2012 ICC World Twenty20
Match fixtures were announced on 21 September 2011 by ICC. On the same date, the ICC also unveiled the logo of the tournament, named "Modern Spin".


2012 ICC World Twenty20, Background
The 2012 World Twenty20 is the fourth edition of the Twenty20 tournament. The first was hosted by South Africa in 2007, where India beat Pakistan in a thriller to become Twenty20 champions. Pakistan, the losing finalists in 2007, defeated Sri Lanka in 2009 tournament to become World T20 Champions, held in England. In 2010 England became the third World Twenty20 champions by beating Australia in the West Indies.


2012 ICC World Twenty20, Format
The format is the same as the 2010 edition. The format has four groups of three in a preliminary round, groups A-D. In addition to the ten test cricket playing nations, there are two associate/affiliate teams who qualified from the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier staged in the United Arab Emirates on 13–14 March 2012.


2012 ICC World Twenty20, Format
The top two teams from each group A-D proceed to the Super Eight stage of the tournament. The Super Eights consist of two groups 1 & 2. The top two teams from the Super Eight groups play the semi-finals, and the semi-final winners contest the final to determine the world champions in Twenty20 cricket. England are the defending champions, having won the 2010 edition in the West Indies.


2012 ICC World Twenty20, Format
The Super Eight stage consists of the top two teams from each group of the group stage.


2012 ICC World Twenty20, Format
The teams are split into two groups, Groups 1 and 2. Group 1 will consist of the top seed from Groups A and C, and the second seed of groups B and D. Group 2 will consist of the top seed from Groups B and D, and the second seed of groups A and C. The seedings used are those allocated at the start of the tournament and are not affected by group stage results, with the exception of if a non-seeded team knocks out a seeded team, the non-seeded team inherits the seed of the knocked-out team.


2012 ICC World Twenty20, Format
During the group stage and Super Eight, points are awarded to the teams as follows:


2012 ICC World Twenty20, Format
In case of a tie (i.e. both teams score exactly the same number of runs at the end of their respective innings), a Super Over decides the winner. This is applicable in all stages of the tournament.


2012 ICC World Twenty20, Format
Within each group (both group stage & Super Eight stage), teams are ranked against each other based on the following criteria:


2012 ICC World Twenty20, Qualification
Earlier, the ICC development committee had expanded the global qualification system for the World Twenty20, to give the Associate and Affiliate members of the governing body a chance to feature in the tournament. The qualification tournament, which was contested by eight teams in February 2010, featured 16 sides when it was held in early 2012 ahead of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, later that year.


2012 ICC World Twenty20, Qualification
Ireland defeated Afghanistan in the final to win the championship which was a rematch of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. Both teams progressed to play in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.


2012 ICC World Twenty20, Fixtures and results
There are 27 matches to be played during the ICC World Twenty20, 12 in group stages, 12 in Super Eights, two Semi-finals and a final.


2012 ICC World Twenty20, Warm-up matches
12 warm-up matches were played between 13 and 19 September featuring all 12 teams.


2012 ICC World Twenty20, Super Eight stage
Seedings for this stage were allocated at the start of the tournament and were not affected by group stage results, with the exception that if a non-seeded team knocked out a seeded team, it would inherit that team's seeding.


2012 ICC World Twenty20, Statistics
The tables below show the five players with the most runs and wickets through the tournament.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final
The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final was played between Sri Lanka and West Indies at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on 7 October 2012. This was the 4th ICC World Twenty20. West Indies won the match by 36 runs, its first World Twenty20 victory. This was West Indies's first major trophy since the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. West Indies became the 4th team to win this title after India, Pakistan and England. This was the first time where a host team (SL) qualified for the final. In the stadium, the match was watched by 35,000 spectators.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Background
Prior to this match Sri Lanka and West Indies played 4 times against each other in Twenty20s, where Sri Lanka won all 4 times. Their most recent meeting was in the same tournament. In that group stage match Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets. Including that they also met each other twice in 2009 ICC World Twenty20, once in group stage and another in semi final. Both match were won by Sri Lanka. they won by 15 runs in the group stage and in the semi final they eliminated West Indies from the semi final with a dominating 57 runs win.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the final, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka were the favorite from the beginning of the tournament since they were the hosts. They made a flying start against Zimbabwe. They thrashed Zimbabwe and won by 82 runs. But they lost to South Africa by 32 runs (D/L Method) to finish second to South Africa in Group C and qualified for the Super 8 stage. Though the system of ICC World Twenty20 made them C1 of that group. They had a nice and smooth journey at Super 8 stage. They won comfortably against West Indies and England.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the final, Sri Lanka
But their first match at super 8 against New Zealand was a thriller where the result of the match was decided by super over and Sri Lanka won. They qualified for the semi final by being the topper of Group 1 with 3 wins in 3 matches. In the semi final they faced Pakistan. They won by 16 runs to qualify for the final of 2012 ICC World Twenty and their second world twenty20 final.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the final, West Indies
The Windies arrived as a team that could make a run in the minds of some thanks to such players as famed power hitters and all-rounders Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard and emerging star off-spinner Sunil Narine, but they did not begin the tournament well and were beaten by Australia in their first match. Their next match was against Ireland and it was washed away by rain. Both of the team received 1 point. But West Indies qualified for the Super 8 from Group B, next to Australia by the virtue of a superior Net run rate.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the final, West Indies
In the super 8 stage they were placed to Group 1 with Sri Lanka, England and New Zealand. They won against England easily and won against New Zealand in super over. But they were thrashed by the hosts Sri Lanka. still with 2 wins in three matches they qualified for the semi final. A rematch against Australia in the semi finals, but an unbeaten 75 off 41 from Gayle, including four sixes, helped West Indies post a mammoth total of 205/4. Australia struggled to respond, eventually slumping to 131 all out.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Team Composition
Sri Lanka made one change from their winning team of semi final. Akila Dananjaya was in for Rangana Herath, while West Indies team were unchanged.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match officials
The on-field umpires were Aleem Dar of Pakistan and Simon Taufel of Australia, with Rod Tucker being the third (TV) umpire. Ian Gould was the fourth umpire. Jeff Crowe was the match referee. This match was the last match of Simon Taufel as an international cricket umpire.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Toss
West Indies captain Darren Sammy won the toss and chose to bat first.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match Summary
Batting First, West Indies suffered an early collapse as both their openers Chris Gayle and Johnson Charles, were dismissed for three and 3 to leave the West Indies at 2–14 after 5.5 overs, resulting 14 runs after the end of batting powerplay that included first wicket maiden over bowled by Angelo Mathews. later then Marlon Samuels and Dwayne Bravo stabilized the innings added 59 runs in 8.5 overs. Marlon Samules played a knock of 78 from 55 balls, involving 3 fours and 6 sixes including the longest six of the tournament at 108 meters.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match Summary
Captain Darren Sammy also led a late charge that produced a small, but valuable knock of 26 runs of just 15 balls. West Indies added 108 runs in the last 10 overs  resulting to  able to the respectable score of 137 with the loss of 6 wickets and thus able to set Sri Lanka a target of 138.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match Summary
In reply Sri Lanka also did not get good start their opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan was bowled on duck by Ravi Rampaul. Then Kumar Sangakara started to move innings slowly. With the good tight bowling Sri Lankans were restricted to 39/1 after eight overs, With the fall of Wicketkeeper batsman Kumar Sangakara  by Samuel Badree on the score of 48 in 10th over Started down Lankans in trouble. Just in span of 21 runs Sri Lankans were reduced to 69/7 in 14.3 overs including the two run outs.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match Summary
Nuwan Kulasekara mustered a brief fightback (26 runs from 16 balls) but holed out to leave the tail end exposed, and Sri Lanka was soon all out on 101 in 18.4 overs resulted in 36 runs short of the target. Captain Mahela Jayawardhane was the top scorer of 33 runs whereas Sunil Narine produced a brilliant figures of 9-3 in 3.4 overs. Samuels was judged as  Man of the Match for being his brilliant allround figures contributed with bat of the top-scoring batsman on either side while also taking 1–15 in his entire quota of four overs of bowling.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Match details, Match Summary
The win marked the West Indies' first win in an ICC event since the 2004 Champions Trophy and their third ICC world title – though it was also their first since the 1979 World Cup, when a team including Viv Richards, Michael Holding and Clive Lloyd had won the tournament for the second time in a row.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played in early 2012 as a part of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series. This edition of the qualifier for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 was an expanded version comprising ten qualifiers from regional Twenty20 tournaments, in addition to the six ODI/Twenty20 status countries. It was staged in the UAE.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
ICC Associate and Affiliate Members from around the globe had the opportunity to qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 in Sri Lanka. Regional qualifying events were held in the five regions to provide a qualifying pathway to the 16-team qualifier which took place in early 2012 in the United Arab Emirates. The six Associate/Affiliate Members with ODI status – Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands and Scotland – have automatically qualified for this event.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
Three teams from the Asia region, two teams from Africa, Americas and Europe, and one team from East Asia-Pacific had the opportunity to qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 global qualifier. Some ODI status Associate/Affiliate sides took part in these qualifying events, along with emerging teams from ICC Full Members (e.g., South Africa and Zimbabwe). In such cases, the highest placed Associate and Affiliate sides from these events progressed to the global qualifier, based on the qualifying spots available.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
The tournament was won by Ireland, who defeated Afghanistan in the final, in a rematch of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. Both the teams qualified for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. Paul Stirling was the highest run-getter with 357 runs including the second-fastest half-century ever in T20I match (17 balls) in the final, while Dawlat Zadran with 17 wickets was the highest wicket-taker. Namibia's Raymond van Schoor was the Player of the Tournament.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Entrants
Qualification for 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier involves 81 ICC member countries to battle their way from regional Division 3 to Division 1 and eventually World Twenty20 Qualifier. Three of the 81 teams are already qualified but are participating as a part of division members. Pre -qualified teams are Afghanistan, Canada, and Kenya. Zimbabwe A  team is involved as a part of Africa Division 1 but as a full member Zimbabwe national cricket team is already qualified for 2012 ICC World Twenty20.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Regional qualification
† Switzerland were due to take part, but withdrew due to internal difficulties, and were automatically relegated.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Regional qualification, Qualified teams
The ten qualified teams from regional Twenty20 competitions played in the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier along with the six associate teams that had automatically qualified.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Regional qualification, Qualified teams
Originally, after the cut of associates from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, it was decided to give associates more of a chance in Twenty20 format and expanded the main tournament to 16 teams with top 6 teams from the Qualifier  going to the World Cup but after the re-inclusion of Associates in the 50-Over World Cup in 2015, the earlier format was retained and only the top two teams from this event qualifying for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Match officials
The International Cricket Council announced the umpires that would officiate in this tournament. There would be 4 Regional Match Referees, plus 12 umpires, 7 of which are of the Elite Panel (which includes Simon Taufel, a five-time ICC Umpire of the Year Award recipient), and also 5 ICC Assiciate and Affiliate Panel of Umpires.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Format
The tournament, held from 13 to 24 March, has 72 qualifying fixtures. The sixteen teams participating in this tournament has been divided into two groups of eight each. The top team from each group will meet in the first qualifying final with the winner being guaranteed a place in the World Twenty20 Cup 2012 to be held in Sri Lanka. The loser of that match will play the second qualifying final against the winner of a series of playoff matches. The winners of both qualifying finals will meet in the final at Dubai.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Fixtures and results
The groups were announced by the ICC on 21 December 2011. Source:ESPNCricinfo


