The 2012 World Football Challenge was the third (and the final) World Football Challenge event, a series of friendly soccer matches played in Canada and the United States in July and August.

[1] The opening match was between the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) and Chelsea of the English Premier League, which Chelsea won 4–2.

[2] Real Madrid, who had won the equivalent tournament the previous year, were the only team to win all their matches in normal play.

The following eleven clubs took part in the 2012 World Football Challenge.

Eight venues were selected for the 2012 World Football Challenge.