2012 Cape Town International Challenge

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2012 Cape Town International Challenge

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Cape Town
Dates	25 May - 3 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
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The Cape Town International Challenge is an invitational association football tournament to be hosted in Cape Town, South Africa. The tournament has no official name and has also been referred to as Cape Town International Under-20 Challenge,^[1] Eight Nations Cup^[2] and the 8 Nation under 20 International Football Challenge.^[3] The draw was made on 16 May 2012.^[4] The tournament is open to players under 20 years of age. It is considered to be a successor to the 2010 Cape Town International Challenge.^[3]

The competition was organised by the Cape Town division of the South African Football Association.

• Japan will be represented by their u-19 team.^[2]

Squads[]

South Africa[]

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1					Club Sporting Maritimo
2		Asive Langwe			Bidvest Wits
3					Bidvest Wits
4					SuperSport United
5		Nkosingiphile Gumede			Golden Arrows
6					University of Pretoria
7		Junior Sibande			University of Pretoria
8					Mamelodi Sundowns
9		Kwanda Mngonyama			Mamelodi Sundowns
10		Mbongeni Gumede			Sivutsa Stars
11		Kgosietsile Ntlhe			Peterborough United
12		Ebrahim Seedat			Sporting Lokeren
13					Maritzburg United
14					Thanda Royal Zulu
15					Kaizer Chiefs
16					Kaizer Chiefs
17					Aspire Academy
18		Menzi Masuku			Mpumalanga Aces
19					Vasco da Gama
20					SuperSport United
21					SuperSport United
22		Thabani Mthembu			Young Mates FC (KZN)
23		Siyabonga Thwala			AmaZulu
24					Jomo Cosmos
25					SuperSport United

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Argentina[]

Head coach: Marcelo Trobbiani

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
		Franco Fragapane
		Carlos Luque
		Andrés Mehring
		Alan Ruiz
		Lisandro Magallán
		Walter Benítez
		Lucas Pugh
		Federico Andrada
		Matías Kranevitter
		Francisco Pizzini
		Martín Benítez
		Juan Vivas
		Agustin Allione
		Brian Ferreira
		Lucas Rodríguez
		Alan Aguirre

Ghana[]

Head coach: Orlando Wellington

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
		Seidu Salifu
		Ibrahim Moro
		Mumuni Abubakar
		Daniel Sowatey
		Mohammed Muntari Tagoe
		Richmond Nketiah
		Felix Annan
		Lawrence Lartey
		Benjamin Fadi
		Prince Baffoe
		Daniel Amartey
		Abdul Rahman Baba
		Isaac Sackey

Nigeria[]

Head coach: Sam Obuh

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
		Moses Orkuma
		Abdullahi Shehu
		Ikechukwu Okorie
		Aminu Umar
		Uche Henry Agbo
		Nnadozie Ugonna Ezenwaka

Group B[]

Brazil[]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK				Corinthians
	1GK				Cruzeiro
	2DF	Fabinho			Fluminense
	2DF	Romário			Vitória
	2DF	Henrique Miranda			São Paulo
	2DF	Luiz Gustavo			Palmeiras
	2DF	Luan			Vasco
	2DF	Wellington Carvalho			Fluminense
	3MF	Gomes			Corinthians
	3MF				Bahia
	3MF	Misael			Grêmio
	3MF	Diego Souza			Palmeiras
	3MF	Bruno Dybal			Palmeiras
	3MF	Jean Deretti			Figueirense
	3MF	Thomas			Flamengo
	4FW	Victor Andrade			Santos
	4FW	Bruno Mendes			Guarani
	4FW	Ademilson			São Paulo

Cameroon[]

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
		Jacques Ghislain Onana Ndzomo
		Yazid Atouba Emane
		Charles Eloundou
		,

Kenya[]

Head coach: Stanley Okumbi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK				Thika United
	1GK				Muhoroni
	2DF				Kariobangi Sharks
	2DF				Admiral
	2DF
	2DF	Vincent Otieno			Thika United
	2DF				Chemelil Sugar
	2DF	Collins Shivachi			Sofapaka
	2DF				Malindi Academy
	3MF				Western U20
	3MF				Ulinzi Stars
	3MF
	3MF	Andrew Murunga			Tusker FC
	3MF				Kariobangi Sharks
	3MF				Kariobangi Sharks
	3MF				Nairobi City Stars
	3MF				Rangers
	4FW				Kariobangi Sharks
	4FW	Joseph Okumu			AFC Leopards

Japan[]