2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Statistics, Most runs
The top five most runs scorers are included in this table.


2012 ICC World Twenty20 squads
This is a list of the squads picked for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.


2012 ICT Skype controversy
The 2012 ICT Skype controversy was the leaking of Skype conversations and emails between Mohammed Nizamul Huq, head judge and chairman of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal, and Ahmed Ziauddin, a Bangladeshi lawyer based in Brussels. These conversations took place during the prosecution of the accused for alleged war crimes during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.


2012 ICT Skype controversy
According to The Economist, the recordings and emails suggested that the Bangladesh Government pressured and attempted to intervene in the International Crimes Tribunal to speed up proceedings. The neutrality and independence of Huq was called into question, as Ziauddin appeared to help him to prepare documents for the tribunal and made detailed recommendations for Huq. Ziauddin also advised prosecutors, including the chief prosecutor Zaed-al-Malum, and informed Huq about how the prosecutors may develop their cases. This resulted in a connection between the judge, adviser and the prosecution.


2012 ICT Skype controversy
The 17 hours of conversations between 28 August and 20 October 2012 and more than 230 e-mails between September 2011 and September 2012 were disclosed to The Economist. The Bangladeshi newspaper Amar Desh also received the conversations, and published a report on 9 December, followed by the transcripts in full. On 13 December, a court injunction banned Bangladeshi newspapers from publishing the materials, at which time Amar Desh stopped further publication.


2012 ICT Skype controversy
On 11 December 2012, Huq resigned from his position as chairman of ICT-1, citing personal reasons. Despite demands from Jamaat-e-Islami for the Tribunal to be scrapped, the Law Minister Shafique Ahmed said that Huq's resignation would not hamper trial proceedings. On 13 December, Fazle Kabir, then head of the second tribunal (ICT-2), was named as the new chairman. The defendants' applications for retrials were rejected.


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Background
The International Crimes Tribunal was set up in Bangladesh in 2009 to prosecute suspects accused of war crimes during the Bangladesh Liberation War. The Awami League had pledged to do so in the campaign for the 2008 election. Between 2010 and 2012, the tribunal indicted eleven men as suspects; they are now political leaders, nine from Jamaat-e-Islami, two from the BNP and zero from the Awami League. At the time of the Skype controversy, the trials of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, Motiur Rahman Nizami and Ghulam Azam were underway at ICT-1 and the trial of Delwar Hossain Sayeedi had nearly finished.


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Background
On 6 December 2012, the presiding judge of ICT-1, Mohammed Nizamul Huq, passed an order requiring two members of The Economist to appear before the court, demanding that they explain how they came into possession of e-mails and conversations between him and lawyer Ziauddin. This order came after The Economist contacted Huq about the material they had. The order named Ahmed Ziauddin as an expert assisting the judges, explaining that the judges needed research support as the tribunal is based on new law. On 9 December, the newspaper Amar Desh began publishing reports and transcripts of the conversations, and The Economist published a further report on 15 December.


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Revelations
According to The Economist, the Skype conversations and e-mails suggested that the Bangladesh Government pressured and attempted to intervene in the International Crimes Tribunal to speed proceedings up. During a conversation between Huq and Ziauddin on 14 October, Huq referred to the government as


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Revelations
Absolutely crazy for a judgment. The government has gone totally mad. They have gone completely mad, I am telling you. They want a judgment by 16th December (Victory Day)...it's as simple as that.


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Revelations
On 15 October, Huq described how a member of the government "came to visit me this evening. He asked me to pass this verdict fast. I told him 'how can I do that?'... He said, 'Try as quick as you can.'"


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Revelations
The Economist also reported the communications revealed Brussels-based lawyer Ziauddin's influence in the trial. Between 28 August and 20 October, the two men spoke for the equivalent of almost 20 minutes every day. Ziauddin appeared to help Huq prepare documents. On 12 May, Ziauddin sent Huq a document called "GhulamAzamChargesFinalDraft", and the next day the tribunal issued an identical document as its indictment against Ghulam Azam. Ziauddin also advised Huq on the future of Huq's fellow judge Shahinur Islam, saying, "If he does not stop he has to go as well, because it is so harmful to us."


