2012 Polish Masters

2012 Polish Masters
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Dates	July 21 – July 22
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	PSV Eindhoven (1st title)
Runners-up	Benfica
Third place	Athletic Bilbao
Fourth place	Śląsk Wrocław
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	12 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Martins Georginio Wijnaldum (2 goals each)

International football competition

The 2012 Polish Masters was an exhibition international club football (soccer) competition featuring football club teams from Europe, which was held in July 2012. All matches were played in Stadion Miejski in Wrocław, Poland. This was the first Polish Masters.

Teams

The following four clubs participated in the 2012 tournament:^[1]

Śląsk Wrocław
PSV Eindhoven
Athletic Bilbao
S.L. Benfica

Matches

On July 20, the draw for the semi-final pairs took place during a press conference with coaches and players of all teams. The winners will play in the finals and the loser of the match for 3rd place.^[2]

Semi-finals		Final

21 July – Wrocław

Athletic Bilbao	0
		22 July – Wrocław
PSV Eindhoven	1
		PSV Eindhoven	3
21 July – Wrocław
		S.L. Benfica	1
Śląsk Wrocław	2

S.L. Benfica	4
		Third place

		22 July – Wrocław

		Athletic Bilbao	1

		Śląsk Wrocław	0

Semi-finals

July 21, 2012

13:00 UTC

Athletic Bilbao	0–1	PSV Eindhoven
		73' Wijnaldum

Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland

Attendance: 15,000

Referee:

Sebastian Tarnowski

July 21, 2012

16:00 UTC

Śląsk Wrocław	2–4	S.L. Benfica
Elsner 67' Sobota 69'		11' Cardozo 60' Luisão 73' Carlos Martins 89' Gaitán

Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland

Attendance: 30,000

Referee:

Robert Małek

Third-place

July 22, 2012

10:45 UTC

Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Śląsk Wrocław
Susaeta 43'

Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland

Attendance: 15,000

Referee:

Marek Opaliński

Final

July 22, 2012

13:45 UTC

PSV Eindhoven	3–1	S.L. Benfica
Jørgensen 54' Lens 74' Wijnaldum 83'		34' Carlos Martins

Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland

Attendance: 15,000

Referee:

Tomasz Garbowski

Eindhoven

Benfica

Top scores

2 goals

Georginio Wijnaldum (PSV Eindhoven)
Carlos Martins (Benfica)

1 goal

Rok Elsner (Śląsk Wrocław)
Waldemar Sobota (Śląsk Wrocław)
Óscar Cardozo (Benfica)
Luisão (Benfica)
Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica)
Markel Susaeta (Athletic Bilbao)
Mathias Jørgensen (PSV Eindhoven)
Jeremain Lens (PSV Eindhoven)

The topscorer of the 2012 Polish Masters was Carlos Martins, because he played fewer minutes than Georginio Wijnaldum.

References

^ "Polish Masters - Teams". Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
^ "Polish Masters - Tournament". Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.