provisions.


2012 Oregon Ducks football team
The 2012 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games at Autzen Stadium for the 46th straight year, and was coached by Chip Kelly in his fourth and final year at Oregon. They are a member of the Pac-12 Conference in the North Division.


2012 Oregon Ducks football team
For the fifth straight season, Oregon swept all of their regional rivals in the Pac-12: Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State.


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season
The Ducks won their third straight conference title after defeating UCLA in the inaugural Pac-12 Football Championship Game. They represented the Pac-12 in the Rose Bowl, where they defeated Wisconsin 45–38 to win their first Rose Bowl game since 1917. It was their second Rose Bowl appearance in three years and their sixth overall. It was Oregon's third consecutive year in a BCS bowl game (prior to which having played in the 2010 Rose Bowl and the 2011 BCS National Championship Game), the longest active streak in college football. The Ducks finished the season 12–1 (8–1 Pac-12).


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Fresno State
1st quarter scoring: FRES – Quentin Breshears 39 Yd field goal; ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 39 Yd Run (Rob Beard Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 3 Yd run (Beard kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Fresno State
2nd quarter scoring: ORE – Colt Lyerla 22 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 51 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 3 Yd Run (Beard Kick); FRES – Quentin Breshears 43 Yd field goal


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Fresno State
3rd quarter scoring: FRES – Isaiah Burse 18 Yd Pass From Derek Carr (Breshears Kick); FRES – Quentin Breshears 25 Yd field goal


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Fresno State
4th quarter scoring: FRES – Quentin Breshears 37 Yd field goal; ORE – Kenjon Barner 16 Yd Run (Beard Kick); FRES – Robbie Rouse 2 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Tennessee Tech
1st quarter scoring: TNTC – Da'Rick Rogers 23 Yd Pass From Tre Lamb (Zachary Sharp Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 1 Yd Run (Rob Beard Kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 59 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Jake Fisher 1 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Tennessee Tech
2nd quarter scoring: ORE – Colt Lyerla 4 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 16 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Tennessee Tech
3rd quarter scoring: ORE – Keanon Lowe 3 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick); ORE – Bryan Bennett 4 Yd Run (Beard Kick); TNTC – Doug Page 6 Yd Pass From Darian Stone (Sharp Kick); ORE – Bryan Bennett 6 Yd Run (Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Tennessee Tech
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Byron Marshall 4 Yd Run (Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona
1st quarter scoring: ORE – Daryle Hawkins 17 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Rob Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona
2nd quarter scoring: ORE – Rob Beard 27 Yd field goal; ORE – Rob Beard 41 Yd field goal


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona
3rd quarter scoring: ORE – Colt Lyerla 1 Yd Run (Jackson Rice Pass To Rob Beard For Two-Point Conversion); ORE – Bralon Addison 55 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Ifo Ekpre-Olomu 54 Yd Interception Return (Beard Kick); ORE – Bryan Bennett 8 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Troy Hill 29 Yd Interception Return (Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington State
1st quarter scoring: ORE – Kenjon Barner 22 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed); WSU – Andrew Furney 18 Yd field goal; ORE – Marcus Mariota 13 Yd Run (Rob Beard Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 30 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick); WSU – Carl Winston 2 Yd Run (Pat Failed)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington State
2nd quarter scoring: WSU – Andrew Furney 20 Yd field goal; ORE – Rob Beard 34 Yd field goal; WSU – Brett Bartolone 26 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday (Furney Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington State
3rd quarter scoring: ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 4 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Avery Patterson 34 Yd Interception Return (Beard Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 10 Yd Run (Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington State
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Kenjon Barner 80 Yd Run (Beard Kick); WSU – Marquess Wilson 25 Yd Pass From Jeff Tuel (Furney Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington
1st quarter scoring: ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 16 Yd Run (Rob Beard Kick); ORE – Keanon Lowe 21 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick); ORE – Avery Patterson 43 Yd Interception Return (Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington
2nd quarter scoring: WASH – Bishop Sankey 1 Yd Run (Travis Coons Kick); ORE – Colt Lyerla 10 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Rob Beard Kick); ORE – Josh Huff 34 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington
3rd quarter scoring: ORE – Rob Beard 28 Yd field goal; WASH – Bishop Sankey 6 Yd Run (Coons Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Colt Lyerla 13 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick); ORE – Byron Marshall 4 Yd Run (Beard Kick); WASH – Erich Wilson II 1 Yd Run (Coons Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
1st quarter scoring: ASU – Kevin Ozier 28 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly (Alex Garoutte Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 71 Yd Run (Jackson Rice Pass To Rob Beard For Two-Point Conversion); ORE – Bralon Addison 6 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick); ORE – Marcus Mariota 2 Yd Pass From Bryan Bennett (Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
2nd quarter scoring: ORE – Kenjon Barner 1 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Marcus Mariota 86 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 1 Yd Run (Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
4th quarter scoring: ASU – Anthony Jones 36 Yd Interception Return (Garoutte Kick); ASU – D. J. Foster 23 Yd Pass From Michael Eubank (Garoutte Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Colorado
1st quarter scoring: ORE – Kenjon Barner 1 Yd Run (Rob Beard Kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 9 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Marcus Mariota 5 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Bralon Addison 16 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Colorado
2nd quarter scoring: ORE – Kenjon Barner 24 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 73 Yd Punt Return (Beard Kick); ORE – Daryle Hawkins 7 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Rob Beard Kick); ORE – Bryan Bennett 6 Yd Run (Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Colorado
3rd quarter scoring: COLO – Christian Powell 1 Yd Run (Will Oliver Kick); COLO – Christian Powell 20 Yd Run (Oliver Kick); ORE – Bryan Bennett 3 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Bryan Bennett 17 Yd Run (Beard Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, California
1st quarter scoring: ORE – Colt Lyerla 10 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Alejandro Maldonado Kick); CAL – Darius Powe 10 Yd Pass From Allan Bridgford (Vincenzo D'Amato Kick); ORE – Byron Marshall 3 Yd Run (Maldonado Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, California
2nd quarter scoring: CAL – D'Amato 27 Yd Field Goal; ORE – Maldonado 26 Yd Field Goal; ORE – Josh Huff 10 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, California
3rd quarter scoring: CAL – Isi Sofele 4 Yd Run (D'Amato Kick); ORE – Josh Huff 35 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick); ORE – Josh Huff 39 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, California
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Colt Lyerla 14 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick); ORE – Will Murphy 7 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick); ORE – B.J. Kelley 18 Yd Pass From Bryan Bennett (Maldonado Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Stanford
2nd quarter scoring: STAN – Kevin Hogan 1 Yd Run. (Jordan Williamson Kick); ORE – Keanon Lowe 28 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota. (Alejandro Maldonado Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Stanford
3rd quarter scoring: ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 6 Yd Run. (Maldonado Kick);


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Stanford
4th quarter scoring: STAN – Zach Ertz 10 Yd Pass From Kevin Hogan. (Williamson Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Stanford
Over Time scoring: STAN – Jordan Williamson 37 Yd Field Goal


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
1st quarter scoring: ORE – Marcus Mariota 42 Yd Run (Two-Point Conversion Failed);ORST – Storm Woods 7 Yd Run (Trevor Romaine Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
2nd quarter scoring: ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 2 Yd Run (Maldonado Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 1 Yd Run (Maldonado Kick); ORST – Trevor Romaine 36 Yd Field Goal


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
3rd quarter scoring: ORST – Storm Woods 2 Yd Run (Romaine Kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 5 Yd Run (Maldonado Kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 29 Yd Run (Maldonado Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Kenjon Barner 1 Yd Run (Maldonado Kick); ORE – B.J. Kelley 2 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick); ORST – Micah Hatfield 6 Yd Pass From Sean Mannion (Romaine Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Fiesta Bowl
1st quarter scoring:  ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 94 Yd Kickoff Return (Dion Jordan Run For Two-Point Conversion); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 23 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Alejandro Maldonado Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Fiesta Bowl
2nd quarter scoring:  KSU – Collin Klein 6 Yd Run (Anthony Cantele Kick); KSU – Anthony Cantele 25 Yd Field Goal ; ORE – Kenjon Barner 24 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Alejandro Maldonado Kick)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Fiesta Bowl
3rd quarter scoring:  ORE – Alejandro Maldonado 33 Yd Field Goal ; ORE – Marcus Mariota 2 Yd Run (Alejandro Maldonado Kick Blocked, Recovered By Kansas State For 1-Point Safety For Oregon)


2012 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Fiesta Bowl
4th quarter scoring:  KSU – John Hubert 10 Yd Pass From Collin Klein (Anthony Cantele Kick); ORE – Alejandro Maldonado 24 Yd Field Goal


2012 Oregon Secretary of State election
The 2012 Oregon Secretary of State election was held on November 6, 2012, to elect the Oregon Secretary of State. Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Kate Brown ran for a second term against Republican Knute Buehler. Brown and Buehler ran against each other again in the 2018 Oregon gubernatorial election.


