2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
On the approach to the final chicane Senna, on a flying lap, was held up by the slow-moving Vergne and gesticulated wildly out of his cockpit, forsaking his next flying lap in frustration. Vergne was issued with a three-place grid penalty for the race after he made the cut for the second part in qualifying in seventeenth. Vergne said that he had to slow down because he was catching Timo Glock before his flying lap.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Michael Schumacher left his flying laps until the dying moments of the session, and after making a mistake at the second Degner curve, he found himself in last place with one last lap to make it into Q2; he was slower than Senna in the first two sectors of the circuit before crossing the line with the sixteenth fastest time, pushing Senna out. The Lotus of Romain Grosjean set the session's fastest time on the softer compound tyres, followed by the two Saubers and his teammate Kimi Räikkönen, who also needed to use those tyres.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Behind Senna was the Caterham of Heikki Kovalainen in nineteenth, albeit with a time more than a second slower than Senna. His teammate, Vitaly Petrov, had a disappointing session qualifying in twenty-third place, as the two Marussia cars sandwiched an impressive HRT of Pedro de la Rosa, with Timo Glock taking twentieth and Charles Pic taking twenty-second. Petrov was, however, only two tenths slower than Glock, but three tenths faster than Narain Karthikeyan who took last place on the grid.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
As Vergne qualified in seventeenth place in Q2, and Michael Schumacher came to the race with a ten-place grid drop penalty for causing an avoidable incident in Singapore after eventually qualifying 13th – Senna, Kovalainen and Glock started two places further up on the grid in 16th, 17th and 18th respectively, and behind Vergne, de la Rosa, Pic and Petrov moved up one place on the grid to start from 20th, 21st and 22nd respectively in front of Schumacher and Karthikeyan.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Every car used the option tyres during the second part of qualifying. Di Resta complained over his pit-to-car radio after he had to weave in and out of Webber and Grosjean on a flying lap approaching the final chicane. This was not his fastest time, however, as he missed out on reaching the final part of qualifying by just half a tenth of a second, in twelfth place.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The Toro Rossos failed to progress in the session in sixteenth and seventeenth, with Daniel Ricciardo out-qualifying Vergne for the eleventh time in 2012, and the Mercedes duo of Schumacher – attempting to save tyres again with a last minute effort – and Nico Rosberg in thirteenth and fifteenth respectively, with the Williams of Pastor Maldonado splitting them. Felipe Massa was the last man out on track at the end of the session, and looked likely to beat Nico Hülkenberg's tenth place time but abandoned his lap and was eleventh. After Hülkenberg elected not to set a time in Q3, his five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change came into effect, dropping him to fifteenth on the grid.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The third and final session of qualifying began with a lack of action on track. However, the McLarens, Red Bulls and Lotuses all chose to do two separate flying lap efforts. After the first of these were complete, Vettel and Webber had set the first and second fastest times respectively. Webber was two tenths behind, hampered by an error at the hairpin; Button was third, followed by the Lotus cars of Grosjean and Räikkönen and Hamilton's McLaren, who despite being on a scrubbed set of tyres, was still one and a half seconds slower than Vettel.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
During the second phase and with time running out in the session, Räikkönen ran wide at Spoon curve, and whilst returning onto the track, spun again and stopped at the edge of the track. Yellow flags were brought out, and Pérez was the only driver in front of Räikkönen who did not have to slow down.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Vettel and Webber were both on faster laps than their previous ones, but were unable improve their times because of the yellow flags. They maintained their grid slots, though, as the team took their first front row lock-out of the season. Vettel claimed his fourth successive pole at the Suzuka circuit, maintaining his 100% record there and, with the 34th pole position of his career, he moved into third in the all-time list for pole positions, behind Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
It was decided by the stewards that Vettel had held Fernando Alonso up during his flying lap, but he was only given a reprimand. Button marginally improved his time, remaining in third place which would eventually become eighth on the grid due to a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change. Kamui Kobayashi took an impressive fourth place for Sauber, but immediately after he set the time it was suggested that he had not slowed down in the yellow flag area. He was allowed to keep the place on the grounds he had not used KERS or DRS as normal.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
After Button's gearbox penalty, this became third place, the best ever qualifying position from a Japanese driver at his home race. Grosjean's time was next fastest, in front of Pérez, Räikkönen and Alonso. Räikkönen was sixth, and Alonso said he could have easily been higher up the grid were it not for Räikkönen's spin. Hamilton, who qualified ninth, bemoaned a poorly handling car after a set-up change.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
It was a bright and sunny afternoon in Suzuka, for the race which started a 15:00 (local time). Every driver except Jean-Èric Vergne, Charles Pic and Michael Schumacher started the race on the softer compound 'option' tyres.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
There was a chaotic start to the race as collisions at the first turn brought out the safety car on the opening lap. Vettel led away from pole and Kobayashi had a faster start than Webber, who slotted in behind him in third. Meanwhile, Alonso was hit from behind by Räikkönen, as the front wing of the Lotus clipped Alonso's rear wheel, puncturing the tyre, sending him into a spin across the gravel and back near the track at the first corner.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Räikkönen's teammate, Romain Grosjean, was too busy attempting to stay in front of the fast-starting Sauber of Peréz on his outside at the first corner, so he ran into the back of third-placed Mark Webber, spinning him round at Turn 2, breaking his own wing in the process. This crash had consequences for other drivers as well, as Bruno Senna attempted to slide into a disappearing gap on Nico Rosberg's inside in order to avoid the crash. This broke Senna's wing and forced Rosberg to retire from the race.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Alonso was the other retiree from the crash, seen walking away immediately, as Webber, Senna and Grosjean all had to pit for new front wings. Webber was worst affected as he had to recover from the grass. It wasn't all bad news for all the drivers, though, as Button had made up five places to move into third, and Massa had moved up six places to fourth after they used some opportunistic weaving.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the end of the safety car period, and the beginning of lap 3, Vettel sprinted away from Kobayashi, quickly establishing a three-second lead and building on it. Sergio Pérez attempted to overtake Räikkönen for fifth place at Turn 1, but he was forced wide and slotted in behind sixth place Hamilton, and in front of Hülkenberg. He managed to overtake Hamilton at the hairpin after a few laps of closing him down, locking his tyres and creeping around the apex. He then began to move back towards the fifth-placed Lotus of Räikkönen.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
The Caterham of Heikki Kovalainen was impressing at this point in the race by running in eleventh position. Next, Romain Grosjean was handed a ten-second stop-go penalty for the collision, he took it and returned to the track in last position. It was his seventh collision on the first lap of a race in 2012, and his eighth within the first two laps. By this point, Michael Schumacher had climbed his way from twenty-third to fourteenth, despite losing telemetry to his team.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Vettel and Massa were the drivers showing good pace when Button became the first driver to make a scheduled pit-stop in the race in lap 13. Räikkönen and Hülkenberg pitted the following lap from fifth and eighth positions respectively, having to make their way past Vergne and Kovalainen after their pit stops. Kobayashi pitted on lap 16 to promote Felipe Massa to second place, but kept Button behind him as both were temporarily held up by drivers yet to stop, before promptly overtaking them.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Vettel and Massa pitted from first and second on lap 20 and maintained their positions, meaning Vettel had not relinquished his lead, and Massa had leap-frogged both Kobayashi and Button with a quick stop. Pérez attempted the same move he had overtaken Hamilton with the previous time at the hairpin on lap 20, but this time Hamilton moved to the inside line and Pérez carried too much speed into the corner, sliding round and getting stuck in the gravel trap. He was the third retirement of the race. On lap 22, Senna was given a drive through penalty for his contact with Rosberg at the start of the race. By this point, Mark Webber had worked his way back up to ninth place, but had to pit a few laps later.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Hamilton and Kobayashi pitted on lap 31, one lap after Räikkönen, who Hamilton was competing with now for fifth spot. He overtook him at Turn 1 on the following lap. On lap 34, Narain Karthikeyan retired his HRT into the garage due to vibrations in the car. Button, Massa and Vettel made pit stops on laps 35, 36 and 38 respectively, and all retained their positions in fourth, second and first, with Kobayashi in third.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Michael Schumacher, who had started twenty-third and opted for a different tyre strategy, was left as the only driver on the softer tyres when he pitted on lap 37. He spent much of the remainder of the race behind the Toro Rosso of Daniel Ricciardo, fighting for tenth place, but never eventually gaining it due to some impressive defending. On lap 41, Charles Pic drove his Marussia into the pit garage with engine failure. Button spent the final stint of the race closing to within one second of Kobayashi, but never managing to overtake the Sauber driver.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Sebastian Vettel took the 24th victory of his career by twenty seconds and became the first driver to take consecutive victories in the 2012 season. It was also the second Grand Chelem (pole, fastest lap, and lead every lap en route to victory) of Vettel's career. Felipe Massa ended the longest streak a Ferrari driver had ever had without a podium by finishing second, taking his first since the 2010 Korean Grand Prix. Kobayashi became the third Japanese driver to score a Formula One podium, in front of his home crowd, with his best result of third place.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
The McLaren cars of Button and Hamilton finished in fourth and fifth places, followed by Räikkönen, Hülkenberg, Maldonado (who took his fourth points scoring result and first since winning in Spain nearly five months earlier), Webber and Ricciardo who completed the top ten. Michael Schumacher and Paul di Resta (who had a clutch failure at the race start) just missed out in eleventh and twelfth. Romain Grosjean retired on the final lap due to a gearbox problem.


