2012

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Champion

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Teams

Matches

Total goals

2.45/match

1,440,896

Attendance

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Italy

Runner-up

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Spain

Champion

Awards & marks

Top scorer

Mario Mandžukić

Croatia · 3 goals

Best player

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

Squad composition — domestic vs foreign-based

Where each player's club is based. Sorted by % playing abroad. Pre-1990s WCs lean heavily domestic; modern CONMEBOL squads lean heavily abroad.

16 teams · club→country map covers ~72% of historical clubs

Portugal

100% abroad

0 dom · 23 abroadof 23

Republic of Ireland

100% abroad

0 dom · 23 abroadof 23

France

100% abroad

0 dom · 23 abroadof 23

Sweden

87% abroad

3 dom · 20 abroadof 23

Croatia

78% abroad

5 dom · 18 abroadof 23

Poland

74% abroad

6 dom · 17 abroadof 23

Denmark

70% abroad

7 dom · 16 abroadof 23

Netherlands

70% abroad

7 dom · 16 abroadof 23

Czech Republic

65% abroad

8 dom · 15 abroadof 23

Greece

30% abroad

16 dom · 7 abroadof 23

Germany

17% abroad

19 dom · 4 abroadof 23

Spain

17% abroad

19 dom · 4 abroadof 23

Italy

13% abroad

20 dom · 3 abroadof 23

Russia

9% abroad

21 dom · 2 abroadof 23

Ukraine

9% abroad

21 dom · 2 abroadof 23

England

0% abroad

23 dom · 0 abroadof 23

Derived from squad[i].club.country on GET /tournaments/2012

Confederation breakdown

16 qualifying teams

Spain's road to the title

Every match Spain played, group stage through the final

4W2D0L·12 GF1 GA·6 matches

Group CDvs Italy2012-06-101–1
Group CWvs Republic of Ireland2012-06-144–0
Group CWvs Croatia2012-06-181–0
QFWvs France2012-06-232–0
SFDvs Portugal2012-06-270–0AET
FinalWvs Italy2012-07-014–0