The 2012 Durand Cup was the 125th season of the Durand Cup, the third oldest football tournament in the world, which is a knock-out competition held in India. Churchill Brothers were the current holders, having beaten Prayag United in the 2011 Final.

Durand Cup
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsAir India (1st title)
Runner-upDodsal
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored43 (1.59 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)India M. Kamei (3)
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The tournament was held from 16 August to 1 September with all matches at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.[1]

Air India won the 2012 Durand Cup in the final after beating Dodsal 3–2 on penalties after the match ended 0–0 after 120 minutes.[2]

Preliminary round

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Round 1

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16 August 2012 Delhi United 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)
Indian NavyAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Choudhury   32'
Joshi   51'
Report Singh   28'
Sumesh   52'
16 August 2012 Army Green 2–0J&K BankAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Singh   75', 87' Report
17 August 2012 JCT Academy 2–1ARTY CentralAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
A. Singh   16'
G. Singh   24'
Report Lawrence   56'
17 August 2012 Assam Rifles 4–1ASC CentreAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Jigdung   11', 14', 34'
Lalrinkeima   80'
Report Karthik   45'
18 August 2012 BEG Kirkee0–1 BSF Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Report Unknown
18 August 2012 Uttrakhand Police0–6 CRPF Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Report Sugesh   38'
Shibu   53', 57', 89'
Varinder   47'
Athoiba   74'
19 August 2012 Punjab Police 7–1Subrata AcademyAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Hi. Singh   10'
J. Singh   23', 25'
Hp. Singh   60', 67'
Hj. Singh   76', 79'
Report Shnyasi   85'
19 August 2012 India Air Force0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Garhwal Heros Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Report

Round 2

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20 August 2012 CRPF 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
BSFAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Report
20 August 2012 Army Green0–2 Delhi United Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Report Singh   8'
Kapur   26'
21 August 2012 Garhwal Heros1–2 Punjab Police Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Bala   80' Report Singh   52'
Kumar   65'

Quarter-finals

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The quarter-finals of the Durand Cup shall be played between 12 teams. Five of the teams currently play in 2012–13 I-League, two played in the 2012 I-League 2nd Division and one currently play in the Mumbai Football League. The other four spots would have been taken up by the top three teams from the preliminary round plus one service team. However, on 22 August 2012 it was announced that HAL SC would withdraw from the tournament (along with Churchill Brothers S.C. who withdrew before the initial list of teams was released) and thus freeing an extra space. So in order to fill it up the Durand Football Committee decided to qualify the four teams remaining in the preliminary rounds.[3] Therefore, Delhi United FC, FC Punjab Police, Assam Rifles FC, and CRPF FC will qualify directly for the quarter-finals.[3]

Semi-finals

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30 August 2012 Air India 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)
SESA Football AcademyAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
16:00 IST Mohanraj   55'
G.Singh   90+4'
Report S. Singh   35'
Chukwuma   44'
30 August 2012 Assam Rifles1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)
Dodsal Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
18:00 IST Kamei   72' Report Kumar   80'

Final

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1 September 2012 Air India 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)
DodsalAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
18:30 IST Report
Penalties
Mohanraj  
Shetty  
Meher  
Chaudhari  
R. Singh  
  Pradeep
  Kumar
  Diakhate
  Ghosh
  Rafi

Scorers

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All goals from tournament proper. Goals from qualifiers are not counted in this list.

References

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  1. ^ Choudhury, Arunava. "125th Durand Cup: Problems at the start of India's oldest tournament". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Air India win Durand Cup". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b Basu, Indranil. "Durand gets sponsor but Churchill pull out". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2012.