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Revelations
The Economist further adds that the conversations reveal that Ziauddin discussed the same issues with the judge and the prosecutors, including the chief prosecutor Zaed-al-Malum. On 11 December 2011 he sent Malum and another prosecutor help on the case against Azam and forwarded this advice to Huq. After the prosecutors laid their charges, Ziauddin continued to advise Huq on the accusations.


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Revelations
During the conversations, one or both of the men referred to Justice Jahangir Hossain as "corrupt." Before Justice Huq resigned, Hossain gave an emotional speech in court in his own defence (Huq was absent). Hossain objected to Huq and Ziauddin's characterisation of him. He also objected to Amar Desh's coverage of the Skype conversations. Hossain said he had been appointed to sit on a case that involved Mahmudur Rahman (now editor of Amar Desh) while he had been appointed as Energy Advisor in the BNP government. Hossain said that Rahman should not have included his name in a large headline.


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Ahmed Ziauddin
Ahmed Ziauddin is a Bangladeshi lawyer and academic specializing in international courts of law, who lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. He was born in Dhaka, then part of East Pakistan, where he went to college and law school, and his brother was a friend of Mohammed Nizamul Huq. They have known each other for many years. Ziauddin is a professor of international law at Catholic University of Brussels, where he is the full-time director of the Bangladesh Centre for Genocide Studies. The center campaigns to end what he has called "the ingrained culture of impunity" regarding the 1971 war crimes in Bangladesh.


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Ahmed Ziauddin
Ziauddin is also known for his advocacy of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as he lobbied Asian governments to sign and ratify the treaty Ziauddin was affiliated since 2001 as coordinator for the Asian Network of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) and its efforts to lobby United Nations-member countries to sign the Rome Statute that established by treaty the International Criminal Court. He worked to get Asian countries, such as Pakistan and Bangladesh, to sign and then ratify the treaty Bangladesh signed and then ratified in 2010. In that same year, Bangladesh's ratification of the Rome Statute made possible its establishment of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal.


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Ahmed Ziauddin
His lobbying of Bangladesh for the Rome Treaty was also connected to his desire to see the war crimes trial take place there. He said previous governments in Bangladesh had not dealt with the war crimes. He also wrote that the International Criminal Court did not negate the role of nations; he wrote, "The ICC is only a complementary court. It is intended to supplement national courts, which are primarily responsible to try war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of Genocide." He also said that the Rome Statute would protect the country; he said, "As Bangladesh works to address impunity for past crimes and re-establish the rule of law, joining the ICC will help ensure that grave crimes are not committed in the future."


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Ahmed Ziauddin
During the war crimes trial, Ziauddin advised lead Justice Nizamul Huq. He also drafted charges against one of the accused, Ghulam Azam. Weeks before the Skype controversy came to public light, Ziauddin attended a conference at the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court at The Hague in November 2012 where Toby Cadman, who is the defense attorney for the accused in Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal and the most high-profile critic of the process. Cadman presented a paper that linked the Rome Statute with the problems of the ICT: "lack of transparency; discriminatory intent of the legislation and tribunal; lack of clear definitions of crimes; absence of rules of disclosure; and investigations being conducted under a cloak of secrecy."


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Ahmed Ziauddin
Ziauddin described his professional relationship with Huq in The Economist as follows:


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Ahmed Ziauddin
It's up to judges to decide where they are going to get research support or other support they need. They are quite entitled to do it. The more so when they really don’t have that research backup [in Bangladesh]. [ They ask for help] if they feel if there are people more informed about the issue, especially where [international law] is so new in Bangladesh ... I’m not really advising him, but if there is a question then I try to respond.


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Ahmed Ziauddin
After the disclosure of their conversations came to light, Ziauddin was also called before Bangladesh's war crimes court to answer for his participation, a case which is in progress.


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Aftermath
On 11 December 2012, Huq resigned from his position as chairman of ICT-1, citing personal reasons. Despite demands from Jamaat-e-Islami for the tribunal to be scrapped, the Law Minister Shafique Ahmed said that Huq's resignation would not hamper trial proceedings. He said that Huq had in no way behaved improperly and had the right to consult with experts in the law. On 13 December, Fazle Kabir, then head of the second tribunal (ICT-2), was named as the new chairman.


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Aftermath
On 19 December, the defence submitted applications for a retrial. A petition was also filed to remove the chief prosecutor Zaed-al-Malum. Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, BNP MP on trial at ICT-1, demanded adjournment of his case until the petition was settled. On 3 January, the defendants' applications for retrials were rejected.


2012 ICT Skype controversy, Aftermath
The editor of Amar Desh, Mahmudur Rahman, was arrested on remand on 11 April 2013 for a number of charges, including sedition for publishing the Skype material, as well as other reporting from Amar Desh about the 2013 Shahbag protests. The Asian Human Rights Commission reports that they are informed that Rahman has been tortured in police custody.


2012 IFA Shield
2012 IFA Shield began on 3 March 2012. Pune FC along with six other I-League teams participated in the 116th edition. Brazilian Série A famous team Botafogo came here to participate in the 116th edition of the Shield.


2012 IFA Shield, Groups
In Group 'A', East Bengal will with Shillong Lajong FC and Bhowanipur SC :: In Gr. "B" Brazilian side Botafogo with Chirag United Kerala and Southern Samity :: In Gr. 'C' Pune FC with Pailan Arrows and Ar-Hima Club and in Gr. ' D ' Prayag United with Mumbai FC and Aryan club.


2012 IFA Shield, Results
Pune FC were held by minnows Pailan Arrows, while Southern Samity stunned I-League side United Kerala. East Bengal pip Bhawanipore FC 2–1 in the 116th IFA Shield opener at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.


2012 IFA Shield, Results
Pune FC Won 3–0 over Ar Hima FC. East Bengal won the trophy by pipping Prayag united by 4-2 via a tie-breaker.


2012 IFA Shield Final
The 2012 IFA Shield Final was the 116th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata clubs East Bengal and Prayag United on 16 March 2012.


2012 IFA Shield Final
East Bengal won the final 4–2 via penalties after the game remained goal-less after extra-time, to claim their 28th IFA Shield title.


2012 IFA Shield Final, Route to the final, East Bengal
East Bengal entered the 2012 IFA Shield as one of the I-League playing teams from Kolkata and were allocated into Group A alongside Shillong Lajong and Bhawanipore FC. In the opening game against Bhawanipur, East Bengal managed a 2–1 victory with striker Robin Singh scoring a brace. Biswajit Biswas scored the goal for Bhawanipur. In the second group game against Shillong Lajong, East Bengal managed a comfortable 3–0 win with goals from Tolgay Ozbey, Gurwinder Singh and Robin Singh, to secure a place in the semis. In the Semi Final, East Bengal club faced Pailan Arrows, the topper of Group C, and managed a 1–0 win courtesy of a Tolgay Ozbey strike to enter the final for the 40th time.


2012 IFA Shield Final, Route to the final, Prayag United
Prayag United entered the 2012 IFA Shield as one of the I-League playing teams from Kolkata and were allocated into Group D alongside Mumbai F.C. and Techno Aryan. In their opening game, they defeated Mumbai FC 3–2 with Yusif Yakubu scoring a brace and Denson Devadas scoring the other for Prayag. Gbeneme Friday and Chhangte Malsawmkima scored for Mumbai. In their second game, Prayag defeated Aryan 1–0 with a long range effort from Bello Razaq to reach the semis. In the Semi-Final, Prayag United faced Brazilian team Botafogo BFR and won 1–0 courtesy of a goal from Kiwi striker Kayne Vincent in the 115th minute to take Prayag United into the final.


