10th International Friendship Youth Tournament

2012 10th International Friendship Youth Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates3 March – 8 March 2012
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored14 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)Qatar Huthaifa Al Salemi
Greece Antonis Ranos (2 goals)
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International football competition

The Qatar International Friendship Tournament is an association football competition. In its 10th year, it was held in Doha, Qatar during 3–8 March 2012.[1]

The edition reverted to featuring youth teams as opposed to the 9th edition that featured senior teams. Four teams were represented in the tournament. The tournament was won by Greece.[2]

Participating nations

Matches

Round robin tournament

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Greece 7 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3
 Qatar 6 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3
 China 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 –1
 United Arab Emirates 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 –5
Qatar 3–0 United Arab Emirates
Huthaifa 9'
Hassan 28'
Saleh Bader 42'
Greece 1–0 China
Goniadis 59'
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
United Arab Emirates 2–2 Greece
Ahmed Barman 52'
Ahmed Khamis 90+3' (pen.)		 Antonis Ranos 50', 58'
Referee: Khamis Al Marri (Qatar)
Qatar 2–0 China
Sultan Bakhit 60'
Huthaifa 64' (pen.)
Abdullah Mohammed
Ali Assadalla
Referee: Ahmed Al Kaaf (Oman)
United Arab Emirates 0–2 China
Luo Senwen 52'
Chen Hao 62'
Referee: Fahad Jaber (Qatar)
Qatar 0–2 Greece
Goniadis 10'
Kaimakamoudis 45'
Referee: Falah Abid Saad (Iraq)

Winner

 10th International Friendship Tournament champion 

Greece
1st title

References

  1. ^ "International Friendship Tournament to begin on Saturday". Qatar Olympic Committee. 2012-03-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  2. ^ Warrier, Sajith B (2012-03-14). "Qatar finish runners-up in friendly tournament". Doha Stadium Plus. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
  • "Qatar VS UAE in Opening Match of the International Football Friendship Championship Next March". Qatar News Agency. 2012-02-22. Archived from the original on 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2022-03-17.