2012 Sasol League National Championship

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2012 Sasol League National Championship
Tournament details
Country South Africa
City Umlazi
Venue(s) King Zwelithini Stadium
Dates25 June - 1 July 2012
Teams9
Defending champions Palace Super Falcons
Final positions
Champions Palace Super Falcons
Runner-up Cape Town Roses
Third place Durban Ladies
Fourth place Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Slindile Ngubane
(11 goals)
Best player Portia Modise
Best young playerAbongiwe Dlali
Best goalkeeper Bridgette Molale
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The 2012 Sasol League National Championship was the 4th edition of the Sasol League National Championship since it was formed in 2009. It was held at King Zwelithini Stadium in Umlazi.

Contents

Palace Super Falcons were defending champions. They successfully defended their title for the third successive year defeating Cape Town Roses 5-2 in the final. [1]

Participating teams

All nine teams qualified through winning their provincial leagues.

TeamProvincial League
City Lads Ladies Eastern Cape Sasol League
Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies Free State Sasol League
Palace Super Falcons Gauteng Sasol League
Durban Ladies KwaZulu Natal Sasol League
Kanatla Ladies Limpopo Sasol League
Msiphuya LadiesMpumalanga Sasol League
RC MillsNorthern Cape Sasol League
Al’s Puk TawanaNorth West Sasol League
Cape Town Roses Western Cape Sasol League

Draw

The draw for the 2014 championship took place in June 2012. [2] The nine teams were divided into the following two groups:

Group AGroup B


Group stages

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Durban Ladies 4400272+2512Knockout Stages
2 Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies 43012710+179
3Msiphuya Ladies41121815+34
4Al’s Puk Tawana41121520−54
5RC Mills4004343−400
Source: [ citation needed ]
Durban Ladies 9–1Al’s Puk Tawana
King Zwelithini Stadium
Al’s Puk Tawana10–1RC Mills
King Zwelithini Stadium
Msiphuya Ladies13–0RC Mills
King Zwelithini Stadium
RC Mills0–10 Durban Ladies
King Zwelithini Stadium
Msiphuya Ladies3–3Al’s Puk Tawana
King Zwelithini Stadium
Msiphuya Ladies1–2 Durban Ladies
King Zwelithini Stadium

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Palace Super Falcons 321073+47Knockout Stages
2 Cape Town Roses 320173+46
3 Kanatla Ladies 31110004
4 City Lads Ladies 3003210−80
Source: [ citation needed ]

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
29 June – King Zwelithini Stadium
 
 
 Cape Town Roses 2
 
1 July – King Zwelithini Stadium
 
 Durban Ladies 1
 
 Cape Town Roses 2
 
29 June – King Zwelithini Stadium
 
 Palace Super Falcons 5
 
 Palace Super Falcons 3
 
 
 Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies 1
 
Third place
 
 
1 July – King Zwelithini Stadium
 
 
 Durban Ladies 5
 
 
 Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies 0

Semi-finals

3rd/4th play off

Final

Final standings

RankTeamPrize money
1 Palace Super Falcons R50 000
2 Cape Town Roses R35 000
3 Durban Ladies R25 000
4 Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies R20 000
5 City Lads Ladies R15 000
RC Mills
Al’s Puk Tawana
Kanatla Ladies
Msiphuya Ladies

Awards

The following were rated best in the tournament: [1]

AwardWinnerClub
Diski Queen of the Tournament Portia Modise Palace Super Falcons
Coach of the TournamentJoe Mabaso
Best goalkeeperBridget Molale
Queen of Queens of the Tournament Sanah Mollo Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies
Top goalscorer of the TournamentSlindile Ngubane Durban Ladies
Young Queen of the TournamentAbongiwe Dlali Cape Town Roses
Referee of the TournamentLufuno Nemagovhane

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