2012 IFAF U-19 World Championship
The 2012 IFAF U-19 World Championship took place in 2012 at Austin, Texas. These championship match the world’s eight best high school-aged (19 and under) national American football teams from five continents shall be played at 12,000-capacity Burger Stadium in Austin Texas, a football and soccer venue. The action began on Saturday, June 30 and ran through Saturday, July 8. To win the Gold Medal #2 ranked Canada had to defeat #7 Sweden, #3 Japan and finally #1 USA in the Championship game. The hard road to success turned in a fantastic finish to a great tournament. In doing so, Canada avenged its 50-7 loss in the 2011 IFAF World Championship (which was composed of adult competitors) and handed the U.S. national team its first ever loss in international competition.


2012 IFAF U-19 World Championship, Participants & Seeding
Three nations from the 2009 U-19 World Championship failed to qualify for this year's event - Mexico, Germany and New Zealand.


2012 IFK Göteborg season
The 2012 season was IFK Göteborg's 107th in existence, their 80th season in Allsvenskan and their 36th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished seventh for the third time in a row. IFK Göteborg also participated in one competition in which the club continued playing in for the 2013 season, 2012–13 Svenska Cupen.


2012 IFK Göteborg season
Mikael Stahre was appointed new head coach, this after the contract of the former head coach Jonas Olsson wasn't extended. A new captain was announced since former captain Adam Johansson left the squad. Forward Tobias Hysén took over the captaincy.


2012 IFK Göteborg season, Players, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 IFK Göteborg season, Squad statistics, Disciplinary record
Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2012 IFSC Climbing World Championships
The 2012 IFSC Climbing World Championships, the 12th edition, were held in Paris, France from 12 to 16 September 2012.


2012 IFSC Climbing World Cup
The 2012 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held in 17 locations. Bouldering competitions were held in 6 locations, lead in 9 locations, and speed in 6 locations. The season began on 13 April in Chongqing, China and concluded on 18 November in Kranj, Slovenia.


2012 IFSC Climbing World Cup
The top 3 in each competition received medals, and the overall winners were awarded trophies. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.


2012 IFSC Climbing World Cup
The winners for bouldering were Rustam Gelmanov and Anna Stöhr, for lead Sachi Amma and Mina Markovic, for speed Stanislav Kokorin and Alina Gaidamakina, and for combined Jakob Schubert and Mina Markovic, men and women respectively.


2012 IFSC Climbing World Cup, Highlights of the season
In bouldering, at the World Cup in Munich, Akiyo Noguchi of Japan flashed all boulders in the final round to take the win.


2012 IFSC Climbing World Cup, Highlights of the season
In speed climbing, at the World Cup in Xining, Evgenii Vaitcekhovskii of Russia set a new world record of 5.88 seconds in the semifinal against his teammate Sergey Abdrakhmanov's 5.98 seconds. At the end of the season, Russian athletes, Stanislav Kokorin and Alina Gaidamakina clinched the overall titles of the season for men and women respectively, making it double speed titles for Russia.


2012 IHF Super Globe
The 2012 IHF Super Globe was the sixth edition. It was held in Doha, Qatar at the Al-Gharafa Sports Club Hall from August 27 – September 1, 2012.


2012 IHF Super Globe
The teams that took part were the respective continental champions.


2012 IHF Super Globe
Atlético Madrid defeated THW Kiel in an all-European final 28–23.


2012 IHF Super Globe, Preliminary round
The draw was held on June 23, 2012. The scheduled was published on June 29, 2012.


2012 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
The 2012 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia was the fifth IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It took place between 17 March and 25 March 2012 in Dehradun, India. The defending champions Hong Kong, who claimed their first title in 2011, did not send a team to this year's edition. Chinese Taipei, winners of the 2010 tournament competed after skipping the 2011 tournament. The United Arab Emirates won the tournament after defeating Thailand in the final and Malaysia finished in third after defeating Kuwait in the bronze medal match


2012 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, Overview
This will be the first IIHF sanctioned tournament to be held in India and will see the tournament expanded to seven teams. The teams will be split into two seeded groups. Group A will contain the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Chinese Taipei and Kuwait, who will play a round robin format. Group B will consist of Macau, Malaysia and India, who will play a double-round robin format. The top two teams in Group A will receive a bye to the semi-finals, while the bottom two will play a semi-final qualification against the top two teams from Group B.


2012 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, Overview
The United Arab Emirates won the tournament after defeating Thailand 3 – 0 in the final. It was the United Arab Emirates second title having previously won the 2009 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia. Malaysia finished third after they defeated Kuwait in the bronze medal game. Loke Ban Kin finished the tournament as the top scorer after finishing with 27 points including 16 goals and 11 assists. The United Arab Emirate's Khaled al-Suwaidi finished as the tournaments top goaltender based on save percentage with a percentage of 100.


2012 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, assists, and the lower penalties in minutes.


2012 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
The 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 17th IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship ran alongside the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 1 and 7 July in Ingolstadt, Germany. The tournament was won by Canada, earning their second World Championship title. Germany finished in second place and Finland third after defeating Slovenia in the bronze medal match. Great Britain were relegated to Division I for 2013 after losing the relegation game against Sweden.


2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Qualification
Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2011 Division I tournament was won by Great Britain who defeated Hungary 3-2 in the final.


2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Seeding and groups
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. The World Championships groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament use Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Ingolstadt, Germany. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):


2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Preliminary round
Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, every team advanced to the Playoff round.


2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Playoff round
All eight teams advanced into the playoff round and were seeded into the quarterfinals according to their result in the preliminary round. The winning quarterfinalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Great Britain was relegated after losing the final placement round game against Sweden, while the United States and Czech Republic finished fifth and sixth respectively after their wins in the placement round. In the semifinals Canada defeated Slovenia and Germany beat Finland, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Slovenia and Finland played off for the bronze medal with Finland winning 9–4. Canada defeated Germany 9–5 in the gold medal game, earning their second World Championship title.


2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
The 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I was an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournament ran alongside the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and took place between 1 and 7 June 2012 in Ingolstadt, Germany. The tournament was won by Slovakia who upon winning gained promotion to the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Bulgaria and New Zealand were relegated after finishing last and second last respectively.


2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Qualification
Six teams attempted to qualify for the two remaining spots in the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The other six nations automatically qualified after their results from the 2011 World Championship and the 2011 Division I tournaments. Two qualification tournaments were held with a place awarded to the winner of each tournament. The European Qualification tournament was contested between Bulgaria, Macedonia and Turkey, with Bulgaria winning both of their games and earning a qualification spot. The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was contested between Chinese Taipei, New Zealand and South Africa, with New Zealand winning promotion.


2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Qualification, European Qualification
The European Qualification tournament was held at the Winter Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 2 September 2011 to 4 September 2011. Bulgaria gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games against Macedonia and Turkey. Turkey finished in second place after they won their other game against the Macedonian team.


2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Qualification, Rest of the World Qualification
The Rest of the World Qualification tournament was held at the New Plymouth Rollersports Arena in New Plymouth, New Zealand from 18 November 2011 to 20 November 2011. New Zealand gained promotion to Division I after winning both of their games against Chinese Taipei and South Africa. Chinese Taipei finished in second place after they won their other game against the South African team.


2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Seeding and groups
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Ingolstadt, Germany. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):


2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Preliminary round
Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, every team advanced to the Playoff round.


