The 2012 International Women's Club Championship was the first world wide international

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club tournament, and was held in

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from November 22–25, 2012. Four teams, comprising representatives from Europe, Australia and Japan, took part in the competition.

Organization

The tournament was hosted by

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and Japan Women's Football league.

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, , city of Saitama and Saitama Sports Commission supported the competition. Several companies such as , ASICS,

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Participating teams

*The participants were the champions of

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and .

Venues

Two venues for the competition and both are in Saitama.

Results

Tournament map

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Goal Scorers

;2 goals * Azusa Iwashimizu * Asano Nagasato * Lara Dickenmann * Beverly Goebel-Yanez ;1 goal * Jennifer Bisset *

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* Hayley Raso * Sonia Bompastor * Corine Franco * Louisa Nécib * Kanako Ito * Nanase Kiryu *

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* Megumi Takase * Ji So-Yun *

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Own Goals

;1 goal * Saori Ariyoshi

Referees

* Pannipar Kamnueng * Sook-Hee Kim ''Assistants:'' * Rikako Arakawa * Kumi Sunaga * Hisae Yoshizawa * Makoto Bozono * Chie Ohata * Mayumi Yonemura * Shiho Ayukai * Naomi Makino ''Fourth:'' * Etsuko Fukano * Sachiko Yamagishi

Prize-pool

The total prize-pool was 100,000$. *1st 60,000$ *2nd 30,000$ *3rd 10,000$

References

External links

* (Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:International Women's Club Championship 2012 in women's association football

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