2012 Oregon Secretary of State election, Candidates, Independent primary
Oregon allows candidates to be cross-nominated by up to three political parties. The Independent Party of Oregon holds a month-long online primary to select which candidate receives their nomination. The party chose candidates in a number of legislative and local races but only one statewide race, Secretary of State.


2012 Oregon State Beavers baseball team
The 2012 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team participated in the Pac-12 Conference. They were coached by Pat Casey and assistant coaches Marty Lees, Pat Bailey, and Nate Yeskie. They played home games in Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. The Beavers finished the season with a 40–20 overall record, and came in fourth (tied with Arizona State and Stanford, just two wins behind first) in the Pac-12 Conference Championship with 18 wins and 12 losses.


2012 Oregon State Beavers baseball team
The team was selected as the #2 seed to participate in the Baton Rouge Regional in the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, where they lost to #1 seed and #7 national seed Louisiana State 5–6 in the finals during extra innings.


2012 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, Previous season
Oregon State finished the 2011 regular season with a 41–17 overall record, and came in third in the Pac-12 Conference Championship with 17 wins and 10 losses. The team was selected to host a Regional in the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, and as such were seeded #1 in the Corvallis Regional. The Beavers won all three of their games in the Corvallis Regional and went on to play the Vanderbilt Commodores in the Nashville Super Regional, where they lost 1–11.


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


2012 Oregon State Beavers football team
The 2012 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Riley, in his tenth straight season and twelfth overall. Home games were played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, and they were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. The Beavers finished the season 9–4 and 6–3 in Pac-12 play; third place in the North Division and fourth overall. They were invited to the Alamo Bowl and were defeated by the Texas Longhorns.


2012 Oregon State Beavers football team, Previous Season
Oregon State finished the 2011 season with a record of 3–9, 3–6 in Pac-12 play, placing 5th place in the North Division.


2012 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Nicholls State
On August 29, it was announced that the season opener against Nicholls State would be postponed due to the effects of Hurricane Isaac. Oregon State instead had their season opener against Wisconsin on September 8. The game was rescheduled for December 1.


2012 Oregon legislative election
The 2012 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses for the 77th Oregon Legislative Assembly. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were on May 15, 2012, and the general election was on November 6, 2012. Sixteen of the Oregon State Senate's 30 seats were up for election, as were all 60 seats of the Oregon House of Representatives.


2012 Oregon legislative election
In the Senate, the Democrats kept a 16–14 majority, identical to their advantage in the previous legislative session. In the House, Democrats took a 34–26 majority, up from a 30–30 split in the previous session.


2012 Oregon legislative election, Oregon Senate
In the previous session, Democrats controlled the Senate with a 16–14 majority. Of the 16 seats up for election, eight were previously held by Democrats, and eight by Republicans.


2012 Oregon legislative election, House of Representatives
In the House, all 60 seats up for re-election. In the previous session, the house was evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, 30–30.


2012 Oregon state elections
On November 6, 2012, the U.S. state of Oregon held statewide general elections for four statewide offices (secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, and commissioner of labor), both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, and several state ballot measures.


2012 Oregon state elections
The primary elections were held on May 15, 2012. Both elections also included national races for President of the United States and five U.S. House Representatives. Numerous local jurisdictions — cities, counties, and regional government entities — held elections for various local offices and ballot measures on these days as well.


2012 Oregon state elections, Federal, President of the United States
Democratic incumbent Barack Obama defeated his Republican opponent Mitt Romney in the national presidential election. In Oregon, the voters also chose Obama, giving him all of Oregon's 7 electoral votes.


2012 Oregon state elections, Federal, United States House of Representatives
All five of Oregon's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for re-election in 2012. All five incumbents ran for and won re-election, including Democrat Suzanne Bonamici who won a special election in District 1 earlier in the year to replace Democrat David Wu.


2012 Oregon state elections, Statewide, Attorney General
Incumbent Oregon Attorney General John Kroger, first elected in 2008, announced in October 2011 that he would not seek a second term, citing undisclosed medical issues. In April 2012, he announced would resign his office in June to become president of Reed College. On June 29, Democrat Ellen Rosenblum was sworn in as interim Attorney General. Rosenblum, a former judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals, also defeated former U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton in the Democratic primary and will compete for a full term in November against Republican attorney James Buchal, who had a successful write-in campaign in the Republican primary.


2012 Oregon state elections, Statewide, Attorney General, Republican primary
No Republican filed to run in the primary, but a few weeks before the primary election, party officials sent postcards to Republicans urging them to write in Portland lawyer James Buchal. Buchal qualified for the general election with more than half the more than 25,000 write-in votes cast.


2012 Oregon state elections, Statewide, Secretary of State
Incumbent Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown, first elected in 2008, is seeking a second term. She defeated perennial candidate Paul Damian Wells in the Democratic primary and faces Republican orthopedic surgeon Knute Buehler in the general election. Buehler was unopposed in the Republican primary and also won the Independent Party nomination.


2012 Oregon state elections, Statewide, Secretary of State, Independent Party of Oregon
Oregon allows candidates to be cross-nominated by up to three political parties. The Independent Party of Oregon holds a month-long online primary to select which candidate receives their nomination. The party chose candidates in a number of legislative and local races but only one statewide race, Secretary of State.


2012 Oregon state elections, Statewide, State Treasurer
Incumbent Oregon State Treasurer Ted Wheeler was appointed to the position in March 2010 following the death of Ben Westlund. Wheeler subsequently won a November 2010 special election to complete the remainder of Westlund's term. He is seeking re-election to a full term in 2012. Tom Cox, a management consultant who ran for Governor as the Libertarian nominee in 2002, won the Republican nomination as a write-in candidate.


2012 Oregon state elections, Statewide, State Treasurer, Republican primary
No Republican filed to run in the primary, but a few weeks before the primary election, party officials sent postcards to Republicans urging them to write in Tom Cox, who won 5% of the vote as the Libertarian candidate for Governor in 2002. Cox won the majority of the more than 24,000 write-in votes to advance to the November general election.


2012 Oregon state elections, Statewide, Labor Commissioner
The Oregon Commissioner of Labor serves as the head of the state Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI), and is a nonpartisan position. Brad Avakian, a Democrat who has served as Commissioner since 2008, is running for re-election. Republican state Senator Bruce Starr is challenging Avakian.


2012 Oregon state elections, Legislative
The Democrats had a 16–14 majority  in the Oregon State Senate in the previous session. 16 of the 30 senate seats were up for election. In the Oregon House of Representatives, which was evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, all 60 seats were up for election. Democrats retained their 16–14 majority in the Senate, and took a 34–26 majority in the House.


2012 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures
Nine measures appeared on the November ballot. Two were legislative referrals, four were initiated constitutional amendments, and three were initiated state statutes.


