Host country Republic of Ireland Teams 4 | City Dublin Venue(s) Aviva Stadium | |
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Dates 8 February – 29 May 2011 Champions Republic of Ireland (1st title) | ||
The 2011 Nations Cup (also known as the Carling Nations Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural round-robin football tournament between the Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales national teams. The first set of two games were played in Dublin in February, with the remaining four games played in May 2011. It was won by the Republic of Ireland, who won all three of their games without conceding a goal.
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Venue
The newly rebuilt Aviva Stadium was chosen to host all six games of the 2011 tournament.
Referees
Standings
All times are local.
Scorers
Media coverage
Every match of the tournament was shown live on Sky Sports (also on Sky 3D), with the Wales matches simulcasted live with Welsh language commentary on S4C.
Criticism
The Football Association of Ireland was criticised by the media, supporters and other football associations for setting high ticket prices. The 51,700-capacity Aviva Stadium was less than half-full for all of the games. The game between Wales and Northern Ireland was attended by only 529 fans, many of whom were Scots who happened to be in Dublin for their country's game two days later.
Northern Ireland fans were criticised for singing sectarian chants at games. During the game between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Republic fans booed "God Save the Queen", the national anthem of Northern Ireland, and Northern Ireland fans booed the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, as she greeted players before the game. Scotland fans also booed "God Save the Queen", when playing Northern Ireland.
Wales manager Gary Speed criticised the tournament organisers for scheduling Wales' games to be within three days of each other, the only team to suffer such timing. He also criticised the officiating in the game against Scotland, in which in his opinion several fouls on Welsh players went unpunished.