2012 International Women's Club Championship
The 2012 International Women's Club Championship was the first world wide 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.
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | 22 November - 25 November |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Olympique Lyonnais (1st title) |
| Runners-up | INAC Kobe Leonessa |
| Third place | NTV Beleza |
| Fourth place | Canberra United |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 21 (5.25 per match) |
| Attendance | 10,232 (2,558 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Azusa Iwashimizu Asano Nagasato Lara Dickenmann Beverly Goebel-Yanez (2 goals) |
Organization
It was held as the first competition of women's club championship in 2012, and 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.[1]
Participating teams
- The participants were the champions of Europe, Australia, Japan and Japanese league cup.
Venues
Two venues for the competition and both are in Saitama.
| Saitama | |
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| Urawa Komaba Stadium | NACK5 Stadium Omiya |
| Capacity: 21,500 | Capacity: 15,500 |
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Results
Tournament map
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 22 November — Urawa | ||||||
 Olympique Lyonnais | 5 | |||||
| 25 November — Omiya | ||||||
 NTV Beleza | 2 | |||||
| INAC Kobe | 1 | |||||
| 22 November — Urawa | ||||||
| Olympique Lyonnais (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||
| INAC Kobe | 4 | |||||
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| Third place | ||||||
| 25 November — Omiya | ||||||
| NTV Beleza | 4 | |||||
| Canberra United FC | 3 | |||||
Semifinals
| Olympique Lyonnais | 5 – 2 | NTV Beleza |
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Own  4'Lara Dickenmann 6'Louisa Nécib 23'Lara Dickenmann 58'Lotta Schelin 60' |
Report | Nanase Kiryu 55' Asano Nagasato 89' |
3rd Place Playoff
| Canberra United FC | 3 – 4 | NTV Beleza |
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| Jennifer Bisset 7' Michelle Heyman 33'Hayley Raso 66' |
Report | Azusa Iwashimizu 11' Kanako Ito 42'Asano Nagasato 78'Azusa Iwashimizu 90+2' |
Final
| INAC Kobe Leonessa | 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Olympique Lyonnais |
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| Ji So-Yun 39' |
Report | Corine Franco 80' Sonia Bompastor 103' |
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MATCH OFFICIALS |
Awards
| Prize | Player | Club |
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| Most Valuable Player | Corine Franco |
Lyon |
| Most Impressive Player |  Ji So-Yun |
Kobe |
Goal Scorers
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
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
- mobcast cup INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine Nadeshiko League official website, October 2012 viewed 2012-11-27
- "Lyon edge Kobe to win Int'l Women's Club Championship". Japan Football Association. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
External links
- International women's club football (Japanese)