2012 Durand Cup

The 2012 Durand Cup was the 125th season of the Durand Cup, the third oldest football tournament in the world, which is a knock-out competition held in India. Churchill Brothers were the current holders, having beaten Prayag United in the 2011 Final.

2012 Durand Cup
Country India
Teams12
ChampionsAir India
Runners-upDodsal
Matches played27
Goals scored43 (1.59 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) M. Kamei (3)
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The tournament was held from 16 August to 1 September with all matches at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.[1]

Air India won the 2012 Durand Cup in the final after beating Dodsal 3–2 on penalties after the match ended 0–0 after 120 minutes.[2]

Preliminary round

Round 1
16 August 2012 Delhi United 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)		Indian NavyAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Choudhury  32'
Joshi  51'		 Report Singh  28'
Sumesh  52'
16 August 2012 Army Green 2–0J&K BankAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Singh  75', 87' Report
17 August 2012 JCT Academy 2–1ARTY CentralAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
A. Singh  16'
G. Singh  24'		 Report Lawrence  56'
17 August 2012 Assam Rifles 4–1ASC CentreAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Jigdung  11', 14', 34'
Lalrinkeima  80'		 Report Karthik  45'
18 August 2012 BEG Kirkee0–1 BSF Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Report Unknown
18 August 2012 Uttrakhand Police0–6 CRPF Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Report Sugesh  38'
Shibu  53', 57', 89'
Varinder  47'
Athoiba  74'
19 August 2012 Punjab Police 7–1Subrata AcademyAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Hi. Singh  10'
J. Singh  23', 25'
Hp. Singh  60', 67'
Hj. Singh  76', 79'		 Report Shnyasi  85'
19 August 2012 India Air Force0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Garhwal Heros Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Report

Round 2
20 August 2012 CRPF 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		BSFAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Report
20 August 2012 Army Green0–2 Delhi United Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Report Singh  8'
Kapur  26'
21 August 2012 Garhwal Heros1–2 Punjab Police Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Bala  80' Report Singh  52'
Kumar  65'
21 August 2012 Assam Rifles 3–0JCT AcademyAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Singh  7', 53'
Kamei  33'		 Report

Quarter-Finals
Main article: 2012 Durand Cup Quarter-Finals

The Quarter-Finals of the Durand Cup shall be played between 12 teams. Five of the teams currently play in 2012–13 I-League, two played in the 2012 I-League 2nd Division and one currently play in the Mumbai Football League. The other four spots would have been taken up by the top three teams from the preliminary round plus one service team. However, on 22 August 2012 it was announced that HAL SC would withdraw from the tournament (along with Churchill Brothers S.C. who withdrew before the initial list of teams was released) and thus freeing an extra space. So in order to fill it up the Durand Football Committee decided to qualify the four teams remaining in the preliminary rounds.[3] Therefore, Delhi United FC, FC Punjab Police, Assam Rifles FC, and CRPF FC will qualify directly for the Quarter-Finals.[3]

Semi-Finals
30 August 2012 Air India 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)		SESA Football AcademyAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
16:00 IST Mohanraj  55'
G.Singh  90+4'		 Report S. Singh  35'
Chukwuma  44'
30 August 2012 Assam Rifles1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)		 Dodsal Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
18:00 IST Kamei  72' Report Kumar  80'

Final
Main article: 2012 Durand Cup Final
1 September 2012 Air India 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)		DodsalAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
18:30 IST Report
Penalties
Mohanraj
Shetty
Meher
Chaudhari
R. Singh 		Pradeep
Kumar
Diakhate
Ghosh
Rafi

Scorers

All goals from tournament proper. Goals from qualifiers are not counted in this list.

References
  1. Choudhury, Arunava. "125th Durand Cup: Problems at the start of India's oldest tournament". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. "Air India win Durand Cup". Times of India. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. Basu, Indranil. "Durand gets sponsor but Churchill pull out". Times of India. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
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