The 2012 TIM Supercoppa Italiana Final was the 25th edition of the
Supercoppa, an annual
football
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match contested by the winners of the previous season's
Serie A
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and
Coppa Italia
The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since.
History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
competitions. It was the third instance in four years that the match took place in China, where it has an increasing fanbase in Italian football
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
qualified to take part by winning the
2011–12 Serie A title, while
Napoli
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
qualified by winning the
2012 Coppa Italia Final
The 2012 Coppa Italia Final was the final match of the 2011–12 Coppa Italia, the 65th season of the top cup competition in Italian football. The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Sunday, 20 May 2012 between Juventus and Napoli. ...
.
Juventus won the game 4–2 after extra time.
Details
References
{{S.S.C. Napoli matches
Supercoppa Italiana
Supercoppa 2012
Supercoppa 2012
Supercoppa
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2012
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