2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Playoff round
All eight teams advanced into the playoff round and were seeded into the quarterfinals according to their result in the preliminary round. The winning quarterfinalists advanced through to the semifinals, while the losing teams moved through to the placement round. Bulgaria and New Zealand were relegated after losing their placement round games, while Australia and Japan advanced to a 5/6 placement game with Australia defeating Japan 7–3. In the semifinals Hungary defeated Austria and Slovakia defeating Croatia, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Austria and Croatia played off for the bronze medal with Austria winning in overtime. Slovakia defeated Hungary 5–4 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.


2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.


2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2012 IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia
The 2012 IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia was the first IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It took place between 1 April and 6 April 2012 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Thailand won the tournament after winning all four of their round robin games and finishing first in the standings. The United Arab Emirates finished second, losing only to Thailand and Malaysia finished in third place.


2012 IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia, Overview
The 2012 IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia began on 1 April 2012 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with all of the games being played at Arena Abu Dhabi. The under-18 teams of India, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates made their debut international appearances at the tournament while the Thailand under-18 returned to international competition, having last played in the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship. Thailand won the tournament after winning all four of their games and finishing first in the standings.


2012 IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia, Overview
The United Arab Emirates finished second, losing only to Thailand and Malaysia finished third after losing their games against Thailand and the United Arab Emirates. Phongphan Krongsakunsuk of Thailand finished as the tournaments leading scoring with 22 points including 15 goals and seven assists. Thailand's Wasunun Angkulpattanasuk finished as the leading goaltender with as save percentage of 90.00.


2012 IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia, Overview
Hong Kong, also making their debut international under-18 competition, sent a select team that competed out of competition against the other four nations. Hong Kong was unable to compete in the tournament due to problems with player eligibility. The team won all four of their games against the other nations but the scores were officially recorded as 5–0 wins to the opposing teams.


2012 IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, assists, and the lower penalties in minutes.


2012 IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia, Leading goaltenders
Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2012 IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia, Notes
I Hong Kong originally won the games 20–0 versus India, 26–0 Malaysia, 13–0 versus the United Arab Emirates and 9–0 versus Thailand before the games were declared forfeit at a score of 5–0 to the opposing teams.


2012 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia
The 2012 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia was the first IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It took place between 27 May and 1 June 2011 in Seoul, South Korea. Russia, represented by the MHL Red Stars, won the tournament after winning all four of their round robin games and finishing first in the standings. Japan finished second and South Korea finished in third place.


2012 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia, Overview
The 2012 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia began on 27 May 2012 in Seoul, South Korea will all of the games being played at the Mok-Dong Arena. Russia was represented by the MHL Red Stars, a selection of under-19 players from the Russian Minor Hockey League. The MHL Red Stars won the tournament after winning all four of their games and finishing first in the standings. Japan finished second, losing to Russia and winning in overtime against South Korea who finished in third place. Makuru Furuhashi of Japan finished as the tournaments leading scoring with 17 points, including 12 goals and five assists. Russia's Vasili Demchenko and Vsevolod Kondrashov finished as the leading goaltenders, both with a save percentage of 1.000.


2012 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, assists, and the lower penalties in minutes.


2012 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia, Leading goaltenders
Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia
The 2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia was the third IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was held from 15 February 2012 to 19 February 2012 in Qiqihar, China. Japan won the tournament for the second year in a row after defeating China's first team in the gold medal game. China's second team won bronze after defeating South Korea in the third place match.


2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia, Overview
The 2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia began on 15 February 2012 in Qiqihar, China. The tournament expanded back to four teams from three in 2011 with the inclusion of a second Chinese national team. That second national team was the Chinese junior team. The opening game was played between the first and second teams of China with the first Chinese team defeating the second team 12–0. Japan won the tournament for the second year in a row after defeating China's first team in the gold medal game.


2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia, Overview
China's second team finished in third place after defeating South Korea in the bronze medal game 2–1. Chiho Osawa of Japan finished the tournament as the top scorer after finishing with seven points including four goals and three assists. South Korea's Shin Sojung finished as the tournaments top goaltender based on save percentage with 93.33.


2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia, Round robin
The four participating teams were placed in a single round robin. After playing the round-robin, the top two teams advanced to the gold medal game while teams rank three and four advanced to the bronze medal game.


2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, assists, and the lower penalties in minutes.


2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia, Leading goaltenders
Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2012 IIHF World Women's Championships was the 14th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2013 competition, and the 2014 Olympics.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship
Canada won their tenth title by defeating the United States 5–4 in overtime. Caroline Ouellette scored the decisive goal. The Americans defeated the Canadians 9–2 in the group stage earlier in the tournament. The Swiss team, by finishing third, captured their first ever Women's World Championship medal.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Top Division
The Top Division was contested between eight teams from April 7 to April 14, 2012. The event was hosted by USA Hockey in Burlington, Vermont. A new format was used where the top four ranked teams were placed in Group A and were automatically qualified for the final round, and played in the preliminary round was only used to determine seeding for the next round. The top two teams received a bye into the semifinals. Meanwhile, the next four teams played the preliminary round in Group B. The top two teams from Group B joined the others for the final round, while the bottom two team played a best-of-three series, with the loser being relegated next year.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Top Division, Rosters
Each team's roster for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting on 6 April 2012.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Top Division, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Top Division, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Top Division, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Top Division, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I, Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Ventspils, Latvia, from 25 to 31 March 2012.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I, Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Hull, Great Britain, from 9 to 15 April 2012.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division II, Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 25 to 31 March 2012.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division II, Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Seoul, South Korea, from 10 to 16 March 2012.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I
The Division I Group A tournament was held in Ventspils, Latvia, from March 25 to 31. The winner, the Czech Republic, was promoted to the top division for 2013, while the bottom-ranked team, Kazakhstan, was relegated to Group B for 2013.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I
Group B was contested from April 9 to 15 at Hull, Great Britain. The winner, Denmark, moves up to Group A for 2013, while the last placed team Italy is relegated to Division II Group A. Denmark won the three way tie-breaker with France and China by virtue of having a superior goal differential in the games those three nations played against each other (Denmark +3, China +1, France −4). Relegation was decided in similar fashion, by breaking a three way tie between Great Britain (+4), the Netherlands (−1), and Italy (−3).


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I
In 2011 these tournaments were known as Division I and Division II.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I, Group A, Statistics and awards, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I, Group A, Statistics and awards, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I, Group B, Statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I, Group B, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II
The Division II tournament was held in Maribor, Slovenia, from March 25 to 31 for Group A. Group B was contested from March 10 to 16 in Seoul, South Korea.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II
In both tournaments the first placed team was promoted and the last placed team relegated, so, the Group B winner moved up to Group A, and the Group A winner moved up to Division I Group B. The last placed in Group A was relegated to Group B. While the rules stated that the 5th and 6th placed teams in Group B must enter a qualification tournament for next year if more member nations apply to compete, this did not happen. Previously these tournaments were known as Division III and Division IV.


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II, Group A, Statistics and awards, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II, Group A, Statistics and awards, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II, Group B, Statistics and awards, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II, Group B, Statistics and awards, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II, Division II B Qualification
The Division II B Qualification was cancelled in August 2011 due to a number of nations declining to participate. South Africa, which lost 2011 Division IV, and  Spain, which was scheduled to host the 2012 Division II B Qualification, were placed in Group B without qualification. The qualification was scheduled to include the following:


2012 IIHF Women's World Championship rosters
Each team's roster for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting on 6 April 2012.


2012 IIHF World Championship
The 2012 IIHF World Championship was the 76th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 4–20 May 2012 in Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden. This tournament determined the countries' seeding for the men's Olympic Ice Hockey tournament in Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics, and for all countries participating in the qualification program leading up to the Olympics.


