The 2012 Palestine International Cup also 2012 Al Nakba Cup (Arabic: بطولة فلسطين الدولية 2012) was a friendly international football tournament hosted by Palestine. National teams from Asia and Africa have been invited with many sending youth sides in preparation for upcoming youth tournaments.
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Palestine |
| Dates | 14–24 May 2012 |
| Teams | 10 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Palestine (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Tunisia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 25 (2.08 per match) |
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Uzbekistan were drawn into Group B but withdrew before the first matchday which then meant that Sri Lanka were moved from Group A to Group C and Mauritania moved from Group C to Group B.
Participating nations
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Venues
edit| Nablus | Al-Ram | Al-Bireh | Hebron | Hebron |
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| Nablus Football Stadium | Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium | Majed Asad Stadium | Dora International Stadium | Hussein Bin Ali Stadium |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 12,500 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 6,000 |
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Group stage
editAll times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Palestine |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
 Pakistan U22 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Vietnam U19 |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |
| Palestine | 2–0 | Vietnam U19 |
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Al-Halman  25' Attal 74' |
Report |
| Palestine | 2–2 | Pakistan U22 |
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| Al-Halman 23', 56' |
Adil 54' Iqbal 84' |
Group B
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Kurdistan Region |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
 Indonesia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
 Mauritania |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| Kurdistan Region | 3–1 | Mauritania |
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| Abdullah 2', 40' Shiraz 55' |
Da Silva 75' |
| Mauritania | 0–2 | Indonesia |
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| Report | Hendra Bayauw 19' Fall  24' (o.g.) |
Group C
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Tunisia U22 |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 |
 Jordan U22 |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
 Sri Lanka |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
| Tunisia U22 | 2–0 | Jordan U22 |
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| Alaa Ben Said 40', 89' |
Report |
| Jordan U22 | 2–0 | Sri Lanka |
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| Abu Amarah 40' Al-Laham 47' (pen.) |
Report |
Ranking of second-placed teams
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Indonesia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| Jordan U22 |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Pakistan U22 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
