The 2012 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the 17th season of the
Icelandic Men's League Cup, a pre-season professional
football
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competition in Iceland. The competition started on 16 February 2012 and concluded on 28 April 2012.
Valur
Valur may refer to:
People
* Birkir Valur Jónsson (born 1998), Icelandic football player
* Björn Valur Gíslason (born 1959), Icelandic politician
* Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 1979), Icelandic handball player
* Guðni Valur Guðnason (born ...
were the reigning champions, having won their second League Cup
the year before.
The 24 teams from the
Úrvalsdeild karla and
1. deild karla were divided into 3 groups of 8 teams. Every team played every other team of its group once, home, away or on a neutral ground. In a change from last year's competition, eight clubs again progress to the knockout stages of the competition. Each group winner, each group runner-up and the best two third-place finishes will enter the quarter-finals.
Although
ÍA qualified for the elimination phase, they had already planned a tour, so they canceled their further participation, which gave
Víkingur R. the opportunity to win the trophy. On 18 April it was confirmed that Víkingur used an illegal player at their game against
Stjarnan, which originally ended 2−2. FSI awarded a 3-0 victory to Stjarnan, so they played in the quarterfinals.
Group stage
The games were played from 16 February to 15 April 2012.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Knockout-round
The eight progressed teams played a knockout-round to determine the winner of the 2012 League Cup.
Quarterfinals
The games were played on 18 and 19 April 2012.
Semifinals
The games were played on 23 April 2012.
Final
References
External links
Icelandic FAResults at gooooal.comResults at www.futbol24.com
{{2012–13 in European football (UEFA)
Deildabikar
Deildabikar
Icelandic Men's Football League Cup