2012 IIHF World Championship
Russia won the tournament by defeating Slovakia 6–2 in the Final game; the Russians finished the tournament undefeated with a record of 10–0–0, becoming the first team to win every game in regulation since the Soviet Union in the 1989 World Championships. The Czech Republic captured the bronze medal by defeating co-host Finland 3–2 in the bronze medal game. The tournament's top scorer, Russia's Evgeni Malkin, was named the most valuable player of the tournament.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Host selection
At the IIHF congress in Moscow in 2007 four nations submitted bids to host the 2012 World Championship: Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The Hungarian and Czech bids were withdrawn before the vote, which was then contested by Finland and Sweden. Finland won with 64 votes to Sweden's 35. Sweden later won the vote to host the 2013 World Championship. At the congress in Bern in 2009, it was announced that Finland and Sweden would instead co-host both the 2012 and 2013 tournaments.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Venues
Group A preliminary round and quarterfinals were played in Hartwall Areena, Helsinki. Group B preliminary round and quarterfinals were played in Ericsson Globe, Stockholm. All semifinal and medal games were played at the Hartwall Areena.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Format
For the first time since 2000, a new format was adopted in the IIHF World Hockey Championships. The preliminary round and qualification round were merged into one (two pools of eight teams), with the top four teams from each pool advancing to the quarterfinals.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Rosters
Each team's roster for the 2012 IIHF World Championship consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Preliminary round
This group saw the three favourites, Canada, the United States and Finland advance pretty easily. All three teams advanced a day before the group play was done. Canada lost just one game, their second game, against the Americans in overtime. The Americans themselves needed to win their last game against Switzerland to capture the second place in the group ahead of Finland and did so with the result being 5–2. For the final spot of advancing, Slovakia and France played in a "final", where France needed a win to advance to the quarterfinals.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Preliminary round
The game was close throughout, tied the whole way until it was 4–4, this is when Slovakia scored the final and decisive goal to win 5–4 and get to the fourth spot in the group. France, Switzerland were eliminated alongside Belarus, with Kazakhstan finishing in the last spot and being relegated. They ended the tournament with one point, by losing to the United States in overtime. Canada faced Slovakia, and the United States played against Finland in the quarterfinals.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Preliminary round
Russia went through the group undefeated by winning all seven games. Co -host Sweden captured the second place, after falling short to Russia. Czech Republic rounded up the third place and advanced to the quarterfinals. Norway, Latvia and Germany all fought for the last spot in the next round but Germany was eliminated after failing miserably 4–12 to Norway. Latvia lost to Denmark and was eliminated, which meant that Norway advanced. Italy finished last and was relegated to Division I. In the quarterfinals, Russia took on Norway, while Sweden battled the Czech Republic.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Quarterfinals
The Slovak team was the underdog going against Team Canada who had lost just one game so far. But the game started with a surprising strong start by Slovakia, who scored twice in the first 10 minutes to get a 2–0 lead. Evander Kane was able to cut into the lead before going into the first break. In the second period Canada scored twice and got the lead and Slovakia was down by one going into the last period.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Quarterfinals
With just 6 and a half minutes to go Milan Bartovič tied the game before Michal Handzuš even took the lead with a bit over two minutes to go. Canada pulled the goalie but was not able to connect against and lost 3–4. The crowd was stunned and the surprise perfect, Slovakia advanced to the semifinals while Canada was eliminated.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Quarterfinals
The undefeated Russian team added Alexander Semin and Alexander Ovechkin to their roster before the quarterfinals. Ovechkin went right away and scored the equalizer after Per-Åge Skrøder gave Norway the lead. After Russia took the lead, Patrick Thoresen made it a tied game just 28 seconds after the second period started, with his 18th point of the tournament. The game went into the last period tied, 2–2. Not even one minute into the third period, Alexei Emelin gave Russia the lead. After Russia raised the lead to two, Ilya Nikulin finished Norway off by making it a 5–2 lead with just five minutes to go. Norway was outshot 45–21 and eliminated.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Quarterfinals
Co-Host Finland tried to advance against the US-team who they lost to in the preliminary round. The first period ended scoreless, before Jesse Joensuu broke the tie, just to be answered 21 seconds later by Kyle Palmieri. With the game going 1–1 into the last period, the United States took the lead with under two minutes played. Mikko Koivu tied the game seven minutes before the end of the game. With everyone expecting an overtime, Jesse Joensuu struck again, just nine seconds before the end. The US pulled the goalie but never had another chance and were eliminated.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Quarterfinals
The last quarterfinals saw Co-host Sweden going up against the Czech team. The first period ended in a 2–1 lead for the Czech Republic after Sweden took the lead early on. Martin Erat scored and gave the Czechs a two-goal lead before Henrik Zetterberg cut into the lead 45 seconds before the end of the second period. Jonathan Ericsson continued the Swedish way of climbing back by tying the game just 45 seconds into the last period. Both teams had their chance in the next few minutes, Sweden hit the post and the Czechs failed to score against Viktor Fasth.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Quarterfinals
29 seconds before the end, Michálek took the puck away from a Swedish defender and scored. Sweden pulled the goalie and had one last chance but it was missed and the Czech advanced to the semifinals. The Czechs became the first team since Finland in 2000 to eliminate Sweden in a World Championship quarterfinal.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Semifinals
Seven minutes into the game, Janne Niskala gave Finland the lead. Two goals from Evgeni Malkin brought Russia back into the game going into the first intermission. In the second period Alexander Ovechkin increased the lead to 3–1; a while later Malkin would increase Russia's lead to 4–1. Denis Kokarev then scored another goal and with Russia in control of the game, yet another after that. Four minutes before the end of the game Mikael Granlund scored the last goal of the game, as it ended 6–2 in favour of Russia although they were out-shot 23 to 31. Malkin was the player of the game with scoring a hat trick to give him 18 points for the tournament. Russia advanced to the final to try to win their twenty-sixth title, while Finland will battle for bronze.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Semifinals
The Slovak team tried to continue their ride at this championship by advancing to the final even though the Czech team was the favorite before the game started. The game started slow, but Miroslav Šatan broke the tie 15 minutes into the game to give Slovakia the lead. Another 15 minutes in, this time the second period, Michael Frolík made it a 1–1 game going into the last period. The third period was not more than one minute old, when Šatan struck again with his second goal, despite Slovakia being shorthanded.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Semifinals
Libor Hudáček then gave Slovakia a two-goal lead four minutes later. The Czech team had 15 minutes to turn the game around but did not create enough opportunities. They pulled their goaltender with two minutes to go, but Slovakia kept up their defense well enough not to concede another goal. Slovakia finished off another upset and advanced to the final, while the Czech Republic plays in the bronze medal game. Slovakia had no penalties but was outshot by nine.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Bronze medal game
The bronze medal game featured Finland and the Czech Republic. The Czechs took the lead in the first period before Finland tied the game at one, three minutes before the first break. Jiří Novotný and David Krejčí raised the lead to two goals, being 3–1 at the first intermission. The second period went scoreless before the Finnish team got new hope when Jussi Jokinen scored a goal ten minutes before the end of the game. But they did not score again, and the Czech team captured the bronze medal and Finland ended the tournament in fourth place.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Gold medal game
The gold medal game featured Russia and Slovakia. Slovakia played in the World Championship final game for the first time since 2002, while Russia advanced to their fourth gold medal game in the last five years. Russia defeated Slovakia 6–2 to take home the gold medal from the tournament. The Russian team went through the tournament undefeated.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Nations
The following 16 nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. 13 nations from Europe, 2 nations from North America and 1 nation from Asia are represented.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Officials
The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the 2012 IIHF World Championship. They were the following:


2012 IIHF World Championship, Seeding and groups
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2011 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2011 IIHF World Championship. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding (in parenthesis is the corresponding world ranking):


2012 IIHF World Championship, Preliminary round
The top four teams in each group moved to the quarterfinals where the group winner met the fourth place, and the group runner-up met the third place within the same group. The last placed team in each group was relegated to Division I, Group A.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Playoff round, Quarterfinals
The games in Stockholm are UTC+2, while the games in Helsinki are UTC+3.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2012 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top ten goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.