2012 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
As a consequence of his victory and Alonso's retirement, Vettel closed the gap between himself and championship leader to just four points. In an interview after the race, Mark Webber described Romain Grosjean as a "first-lap nutcase" with regard to the collision Grosjean caused between them at the race start.


2012 Japanese Regional Leagues
The 2012 Japanese Regional Leagues were a competition between parallel association football leagues ranking at the bottom of the Japan Football League.


2012 Japanese Super Cup
The 2012 Japanese Super Cup was held on 3 March 2012 between the 2011 J. League champions Kashiwa Reysol and the 2011 Emperor's Cup winner F.C. Tokyo. Kashiwa Reysol won the match 2–1 in regulation time.


2012 Japanese Super Cup, Background
This was the first time both teams had participated in the competition. Kashiwa, having won its first League title since 1972 (when no Super Cup was played) and FC Tokyo, having become the third club to win both the second-tier title and the Emperor's Cup since Yamaha (Júbilo Iwata) in 1982, both had qualified to the Asian Champions League by virtue of winning their titles.


2012 Japanese general election
General elections were held in Japan on 16 December 2012. Voters gave the Liberal Democratic Party a landslide victory, ejecting the Democratic Party from power after three years. It was the fourth worst defeat suffered by a ruling party in Japanese history.


2012 Japanese general election
Voting took place in all representatives' constituencies of Japan including proportional blocks, in order to appoint Members of Diet to seats in the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan.


2012 Japanese general election
In July 2012, it was reported that the deputy prime minister Katsuya Okada had approached the Liberal Democratic Party to sound them out about dissolving the house of representatives and holding the election in January 2013. An agreement was reached in August to dissolve the Diet and hold early elections "shortly" following the passage of a bill to raise the national consumption tax. Some right-wing observers asserted that as the result of introducing the consumption tax to repay the Japanese public debt, the DPJ lost around 75% of its pre-election seats.


2012 Japanese general election, Background
The LDP had governed Japan for all but three years since 1955. However, in the 2009 election, the LDP suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government in modern Japanese history. Due to the characteristics of the Japanese election system, DPJ candidates won 308 seats in the House of Representatives (64.2% of seats), enabling Yukio Hatoyama to become prime minister. Since then, Japan has had two other prime ministers, Naoto Kan and Yoshihiko Noda. On 16 November, Noda dissolved parliament, thus allowing for a new election in a month's time. He cited the lack of funds to carry on the functions of government and the need for an emergency budget.


2012 Japanese general election, Background
Dissatisfaction with the DPJ-led government and the former LDP-led government led to the formation of several grassroots movements, collectively known as the "third pole," to counter the two major parties. The former Governor of Tokyo Shintarō Ishihara announced the renamed and re-formed of the Sunrise Party on 14 November 2012 Ishihara co-leading with Takeo Hiranuma. On 17 November 2012 Mayor of Osaka Tōru Hashimoto and former Tokyo Governor Shintarō Ishihara announced the merger of the Japan Restoration Party and the Sunrise Party as a third force to contend the 16 December 2012 general election. It is Japan's first national political party that is based outside of Tokyo.


2012 Japanese general election, Background
On 23 November, Mayor of Nagoya Takashi Kawamura, former state minister Shizuka Kamei and former farm minister Masahiko Yamada joined forces together to launch Tax Cuts Japan – Oppose TPP – Zero Nuclear Party as another "third pole" national political party. On 28 November, the Governor of Shiga Yukiko Kada in Ōtsu announced the establishment of an anti-nuclear and equal gender party known as the Tomorrow Party of Japan becoming the second national party based outside of Tokyo. Concurrent the DPJ splitter group, People's Life First president Ichirō Ozawa dissolved the party and merged into the Tomorrow Party.


2012 Japanese general election, Background
Tax Cuts Japan – Oppose TPP – Zero Nuclear Party and Japan Future Party are negotiating to merge parties to further counter the major parties and the pro-nuclear parties. On 27 November Tax Cuts Japan – Oppose TPP – Zero Nuclear Party officially announced they would merge with Tomorrow, with party co-leader Mashahiko Yamada saying "We would also like to raise our hands in joining because our ways of thinking are the same."


2012 Japanese general election, Pre-election composition
As of official announcement (kōji [=deadline for candidate registration, legal campaign start, start of early voting on following day]) on 4 December – note that the government had lost its majority, already slim at the time of dissolution of the House of Representatives (16 November), due to further defections during the positioning of candidates for the election.


2012 Japanese general election, Aftermath
As the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 294 seats and their allies the New Komeito Party won 31 seats, a coalition of the two parties would be able to form a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives, enabling them to overrule the House of Councillors. The significant swing back towards conservative politics was attributed to economic anxieties, including fear of falling behind China. Despite this landslide victory, Shinzo Abe acknowledged that his party won mainly because of voter antipathy towards the Democratic Party and not due to a resurgence in popularity for the LDP.


2012 Japanese general election, Aftermath
On the other hand, the election was an unmitigated disaster for the Democratic Party, which lost three-quarters of its 230 seats in the lower house to finish with just 57. In addition, seven members of the Cabinet lost their seats, the most ever in an election. Naoto Kan, who preceded Noda as prime minister, lost his constituency as well. Overall, this marked the worst performance by a ruling party in the post-World War II era. As a result, Yoshihiko Noda resigned from his post as party president.


2012 Japanese general election, Aftermath
The Tomorrow Party of Japan, which formed shortly before the election, consisted mostly of incumbents defecting from the Democratic Party. Most of these incumbents were unseated, causing the party to lose 86% of its strength only weeks after forming. Both the Japan Restoration Party and Your Party emerged as viable players in the Diet, while the traditional left parties Social Democratic Party and Japanese Communist Party continued to decline in strength and relevance.


2012 Japanese general election, Aftermath
The voter turnout of 59.3% was the lowest since the Second World War.


2012 Japanese general election, Aftermath, Reactions and analysis
The Liberal Democratic Party had campaigned on a tough stance on the Senkaku Islands dispute, leading to speculation as to how the new government would deal with the issue. Abe made his party's position clear immediately following the election, stating that their "objective is to stop the challenge" from China with regards to ownership of the islands.


2012 Japanese general election, Aftermath, Reactions and analysis
The re-election of the liberal conservative LDP has raised concern in foreign media that Japan's relations with its neighbours – China and South Korea — will become strained, given the past visits to the Yasukuni Shrine by LDP prime ministers, the party's perceived de-emphasization of Japan's war crimes committed during the Second World War and their intention to amend the country's pacifist constitution to give more power to the Self-Defense Forces. Abe is also in favour of retaining nuclear energy in the country.


2012 Japanese general election, Aftermath, Reactions and analysis
In response to the election, the Nikkei 225 Index increased by 1%, while the yen fell to ¥84.48 against the US dollar, the lowest rate in 20 months. Furthermore, the yield on 20-year Japanese government bonds (JCBs) rose to 1.710% a day after the election. This marked its highest level in nearly eight months.


2012 Japanese general election, Aftermath, Reactions and analysis
United States President Barack Obama spoke to Abe by telephone to congratulate him on the results of the general election, and discussed ongoing efforts to enhance bilateral security cooperation as well as deepening economic ties.


2012 Japanese general election, Aftermath, Voiding of election
On 25 March 2013 the Hiroshima High Court ruled the election unconstitutional and the results void due to "the disparity in the value of one vote", which was up to 2.43 time the maximum constitutionally allowed disparity in some districts. The decision is expected to be appealed to the Supreme Court, and, if it's upheld, new elections must be held. The Supreme Court had previously ruled that the electoral system was unconstitutional without invalidating election results. Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said that government would give electoral reform new thought and examine the situation carefully in order to respond in the appropriate manner.


2012 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2012 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 October 2012 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan.


2012 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.


2012 Japanese television dramas
This is a list of Japanese television dramas shown within Japan during the year of 2012.


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


2012 Jeju United FC season, Current squad
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2012 Jeju United FC season, Current squad, Out on loan
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2012 Jelajah Malaysia
The 2012 Jelajah Malaysia, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It was held from 8 to 13 May 2012. There were six stages with a total of 1,042.1 kilometres. In fact, the race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.2 category race and was part of the 2011–12 UCI Asia Tour calendar.


2012 Jelajah Malaysia
Yusuf Abrekov of Uzbekistan won the race, followed by Jai Crawford of Australia second and Yasuharu Nakajima of Japan third overall. Adiq Husainie Othman of Malaysia won the points classification and Dadi Suryadi of Indonesia won the mountains classification. Putra Perjuangan won the team classification.


2012 Jelajah Malaysia, List of teams and riders
A total of 18 teams were invited to participate in the 2012 Jelajah Malaysia. Out of 117 riders, a total of 84 riders made it to the finish in Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur.


2012 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors season
The 2012 season was Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors' nineteenth season in the K-League in South Korea. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors is competing K-League, Korean FA Cup and AFC Champions League.


2012 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors season, Current squad
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2012 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors season, Current squad, Out on loan
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2012 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors season, Transfer, In
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2012 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors season, Transfer, Out
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2012 Jeonnam Dragons season
The 2012 season was Chunnam Dragons' eighteenth season in the K-League in South Korea. Chunnam Dragons will be competing in K-League and Korean FA Cup.


