The 2012 Finnish League Cup is the 16th season of the
Finnish League Cup
The Finnish League Cup was a knock-out association football, football competition contested annually during the pre-season in winter by teams from Veikkausliiga. The league cup was abolished after the 2016 tournament and replaced with the Finnish C ...
,
Finland
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's second-most prestigious cup
football
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tournament.
FC Honka
FC Honka is a Finnish football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club currently play in the Finnish premier division (''Veikkausliiga''), having been promoted for the fir ...
are the defending champions, having won their second league cup
last year.
The cup consists of two stages. First there will be a group stage that involves the 12
Veikkausliiga teams divided into three groups. The top two teams and two best 3rd placed teams from each group will enter the one-legged elimination rounds – quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final.
Group stage
Every team will play every other team of its group twice, both home and away. The group stage matches will be played from 13 January to 17 March 2012.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Third-placed qualifiers
At the end of the group stage, a comparison is made between the third placed teams. The two best third-placed teams will advance to the quarter-finals.
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
References
{{2012–13 in European football (UEFA)
Finnish League Cup
League Cup
Finnish League Cup