2012 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2012 IIHF World Championship, IIHF broadcasting rights
Over 100 countries broadcast the matches, live or near-live transmissions, of the 2012 tournament.


2012 IIHF World Championship Division I
The 2012 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Group B was contested in Krynica, Poland with both tournaments running from 15–21 April 2012.


2012 IIHF World Championship Division I
In Group A both Austria and Slovenia were promoted back to the highest level after being relegated from there in 2011. Ukraine was relegated despite winning their final game against Japan. The Japanese, returning to play after a one-year absence, finished fourth attaining an overall placement of 20th. This is the highest they have placed since being relegated to this level in 2004 when the Asian qualifiers for the world championships ceased.


2012 IIHF World Championship Division I
In Group B the South Koreans defeated Poland on the final day to earn promotion to Group A. For the Korean team, this assures them of the highest world championships placement in their history when they play in 2013. The host Poles did not trail a game until 8:21 left in their final match but could not equalize and ended up second. Australia and Romania, the two teams who had moved up from Division II for this year's tournament, faced off on the final day to determine relegation. Australia needed to win by two goals, but failed to do so, and finished last.


2012 IIHF World Championship Division II
The 2012 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Reykjavík, Iceland from April 12–18, 2012 and Group B was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria from April 2–8, 2012.


2012 IIHF World Championship Division III
The 2012 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international Ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Erzurum, Turkey running from April 15–21, 2012.


2012 IIHF World Championship Division III, Participants
^ – Both Bosnia and Herzegovina and Chinese Taipei applied to participate in the Division III tournament, but the IIHF did not approve either, so Greece and Mongolia joined the other four teams for the Division III tournament.


2012 IIHF World Championship Final
The 2012 IIHF World Championship Final was played at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland, on 20 May 2012 between Russia and Slovakia.


2012 IIHF World Championship Final, Background
Slovakia and Russia faced each other in the 2002 Championship final; that game ended 4–3 in favour of the Slovaks, who captured the team's only gold medal in World Championship history.


2012 IIHF World Championship Final, Background
The 2012 final was Slovakia's third final in history, and their first since 2002. Russia made their fourth final appearance in five years. Russia had won twenty-five gold medals (three as Russia) previously.


2012 IIHF World Championship Final, Match, Summary
The first period had only lasted one minute before Slovakia captain Zdeno Chára fired a hard shot from the blue line to open up the score. Russia would then dominate the rest of the period, and at 09:57 Alexander Semin received a pass from Washington Capitals teammate Alexander Ovechkin on a breakaway and tied the game 1–1. Russia continued to pressure the Slovaks' net, but a solid-playing Ján Laco and good defensive play by the Slovaks kept the game even. No penalties were called during the game's first 20 minutes.


2012 IIHF World Championship Final, Match, Summary
In the second period, Russia grabbed a three-goal lead. In a tangled situation in front of Slovakia's goaltender, Alexander Perezhogin put the puck in the net and gave Russia their first lead of the game at 26:10. Then at 33:31 Sergei Shirokov passed to assistant captain Alexei Tereshchenko on a two-on-one situation and Tereshchenko scored to give the Russians a 3–1 lead. Less than two minutes later, Pavel Datsyuk stole the puck in the Slovak zone and passed to Alexander Semin who netted his second goal of the game, giving Russia a three-goal lead. Shortly thereafter, at 35:43, Zdeno Chára was given the first penalty of the game, a tripping penalty. The Russians were unsuccessful in converting on the power play. Russia outshot Slovakia 16–8 in the second period.


2012 IIHF World Championship Final, Match, Summary
At 43:55 in the third period, Pavel Datsyuk sealed the game for Russia with his first goal of the game. Shortly after this, Slovakia's goaltender Ján Laco was pulled and replaced by Peter Hamerlík. Slovakia was given an opportunity on the power play following a slashing penalty on Alexander Ovechkin at 48:47, Russia's first penalty of the game. It took 50 seconds on the power play before Zdeno Chára scored his second goal of the game on a one-timer in front of the net to cut the deficit to three goals. Evgeni Malkin finished the game off at 58:02 by scoring his eleventh goal of the tournament to make the score 6–2.


2012 IIHF World Championship Final, Match, Summary
The game ended 6–2 for Russia, who captured the team's twenty-sixth World Championship gold medal in history (fourth as Russia). Slovakia earned their second World Championship silver medal.


2012 IIHF World Championship Final, Match, Summary
After the game had ended, several Slovak players donned Pavol Demitra jerseys backwards to honor his memory. Demitra had died on September 7, 2011.


2012 IIHF World Championship rosters
Each team's roster for the 2012 IIHF World Championship consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
The 2012 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2012 a new format was introduced to the IIHF World U18 Championships, therefore Division I A and Division I B represented the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championships.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Piešťany, Slovakia, from 11 to 17 April 2012.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Division I A, Results
All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)


2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 11 to 17 April 2012.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Division I B, Results
All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)


2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
The 2012 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2012 was introduced a new format of the IIHF World U18 Championships, therefore Division II A and Division II B now represent the fourth and the fifth tier of the IIHF World U18 Championships.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from 31 March to 6 April 2012.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Division II A, Results
All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)


2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 20 to 26 March 2012.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Division II B, Results
All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1 / 26 March 2012 Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)


2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
The 2012 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III was an international under-18 ice hockey tournament organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2012 was introduced a new format of the IIHF World U18 Championships, therefore Division III now represents the sixth tier of the IIHF World U18 Championships. The Division III tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 12 to 18 March 2012.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2012 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 14th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted in Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav, Czech Republic. It began on 12 April 2012 with the gold medal game played on 22 April 2012.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championships
Brno and Znojmo were originally to co-host, but a schedule change became necessary when Kometa Brno unexpectedly advanced to the Czech Extraliga finals, making their home ice unavailable to the tournament on three days.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championships
The United States defeated Sweden 7–0 in the final to win their seventh title. Canada captured the bronze medal by beating Finland 5–4 in overtime.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division
All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)


2012 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2012 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2012 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Tournament Awards
Best players of each teamBest players of each team selected by the coaches.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division I, Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Piešťany, Slovakia, from 11 to 17 April 2012.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division I, Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 11 to 17 April 2012.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division II, Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from 31 March to 6 April 2012.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division II, Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 20 to 26 March 2012.


2012 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division III
The Division III tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 12 to 18 March 2012.


2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
The 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the fifth IIHF World Women's U18 Championships and was hosted in Zlín and Přerov, Czech Republic. It began on December 31, 2011 with the gold medal game played on January 7, 2012.


2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
Canada won the title for the second time after defeating United States 3–0 in the final. Sweden captured the bronze medal with a 4–1 victory over Germany.


2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
With an attendance of 17,480, the tournament set a record for most-attended IIHF U18 World Women's Championship. The previous record holder was the inaugural championship.


2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Top Division, Relegation round
Switzerland is relegated to Division I for the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.


2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Top Division, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.


2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Top Division, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position


2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Top Division, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Top Division, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts


2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Division I
The qualification tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 29 November to 4 December 2011. The final tournament was played in Tromsø, Norway, from 29 December 2011 to 4 January 2012.


2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I
The final tournament was played in Tromsø, Norway, from 29 December 2011 to 4 January 2012. The qualification tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 29 November to 4 December 2011. Featuring the "biggest success in Hungarian women's hockey" the young Magyars won all ten of their games and get the opportunity to compete with the elite hockey nations in 2013. Remarkably, at least fifteen of their twenty players remain eligible for the U18 tournament next year.


2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.