2012 Jeonnam Dragons season, Current squad
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2012 Jeonnam Dragons season, Current squad, Out on loan
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2012 Jersey gas holder fire
The 2012 Jersey gas holder fire occurred when fire broke out at a gas holder, owned by Jersey Gas, on Tunnell Street, in Saint Helier, Jersey. The Jersey Fire and Rescue Service brought the fire under-control, and it burnt out during the early hours of 5 July 2012. In the aftermath of the incident Jersey Gas was fined £65,000 by the island's Royal Court and ordered to pay legal costs of £11,000.


2012 Jersey gas holder fire, Cause
An investigation by the Jersey Fire and Rescue Service conducted shortly after the incident determined the fire started while workers were "repairing a gas leak on the side of the holder", who were using electric tools. During this, the leaking gas ignited. The fire spread and "attacked" the joints of the holder, which caused more gas to leak out and ignite, resulting in a larger and more intense fire. Furthermore, Jersey Gas admitted to not carrying out risk assessments, not providing "a safe system of work" and providing inadequate health and safety training to its employees.


2012 Jersey gas holder fire, Evacuation
An area of St Helier was evacuated and cordoned off soon after the fire started. Seven near-by schools were also evacuated. Many residents who live in houses surrounding the gas holder were not allowed to return to their homes until the following day, and some sought assistance at the parish hall.


2012 Jersey gas holder fire, Injuries
Both employees of Jersey Gas performing the repairs suffered minor burns due to the incident.


2012 Jiangsu Sainty F.C. season
The 2012 Jiangsu Sainty season is Jiangu Sainty's 4th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League after promotion in the 2008 season. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup that year, getting knocked out in that competition.


2012 Jiangsu Sainty F.C. season, Players, First team squad
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2012 Jiangsu Sainty F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad
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2012 Jiangsu Sainty F.C. season, Players, Out on loan
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2012 Johan Cruyff Shield
The seventeenth edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch: Johan Cruijff Schaal) was held on 5 August 2012 at the Amsterdam Arena. The match was played between 2011–12 KNVB Cup winners PSV Eindhoven and the 2011–12 Eredivisie winners Ajax. PSV won the match 4–2 in front of 50,000 fans.


2012 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge
The 2012 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in New Braunfels, Texas, United States, on 29 October–4 November 2012.


2012 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge – Doubles
This was a new event in 2012. Elena Bovina and Mirjana Lučić won the title, defeating Mariana Duque and Adriana Pérez in the final, 6–3, 4–6, [10–8].


2012 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge – Singles
This was a new event in 2012. Melanie Oudin won the title, defeating Mariana Duque in the final, 6–1, 6–1.


2012 Johnstown Generals season
The 2012 Johnstown Generals season was the second season for the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL) franchise.


2012 Johnstown Generals season
On May 15, 2012, the Generals were suspended by the league due to a lack of funds. The Generals were able to finish the season with a 2-6 record, and failed to qualify for the playoffs.


2012 Johnstown Generals season, Final roster
Rookies in italics updated March 29, 201122 Active, 3 Inactive, 0 PS


2012 Ju-Jitsu World Championships
The 2012 Ju-Jitsu World Championship were the 11th edition of the Ju-Jitsu World Championships, and were held in Vienna, Austria from November 30 to December 2, 2012.


2012 Judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the year 2012. They are ordered by Neutral citation.


2012 Judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
The table lists judgments made by the court and the opinions of the judges in each case. Judges are treated as having concurred in another's judgment when they either formally attach themselves to the judgment of another or speak only to acknowledge their concurrence with one or more judges. Any judgment which reaches a conclusion which differs from the majority on one or more major points of the appeal has been treated as dissent.


2012 Judo World Masters
The 2012 Judo World Masters was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from 14-15 January 2012.


2012 June rugby union tests
The 2012 mid-year rugby union tests (also known as the Summer Internationals in the Northern Hemisphere) refer to the rugby union Internationals that were played through June, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere.


2012 June rugby union tests
These matches marked the start of a global rugby calendar established by the International Rugby Board (IRB), which runs until 2019. The calendar includes a return of traditional tours by European teams, in which a team plays multiple Tests against a southern hemisphere side, often with mid-week matches against provincial or regional sides. This year, all three of the teams that competed in the Rugby Championship's predecessor tournament, the Tri Nations, hosted European nations in three-Test series. Australia hosted Wales, marking the first three-Test series in Australia by a top European side since the British & Irish Lions' 2001 tour. South Africa hosted England for three Tests, the first extended tour of that country by a single nation since New Zealand toured in 1996.


2012 June rugby union tests
The new calendar also provided expanded Test opportunities for so-called "Tier 2" nations. As part of this IRB initiative, another tradition returned—tours of the Pacific Islands by major nations. Scotland became the first Tier 1 nation to play a Test in the Pacific Islands since 2006, visiting Fiji and Samoa. Also, Italy toured the Americas, claiming wins over Canada and the United States and a loss to Argentina.


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 3
Assistant referees:Craig Joubert (South Africa)Keith Brown (New Zealand)Television match official:Vinny Munro (New Zealand)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 3
Assistant referees:Jaco Peyper (South Africa)James Leckie (Australia)Television match official:Matt Goddard (Australia)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 3
Assistant referees:Keith Brown (New Zealand)Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)Television match official:Vinny Munro (New Zealand)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 3
Assistant referees:Alain Rolland (Ireland)Simon McDowell (Ireland)Television match official:Iain Ramage (Scotland)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 3
Assistant referees:George Clancy (Ireland)Christie du Preez (South Africa)Television match official:Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 4
Assistant referees:Mark Lawrence (South Africa)Pro Legoete (South Africa)Television match official:Gerrie Coetzee (South Africa)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 4
Assistant referees:Romain Poite (France)Pascal Gaüzère (France)Television match official:Matt Goddard (Australia)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 4
Assistant referees:Craig Joubert (South Africa)Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)Television match official:Vinny Munro (New Zealand)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 4
Assistant referees:Steve Walsh (Australia)Simon McDowell (Ireland)Television match official:Iain Ramage (Scotland)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 4
Assistant referees:Wayne Barnes (England)Christie du Preez (South Africa)Television match official:Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 5
Assistant referees:Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)Pro Legoete (South Africa)Television match official:Johan Meuwesen (South Africa)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 5
Assistant referees:Jaco Peyper (South Africa)Jonathon White (New Zealand)Television match official:Vinny Munro (New Zealand)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 5
Assistant referees:Pascal Gauzere (France)James Leckie (Australia)Television match official:Matt Goddard (Australia)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 5
Assistant referees:Nigel Owens (Wales)John Lacey (Ireland)Television match official:Giulio De Santis (Italy)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 5
Assistant referees:Wayne Barnes (England)Christie du Preez (South Africa)Television match official:Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)


2012 June rugby union tests, Fixtures, Week 5
Assistant referees:Derek Stoltz (Canada)Marc Nelson (United States)Television match official:Dave Ardrey (United States)


2012 Junior Club World Cup
The 2012 Junior Club World Cup was the 2nd Junior Club World Cup, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 18–26 August 2012 in Omsk, Russia.


2012 Junior Club World Cup
The 2012 edition of the tournament will be sanctioned by the IIHF. Omsk, the host of the 2011 Junior Club World Cup, was also host the 2012 edition. The tournament featured the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League among other participants. Originally the tournament was to be composed of 12 teams. Teams from Slovakia and Switzerland however eventually did not participate in the tournament.


2012 Junior League World Series
The 2012 Junior League World Series took place from August 12–18 in Taylor, Michigan, United States. Rockledge, Florida defeated Oranjestad, Aruba in the championship game. It was Florida's second straight championship.


2012 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 2012 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships was held in Córdoba, Argentina, August 28–September 2, 2012.


2012 Júbilo Iwata season
The 2012 Júbilo Iwata season is Júbilo Iwata's 19th consecutive season in J. League Division 1 and 30th overall in the Japanese top flight. Júbilo Iwata are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.


2012 K-League
The 2012 K League, officially known as Hyundai Oilbank K-League 2012, was the 30th season of the K League. It was sponsored by Hyundai Oilbank. Since this season, the K League Championship and the Korean League Cup were abolished, and K League introduced the "split system", inspired by Scottish Premier League. After all 16 clubs played 30 matches each under the home and away system, they were split into the group of top eight and the group of bottom eight, playing with each other in a group again.


2012 K-League, Teams, Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game including a least one player from the AFC country.


2012 K-League, Positions by matchday
Leaders  Qualification for the Champions League  Relegation to the K League Challenge


2012 KBS Drama Awards
The 2012 KBS Drama Awards (Korean: KBS 연기대상) is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) network for the year of 2012. It was held on December 31, 2012 and hosted by actors Yoo Jun-sang, Lee Jong-suk and actress Youn Yuh-jung.


2012 KHL Junior Draft
The 2012 KHL Junior Draft was the fourth entry draft held by the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), taking place on 25–26 May 2012 in Traktor Sport Palace. Ice hockey players from around the world aged between 17 and 21 years of age were selected. Players eligible to take part in the draft were required to not have an active contract with a KHL, MHL or VHL team. A total of 998 players participated in the draft, 778 of these playing in Russia, 110 in Europe and 110 in North America.


2012 KHL Junior Draft
Denis Alexandrov, a defenceman from MHC Krylya Sovetov, was the first overall selection, chosen by SKA Saint Petersburg.


