The 2012 La Manga Cup was an exhibition international club football (soccer) competition featuring football club teams from Europe, which was held in February 2012. All matches were played in La Manga Stadium in La Manga, Spain. This was the fifteenth La Manga Cup. The tournament was won by FC Nordsjælland, who beat Vålerenga on goal differential after both clubs finished with identical records of two wins and one draw.

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2012 La Manga Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	February 15 – February 22
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	FC Nordsjælland (1st title)
Runners-up	Vålerenga
Third place	Viking
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	24 (2.67 per match)
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The following six clubs participated in the 2012 tournament:^[1]

• FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk from the Ukrainian Premier League in Ukraine
• FC Nordsjælland from the Danish Superliga in Denmark
• FK Ekranas from the A Lyga in Lithuania
• Strømsgodset from the Tippeligaen in Norway
• Vålerenga from the Tippeligaen in Norway
• Viking from the Tippeligaen in Norway

With only six teams entered, the 2012 version of the Cup was contested in a Round Robin style format, wherein each participating team played against three of the other five teams entered in the competition, with the winner determined by points earned.^[2][3]

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Pl	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Nordsjælland	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7
2	Vålerenga	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
3	Viking	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
4	Strømsgodset	3	1	0	2	4	4	+0	3
5	FC Dnipro	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
6	FK Ekranas	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

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