2012 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Measure 77
Referred by the legislature. Amends Constitution: Governor may declare "catastrophic disaster;" requires legislative session; authorizes suspending specified constitutional spending restrictions.


2012 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Measure 78
Referred by the legislature. Amends Constitution: Changes constitutional language describing governmental system of separation of powers; makes grammatical and spelling changes.


2012 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Measure 79
Initiated constitutional amendment. Amends Constitution: Prohibits real estate transfer taxes, fees, other assessments, except those operative on December 31, 2009.


2012 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Measure 80
Initiated statute. Allows personal marijuana, hemp cultivation/use without license; commission to regulate commercial marijuana cultivation/sale.


2012 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Measure 81
Initiated statute. Prohibits commercial non-tribal fishing with gillnets in Oregon "inland waters," allows use of seine nets.


2012 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Measure 82
Initiated constitutional amendment. Amends Constitution: authorizes establishment of privately owned casinos; mandates percentage of revenues payable to dedicated state fund.


2012 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Measure 83
Initiated statute. Authorizes privately owned Wood Village Casino at the closed Multnomah Greyhound Park; mandates percentage of revenues payable to dedicated state fund.


2012 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Measure 84
Initiated statute. Phases out existing inheritance taxes on large estates, and all taxes on intra-family property transfers.


2012 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Measure 85
Initiated constitutional amendment. Amends Constitution: allocates corporate income/excise tax "kicker" refund to additionally fund K–12 public education.


2012 Oregon's 1st congressional district special election
A 2012 special election in Oregon's 1st congressional district was held on January 31, 2012, to fill a seat in the U.S. Congress for Oregon's 1st congressional district, following the resignation of Representative David Wu. Primary elections were held on November 8, 2011, with the Democrats selecting state senator Suzanne Bonamici and the Republicans selecting businessman Rob Cornilles.


2012 Oregon's 1st congressional district special election
Bonamici was declared the winner almost as soon as the ballot deadline expired at 8 pm PST. She carried every county in the district except Yamhill County, which Cornilles won by a seven-point margin.


2012 Oregon's 1st congressional district special election, Democratic primary
Ballots were due for the Democratic primary on November 8, 2011.


2012 Oregon's 1st congressional district special election, Republican primary
Ballots were due for the Republican primary on November 8, 2011.


2012 Oregon's 1st congressional district special election, Republican primary, Candidates
The following candidates have filed to run in the primary:


2012 Oregon's 1st congressional district special election, Independent primary
Oregon's cross nomination system, a form of fusion voting, allows a candidate for partisan public office to be nominated by up to three political parties. In November 2011, the Independent Party of Oregon held a primary, announcing the results on November 30. Suzanne Bonamici won the primary and was able list herself as the nominee of the Independent Party on the general election ballot.


2012 Oregon's 1st congressional district special election, Special general election
Ballots were due for the special election on January 31, 2012.


2012 Orica–GreenEDGE season
The 2012 season for the Orica–GreenEDGE cycling team began in January at the Bay Classic Series. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2012 Orica–GreenEDGE season
The team formed for the 2012 season as part of a scheme to promote cycling talent in Australia, and not come into such difficulties suffered by another Australian team – Pegasus Sports – which folded without contesting a race due to sponsorship issues. Much of the team's ridership is Australian, almost entirely anglophone, and the team competes under an Australian licence; as such, becoming the first Australian team to be part of the top-tier of professional cycling. Its manager is Shayne Bannan, the former Performance Director of Cycling Australia, while team's senior Director Sportif is ex-professional road cyclist Matt White, who had a similar role at Garmin–Cervélo before being sacked.


2012 Orica–GreenEDGE season
Known simply as GreenEDGE for the first four months of 2012, the team acquired Orica as a title sponsor shortly before the Giro d'Italia.


2012 Orica–GreenEDGE season, One-day races
The week after the Bay Classic Series, the team swept the Australian national championships in Buninyong, Victoria, as Gerrans – one of 16 GreenEDGE riders in the race – won the road race title, and Durbridge won the time trial title ahead of team-mate Cameron Meyer.


2012 Orica–GreenEDGE season, Stage races
The team made its debut on New Year's Day, in the Bay Classic Series in Victoria, Australia. Davis won the men's classification racing for GreenEDGE's second team in the race, Mitchelton Wines/Lowe Farms.


2012 Orica–GreenEDGE season, Stage races
In January, Gerrans won the Tour Down Under, giving the team an overall victory in its first World Tour event.


2012 Orienteering World Cup
The 2012 Orienteering World Cup was the 18th edition of the Orienteering World Cup. It contained 13 competitions, which took place in Sweden, Switzerland, Norway and Finland. The European Orienteering Championships in Falun, Sweden and the 2012 World Orienteering Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland were included in the World Cup.


2012 Orienteering World Cup, Overall standings
This section shows the final standings after all 13 events.


2012 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel
The 2012 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel was held from November 9 to 11 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round robin format, and the purse for the event was CAD$22,000. In the final, Steve Petryk defeated Robert Schlender with a score of 6–3.


2012 Origins Award winners
The following are the winners of the 39th annual (2012) Origins Award, presented at Origins 2013:


2012 Orkney Islands Council election
The 2012 Orkney Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Orkney Council. The election used the six wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 21 Councillors being elected.


2012 Orkney Islands Council election
As in 2007 Independents took all of the 21 seats on the Council. The Scottish National Party contested 4 wards in Orkney for the first time in 2012 but only secured 3% of the vote. The Council is again administered solely by Independents.


2012 Orkney Islands Council election, Election result
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.


2012 Orlando City SC season
The 2012 Orlando City SC season was the club's second season of existence. It is City's second consecutive year in the third tier of American soccer, playing in the USL Professional Division for their second season. In the 2011 season, Orlando City won the regular season and the playoffs. As of the 1 March 2012, there are approximately 3,500 season ticket holders for the 2012 season. They ended the season with winning the league title for the second consecutive year, but they lost in the Playoffs to the Wilmington Hammerheads in the Semi-final 3–4.


2012 Orlando City SC season, Background
In October 2010, the Orlando Pro Soccer USL rights were purchased by Phil Rawlins, who moved the Austin Aztex organization to Orlando, and the team was announced on October 25, 2010. Rawlins has stated that he intends to bring a Major League Soccer franchise to Orlando "within 3–5 years". Rawlins was able to bring international matches to the city in 2011 when Orlando played English Premier League sides Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle United. Rawlins is President and majority owner and Adrian Heath is the manager.


2012 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, Friendlies
Orlando City originally agreed to play Nottingham Forest F.C. on July 21, 2012. However, this match was canceled when Forest sacked their manager, Steve Cotterill. The team also canceled a friendly with Charleston Battery, forgoing their American tour altogether.


2012 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, USL Pro
All times from this point on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00)


2012 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
As part of the new format for the U.S. Open Cup in 2012, Orlando City entered with the other U.S.-based teams from USL Pro and the NASL in the second round. The first two rounds were drawn on May 1, 2012, and the third round was drawn on May 16, 2012.


2012 Orlando City SC season, Club, Squad information
* = Denotes players who were retained after the move of the Austin Aztex FC organization to form Orlando City S.C.


2012 Orlando Predators season
The 2012 Orlando Predators season was the 21st season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Bret Munsey and played their home games at Amway Center. Finishing with a 4–14 record, the Predators missed the playoffs for the first time since their inaugural season in 1991, snapping a streak of 19 consecutive playoff appearances.


2012 Orlando Predators season, Schedule
The Predators began the season at home against the Pittsburgh Power on March 9. They hosted the Milwaukee Mustangs in their final regular season game on July 22.


2012 Orlando Predators season, Final roster
Rookies in italics updated July 22, 201222 Active, 3 Inactive


2012 Orlando mayoral election
The 2012 Orlando mayoral election was held on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, to elect the mayor of Orlando, Florida. Incumbent mayor Buddy Dyer was elected to a third full term.