2012 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships
The 2012 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships in speed skating were held at the Thialf ice stadium in Heerenveen, Netherlands from 4 to 5 February 2012. The tournament is part of the 2011/2012 speed skating season.


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships
The 2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships were a speed skating event held at the Thialf ice stadium in Heerenveen from 4 November until 6 November 2011. Although the tournament was held in 2011 it was the 2012 edition as it is part of the 2011/2012 speed skating season.


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Men's 10,000 m
The men's 10,000 meter at the 2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Sunday 6 November 2011. Although this tournament was held in 2011 it was part of the speed skating season 2011–2012. There were 12 participants.


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Men's 1000 m
The men's 1000 meter at the 2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Saturday 5 November 2011. Although this tournament was held in 2011 it was part of the speed skating season 2011–2012. There were 24 participants.


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Men's 1500 m
The men's 1500 meter at the 2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Sunday 6 November 2011. Although this tournament was held in 2011 it was part of the speed skating season 2011–2012. There were 24 participants.


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Men's 500 m
The men's 500 meter at the 2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on  4–6 November 2011. It consisted of twice 500 meter where the speed skaters started once in the inner and once in the outer lane. Although this tournament was held in 2011 it was part of the speed skating season 2011–2012. There were 24 participants.


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Men's 5000 m
The men's 5000 meter at the 2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Friday 4 November 2011. Although this tournament was held in 2011 it was part of the speed skating season 2011–2012. There were 22 participants.


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 1000 m
The women's 1000 meter at the 2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Saturday 5 November 2011. Although this tournament was held in 2011, it was part of the speed skating season 2011–2012.


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 1500 m
The women's 1500 meter at the 2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Sunday 6 November 2011. Although this tournament was held in 2011, it was part of the 2011–2012 speed skating season.


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 1500 m
There was a qualification selection incentive for the next following 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup tournaments.


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 3000 m
The women's 3000 meter at the 2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Saturday 5 November 2011. Although this tournament was held in 2011, it was part of the 2011–2012 speed skating season .


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 3000 m
The first 5 skaters qualified for the next following 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup tournaments.


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 500 m
The women's 500 meter at the 2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on 4–5 November 2011. Although this edition was held in 2011, it was part of the 2011–2012 speed skating season.


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 500 m
There were 22 participants who raced twice over 500m so that all skaters had to start once in the inner lane and once in the outer lane. There was a qualification selection incentive for the next following 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup tournaments.


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 5000 m
The women's 5000 meter at the 2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink on Sunday 6 November 2011. Although this tournament was held in 2011, it was part of the 2011–2012 speed skating season.


2012 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships – Women's 5000 m
There were 10 participants. There was a qualification selection incentive for the next following 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup tournaments.


2012 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships
The 2012 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships in speed skating were held at the Thialf ice stadium in Heerenveen, Netherlands.


2012 KNSB Dutch Super Sprint Championships
The 2012 KNSB Dutch Super Sprint Championships in speed skating were held at the Ireen Wüst baan ice stadium in Tilburg, Netherlands at 18 February 2012.


2012 KNVB Cup Final
The 2012 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between PSV Eindhoven and Heracles Almelo that took place on 8 April 2012 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2011–12 KNVB Cup competition and the 94th Dutch Cup final.


2012 KNVB Cup Final
PSV Eindhoven beat Heracles Almelo 3–0 and won their 9th and most recent KNVB Cup trophy.


2012 KNVB Cup Final
This match was also Heracles Almelo's first and only appearance in a KNVB Cup final in their club's entire history.


2012 KP24
2012 KP24 (also written 2012 KP24) is a near-Earth asteroid and fast rotator with an observation arc of only 5 days and has a modestly determined orbit for an object of its size.


2012 KP24, Overview
It was discovered on 23 May 2012 by the Mount Lemmon Survey at an apparent magnitude of 20.8 using a 1.5-meter (59 in) reflecting telescope. On 28 May 2012 at 15:20 UT, the asteroid passed 0.00038 AU (57,000 km; 35,000 mi) from the center-point of Earth. The asteroid is estimated to be 17 meters (56 ft) in diameter. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 8 August 2013 after Sentry updated to planetary ephemeris (DE431). It has an uncertainty parameter of 6.


2012 KP24, Overview
While listed on the Sentry Risk Table, virtual clones of the asteroid that fit the uncertainty region in the known trajectory showed a 1 in 9,091,000 chance that the asteroid could impact Earth on 2032 May 28. With a Palermo Technical Scale of −7.22, the odds of impact by 2012 KP24 in 2032 were about 16 million times less than the background hazard level of Earth impacts which is defined as the average risk posed by objects of the same size or larger over the years until the date of the potential impact.


2012 KPL Top 8 Cup
The 2012 KPL Top 8 Cup was the second edition of the tournament which ran from 14 March to 19 August 2012. It was contested by the top 8 teams of the 2011 Kenyan Premier League season: A.F.C. Leopards, Chemelil Sugar, Gor Mahia, Rangers, Sofapaka, Sony Sugar, Tusker and Ulinzi Stars.


2012 KPL Top 8 Cup
Ulinzi Stars were the defending champions, having won their first title in the inaugural edition of the tournament, but were denied a second title after losing to champions Gor Mahia in the final.


2012 KPL Top 8 Cup, Quarter-finals
The quarter-final ties were played between 14 March and 29 July 2012.


2012 KPL Top 8 Cup, Quarter-finals, Gor Mahia−A.F.C. Leopards match
The Nairobi derby match scheduled for 1 April 2012 was postponed, as Gor Mahia were banned from the Nyayo National Stadium following an incident that led to a riot by Gor fans during another derby match on 18 March 2012. However, A.F.C. Leopards were dissatisfied with the ruling made by the IDCC and opted to drop out of the tournament, but it had been decided that the match would take place on 20 May 2012. Lack of a suitable venue to host the clash led to the match being postponed yet again.


2012 KPL Top 8 Cup, Quarter-finals, Gor Mahia−A.F.C. Leopards match
Gor Mahia were however allowed to play in the Moi International Sports Centre, allowing for the fixture to be played. The date for the match was confirmed to be 29 July 2012, with the venue as the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani. However, Gor Mahia are yet to have their ban from the Nyayo National Stadium lifted.


2012 KPL Top 8 Cup, Quarter-finals, Gor Mahia−A.F.C. Leopards match
Gor Mahia were awarded a walkover and 2 goals for their match after A.F.C. Leopards failed to turn up. The latter were consequently fined KSh 500,000, even though they had previously stated that they would not honour the fixture, citing no consultation of an appropriate date with the KPL and financial problems. However, KPL CEO Jack Oguda had stated that Leopards were to be fined KSh 1.5 million, and may have to pay another KSh 3.5 million fine, linked to the incurred expenses that broadcasters SuperSport could forward to the KPL.


2012 KPL Top 8 Cup, Quarter-finals, Gor Mahia−A.F.C. Leopards match
The Football Kenya Federation, however, suspended the result after, having demanded to be furnished with security measures to be taken for and the rules and regulations governing the tournament, the KPL failed to reply with furnishings. The suspension was lifted on 1 August 2012 after a consultative meeting held between FKF and KPL officials. The FKF also nullified the fine that was imposed on A.F.C. Leopards, after the club released an official press statement explaining the reason why they failed to appear for their match against Gor Mahia.


2012 KPL Top 8 Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played between 2 August and 9 August 2012.


2012 KPL Top 8 Cup, Final
The final was played on 19 August 2012, at the Moi International Sports Centre.


2012 KPT Challenge Cup
The 2012 National Football Challenge Cup was the 22nd edition of National Football Challenge Cup, the domestic cup competition in Pakistani football. The edition was sponsored by Karachi Port Trust, therefore also known as 2012 KPT Challenge Cup.


2012 KPT Challenge Cup
The tournament was held in Karachi, with KPT Football Stadium and People's Football Stadium having two matches played simultaneously.


2012 KPT Challenge Cup
Khan Research Laboratories were the defending champions, winning their third title in the previous year after defeating National Bank 1–0 in the finals.


2012 KPT Challenge Cup
Khan Research Laboratories won the title after defeating  Karachi Electric Supply Corporation 3–1 on penalties after game ended 0–0 in the extra-time.


2012 KPT Challenge Cup, Group stages, Group C
The match was abandoned, when Pakistan Police players slapped the referee for awarding penalty to Khan Research Laboratories on 16th minute. Pakistan Football Federation awarded forfeit to Khan Research Laboratories and suspended and fined 6 Pakistan Police players with Rs. 20,000 each.


2012 KT42
2012 KT42 is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid first observed by astronomer Alex R. Gibbs of the Mount Lemmon Survey with a 1.5-meter reflecting telescope on 28 May 2012.


2012 KT42, Overview
The asteroid had a close approach to the Earth on 29 May 2012, approaching to only ~8950 miles (~14,440 km) above the planet's surface. This means 2012 KT42 came inside the Clarke Belt of geosynchronous satellites. In May 2012, the estimated 5- to 10-metre-wide asteroid ranked #6 on the top 20 list of closest-approaches to Earth. There was no danger of a collision during the close approach. 2012 KT42 passed roughly 0.01 AU (1,500,000 km; 930,000 mi) from Venus on 8 July 2012.


2012 KT42, Overview
It is estimated that an impact would produce an upper atmosphere air burst equivalent to 11 kt TNT, roughly equal to Hiroshima's Little Boy. The asteroid would be vaporized as these small impacts occur approximately once per year. A comparable-sized object caused the Sutter's Mill meteorite in California on 2 April 2012. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 30 May 2012.


