The 2012 Gabala Cup is an international
football
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tournament for U-15 teams held in
Azerbaijan
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Participants
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Villarreal
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Levante
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Galatasaray
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Feyenoord
Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...
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Brondby
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Qarabağ
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Gabala
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Format
The eight invited teams were split into two groups that played a
round-robin tournament
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. On completion of this, the fourth placed teams in each group would play each other to determine seventh and eighth place, the third placed teams in each group would play each other to decide fifth and sixth place, the second placed teams in each group would play to determine third and fourth place and the winners of each group would compete for first and second place overall.
Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.
Group A
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Group B
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References
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1st GABALA CUP - 2012
International club association football competitions hosted by Azerbaijan
Gaba