2012 Orlando mayoral election
Municipal elections in Orlando and Orange County are non-partisan. Had no candidate received a majority of the votes in the general election, a runoff would have been held on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, between the two candidates that received the greatest number of votes.


2012 Outback Bowl
The 2012 Outback Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on January 2, 2012, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season. It was the 26th edition of the Outback Bowl, and was telecast at 1:00 p.m. ET to a national audience on ABC. It featured the Georgia Bulldogs from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) versus the Michigan State Spartans from the Big Ten Conference. Michigan State won, 33–30, in the third overtime period.


2012 Outback Bowl, Teams
The Spartans and Bulldogs had met two times before. Georgia held a 2–0 all-time record against Michigan State coming into the game.


2012 Outback Bowl, Teams, Georgia
Georgia entered the game with a 10–3 record as the SEC East Division champion. In the 2011 SEC Championship Game,  Georgia lost to LSU 10–42. The Bulldog's defense entered the game ranked 3rd in the FBS in totals yards allowed, allowing only 268.5 yards per game.


2012 Outback Bowl, Teams, Michigan State
Michigan State entered the game with a 10–3 record as the Big Ten's Legends Division champion. In the 2011 Big Ten Football Championship Game, MSU lost to Wisconsin 39–42. The Spartan's defense entered the game ranked 5th in the FBS in total yards allowed, allowing only 272.7 yards per game. MSU also entered having lost 5 straight bowl games. The Spartan's last bowl win was the 2001 Silicon Valley Football Classic, where the Spartans beat the Fresno State Bulldogs 44–35.


2012 Outback Bowl, Game summary
The Bulldogs scored first when Brandon Boykin tackled Keshawn Martin in the end zone for a safety. On the ensuing drive, the Bulldogs drove to MSU's 5-yard line. However, on a 4th-and-1 play at the 5-yard line, UGA's Ken Malcome was stopped for a 1-yard loss, turning the ball over to MSU. The rest of the 1st quarter remained scoreless.


2012 Outback Bowl, Game summary
In the 2nd quarter, UGA scored on an 80-yard touchdown pass to Tavarres King to go up 9-0. On the ensuing drive, the Bulldog defense forced the Spartans to punt. UGA's Brandon Boykin preceded to return the punt 92 yards to go up 16-0 at the end of the half.


2012 Outback Bowl, Game summary
The Spartans finally got on board in the 3rd quarter on an 8-yard Le'Veon Bell touchdown run to cut the deficit 16-8 after a two-point conversion. MSU closed the gap even further when Darqueze Dennard intercepted Aaron Murray 38 yards for a touchdown. The two-point conversion attempt failed, making it 16-14 going into the 4th quarter.


2012 Outback Bowl, Game summary
Taking advantage of an interception, Georgia extended their lead 19-14 in the 4th quarter on a 32-yard field goal from Blair Walsh. The Spartans retook the lead on a 7-yard touchdown pass to Keith Nichol to make it 20-19 after a failed two-point conversion. Georgia responded with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Boykin to go up 27-20 after making a two-point conversion. On the ensuing drive, Jonathan Jenkins intercepted Kirk Cousins with only 3:56 left in regulation. However, Georgia was unable to run out the game clock and punted the ball away. With 85-yards to go, no timeouts and only 1 minute and 55 seconds left in regulation, Michigan State was able to tie the game 27-27 on a 1-yard touchdown run from Le'Veon Bell with only 14 seconds left in the game, forcing overtime.


2012 Outback Bowl, Game summary
Michigan State was on offense first in the 1st overtime period. The Spartan's offensive possession end when Kirk Cousins' pass was intercepted by Bacarri Rambo. UGA's Blair Walsh, however, missed a game winning 42-yard field, forcing a 2nd overtime period. Michigan State and Georgia both traded field goals to go into the 3rd overtime period tied 30-30. In the 3rd overtime period, MSU's Dan Conroy kicked a 28-yard field goal to go ahead 33-30. Georgia attempted to force a 4th overtime on a 47-yard field goal attempt from Blair Walsh. However, Walsh's kick was blocked, sealing the victory for Michigan State.


2012 Outback Bowl, Game summary
Georgia cornerback Brandon Boykin was named game MVP for scoring on offense, defense and special teams. Several Outback Bowl records were broken in the 2012 game, including longest punt return for a touchdown (Boykin's 92-yard punt return) and receiving touchdown (Tavarres King's 80-yard touchdown reception).


2012 Ovation Awards
The nominees for the 2012 Ovation Awards were announced on September 11, 2012, at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center in Hollywood, California. The awards were presented for excellence in stage productions in the Los Angeles area from September 1, 2011 to August 28, 2012 based upon evaluations from 250 members of the Los Angeles theater community.


2012 Ovation Awards
The winners were announced on November 12, 2012 in a ceremony at the Los Angeles Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. The ceremony was co-hosted by actress Jane Kaczmarek and Herbert Siguenza, co-founder of the performance troupe Culture Clash.


2012 Ovation Awards, Ovation Honors
Ovation Honors, which recognize outstanding achievement in areas that are not among the standard list of nomination categories, were presented when the nominations were announced.


2012 Oxford City Council election
Elections for Oxford City Council were held on Thursday 3 May 2012. As Oxford City Council is elected by halves, one seat in each of the 24 wards is up for election.


2012 Oxford City Council election
Overall turnout was 29.4%, down from 61.7% in 2010. However, the 2010 election was held on the same day as the general election, accounting for the unusually high turnout in that year. The lowest turnout (17.5%) was in Northfield Brook ward and the highest (42.5%) in Iffley Fields.


2012 Oxford City Council election, Results
Note: three UKIP candidates stood in this election, compared with one in 2010 and none in 2008. The last remaining councillor for the Independent Working Class Association, in Northfield Brook ward, stood down at this election; the seat was taken by the Labour Party.


2012 Oxford City Council election, Results
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


2012 PASOK leadership election
A leadership election was held on 18 March 2012 in the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), Greece's main centre-left party. The leadership election came after the resignation of PM George Papandreou on 11 November 2011 as part of the Greek government debt crisis and before the early election expected in April or May 2012. Due to strongly rising resistance against the two main parties (PASOK and New Democracy, the main conservative party), PASOK's ratings in opinion polls were at an unprecedented all-time low point, barely above 10%.


2012 PASOK leadership election
Christos Papoutsis (Minister of Citizen Protection in Lucas Papademos' technical government until his resignation on 7 March 2012) and Evangelos Venizelos (Minister of Finance in the technical government) were initially running for party leadership. Venizelos was unexpectedly being supported by Minister of Health and Social Solidarity Andreas Loverdos, who had been widely considered to be one of the frontrunners for the post.


2012 PASOK leadership election
However, as Papoutsis failed to collect the necessary signatures to stand in the election, Venizelos was elected unopposed at the party convention. He resigned as finance minister on 19 March 2012 and was replaced by Philippos Sachinidis on 21 March 2012.


2012 PBA All-Star Weekend
The 2012 PBA All-Star Weekend was the annual all-star weekend of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)'s 2011–12 PBA season. The events were held from May 10 to 13, 2012 at the Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena, Laoag, Ilocos Norte.


2012 PBA All-Star Weekend
Highlighting the weekend was the return of the Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors (RSJ) vs. Veterans format of the All-Star game, after being dropped following the 2001 event.


2012 PBA All-Star Weekend
Mark Macapagal and Jonas Villanueva achieved three-peats as they were again victorious in the Three-point Shootout and Obstacle Challenge, respectively.


2012 PBA All-Star Weekend
The players from Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters were pulled out from their respective events, days before the start of the weekend.


2012 PBA All-Star Weekend, Friday events, Greats vs. Stalwarts
Team Greats vs. Team Stalwarts will be the newest event for the All-Star Weekend. Team Greats and Team Stalwart will play with 4 PBA Legends each.


2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup
The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 2011–12 PBA season. The tournament began on February 10 and ended on May 6, 2012. The tournament is an import-laden format, which means that a team may sign an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with no height limit.