2012 KW Fall Classic
The 2012 KW Fall Classic was held from September 20 to 23 at the Kitchener-Waterloo Granite Curling Club in Waterloo, Ontario as part of the 2012–13 Ontario Curling Tour. The men's event was held in a triple knockout format, and the women's event was in a round robin format. The purse for the men's event was CAD$8,500, and the purse for the women's event was CAD$15,000.


2012 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style)
2012 Kabaddi World Cup was the third edition of the circle style Kabaddi World Cup, organised by the Government of Punjab. It was played in Punjab, India in various cities of the province from 1 to 15 December 2012 with teams from 16 countries. The opening ceremony of the tournament was held in Bathinda and the closing ceremony in Ludhiana.


2012 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style)
The prize money for the winners of the third edition was doubled to ₹ 2 crore, while the runners-up received ₹ 1 crore. The team finishing at third position received ₹ 51 lakhs.


2012 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style)
The Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said that dope test would be mandatory for each player as the state government was committed to ensure dope free tournament.


2012 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style)
Ekamjeet was declared the best stopper and Gagandeep Gaggi was chosen as the best raider of the tournament.


2012 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style), Pools
The 16 teams were divided into four pools of four teams each. Hosts India were placed in Pool A.


2012 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style), Schedule
Note: All matches' timings are according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30).


2012 Kadima leadership election
An election for the leadership of Kadima was held on 27 March 2012, pitting Tzipi Livni against Shaul Mofaz. Mofaz won with 62% of the vote.


2012 Kadima leadership election, Background
In November 2011, the three candidates opposed to Tzipi Livni in 2008 called for a primary to be held as soon as possible, citing the probability of Knesset elections soon. Livni said that candidates were welcome to bring up the issue at a party meeting. Livni said in an interview that she was not interested in politics. Prior opponent Avi Dichter responded that her statement was insulting to party members. Another Kadima MK called the remarks "the opposite of prime ministerial." Livni said that candidates were welcome to bring up the issue at a party meeting. However, at the meeting Livni maneuvered to delay the primary for several months. Finally, on 19 January 2012, Livni set the primary date for 27 March 2012. A Haaretz article stated that the campaign will likely involve mudslinging and personal attacks that could further damage the party's standing.


2012 Kadima leadership election, Campaign
At a campaign rally, Livni was confident and said that Kadima under her leadership was best poised to defeat the incumbent Likud under Benjamin Netanyahu. Mofaz countered that Livni was weak and he would be better able to oppose Moshe Feiglin's influence in Knesset. Dichter said that Livni has harmed the party and a new leader is needed. An 18 January Maagar poll supported Livni's claim with Kadima winning four more seats under Livni than Mofaz. However, neither could take the party to victory. Former prime minister and Kadima leader Ehud Olmert declined to endorse any candidate.


2012 Kadima leadership election, Campaign
At a press conference, Mofaz said his first priority will be to ensure there is "one law for everyone". He lowered his criticism of his opponent and said he would offer her a position if he was prime minister. Citing his four decades of military service and participation in four wars, he said that he would "make the utmost effort to achieve peace with [Israel's] neighbors". He also said that non-participation in the military service was a growing problem and that Israel must reform its system of governance. Previously in support of unity, Mofaz declined to join a Netanyahu government. He was confident that he could change the course of Kadima and take it to victory.


2012 Kadima leadership election, Campaign
Livni picked up the endorsements of 12 MKs and two party functionaries, while Mofaz received endorsements of 10 MKs. At meeting to support Mofaz, one MK said that Mofaz is "a new candidate who can bring new audiences" and compared him to new Labor Party leader Shelly Yachimovich, who gained the national polls once she had settled in as party leader. Both candidates have significant support, leading to some speculation that the party may split after the primary. However, Livni backers were confident that she will win and mocked the support for Mofaz as "[going] shopping". They also claimed that a vote for Mofaz is a vote for a split. Livni reiterated this claim in an interview with Haaretz and admitted mistakes with handling the party several years ago.


2012 Kadima leadership election, Campaign
Mofaz supporters accused Livni of encouraging Bat Yam mayor Shlomo Lahiani to join the race in order to split the Sefardi vote. Livni denied the accusation. Lahiani said his family did not want him to run, but he wanted to change the priorities of Israel. He was confident that he could beat Mofaz and Livni, and even take Kadima to victory over Likud. However, Lahiani ultimately decided not to run.


2012 Kadima leadership election, Campaign
Originally rejecting calls for him to withdraw from the race, Dichter dropped out five days prior to the primary, and endorsed Mofaz.


2012 Kadima leadership election, Results
Polls closed at 22:00, but results were not in until 01:00 the next day. Mofaz defeated Livni 62.3% to 37.7%, but invited her to remain in the party in his victory speech. Livni called Mofaz to congratulate him and thanked her supporters in a concession speech.


2012 Kadima leadership election, Results
Likud MK Ofir Akunis wished Mofaz a long career as opposition leader and said Kadima was "at the end of its journey". Fellow Likud MK Danny Danon criticized the "left-wing" views of Mofaz, such as his plan to return the borders of Israel to the Green Line. Meretz leader Zehava Gal-On also congratulated Mofaz, but said his victory proves Kadima is a "centre-right" party. Labor leader Shelly Yachimovich also congratulated Mofaz, said he was worthy of the job, and said Labor was the only true opposition party. United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni blamed Livni's loss on her criticism of Haredi Jews, while National Union MK Michael Ben-Ari said Mofaz can credit his victory to Arab voters and that he was now indebted to them.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup
The 2012 Kagame Interclub Cup was the 37th edition of the Kagame Interclub Cup, which is organised by CECAFA. It began on 14 July and ended on 28 July 2012. Tanzania hosted the tournament for their eleventh time since it officially began in 1974, when they were also hosts. The tournament made Wau Salaam the first South Sudanese club to take part in an international club tournament.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup
Defending champions Young Africans picked up their fifth title of the competition after beating fellow Tanzanians Azam in the final.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Broadcasting
SuperSport secured official rights to broadcast all games played in the tournament. They used their SS9 (SuperSport 9) and SS9E (SuperSport 9 East) channels.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Participants
On 29 June 2012, the draw for clubs to participate in the tournament was released. Young Africans, the winning team, received a cash prize of US$ 30,000, while the runners-up and third-placed teams, Azam and Vita Club respectively, received cash prizes US$ 20,000 and US$ 10,000 respectively. The budget of the tournament is said to be around US$ 600,000. Matches are being played at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar es Salaam and the Azam Stadium in Chamazi.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Group stage
The group stage featured 11 teams, with 4 teams in Group A and Group C and 3 in Group B. The matchdays were 14–15, 17–18, 19, 20 and 21 July.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Group stage
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Group stage
Nine CECAFA associations were represented in the group stage: Tanzania by three clubs and Burundi, Congo DR, Djibouti, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Zanzibar.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Knockout stage
The knockout stage involved the eight teams which advanced from the group stage: the top three teams from Group A and Group C and the top two from Group B.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Knockout stage
In this stage, teams play against each other once. The losers of the semi-finals play against each other in the third place playoff where the winners are placed third overall in the entire competition and receive US$ 10,000. The winners of the final receive US$30,000 and the runners-up US$20,000.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
In the first quarter-final, Uganda Revenue Authority, who had lost the 2008 final in to Tusker, faced Armée Patriotique Rwandaise, who had already beaten them 2–1 five years earlier to clinch the title in 2007. The latter won the match 2–1. Mafunzo, in the second quarter-final, were beaten 5–3 on penalties by Young Africans, who are seeking their fifth title in the competition, after the match ended in a 1–1 stalemate after 90 minutes.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
Atlético Olympic, making their first appearance at the tournament as only the second Burundian club ever to participate, were edged out 2–1 in the third quarter-final by Vita Club, also competing for their first time. Azam completed a surprise upset in the fourth quarter-final over six-time champions and fellow Tanzanians Simba, beating them 3–1 to advance to the semi-finals.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
In the first semi-final Vita Club will be up against Azam, both of whom have performed impressively for newcomers in this year's competition, having reached the semi-finals ahead of more experienced clubs.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
Armée Patriotique Rwandaise will face Young Africans for a second time in the tournament, having lost 2–0 to them in the group stage.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Knockout stage, Third place playoff
The third place playoff was played on 28 July 2012, right before the final.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Knockout stage, Final
The final was played on 28 July 2012, right after the third place playoff. To reach the final, in the knockout stage Azam defeated six-time champions Simba and Vita Club, while Young Africans eliminated Mafunzo and Armée Patriotique Rwandaise, whom they had already beaten in the group stage.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Knockout stage, Final
Azam, making their first ever appearance at the tournament, were the fifth team from Tanzania to reach the final and the fourth to reach the final with Tanzania as the hosts, the last being defending champions Young Africans in 1986. The match was also the third final in which both finalists were from Tanzania, and the second final hosted by Tanzania in which both finalists were from Tanzania.


2012 Kagame Interclub Cup, Top scorers
A total of 77 goals was scored by 46 different players in the entire tournament.


2012 Kajotbet Hockey Games
The 2012 Kajotbet Hockey Games was played between 26–29 April 2012. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. Five of the matches were played in Kajot Arena in Brno, Czech Republic, and one match in Yubileyny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The tournament was part of Euro Hockey Tour 2011–12.


