The 2012 International Women's Club Championship was the first worldwide international women's football club tournament, and was held in Japan from November 22–25, 2012. Four teams, comprising representatives from Europe, Australia and Japan, took part in the competition.
Organization The tournament was hosted by Japan Football Association and Japan Women's Football league. Fuji Television and BS Fuji affiliated, and Sankei Shimbun, Sankei Sports, FM NACK5, city of Saitama and Saitama Sports Commission supported the competition. Several companies such as Peugeot Citroën Japon, ASICS, Calbee and Nikon sponsored with the main sponsor Mobcast.mobcast cup INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 Nadeshiko League official website, October 2012 viewed 2012-11-27
Participating teams The participants were the champions of Europe, Australia, Japan and Japanese league cup.
TeamTournament wonConfederation or FA Olympique Lyonnais2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions LeagueUEFA (Europe) Canberra United FC2011–12 W-LeagueFootball Federation Australia INAC Kobe Leonessa2012 Nadeshiko LeagueJapan Football Association NTV Beleza
Venues Two venues for the competition and both are in Saitama. Saitama Urawa Komaba Stadium NACK5 Stadium Omiya Capacity: 21,500 Capacity: 15,500
Results Tournament map
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
GK 1 Ayumi Kaihori DF 2 Yukari KingaDF 5 Junko Kai DF 4 Asuna TanakaDF 22 Becky MF 8 Homare SawaMF 10 Shinobu Ohno (c)MF 7 Ji So-Yun FW 9 Nahomi KawasumiFW 21 Beverly Goebel-Yanez FW 11 Megumi TakaseSubstitutes:DF 3 Ryoko Takara MF 6 Chiaki Minamiyama FW 19 Emi Nakajima Manager:Kei Hoshikawa GK 30 Sarah BouhaddiDF 5 Laura GeorgesDF 3 Wendie RenardDF 11 Laura Agard DF 18 Sonia Bompastor (c)MF 6 Amandine Henry MF 10 Louisa Necib MF 23 Camille AbilyFW 12 Élodie ThomisFW 8 Lotta SchelinMF 9 Eugénie Le Sommer Substitutes:FW 21 Lara Dickenmann DF 17 Corine Franco FW 24 Laëtitia Tonazzi MF 15 Elise Bussaglia Manager:Patrice Lair MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Shiho Ayukai (Japan) Naomi Nakano (Japan) Fourth official: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)
Awards PrizePlayerClubMost Valuable Player Corine Franco LyonMost Impressive Player Ji So-Yun Kobe
Goal scorers 2 goals
Azusa Iwashimizu Asano Nagasato Lara Dickenmann Beverly Goebel-Yanez
1 goal
Jennifer Bisset Michelle Heyman Hayley Raso Sonia Bompastor Corine Franco Louisa Nécib Kanako Ito Nanase Kiryu Shinobu Ohno Megumi Takase Ji So-Yun Lotta Schelin
Own goals 1 goal
Saori Ariyoshi
Referees Pannipar Kamnueng Sook-Hee Kim
Assistants:
Rikako Arakawa Kumi Sunaga Hisae Yoshizawa Makoto Bozono Chie Ohata Mayumi Yonemura Shiho Ayukai Naomi Makino
Fourth: Etsuko Fukano Sachiko Yamagishi
Prize-pool The total prize-pool was 100,000$: 1st 60,000$ 2nd 30,000$ 3rd 10,000$
References
External links (Japanese)