2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup, Format
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:


2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup, Imports
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.


2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
The 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) 2012 Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters and the B-Meg Llamados played for the 105th championship contested by the league.


2012 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup
The 2012 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup is the first of the two conferences of the 2012-13 PBA Developmental League season. There are three new teams participating the league: JRU Heavy Bombers, Fruitas Shakers and Informatics Icons.


2012 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup, Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the tournament:


2012 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup, Team standings, Schedule
^ Fruitas eventually won the game, 88-82 but their win was forfeited because of fielding an ineligible player that gave the win to the Bakers.


2012 PBA D-League Foundation Cup
The 2012 PBA D-League Foundation Cup is the second conference of the 2011-12 PBA D-League season. It is composed of 10 teams including the debut of Erase Plantcenta Erasers and Cagayan Rising Suns and the readmission of Junior Powerade Tigers as Freego Jeans Makers, PC Gilmore Wizards, Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men and Dub Unlimited Wheelers are disbanded.


2012 PBA D-League Foundation Cup, Eliminations, Standings
The table below shows the standings of each team at the end of elimination round:


2012 PBA Governors' Cup
The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, was the third and last conference of the 2011–12 PBA season. The tournament started on May 20 and culminated on August 5 with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters team defeating the B-Meg Llamados team by 4 games to 3.


2012 PBA Governors' Cup
The tournament was an import-laden format, which allowed an import or a pure-foreign player for each team and with a height limit of 6-foot-5.


2012 PBA Governors' Cup, Format
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:


2012 PBA Governors' Cup, Imports
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the entire conference.


2012 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup Finals is the best-of-7 championship series of the 2012 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters and the B-Meg Llamados competed for the 106th championship contested by the league.


2012 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
Rain or Shine won the series, four games to three, capturing their first championship in their franchise history. The Elasto Painters also prevented a possible series comeback from B-Meg after the Llamados won games 5 and 6 coming from a 1–3 deficit, in which last time to do so was during the 1991 First Conference Finals when Ginebra San Miguel won against Shell Rimula X from a 1–3 deficit.


2012 PBA draft
The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event held at Robinson's Midtown Mall in Ermita, Manila on August 19, 2012 which allowed PBA teams to draft players from the amateur ranks.


2012 PBA draft, Draft lottery
The lottery determined the team that will obtain the first pick on the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their cumulative win-loss record in the previous season, with records from the Philippine Cup having heavier weight.


2012 PBA draft, Draft lottery
The lottery was held on July 22, 2012 during halftime of Game 1 of the 2012 PBA Governors Cup Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. The Air21 Express won the rights to the first overall selection against the Alaska Aces, but due to a previous transaction, the draft rights of Air21 went to the Petron Blaze Boosters.


2012 PBA draft, Draft, 4th Round
Note: Air21, Alaska, Petron Blaze, and Talk 'N Text passed in this round.


2012 PBA draft, Draft, 5th Round
Note: Barako Bull, Meralco, Rain or Shine and B-Meg passed in this round.


2012 PBZ Zagreb Indoors
The 2012 PBZ Zagreb Indoors was an ATP men's tennis tournament played on hard courts indoors. It was the 7th edition of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place in Zagreb, Croatia from January 28 through February 5, 2012. Mikhail Youzhny won the singles title.


2012 PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Finals, Doubles
Marcos Baghdatis /  Mikhail Youzhny defeated  Ivan Dodig /  Mate Pavić, 6–2, 6–2


2012 PBZ Zagreb Indoors – Doubles
Dick Norman and Horia Tecău were the defending champions but Tecău chose not to compete and Norman teamed up with James Cerretani. They lost in the first round to Benjamin Becker and Alexander Waske. Marcos Baghdatis and Mikhail Youzhny won the final against Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavić 6–2, 6–2.


2012 PBZ Zagreb Indoors – Singles
Ivan Dodig was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Marcos Baghdatis.


2012 PBZ Zagreb Indoors – Singles
Third-seeded Mikhail Youzhny beat unseeded Lukáš Lacko in straight sets to take the 2012 title.


2012 PDC Pro Tour
The 2012 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They were the Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships, the UK Open Qualifiers, and the new European Tour events. This year there were 33 PDC Pro Tour events – 20 Players Championships, 8 UK Open Qualifiers, and 5 European Tour events.


2012 PDC Pro Tour, Prize money
Prize money for each Players Championship and UK Open Qualifier is £34,600, unchanged from 2011. Prize money for each European Tour event was £82,100.


2012 PDC Pro Tour, Prize money
In addition, the 32 players who failed to qualify for a European Tour event at the final qualifying stage receive £100. A further £400 per Pro Tour event (£800 per European Tour event) was reserved for a nine-dart finish. If this was not won in an event, it was carried over to the next event, and so on until a nine-dart finish was achieved. Once the prize fund was won, it reverted to the starting value for the next event.


2012 PDC Pro Tour, PDC Pro Tour Card
128 players were granted Tour Cards, which enabled them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.


2012 PDC Pro Tour, PDC Pro Tour Card, Q School
The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School took place at the Metrodome in Barnsley from January 19–22.


2012 PDC Pro Tour, PDC Pro Tour Card, Q School
Steve West  Stuart Kellett  Michael Barnard  Kurt van de Rijck


2012 PDC Pro Tour, PDC Pro Tour Card, Q School
A Q School Order of Merit was also created by using the following points system:


2012 PDC Pro Tour, PDC Pro Tour Card, Q School
To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merit. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:


2012 PDC Pro Tour, Youth Tour
The PDC Youth Tour consisted of 18 events held across seven weekends, where two events were played on the Saturday and one event on the Sunday with the exception of the final weekend. Events were open to players aged between 14 and 21 at the beginning of the year. The top 32 players from the Youth Tour Order of Merit qualified for the 2013 PDC World Youth Championship.


2012 PDC Pro Tour, Australian Grand Prix Pro Tour
The Australian Grand Prix rankings are calculated from events across Australia. The top player in the rankings automatically qualifies for the 2013 World Championship.


2012 PDC Pro Tour, Other PDC tournaments
The PDC also held a number of other tournaments during 2012. These were mainly smaller events with low prize money, and some had eligibility restrictions. All of these tournaments were non-ranking.


2012 PDC World Cup of Darts
The 2012 Cash Converters World Cup of Darts was the second edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 3–5 February 2012 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany.


2012 PDC World Cup of Darts
The Netherlands were the defending champions after the pair of Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompé defeated Wales, represented by Mark Webster and Barrie Bates in the final on 5 December 2010.


2012 PDC World Cup of Darts
England (represented by Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis) won the tournament, beating Australia (represented by Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson) 4–3 in a sudden-death leg.


2012 PDC World Cup of Darts, Format
24 countries in the PDC Order of Merit at the end of 4 January after the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship were represented at the PDC World Cup of Darts, with 19 from the 2010 edition to return, and the five others replaced by the Philippines, Malaysia, South Africa, Croatia and Hungary. Each nation's top ranked player was joined by the second highest player of that country. For seeding the average rankings of the players was used, with the top 8 nations automatically starting in round 2 and the other 16 nations starting in round 1.


2012 PDC World Cup of Darts, Format
The round 1 matches were shortened from best of 11 to best of 9 legs in doubles compared to 2010. The winners of round 1 played one of the top eight ranked teams in round 2, and it used the same format as the group stage in 2010, except that the sets were increased from best of 5 to best of 7 legs for singles and best of 9 legs for doubles matches. Two singles matches and a doubles match, with 1 point awarded for a singles win and 2 points awarded for a doubles win.


2012 PDC World Cup of Darts, Format
If the match score was 2-2 at the end of the match, then a sudden-death doubles leg decided who got through. The fixtures remained the same, the top ranked player in the country faced the second highest ranked player in the country. Another change have seen the winners of round 2 qualify for the quarter-finals, which replaced the group stage. The quarter-finals used the same format as round 2, except that the doubles matches were best of 7 legs. The semi-finals and final used the same format used in 2010, except that the sets were reduced from best of 11 to best of 7 and from best of 15 to best of 13 respectively.


2012 PDC World Cup of Darts, Teams and seeding
Five teams made their debut in the 2012 World Cup. South Africa became the first African team to participate, they were joined by Croatia, Hungary, Malaysia and the Philippines. They replaced Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia.


2012 PDC World Cup of Darts, Main draw
The bracket from the last 16 and the preliminary round matches were announced on 9 January 2012. The preliminary round teams were drawn against the seeded teams with pairings announced on 25 January 2012.


2012 PDC World Cup of Darts, Results, Second round
The singles matches (which were best of 7 legs) took place in the evening session on 3 February, with the doubles matches (which were best of 9 legs) taking place in the afternoon session on 4 February.


2012 PDC World Cup of Darts, Results, Quarter-finals
All matches (which were best of 7 legs) took place in the evening session on 4 February.


2012 PDC World Cup of Darts, Results, Semi-finals
All matches (which were best of 7 legs) took place in the afternoon session on 5 February. Four points were needed to win the tie.


2012 PDC World Cup of Darts, Results, Final
All matches (which were best of 13 legs) took place in the evening session on 5 February. Four points were needed to win the title.


2012 PDC World Cup of Darts, Television coverage
The tournament was broadcast by Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, RTL 7 in the Netherlands, Fox Sports in Australia and OSN Showtime Network in the Middle East and North Africa.


2012 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2012 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 19th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at the Alexandra Palace between 15 December 2011 and 2 January 2012.


2012 PDC World Darts Championship
Adrian Lewis was the defending champion having won the 2011 tournament. Phil Taylor became the last remaining player to have played in every PDC World Championship, after Dennis Priestley failed to qualify. For the first time players from Malaysia, Portugal and Serbia qualified.


2012 PDC World Darts Championship
Lewis was able to defend his title against Andy Hamilton in the final with a 7–3 win.


2012 PDC World Darts Championship
Sid Waddell, having commentated on the BDO World Championship from 1978 to 1994 for the BBC and on the PDC World Championship from 1995 to 2011 for Sky Sports, was forced to miss the 2012 PDC World Championship, having been diagnosed with bowel cancer in September 2011. He died in August 2012.


2012 PDC World Darts Championship, Format and qualifiers
The televised stages features 72 players. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit on 28 November 2011 are seeded for the tournament. They will be joined by the 16 highest non qualified players in the Players Championship Order of Merit from events played on the PDC Pro Tour.


2012 PDC World Darts Championship, Format and qualifiers
These 48 players are joined by two PDPA qualifiers (to be determined at a PDPA Qualifying event to be held in Wigan on 28 November 2011), the winner of the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit, and 21 international players: the 4 highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, and 17 further international qualifiers to be determined by the PDC and PDPA.


2012 PDC World Darts Championship, Format and qualifiers
Some of the international players, such as the 4 from the European Order of Merit, and the top American and Australian players are entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, are entered into the preliminary round.


2012 PDC World Darts Championship, Format and qualifiers
In case a player has to withdraw from the competition, the first reserve player that will take his spot is the third-place finisher in the PDPA qualifier, Chris Thompson. It is the first time a match for third place was held at the qualifier.


2012 PDC World Darts Championship, Prize money
The 2012 World Championship features a prize fund of £1,000,000 – the same as in the previous two years.


2012 PDC World Darts Championship, Draw
The draw was made on 29 November 2011, live on Sky Sports News by Rod Harrington & Keith Deller.


2012 PDC World Darts Championship, Draw, Preliminary round
The format is best of 7 legs. One match is played each day with the winner playing his first round match that same day. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 28 November 2011.


2012 PDC World Darts Championship, Draw, Last 64
The winners of the eight preliminary round matches joined 56 other players in the first round. The schedule was published on 2 December 2011.


2012 PDC World Darts Championship, Statistics
Last updated: 2 January 2012Source: Match reports from the main draw


2012 PDC World Darts Championship, Representation from different countries
This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round.


2012 PDC World Darts Championship, Television coverage
The tournament was broadcast by Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, RTL 7 in the Netherlands, Sport1 in Germany, Fox Sports in Australia and Showtime in the Middle East.


2012 PDC World Youth Championship
The 2012 PDC World Youth Championship was the second edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 14 and 23.


2012 PDC World Youth Championship
The knock-out stages from the last 64 to the semi-finals were played in Crawley on 4 November 2011 and weren't broadcast live on TV. The final took place on 17 May 2012, before the final of the 2012 Premier League Darts, which was shown live on Sky Sports. The two finalists became PDC Pro Tour card holders for 2012 and 2013, and also received invitations to the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts.


2012 PDC World Youth Championship
Arron Monk was the defending champion, but he lost to Matthew Dicken in the first round. Michael van Gerwen, who lost the 2010 final, and James Hubbard contested the final at The O2 Arena, London. Hubbard won in the final 6–3.


2012 PDC World Youth Championship, Qualification
The tournament featured 64 players. The top 28 players in the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit automatically qualified for the tournament, with the top eight players being seeded. They were joined by qualifiers from 26 Rileys Dart Zone tournaments throughout the United Kingdom, as well as 10 international qualifiers.


2012 PDL season
The 2012 USL Premier Development League season was the 18th season of the PDL. The regular season began on 22 April with a match between the Los Angeles Misioneros and Fresno Fuego, and ended with 14 matches on 15 July 2012. The regular season was followed by a postseason tournament of conference winners which determined the league's champion, Forest City London. Thirteen teams were added to the league and 4 teams dropped, bringing the total number of teams in the league to 73 for 2012.


2012 PDL season, Changes from 2011, Realignment
The Nashville Metros were moved from the Southeast Division of the Southern Conference to the South Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.


2012 PDL season, Standings
Note: The first tie-breaker in PDL standings is head-to-head results between teams tied on points, which is why some teams with inferior goal differences finish ahead in the standings.


2012 PDL season, Conference Championships
As in prior years, each of the four conferences will hold a conference championship. In 2012, the location for each conference championship will be held the weekend of 20–22 July with the host team decided by a bidding process with preference given to the teams with the best records. The winner of the four conference championships will then compete in the PDL Championship held 27–29 July and 4 August.


2012 PDL season, Conference Championships, Divisional Playoffs
Five of the divisions have additional matches in order for teams to qualify for the conference championship.


2012 PDL season, Conference Championships, Divisional Playoffs
In the Great Lakes Division the 2nd and 3rd place teams qualify for a play in match; however, the 3rd place River City Rovers ceded the match to Forest City London who qualified for the Central Conference Championship.


2012 PDL season, Conference Championships, Divisional Playoffs
In the Northwest Division, the top 4 teams qualify for a play-in match with the #4 seed playing at the home pitch of the top seed; and the #3 seed playing at the #2 seed. The winners of these matches then qualify for the Western Conference Championships. These matches were played on 7/14 and 7/15 with Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers U-23 teams winning.


2012 PDL season, Conference Championships, Divisional Playoffs
In the Eastern Conference, there are three divisions. The team with the best overall record in the conference qualifies for the Conference Championships directly, and, from that team's division, the 2nd and 3rd place teams compete in a play-in match. In 2012, Ocean City from the Mid Atlantic Division had the best overall all record. Therefore, 3rd place Jersey Expressed traveled to 2nd place Reading United on 17 July to determine the 2nd team from the Mid Atlantic that would qualify for the Conference Championships. Reading United won the match 3–1 with an extra time goal scored in the 119th minute and a penalty goal in stoppage time.


2012 PDL season, Conference Championships, Divisional Playoffs
The top two teams from the other two divisions will also compete in a play-in match. In the Northeast Division, the Ottawa Fury hosted the GPS Portland Phoenix on 17 July with Ottawa claiming victory after extra time 3–2. The Carolina Dynamo hosted the Real Maryland Monarchs in the South Atlantic play-in match, with Carolina easily cruising to a 5–0 victory. The Eastern Conference Championships which will be hosted by Carolina Dynamo.