2012 Kajotbet Hockey Games
Finland won the tournament for the fifth time, winning all three games. It was also their first Czech/Kajotbet Hockey Games win since 2003. From this year's tournament, it's called Kajotbet Hockey Games due to sponsoring by Kajotbet.


2012 Kajotbet Hockey Games, Games
All times are local (UTC+2 for the games in the Czech Republic, and UTC+4 for the game in Russia).


2012 Kajotbet Hockey Games, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2012 Kajotbet Hockey Games, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2012 Kakkonen
The 2012 Kakkonen season began on 18 April and ended on 6 October 2012.


2012 Kakkonen, Teams
A total of 40 teams contested the league divided into four groups, Eteläinen (Southern), Pohjoinen (Northern), Läntinen (Western) and Itäinen (Eastern). 30 returned from the 2011 season, three relegated from Ykkönen and seven promoted from Kolmonen. The champion of each group qualified to promotion matches to decide which two teams get promoted to the Ykkönen. The bottom two teams in each group and the worst eight-placed qualified directly for relegation to Kolmonen. Each team played a total of 27 matches, playing three times against each team of its group.


2012 Kakkonen, League tables, Pohjoinen (Northern)
Note: The match PS Kemi – TP-47 originally finished 1–0, but the result was changed to 0–3, as PS Kemi fielded an ineligible player.


2012 Kakkonen, League tables, Promotion play-offs
Group winners will play two-legged ties. Team pairs will be drawn and the two winning teams will be promoted to the Ykkönen for season 2013.


2012 Kakkonen, League tables, Promotion play-offs
Group winnersEteläinen (Southern): ÅIFKPohjoinen (Northern): AC KajaaniLäntinen (Western): IlvesItäinen (Eastern): JäPS


2012 Kakkonen, League tables, Eight-placed teams
At the end of the season, a comparison is made between the eight-placed teams. The worst eight-placed team will be directly relegated to the Kolmonen.


2012 Kangaroo Cup
The 2012 Kangaroo Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Gifu, Gifu, Japan between 30 April and 6 May 2012.


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


2012 Kangaroo Cup – Doubles
Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan were the defending champions, but Chan Hao-ching chose to compete in Budapest. Chan Yung-jan paired up with Casey Dellacqua, but lost in the quarterfinals to Chan Chin-wei and Hsu Wen-hsin.


2012 Kangaroo Cup – Doubles
Jessica Pegula and Zheng Saisai later defeated Chan and Hsu in the final, 6–4, 3–6, [10–4].


2012 Kangaroo Cup – Singles
Sachie Ishizu was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2012 Kangaroo Cup – Singles
Kimiko Date-Krumm won the title, defeating Noppawan Lertcheewakarn in the final, 6–1, 5–7, 6–3.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season
The 2012 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 43rd season in the National Football League, the 53rd overall and the first and only full season under head coach Romeo Crennel, who served as the interim head coach for the final three games of the 2011 season following Todd Haley's termination. The Chiefs failed to rebound from their 7–9 record in 2011, and were eliminated from playoff contention in Week 12.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season
Although they shared the same 2–14 record as the Jacksonville Jaguars for the worst record of the season, the Chiefs were statistically the worst team overall, and thereby "earned" the right to the first pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. Perhaps the only bright moment for the Chiefs this season was rallying from a big 24–6 deficit against the New Orleans Saints during their season. The Chiefs went 0–12 against AFC opponents in 2012 and their only wins of the season were against NFC teams, against Carolina and New Orleans. In 2017, ESPN.com named the 2012 season the Chiefs’ worst of such in franchise history.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season
As of 2020, this is the most recent season that the Chiefs had a losing record.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Low points
The 2012 team tied the 1977 (2–12) and 2008 (2–14) teams for the franchise worst seasons in terms of fewest wins.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Low points
They tied with the Jacksonville Jaguars for the NFL's worst record. The Chiefs had the #1 pick in the 2013 National Football League Draft based on strength of schedule. It is the 2nd time in franchise history the Chiefs have had the #1 pick.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Low points
Kansas City suffered from quarterback controversy all season and tied with the Arizona Cardinals for most interceptions (20) with Matt Cassel throwing 12 and his late season replacement Brady Quinn throwing 8. The Chiefs had the worst record in the NFL in offensive passing.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Low points
The Chiefs also lost 17 fumbles giving them 37 giveaways – tied for worst in the NFL with the New York Jets and Philadelphia and tying with Philadelphia for the NFL's worst giveaway/takeaway differential with −24.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Against the Atlanta Falcons, the Kansas City Chiefs were behind early in the first quarter when Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Julio Jones to lead 7–0. The Chiefs answered with a 39-yard field goal from Ryan Succop to make it 7–3. The Falcons scored on their next drive with a 34-yard field goal from Matt Bryant to extend their lead 10–3. In the second quarter, Matt Cassel threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to tight end Kevin Boss to tie the game at 10–10.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Matt Ryan and the Falcons took the lead again with a 14-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Julio Jones to go up 17–10. Matt Cassel scored on a 5-yard rushing touchdown on the Chiefs next possession to make the score tied again at 17–17. The Falcons just managed to extend their lead before halftime with a 21-yard field goal by Matt Bryant to lead 20–17 coming into the half.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Atlanta Falcons
In the third quarter, Matt Ryan scored on a 5-yard touchdown run to make it 27–17. Shortly afterward, Matt Ryan tossed a 7-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tony Gonzalez to further extend their lead 34–17. In the fourth quarter, the Atlanta falcons scored twice on field goals of 30 and 41 yards by Matt Bryant to lead 40–17. Late in the fourth quarter, the Chiefs scored on a 4-yard run by running back Shaun Draughn. The final score of this game is 24–40 as the Kansas City Chiefs fall to 0–1


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: at Buffalo Bills
In the first quarter, the Buffalo Bills scored first with a 17-yard rushing touchdown by running back C. J. Spiller to lead 7–0. In the second quarter, the Bills scored again with a 5-yard rushing touchdown by C. J. Spiller to lead 14–0. The Bills continued to extend their lead when quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to tight end Scott Chandler to lead 21–0 at halftime.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: at Buffalo Bills
In the third quarter, the Chiefs finally scored with a 33-yard field goal by Ryan Succop to make it 3–21. The Bills answered with a 49-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick to wide receiver Stevie Johnson to make the score 28–3. The Bills continued to dominate with an 88-yard punt return touchdown by Leodis McKelvin to lead 35–3. In the fourth quarter, the Chiefs finally got going with Matt Cassel throwing a 33-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Dwayne Bowe to make the score 10–35. The Chiefs managed to score again with Matt Cassel throwing a 5-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Dwayne Bowe. The Chiefs fantastic effort in the fourth quarter was not enough, the final score is 17–35 as the Chiefs fall to 0–2.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. San Diego Chargers
The chiefs committed 6 turnovers. With the loss, the Chiefs fell to 1–3.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Baltimore Ravens
In a game with all field goals, the heavily favored 3-1 Baltimore Ravens won a surprisingly hard-fought match, and a heartbreaker for Kansas City. With the loss, the Chiefs fell to 1–4.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
With the loss, the Chiefs went into their bye week at 1–5.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Oakland Raiders
With the loss, the Chiefs fell to 1–6. The loss made Kansas City the first team since the 1929 Buffalo Bisons team to play seven games without leading in regulation.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: at San Diego Chargers
With the loss, the Chiefs fell to 1–7 and were swept by the Chargers for the first time since 2009. Kansas City now holds the NFL record of not leading at any point during regulation at eight games.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: at Pittsburgh Steelers
The Chiefs led for the first time all season in this game with a first-quarter touchdown which gave them the lead 7–0. After relinquishing the lead, the Chiefs  tied the game at 13–13 at the end of regulation to force overtime. However, despite the fact that they got the ball in overtime, QB Matt Cassel was picked off by Lamarr Woodley and the ball was returned to the Chiefs' 5-Yard line setting up the game-winning field goal for the Steelers as the Chiefs lost the game 16–13 and their record dropped to 1–8.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
This would be the second time all season that the Chiefs would lead a game as they kicked for the first 3 points off of a 34-yard field goal from Ryan Succop. However, the Bengals' defense shut the Chiefs down as the Chiefs dropped to 1–9 and 0–5 in home games. The Chiefs who had 31 giveaways on the season would eventually end up with only 6 giveaways for the remainder of the season.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Denver Broncos
With the loss, the Chiefs dropped to 1–10. Coupled with wins from the Cincinnati Bengals and Indianapolis Colts, the Chiefs were officially eliminated from postseason contention.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Carolina Panthers
Before the game, tragedy struck the Chiefs as linebacker Jovan Belcher committed suicide after the shooting of his girlfriend the day before. Snapping a home losing skid of their own, the Chiefs won at Arrowhead for the first time since they robbed the Green Bay Packers of a perfect regular season during Week 15 of the 2011 season by snapping the latter's 19-game winning streak.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Carolina Panthers
The Chiefs improved to 2–10 with the surprising win, ending the possibility of the 2012 Chiefs becoming the first team since the 2007 Miami Dolphins to only win 1 game in overtime and lose the rest of them.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 15: at Oakland Raiders
The Chiefs fell to 2–12 after being shutout only for the second time against the Raiders in team history. Because the Raiders (4–10) swept the Chiefs, Kansas City clinched fourth-place in the AFC West for the second straight year.


2012 Kansas City Chiefs season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: at Denver Broncos
With the loss, the Chiefs finished the season 2-14, tied for worst with  the Jacksonville Jaguars, but received the 1st pick in the 2013 NFL Draft due to losing a tiebreaker based on a better conference record.


2012 Kansas City Command season
The 2012 Kansas City Command season was the fifth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Danton Barto and played their home games at Sprint Center. The Command finished the season 3–15 and did not qualify for the playoffs. It was announced after the end of the season that the Command would cease operations.


2012 Kansas City Command season, Schedule
The Command had a bye week in the league's opening week, so they began their season at home against the Jacksonville Sharks on March 16. They went on the road to play the Arizona Rattlers for their final regular season game on July 21.


2012 Kansas City Royals season
The Kansas City Royals' season of 2012 was the 44th for the Royals franchise. The Royals hosted the 83rd MLB All-Star Game on July 10 at Kauffman Stadium, where the team played its 40th season of home games. The Royals finished 72-90, 3rd place in the AL Central.


2012 Kansas City Royals season
Prior to the 2013 Kansas City Royals season (during the offseason), the Royals donated over $4 million in funds raised during the 2012 All-Star game for various projects in the Kansas City area communities, including building two baseball facilities for disabled children.


2012 Kansas City Royals season
Alex Gordon signed a $37.5 million four-year deal with the Royals.


2012 Kansas City Royals season
Jeremy Guthrie signed a $25 million three-year deal in November 2012 to stay with the Royals.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season
The 2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season was made up of 10 United States college athletic programs that competed in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) under the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) for the 2012 college football season. The season began play on August 25, 2012 when the Ottawa Braves hosted the Baker Wildcats.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Conference teams and information
Conference rules require each team to play all other teams within the conference and two other regular season non-conference game for a total of 11 games. Up until 2011, the conference only allowed a 10-game season.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Conference teams and information
Two teams begin the season with new head coaches. Bethel's head coach Travis Graber resigned on July 27, 2012 with just over a month before the season begins for his team. Bethel named former assistant James Dotson as interim head coach for the 2012 season.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Conference teams and information
McPherson's Pete Sterbick is also new to his team and a first-year head coach. Sterbick was announced as the new head coach for the Bulldogs in February 2012.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Preseason outlook
Immediately following the conference's "media day" on August 1, 2012, votes were tabulated for both the KCAC Coaches' and Media Preseason Polls. Ottawa University was the clear choice in both polls to win the conference, with nine first place votes in the coaches' poll and 15 in the Media Poll.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Preseason outlook
Nationally, the season began with Ottawa ranked #10 in the nation and Bethany ranked #24 nationally in the 2012 Spring NAIA Coaches' Poll. Friends received votes in the poll but was not ranked in the top 25.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 0
The season began with two non-conference games for the KCAC. Baker University from the Heart of America Athletic Conference traveled to Ottawa and Tabor visited Bacone College of the Central States Football League. Both KCAC teams lost their games, leaving the conference 0–2 against other conferences.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 0, #18 Baker at #11 Ottawa
Baker and Ottawa met in the season's first NAIA "Game of the Week" on August 25. This was the sixth time that both teams have met in their season opener, and the 81st meeting all-time for the two programs. Going into the game, Baker led the rivalry 45-33-2 including a 41-16 victory in 2011.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 0, #18 Baker at #11 Ottawa
Ottawa came to the game winning the conference two of the last three seasons and with three consecutive post-season appearances. Baker has five consecutive winning seasons and five rankings in the top 25 final poll. Baker plays in the Heart of America Athletic Conference, considered one of the strongest in the NAIA.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 0, #18 Baker at #11 Ottawa
When the game got under way, Baker scored first with a 12-yard field goal by Steven Stewart with 8:13 left in the first quarter, but not after losing starting quarterback Jake Morse to injury for the remainder of the game. With 4:45 left in the first, Ottawa answered back with a touchdown and kicked the extra point to make the score 7–3. One more field goal by each team put the score 10–6 at halftime.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 0, #18 Baker at #11 Ottawa
In the fourth quarter, Baker took the score from tied up at 13–13 to a 27–13 lead by capitalizing on two turnovers. With 1:49 left to play, Ryder Werts fell on the ball in the end zone for a touchdown and kicker Steven Stewart made the extra point to put the Wildcats up by seven. Just 29 seconds later, Baker's Emmerson Clarke took a 48-yard interception return for a touchdown. Stewart's extra point put the score at 27–13. Ottawa managed a final touchdown with five seconds to go in the fourth quarter to put the final score at 27–20, with Baker recording the upset victory over the higher-ranked team.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 0, #18 Baker at #11 Ottawa
Baker had two key players injured during and prior to the game. Morse's injury was somewhat of a repeat of the matchup in 2010, when he left the game due to a concussion. Just one week earlier, Junior Scott Meyer’s season ended from injury in a scrimmage game against Fort Scott Community College.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 0, #18 Baker at #11 Ottawa
Ottawa began the game without offensive starter Matt Bollig, who suffered a career-ending injury during weightlifting practice in July.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 0, Tabor at Bacone
Tabor traveled to Muskogee, Oklahoma for their game against Bacone for the second of two games in the conference for the week. Bacone coach Trevor Rubly began the game looking for his squad to improve over last year's statistics in turnovers beginning with this game. Last year Tabor completed a 3-7 overall record and 2-7 in conference play, but was picked to finish higher in both media and coaches conference poll.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 0, Tabor at Bacone
Bacone managed to get off to an early start, scoring 10 points in the first quarter and leading at halftime 13–0. Tabor showed heart in the third quarter by scoring 20 points and made a good attempt at a comeback, but allowed Bacone to tack on an additional 12 to win the game 25–20.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1
The games of week 1 produced only one non-conference victory with Bethany, who took sole possession of first place in the conference standings and a record of 1–0. All other teams in the conference concluded week 1 with a record of 0–0.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1
After week 1, the conference stood at 1–9 against non-conference opponents.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, Southwestern at #10 Northwestern (IA)
Tenth ranked Northwestern hosted the Southwestern College Moundbuilders on a Thursday night game in front of 2,347 fans. Southwestern entered the game with optimism of a victory and breaking a losing streak.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, Southwestern at #10 Northwestern (IA)
Northwestern dominated play the entire game. Head coach Kyle Achterhoff led his team to 649 yards and 7 touchdowns, averaging 7.1 yards per play while holding Southwestern to 156 yards and no points. Southwestern's Ceth Bannister managed a 64-yard punt in the game as a bright spot for Southwestern. The final score was 49–0 with Northwestern winning.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, #14 William Penn at Bethel
Bethel's interim coach James Dotson had just 41 players suited up for their season opener, against 14th-ranked William Penn. William Penn scored 29 points in the first quarter alone and dominated every aspect of the game. The Statesmen came into the game off a 39–14 victory over Iowa Wesleyan the previous week.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, #14 William Penn at Bethel
William Penn piled on 474 yards of total offense and seven touchdowns while holding Bethel to just 49 yards with no scores. The final score was 54–0.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, Kansas Wesleyan at #22 Cumberland
Kansas Wesleyan met #22 Cumberland in the "Big River Bowl" hosted in Dyersburg, Tennessee,  the first of two games played that day at the location.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, Kansas Wesleyan at #22 Cumberland
Kansas Wesleyan secured 207 yards in the first half but only 45 in the second half of the game. Cumberland led 14–10 at halftime, and then began the third quarter with a 52-yard touchdown pass to Marquis Hagewood. Cumberland finished the game with 451 yards of total offense, including 317 on the ground. Cumberland claimed victory by a score of 31–10.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, Sterling at #13 Benedictine
The Benedictine Ravens played host to the Sterling Warriors and dominated every aspect of the game.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, Sterling at #13 Benedictine
The Ravens achieved 429 yards in total offense with eight touchdowns while Sterling earned just 265 and one touchdown. Sterling lost four fumbles and another interception while only making good on 3 of 14 third down situations. Benedictine lost two fumbles and zero interceptions while converting 6 of 11 third downs. The final score was Benedictine 59, Sterling 6.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, Saint Mary at Nebraska Wesleyan
Saint Mary's Jerrell Young caught a 9-yard pass from Mike Keese for a touchdown in the first quarter to get off to a 7–0 lead. Wesleyan's  Nate Hauptman made good on a 1-yard run for a touchdown in the second quarter to tie up the score, but Saint Mary pulled ahead when Marcus Mata ran for a four-yard touchdown and Saint Mary went in at halftime with a 14–7 lead.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, Saint Mary at Nebraska Wesleyan
Saint Mary's top-flight passing attack helped give the Spires a 458-242 edge in total offense. Quarterback Mike Keese - who threw for 3,638 yards and 21 touchdowns a year ago - was 30-of-54 for 377 yards and two touchdowns.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, Saint Mary at Nebraska Wesleyan
Saint Mary still held a thin lead when Wesleayn's Nate Hauptman threw a 30-yard pass to Ryan Larsen for a touchdown because the extra point was blocked. Saint Mary held a 14–13 lead. But two more scores by Wesleyan in the third quarter made a difference, as Aaron Lorraine made a 31-yard field goal and Dustin Bryant scored on a 7 yard carry to end the third quarter 23–14.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, Saint Mary at Nebraska Wesleyan
Nebraska Wesleyan scored on three straight possessions in the second half and batted down a fourth-and-goal pass in the end zone to hold on for the win. Saint Mary attempt to come back in the fourth quarter fell short and Nebraska Wesleyan won 25–20.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, Friends at Evangel
Evangel began its season opener against Friends looking to bounce back from last season's record of 3–7, depending on their more experienced players such as pre-season second team all-American  linebacker Tabor Cheo.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, Friends at Evangel
Evangel's Jesse Vaughn caught a 31-yard pass from Andrew Brimhal for a touchdown in the first quarter to take the lead and Evangel held the lead for the remainder of the game. Evangel's offense out-produced Friends 419 yards to 374, with three touchdowns to two by the Falcons. The final score was Friends 14, Evangel 27.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, #9 Missouri Valley at McPherson
The lead changed five times when #9 Missouri Valley traveled to play McPherson. Missouri Valley achieved 377 yards of total offense and three touchdowns while McPherson nearly matched with 376 yards but only two touchdowns. McPherson was intercepted twice where Missouri Valley was not, but McPherson only committed one penalty to Missouri Valley's seven. In the end, Missouri Valley claimed victory 27–13.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, #24 Bethany at Southwestern Assemblies of God
Last season Southwestern Assemblies of God (SAGU) ended with a record of 4 wins and 6 losses. The team returned 13 starting players for the new season, including quarterback Reid Golson and running backs Sean Haynes and Cade Leuschner.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 1, #24 Bethany at Southwestern Assemblies of God
Bethany's Darby House managed to throw two touchdown passes to offset SAGU's four field goals. One touchdown pass was caught by Brandon Martino and the other by teammate D'Andre Thompson. The second to Thomspson came with 37 seconds left in the game. It was just enough for a 13–12 victory.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 2
Week 2 was exclusively conference play. Two teams entered the week ranked:  Ottawa at #11 and Bethany at #24. When the week was over, both Ottawa and Bethany were dropped from the rankings due to losses and other conference teams managed to earn a ranking.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 2, #11 Ottawa at Kansas Wesleyan
Underdog Kansas Wesleyan ended the first quarter with a 17–7 lead and held it for the remainder of the game, although 11th-ranked Ottawa did manage to work up what looked like a comeback. Ottawa's offense achieved 512 total yards and held Kansas Wesleyan to 327 and four touchdowns apiece. The difference came down to kicking, as Kansas Wesleyan's Terry Stecker managed a field goal to put the Coyotes far enough ahead to keep the victory. Final score:  Kansas Wesleyan 31, Ottawa 28.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 2, McPherson at #24 Bethany
Only two touchdowns came in the game between McPherson and Bethany in the home opener for the Terrible Sweedes, and both of those touchdowns were achieved by McPherson. The first one came with just thirteen seconds left in the second quarter when Havelock Pomele made a 2-yard run to score, and Cord Cunningham converted the extra point to put the score to 7–0. The second touchdown, also by Pomele was a 13-yard run with 14:53 left in the fourth quarter. Cunningham made good on the extra point for the second time and the result was a McPherson upset over #24 Bethany by a score of 14–0.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 5, Avila vs. Bethany
Avila and Bethany played their game as scheduled and Avila outscored Bethany by a score of 35–19. Avila would later forfeit the victory due to the use of an ineligible player.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 8, #22 Tabor vs. McPherson - cancelled
On October 4, 2012, the KCAC and presidents of McPherson and Tabor agreed to cancel their game scheduled for October 20, 2012. The game was cancelled in light of the ongoing investigation into the murder of Tabor football player Brandon Brown. The two suspected of committing the murder are former football players from McPherson College.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 8, #22 Tabor vs. McPherson - cancelled
Two former players from McPherson's team have been charged with the murder:  Alton Franklin and Dequinte Oshea Flournoy. Both were on the football roster at McPherson for the previous year, and Franklin was listed as a sophomore linebacker at the beginning of the 2012 season. He was dismissed from the team before the incident and Flournoy was also no longer a member of the team.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 8, #22 Tabor vs. McPherson - cancelled
Michael Schneider, President of McPherson College said that McPherson and Tabor colleges do not have a rivalry that would account for what happened.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 8, #22 Tabor vs. McPherson - cancelled
Investigation of the crime was handled in cooperation by the McPherson Police Department, the McPherson County Sheriff's Office, and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 8, #22 Tabor vs. McPherson - cancelled
After a preliminary hearing on January 31, 2013, the suspects Franklin and Flournoy were bound over for trial on charges of being accessories to second-degree murder.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 8, #22 Tabor vs. McPherson - cancelled
The McPherson County Medical Examiner testified that Brown's blood alcohol level was .30, well above the legal limit in the state of Kansas. Attorneys for the defense argued that their actions were self-defense, saying "The defendants were using force to try to remove them from the premises." David Harger, Franklin's attorney continued, "Those people were armed. They then, as we know from police, stabbed the door with a knife."