2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position


2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I, Leading goaltenders
Only the goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships
The 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe. It was held in Stadskanaal, Netherlands and lasted from 23 to 28 June. The event was held in the Stadskanaal Stadium and was the last major European disability athletics event before the forthcoming 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Approximately 550 athletes from 38 countries attended the games. Several countries used the Championships to finalise the remaining places for the Paralympics.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships, Format
The 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was an invitational tournament taking in track and field events. No combined sports were included in the 2012 Championships. Not all events were open to all classifications, with several throwing and jumping events being contested between classifications, which were then decided on a points system. The men's 100m relay was the only event to use mixed classifications as a team, with each leg of the relay contested by a different classification athlete. There were no women's relay events. In total there were 144 events held over 17 disciplines.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships, Format
Athletes finishing in first place are awarded the gold medal, second place the silver medal and third place the bronze. If only three competitors are available to challenge for an event then no bronze medal is awarded. Some events were classed as 'no medal' events.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships, Events, Classification
To ensure competition is as fair and balanced as possible, athletes are classified dependent on how their disability impacts on their chosen event/s. Thus athletes may compete in an event against competitors with a different disability to themselves. Where there are more than one classification in one event, (for example discus throw F54/55/56), a points system is used to determine the winner.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships, Medal table
The medal table at the end of Day 5 (28 June).


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships, Participating nations
Below is the list of countries who agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1,500 metres at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4x100 metres relay at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at the Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–29 June.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5,000 metres at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's club throw
The men's club throw at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's discus throw
The men's shot put at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–29 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–29 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–29 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–29 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–29 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1,500 metres at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4x100 metres relay at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at the Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–29 June.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Women's club throw
The women's club throw at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Athletics European Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at Stadskanaal Stadium from 24–28 July.


2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
The 6th IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships took place in the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre in Hamar, Norway from March 24, 2012 to April 1, 2012. It was the first time that Norway hosted the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships. In the final, the United States defeated Korea 5-1, to win their second title since 2009.


2012 IPP Open
The 2012 IPP Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Helsinki, Finland between 12 and 18 November 2012.


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


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


2012 IPP Open – Doubles
Martin Emmrich and Andreas Siljeström were the defending champions but decided Emmrich not to participate. Siljeström played alongside Jordan Kerr, losing in the first round. Mikhail Elgin and Igor Zelenay defeated Uladzimir Ignatik and Jimmy Wang 4–6, 7–6(7–0), [10–4] in the final to win the title.


2012 IPP Open – Singles
Daniel Brands was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Lukáš Lacko defeated Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–4 in the final to win the title.


2012 IPSC Shotgun World Shoot
The 2012 IPSC Shotgun World Shoot I held in Debrecen, Hungary was the 1st IPSC Shotgun World Shoot, and consisted of 30 stages over 5 days and over 400 competitors.


2012 IPSC Shotgun World Shoot, Champions, Open
The Open division was the second largest division with 121 competitors (29.1 %).


2012 IPSC Shotgun World Shoot, Champions, Standard
The Standard division was the largest division with 125 competitors (30 %).


2012 IPSC Shotgun World Shoot, Champions, Standard Manual
The Standard Manual division was the third largest division with 107 competitors (25.7 %).


2012 IQA Summer Games
The 2012 IQA World Cup, known at the time as the Summer Games, was the first edition of this national teams international championship. It was played at Cutteslowe Park and South Park in Oxford, United Kingdom. The Cup was scheduled to coincide with the arrival of the 2012 Summer Olympics torch. The United States won the tournament 160*–0 to France in the final. An exhibition match was also played on Monday, July 9 between the United States and the United Kingdom as part of the official Oxford Olympic torch ceremony.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship
The 2012 IRB Junior World Championship was the fifth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. This competition replaced the now defunct Under 19 and Under 21 world championships. The event was organised in South Africa between 4 and 22 June 2012 by rugby's governing body, the IRB. A total of 12 nations played in the tournament. New Zealand came into the tournament as defending champions. South Africa were crowned 2012 champions after defeating New Zealand 22 - 16 in the final on the 22 June at Newlands Stadium.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship
After finishing last at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship, Tonga had been relegated to the IRB Junior World Trophy and therefore didn't participate in this year's event. They had been replaced with Samoa, who won the 2011 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. Italy were relegated to the IRB Junior World Trophy for 2013 after losing the last place play-off to Fiji. They were replaced in 2013 with the United States, winner of the 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship, Venues
The championship was held in Cape Town, South Africa. In an effort to improve TV broadcasting for all matches, only two venues were planned to be used. However, on 8 June 2012, organizers moved all the matches that were scheduled to be played at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch to the Cape Town Stadium in Green Point and Newlands Stadium in Newlands due to heavy rain that damaged the pitches of the initial venue.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads
The 2012 IRB Junior World Championship was an international rugby union tournament held in South Africa from 4 June until 22 June. The tournament was open to players who were born in or after 1992. This article lists the official squads for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool A, Fiji
Fiji's 28-man squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool A, Fiji
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool A, New Zealand
New Zealand's 29-man squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool A, New Zealand
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool A, Samoa
Samoa's 28-man squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool A, Samoa
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool A, Wales
Wales's 30-man squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool A, Wales
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool B, England
England's 28-man squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool B, England
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool B, Ireland
Ireland's 29-man squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool B, Ireland
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool B, Italy
Italy's 30-man squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool B, Italy
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool B, South Africa
South Africa's 31-man squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool B, South Africa
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool C, Argentina
Argentina's 28-man squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool C, Argentina
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool C, Australia
Australia's 28-man squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool C, Australia
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool C, France
France's 31-man squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool C, France
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool C, Scotland
Scotland's 28-man squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.


2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads, Pool C, Scotland
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
The 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy was the fifth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship. The winner of the competition, the United States, was promoted to the IRB Junior World Championship for the 2013 tournament.


2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
The event was held in the USA from 18 June until 30 June by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board. All matches took place at the Murray Rugby Park Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. Attendance was strong for the tournament, with all four match days resulting in packed crowds filling Murray Rugby Park Stadium. All matches in the tournament were streamed live by  and , with more than 70,000 users logging on to view the official stream. The 2012 JWRT landed several commercial sponsors, including Gatorade, Gilbert, and World Rugby Shop.


2012 IRB Nations Cup
The 2012 IRB Nations Cup was the seventh edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pitted the "A" Teams of the stronger rugby nations (Tier 1, Argentina Jaguars and Italy A) against the Tier 2 (Romania) and Tier 3 (Portugal and Russia) nations. And Uruguay played against Romania, Russia and Portugal.


2012 IRB Nations Cup
For the sixth consecutive year the event was held in Bucharest, Romania. South African Kings did not return to defend their title. For the first time in the competition's history, host nation Romania won.


2012 IRB Nations Cup
The competition format was a modified round-robin whereby there three ENC teams (Romania, Russia and Portugal) played the other three teams (Argentina XV, Italy A and Uruguay). The competition was played over three match days, with three matches played consecutively on each day.


2012 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
The 2012 Pacific Nations Cup rugby union tournament was held between the four national sides on the Pacific Rim: Fiji, Japan, Samoa and Tonga.


2012 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
Japan were the reigning champion after they defeated Fiji in the 2011 competition at Churchill Park, Lautoka. The tournament ran from 5 to 23 June 2012 with most of the matches hosted by Japan. Only the match between Tonga and Fiji was played at Churchill Park in Fiji.


2012 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
The tournament was a round-robin where each team plays all of the other teams once. There were four points for a win, two for a draw and none for a defeat. There were also bonus points offered with one bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and one bonus point for losing by 7 points or less.