2012 PDL season, PDL Championship
The 2012 PDL Championship will consist of 4 teams, the winner of each Conference Championship, with the semi-finals being held on Saturday, 28 July and the finals being played Saturday, 4 August. The host sites were determined following the completion of the Conference Championships.


2012 PDL season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Eastern Conference
F: Deshorn Brown (REA) *, Alencar Junior (WOR), David Neuberth (RMD)M: Christian Barreiro (BAL), Jason Massie (GPS), Stephen Okai (REA)D: Patrick Boucher (CON), Marcello Castro (OTT), Greg Cochrane (REA), Sebastien Ibeagha (CAR) * G: John McCarthy (OCN)


2012 PDL season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Central Conference
F: Jordan Ayris (LON), Sullivan Silva (THU) *, Branden Stelmak (CIN)M: Tom Catalano (MIB) *, Bryan Ciesiulka (CHI), Jordan Green (KCB) * D: Sicelo Buthelezi (THU), Kevin Cope (MIB) *, Lorne Donaldson (RCO), Peter Nechvatal (KCB)G: Adam Grinwis (MIB) *


2012 PDL season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Western Conference
F: Jaime Chavez (LAM), Mark Sherrod (POR) *, Gyasi Zardes (VCF)M: Ben Fisk (VAN), Matt Friesen (KIT) *, Frankie López (VCF)D: James Farenhorst (VAN), Stephen Mohn (KIT), Conor Spence (TUC), DeAndre Yedlin (SEA) * G: Elliott Mitrou (VIC)


2012 PDL season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Southern Conference
F: Karamba Janneh (OCA), Chrispin Ochieng (MIS), Kris Tyrpak (AUS)M: Juan de Dios Ibarra-Trevino (AUS), Douglas dos Santos (OCA), Kekuta Manneh (AUS)D: Taian de Souza (PAN), Oumar Diakhite (ORL), Max Gunderson (LAR) *, Zack Pope (AUS)G: Alonso Jiménez (WTX)


2012 PDPA Players Championship 9
The 2012 PDPA Players Championship 9 was one of a series of twenty knockout darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) that year within the PDC Pro Tour. The winner was the English player Dave Chisnall.


2012 PEI Tankard
The 2012 PEI Tankard was held from January 26 to 31 at the Cornwall Curling Club in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island. The winning team of Mike Gaudet, represented Prince Edward Island at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.


2012 PFF League
The 2012–13 PFF League is the 9th season of second tier of Pakistan Football Federation. The season started on 13 November 2012 and concluded on 21 December 2012.


2012 PGA Championship
The 2012 PGA Championship was the 94th PGA Championship, played August 9–12 at the Ocean Course of the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, southwest of Charleston. Rory McIlroy shot a bogey-free 66 (−6) in the final round to win his second major title by eight strokes over runner-up David Lynn.


2012 PGA Championship
The victory margin was a record for the PGA Championship, surpassing the seven-stroke win in 1980 by Jack Nicklaus for his fifth PGA and seventeenth major title. The winner of the U.S. Open in 2011, also by eight strokes, McIlroy became the sixth-youngest winner of two majors at 23 years and 3 months.


2012 PGA Championship
Television coverage was provided in the United States by CBS and TNT, and in the United Kingdom by Sky Sports.


2012 PGA Championship
It was the first major championship at Kiawah Island; the Ocean Course hosted the Ryder Cup in 1991. The PGA Championship returned in May 2021.


2012 PGA Championship, Field
The following qualification criteria were used to select the field. Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified with additional categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.


2012 PGA Championship, Field
1. All former PGA ChampionsRich Beem, Keegan Bradley (6,8,10), Mark Brooks, John Daly, Pádraig Harrington (4,8,9), Martin Kaymer (9), Davis Love III, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (3,8,9,10), Vijay Singh (8), David Toms (6,8), Tiger Woods (2,8,9,10), Yang Yong-eun


2012 PGA Championship, Field
The following former champions did not compete: Paul Azinger, Jack Burke Jr., Steve Elkington, Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Don January, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins


2012 PGA Championship, Field
2. Last five U.S. Open championsLucas Glover, Graeme McDowell (8,9), Rory McIlroy (8,9,10), Webb Simpson (8,10)


2012 PGA Championship, Field
3. Last five Masters championsÁngel Cabrera, Trevor Immelman (6), Charl Schwartzel (6), Bubba Watson (8,9,10)


2012 PGA Championship, Field
4. Last five British Open championsStewart Cink, Darren Clarke, Ernie Els (8), Louis Oosthuizen (8)


2012 PGA Championship, Field
6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2011 PGA ChampionshipLuke Donald (8,9,10), Jason Dufner (8,10), Sergio García, Bill Haas (8,10), Anders Hansen, Robert Karlsson, Kevin Na (8,10), D. A. Points (8), Adam Scott (8), Steve Stricker (8,9,10), Scott Verplank, Nick Watney (8), Lee Westwood (8,9), Gary Woodland


2012 PGA Championship, Field
7. 20 low scorers in the 2012 PGA Professional National ChampionshipDanny Balin, Frank Bensel, Mark Brown, Brian Cairns, Jeff Coston, Matt Dobyns, Michael Frye, Brian Gaffney, Marty Jertson, Darrell Kestner, Mitch Lowe, Kelly Mitchum, Alan Morin, Bill Murchison III, Rod Perry, Corey Prugh, Paul Scaletta, Mike Small, Bob Sowards, Doug Wade


2012 PGA Championship, Field
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2012 PGA Championship, Field
Top 70 leaders in  from the 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to the 2012 RBC Canadian OpenAaron Baddeley, Jonathan Byrd, Bud Cauley, K. J. Choi, Ben Curtis (10), Brian Davis, Jason Day, Brendon de Jonge, Ken Duke, Matt Every, Rickie Fowler (9,10), Jim Furyk (9), Tommy Gainey, Robert Garrigus, Peter Hanson (9), Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III, John Huh (10), Dustin Johnson (9,10), Zach Johnson (9,10), Matt Kuchar (9,10), Martin Laird, Marc Leishman (10), Spencer Levin, Hunter Mahan (9,10), George McNeill (10), Bryce Molder (10), Ryan Moore, Noh Seung-yul, Geoff Ogilvy, Ryan Palmer, Pat Perez, Carl Pettersson (10), Scott Piercy (10), Ted Potter Jr. (10), Chez Reavie, John Rollins, Justin Rose (10), Rory Sabbatini, John Senden, Brandt Snedeker (10), Kyle Stanley (10), Michael Thompson, Cameron Tringale, Bo Van Pelt, Johnson Wagner (10), Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson (10)


2012 PGA Championship, Field
9. Members of the United States and European 2010 Ryder Cup teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking on July 30)Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Francesco Molinari, Ian Poulter


2012 PGA Championship, Field
10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2011 PGA ChampionshipJ. J. Henry, Scott Stallings


2012 PGA Championship, Field
11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings). Blake Adams, Sean O'Hair, Jeff Overton, Jimmy Walker


2012 PGA Championship, Field
12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed aboveThomas Aiken, Robert Allenby, Bae Sang-moon, Thomas Bjørn, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Paul Casey, Greg Chalmers, Tim Clark, George Coetzee, Nicolas Colsaerts, Jamie Donaldson, Simon Dyson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Marcus Fraser, Hiroyuki Fujita, Retief Goosen, Branden Grace, Michael Hoey, Ryo Ishikawa, Freddie Jacobson, Thongchai Jaidee, Brendan Jones, Kim Kyung-tae, Pablo Larrazábal, Paul Lawrie, Joost Luiten, David Lynn, Matteo Manassero, Alex Norén, José María Olazábal, Thorbjørn Olesen, Álvaro Quirós, Robert Rock, Marcel Siem, Jeev Milkha Singh, Toru Taniguchi, Bernd Wiesberger


2012 PGA Championship, Field
Nine players appeared in their first major: Matt Dobyns, Michael Frye, William McGirt, Bill Murchison III, Rod Perry, Corey Prugh, Paul Scaletta, Doug Wade and Bernd Wiesberger.