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 8, #22 Tabor vs. McPherson - cancelled
Both Franklin and Flournoy entered a plea of not guilty.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 8, #22 Tabor vs. McPherson - cancelled
DeQuinte Flournoy later changed his position and entered a plea of no contest to a reduced charge of felony aggravated battery. A third former McPherson player testified that Franklin struck Brown in the face and Flournoy held Brown down. At the time, Flournoy was expected to testify at Franklin's trial.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Week 8, #22 Tabor vs. McPherson - cancelled
The jury deliberated less than two hours before delivering a verdict of not guilty of second-degree murder for Alton Franklin. Franklin was released after being held since September. Reactions from the community were left wanting more details and seeking understanding about the results.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Postseason
Conference regular season champion Ottawa earned an invitation to the 2012 NAIA Football National Championship and was the only team in the conference to be invited. No other team achieved post-season play.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Postseason, First Round, #15 Ottawa (KS) at #2 Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley finished the regular season with its third consecutive conference championship and an undefeated 10–0 record, while Ottawa entered into the game with its second consecutive conference championship and a record of 8–2. Missouri Valley earned the home field advantage for the first round.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Postseason, First Round, #15 Ottawa (KS) at #2 Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley scored 15 points in the first quarter and held Ottawa to zero, and held that lead for the entire game. Missouri Valley averaged 6.9 yards per play while holding Ottawa to 2.7. Missouri Valley's 487 total yards was made up of 229 yards rushing and 258 passing. With 13:46 left in the second quarter, Ottawa scored and managed to bring the score within eight points, but Missouri Valley pulled further away to a victorious final score of 56–21.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Player and coach awards
At the end the regular season play, the conference granted multiple individual and team awards. Ottawa University was declared conference champion and the Tabor Bluejays were declared runner-up.


2012 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season, Player and coach awards
Ottawa's Shane Gimzo was awarded the Player of the Year. Mike Keese of Saint Mary was awarded Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year went to Donald Anderson of Ottawa. Friends University's Derek Racette earns Special Teams Player of the Year and Jordan Barrett of Southwestern College was named the "Dr. Ted Kessinger Champion of Character Award" recipient. Mike Gardner of Tabor was declared the conference Coach of the Year.


2012 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The 2012 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jayhawks were led by new head coach Charlie Weis and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season with 1–11 overall, 0–9 in Big 12, finishing in last place and failing to be bowl eligible (alone in Big 12 teams in doing so).


2012 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Pre-season, Coaching change
The Jayhawks fired head coach Turner Gill after going 2–10 in his second year in 2011. He was replaced by former Notre Dame head coach  Charlie Weis.


2012 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Pre-season, Recruiting
Following the hire of Charlie Weis, the Jayhawks received a pair of high-profile quarterback transfers in the duo of Dayne Crist from Notre Dame and Jake Heaps from BYU. Crist will be eligible for the 2012 season while Heaps will be eligible for the 2013-2014 seasons.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The 2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats played their home games at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas, as they have done since 1968. 2012 marked the 117th season in school history. The Wildcats were led by head coach Bill Snyder in his 21st overall and fourth straight season since taking over for his second tenure in 2009. K-State competed as a member of the Big 12 Conference. Conference play began with an upset victory over the Oklahoma Sooners, which was the first win for the Wildcats in Norman since October 25, 1997.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The Wildcats started the season with an undefeated 10–0 record, and were ranked as the #1 team in country after a Week 10 defeat of TCU. However, the Wildcats' undefeated season and #1 ranking were derailed one week later after they were soundly defeated by upstart Baylor. The regular conference season came to a close with a fifth straight win over the Texas Longhorns, ending with an 8–1 record to clinch a share of Big 12 title with Oklahoma. Both teams made the postseason for the first time since the 2003 Big 12 Championship Game.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team
Kansas State finished the regular season as the #5 ranked team and were invited to the Fiesta Bowl for the third time, where they were defeated by Oregon. The Wildcats suffered their second consecutive Fiesta Bowl loss since 2003 in the 2004 Fiesta Bowl, ending the season with an 11–2 record and were ranked #11 in the final polls.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Off-season
The 2011 Wildcats finished the season with a 10–3 record overall, 7–2 in Big-12 play, behind Oklahoma State. They were invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic, where they were defeated by the Arkansas Razorbacks, making it the first Cotton Bowl Classic loss for the Wildcats since the 1996 team lost to the BYU Cougars in the 1997 Cotton Bowl Classic.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Off-season
In mid-August, incoming freshman quarterback Tavarious Bender decided to leave the team and the university for undisclosed reasons.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri State
The Wildcats were favored by 34 going into the game.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Miami
Kansas State was favored by 7 going into the game.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, North Texas
Kansas State was favored by 28½ going into the game.