2012 Porte-Lyon World Cup

2012 World Cup (Iearth)

2012 Porte-Lyon World Cup
The official emblem
Tournament details
Host country	Allieu
Dates	April 11th - May 8th, 2012
Teams	32
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Zamastan (5th title)
Runners-up	Versenia
Third place	New Anea
Fourth place	Ruskayn
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63

The 2012 World Cup, also called the 2012 Porte-Lyon World Cup, was an international football tournament contested by men's national teams which took place between 11 April to May 8th, 2012 in Porte-Lyon, Allieu. It was the 34th World Cup tournament and involved 32 teams, of which all came through qualifying competitions at the start of the event from an original 64 national teams. Quetana were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2010 and 2011 tournaments, but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Alcarres. In the final match, Zamastan defeated Versenia 3-0 for their fifth ever title. New Anea defeated Ruskayn 1-0 for third place, marking the best knockout performance of a lowest seeded team in World Cup history.

Teams

The qualified teams, listed by region, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the World Cup rankings before the tournament were:

AFC (12)

• Alcarres (15)
• Cadair (5)
• Emmiria (6)
• Iobaray (31)
• Kuresa (16)
• Mulfulira (25)
• San Martina (29)
• Skith (13)
• Somodi (24)
• Timeria (14)
• Quetana (4)
• United Cavollon (30)

EFC (13)

• Allieu (17)
• Alterrame (19)
• Caspiaa (1)
• Drambenburg (12)
• East Chanchajilla (7)
• Gladysynthia (18)
• North Kandson (26)
• Paraboca (23)
• Ruskayn (3)
• Sateroc (20)
• Selle (22)
• Vœyetska (21)
• Zamastan (2)

NFC (6)

• Artaska (10)
• Beatavic (28)
• Greater Normark (27)
• New Anea (32)
• Saint Offeat (8)
• Versenia (9)

FAC

• Vulkaria (11)

Venues

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  Stade de la Fonteneau, 38,920 capacity

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  Stade Taure-Saupin, 12,800 capacity

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  Stade Guichard, 41,200 capacity

Group Stages

Qualifying Rounds

64 competing countries were divided into eight groups of eight teams (groups A to H). Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin best two-out-of-three, with the top four teams advancing to the knockout stage with the Round of 32.

Sponsorship

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