Head coach: Yasushi Yoshida

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK	Masatoshi Kushibiki			Shimizu S-Pulse
	1GK	Kosuke Nakamura			Kashiwa Reysol U-18
	2DF	Ken Matsubara			Oita Trinita
	2DF	Ryosuke Yamanaka			Kashiwa Reysol
	2DF	Tomoya Inukai			Shimizu S-Pulse
	2DF	Naoki Kawaguchi			Albirex Niigata youth
	2DF	Takuya Iwanami			Vissel Kobe U-18
	3MF	Ryota Tanabe			Nagoya Grampus
	3MF	Takuma Arano			Consadole Sapporo
	3MF	Andrew Kumagai			Yokohama F. Marinos
	3MF	Ryuji Hirota			FC Gifu
	3MF				Consadole Sapporo
	3MF	Kento Hashimoto			FC Tokyo
	3MF	Gakuto Notsuda			Sanfrecce Hiroshima youth
	3MF	Hiroki Akino			Kashiwa Reysol U-18
	3MF	Masaya Matsumoto			JFA Academy Fukushima
	4FW	Shuto Minami			Tokyo Verdy
	4FW	Yuya Kubo			Kyoto Sanga

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Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	2	1	0	4	1	3	7
South Africa	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	6
Ghana	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
Nigeria	3	0	0	3	2	5	-3	0

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	1	8	9
Japan	3	2	0	1	6	7	-1	6
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
Kenya	3	3	0	0	2	9	-7	0

Knockout stage[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 June 2012 - Athlone Stadium
	Argentina	1
					3 June 2012 - Cape Town Stadium
	Japan	0
					Argentina	0
	1 June 2012 - Athlone Stadium
					Brazil	2
	Brazil	2(4)
	South Africa	2(3)
					Third place
					3 June 2012 - Cape Town Stadium
					Japan	1
					South Africa	1

Semi finals[]

Third place playoff[]

Final[]

Awards[]

• Top goal scorer – Thabani Mthembu (5 goals)
• Top goalkeeper -
• Player of the tournament – Misael Bueno

Group B[]

Brazil[]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK				Corinthians
	1GK				Cruzeiro
	2DF	Fabinho			Fluminense
	2DF	Romário			Vitória
	2DF	Henrique Miranda			São Paulo
	2DF	Luiz Gustavo			Palmeiras
	2DF	Luan			Vasco
	2DF	Wellington Carvalho			Fluminense
	3MF	Gomes			Corinthians
	3MF				Bahia
	3MF	Misael			Grêmio
	3MF	Diego Souza			Palmeiras
	3MF	Bruno Dybal			Palmeiras
	3MF	Jean Deretti			Figueirense
	3MF	Thomas			Flamengo
	4FW	Victor Andrade			Santos
	4FW	Bruno Mendes			Guarani
	4FW	Ademilson			São Paulo

Cameroon[]

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
		Jacques Ghislain Onana Ndzomo
		Yazid Atouba Emane
		Charles Eloundou

Kenya[]

Head coach: Stanley Okumbi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK				Thika United
	1GK				Muhoroni
	2DF				Kariobangi Sharks
	2DF				Admiral
	2DF
	2DF	Vincent Otieno			Thika United
	2DF				Chemelil Sugar
	2DF	Collins Shivachi			Sofapaka
	2DF				Malindi Academy
	3MF				Western U20
	3MF				Ulinzi Stars
	3MF
	3MF	Andrew Murunga			Tusker FC
	3MF				Kariobangi Sharks
	3MF				Kariobangi Sharks
	3MF				Nairobi City Stars
	3MF				Rangers
	4FW				Kariobangi Sharks
	4FW	Joseph Okumu			AFC Leopards

Japan[]

Head coach: Yasushi Yoshida

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK	Masatoshi Kushibiki			Shimizu S-Pulse
	1GK	Kosuke Nakamura			Kashiwa Reysol U-18
	2DF	Ken Matsubara			Oita Trinita
	2DF	Ryosuke Yamanaka			Kashiwa Reysol
	2DF	Tomoya Inukai			Shimizu S-Pulse
	2DF	Naoki Kawaguchi			Albirex Niigata youth
	2DF	Takuya Iwanami			Vissel Kobe U-18
	3MF	Ryota Tanabe			Nagoya Grampus
	3MF	Takuma Arano			Consadole Sapporo
	3MF	Andrew Kumagai			Yokohama F. Marinos
	3MF	Ryuji Hirota			FC Gifu
	3MF				Consadole Sapporo
	3MF	Kento Hashimoto			FC Tokyo
	3MF	Gakuto Notsuda			Sanfrecce Hiroshima youth
	3MF	Hiroki Akino			Kashiwa Reysol U-18
	3MF	Masaya Matsumoto			JFA Academy Fukushima
	4FW	Shuto Minami			Tokyo Verdy
	4FW	Yuya Kubo			Kyoto Sanga

^[6]

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