2012 PGA Championship, Field, Past champions in the field
Thirteen former champions were in the field, including two multiple winners.


2012 PGA Championship, Round summaries, First round
In good weather conditions, Carl Pettersson jumped out to a one-stroke lead with a bogey-free 66 (−6). Joost Luiten had raced to eight-under-par through 14 holes, but bogeyed each of his final four holes to fall back into the pack. World number one Luke Donald struggled to an opening 74 (+2), but number two Tiger Woods shot 69 (−3) in the morning wave of players.


2012 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Second round
The wind gusted 20–30 mph (30–50 km/h) throughout the day on Friday, making conditions much tougher than the first round of the tournament. Scoring was the toughest on record since the championship assumed a strokeplay format in 1958, with the average round being over 78; 72 players made the cut which fell at 150 (+6).


2012 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Leader Pettersson backed up with a 74 (+2) but that was good enough to stay in a tie for the lead with two other players: Vijay Singh, the 1998 and 2004 champion, shot the lowest round of the day, 69 (−3), while Tiger Woods also rose into a tie for the lead with a 71 in which he made three birdies and two bogeys and stroked only 26 putts.


2012 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Second round
The tough conditions and long course created very slow play; one player, Luiten, chose to complete his second round early on Saturday morning (the other two in his threesome chose to finish their rounds in near-darkness on Friday). He birdied the eighteenth for a round of 76 (+4), which put him at even-par 144.


2012 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Weather conditions continued to worsen, and a fierce thunderstorm blew in late afternoon on Saturday, causing play to be postponed for the day with 26 of the 72 players still out on the course. Until the delay, scoring had been a little easier: world number 3 Rory McIlroy surged early with five birdies in his opening eight holes, and a remarkable par save on the third after his drive lodged in a tree.


2012 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Third round
However, a bogey on nine, his final hole of the day, dropped him back into a share of the lead with two-time champion Singh, 26 years McIlroy's senior and attempting to become the oldest major winner in history. They led Adam Scott, also enjoying a fast start, by one, as Scott attempted to shrug off his near miss at the year's previous major. Woods struggled early and was three-over par with a lengthy putt for par at the eighth when play was halted. The overnight clubhouse lead was held by Bo Van Pelt, who carded a five-under 67 early to move to three-under for the week.


2012 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Third round, Weather delay
The leaderboard when play was halted on Saturday at 4:50 pm EDT:


2012 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Ian Poulter made an early charge by making five birdies in a row to start his round, but his charge fizzled on the back nine and he finished with four bogeys in the last six holes. Pettersson was in contention early in the round with a front nine 34 despite a rules infraction where he received a two-stroke penalty from moving a leaf in a lateral hazard, though he also fell out of contention on the back nine when McIlroy pulled away. Defending champion Keegan Bradley tied for third after a final-round 68. McIlroy shot a bogey-free 66 (−6) with only 24 putts, winning the championship by a record eight strokes, capped with a twenty-foot (6 m) birdie putt on the final hole. The previous PGA record winning margin was seven strokes, by Jack Nicklaus at age forty in 1980, his 17th major.


2012 PGA Tour
The 2012 PGA Tour, the 45th season since the Tour became independent from the PGA of America, consisted of a total of 45 official money events running from early January to mid November. The schedule, announced on October 19, 2011, has four phases:


2012 PGA Tour
The regular season will include all four major championships and three of the World Golf Championships events. All four majors and all four WGC events are also sanctioned by the European Tour.


2012 PGA Tour, Schedule
The following table lists the main season events for 2012. "Date" is the ending date of each event. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on tour up to and including that event. "OWGR points" is the number of Official World Golf Ranking points awarded for that tournament.


2012 PGA Tour, Schedule, Unofficial events
The following events did not carry official money; however, Ian Poulter's win in the WGC-HSBC Champions is considered an official win.


2012 PGA Tour Latinoamérica
The 2012 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the first season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, having converted from the Tour de las Américas which ceased to operate in 2012. PGA Tour Latinoamérica is operated and run by the PGA Tour.


2012 PGA Tour Latinoamérica, Schedule
The table below shows the 2012 schedule. "Date" is the ending date of each event. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on tour up to and including that event. OWGR is the number of Official World Golf Ranking points awarded for that tournament.


2012 PGA Tour Latinoamérica, Schedule
The 2012 schedule included 11 tournaments and ran from September 5  to December 16.


2012 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 26 players who earned their 2013 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2012. 2012 was the final year Q School would grant direct access to the PGA Tour. Future Q Schools will only grant access to the second-tier Web.com Tour. Brad Fritsch previously earned his 2013 PGA Tour card through his finish on the 2012 Web.com Tour money list; he did not count against the 25, but did improve his status.


2012 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates, 2013 Results
Brad Fritsch and Bobby Gates regained their cards for 2014 through the Web.com Tour Finals.


2012 PGA Tour of Australasia
The 2012 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia were played in the southern summer so they were split between the first and last months of the year.


2012 PGA Tour of Australasia, Tournament results
The table below shows the 2012 schedule. It only lists official money events on the tour. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.


2012 PIFL season
The 2012 Professional Indoor Football League season was the inaugural season of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). The regular season began March 10, 2012, and ended on June 16, 2012. Each team played a 12-game schedule. The top 4 teams in the regular season standings commenced the playoffs on June 23. The final was played June 30, with the Albany Panthers defeating the Richmond Raiders to win the inaugural championship.


2012 PLFA season
The 2012 season of the Polish American Football League was the seventh season played by the american football leagues in Poland. In 2012, the Topliga was created as a major league with a bid (invitation) rule. Remaining teams was divided into two leagues (PLFA I and PLFA II) between which there is promotion and relegation. Both, PLFA I and PLFA II, was divided into two divisions, for the geographical reason.


2012 PLFA season
Regular season of the Topliga took place between March 24 and June 17, 2012. The Polish champion was determined in the play-off final - the VII SuperFinal PLFA (known as the Polish Bowl VII). The Seahawks Gdynia beat the Warsaw Eagles in the championship game 52–37 hosted at the National Stadium in Warsaw.


2012 PSA World Series
The PSA World Series 2012 is a series of men's squash tournaments which are part of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour for the 2012 squash season. The PSA World Series tournaments are some of the most prestigious events on the men's tour. The best-performing players in the World Series events qualify for the annual 2012 PSA World Series Finals tournament. Amr Shabana won his second PSA World Series Squash Finals trophy, beating Nick Matthew in the final.


2012 PSA World Series, PSA World Series Ranking Points
PSA World Series events also have a separate World Series ranking. Points for this are calculated on a cumulative basis after each World Series event. The top eight players at the end of the calendar year are then eligible to play in the PSA World Series Finals.


2012 PSA World Series, World Series Standings 2012
Bold – The first eight players present for the final


2012 PSA World Series Finals
The 2012 PSA World Series Finals is the men's edition of the 2012 PSA World Series Finals (Prize money : $110 000). The top 8 players in the PSA World Series 2012 were qualified for the event. The event took place at the Queen's Club in London in England between 2–6 January 2013. Amr Shabana won his second PSA World Series Finals trophy, beating Nick Matthew in the final.


2012 PSA World Tour
The PSA World Tour 2012 is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2012 squash season. The most important tournament in the series is the World Championship held in Doha in Qatar. The tour features three categories of regular events, World Series, which feature the highest prize money and the best fields, International and Challenger. The Tour is concluded by the PSA World Series Finals, the end of season championship for the top 8 rated players.


2012 PSA World Tour, Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the PSA World Rankings top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2012 season: