Tournament details | |
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Country | Canada United States |
Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
Teams | 11 (from 2 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | n/a |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 9 |
Goals scored | 30 (3.33 per match) |
Attendance | 304,285 (33,809 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | ![]() (3 goals) |
The 2012 World Football Challenge was the third (and the final) World Football Challenge event, a series of friendly soccer matches played in Canada and the United States in July and August. The series opened on July 18. [1] The opening match was between the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) and Chelsea of the English Premier League, which Chelsea won 4–2. [2] Real Madrid, who had won the equivalent tournament the previous year, were the only team to win all their matches in normal play.
The following eleven clubs took part in the 2012 World Football Challenge.
Eight venues were selected for the 2012 World Football Challenge.
Toronto, Ontario | Location of the host cities of the 2012 World Football Challenge in Canada. |
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Rogers Centre | |
Capacity: 49,808 | |
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Carson, California | Miami Gardens, Florida | Whitney, Nevada | New York, New York |
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The Home Depot Center | Sun Life Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | Yankee Stadium |
Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 74,918 | Capacity: 36,800 | Capacity: 52,325 |
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Location of the host cities of the 2012 World Football Challenge in the United States. | |||
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Seattle, Washington | Washington, D.C. | |
Lincoln Financial Field | CenturyLink Field | RFK Stadium | |
Capacity: 67,594 | Capacity: 67,000 | Capacity: 56,692 | |
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Toronto FC ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Amarikwa ![]() | Report | Morgan ![]() |
Chelsea ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Piazon ![]() | Report | Nenê ![]() |
Chelsea ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Emanuelson ![]() |
D.C. United ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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De Rosario ![]() | Report | Ibrahimović ![]() |
Los Angeles Galaxy ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() |
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Lopes ![]() | Report | Higuaín ![]() Di María ![]() Callejón ![]() Morata ![]() Jesé ![]() |
Real Madrid ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Alonso ![]() Khedira ![]() | Report | Suárez ![]() |
Real Madrid ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Callejón ![]() Benzema ![]() | Report |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |