2012 Viva World Cup
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Iraq (Kurdistan Region) |
Dates | 4–9 June |
Teams | 9 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 18 |
Goals scored | 102 (5.67 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() |
The 2012 VIVA World Cup was the fifth and final VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football open to non-FIFA-affiliated teams, played in the Iraqi Kurdistan. It marked a new record in the competition's history, with nine teams competing for the Nelson Mandela Trophy, from 4 to 9 June.[1] Al Iraqiya signed a television rights agreement with the NF-Board and the Kurdistan Football Association to broadcast all the matches.
Participating teams
[edit]Team | 2012 Pos. | Participation |
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1st | 4th |
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2nd | 1st |
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3rd | 1st |
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4th | 4th |
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5th | 4th |
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6th | 1st |
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7th | 1st |
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8th | 1st |
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9th | 1st |
Venues
[edit]City | Stadium | Capacity | Event |
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Arbil | Franso Hariri Stadium | 40,000 | Group stages and final |
Duhok | Duhok Stadium | 20,000 | Semi-finals |
Sulaymaniyah | Sulaymaniyah Stadium | 15,000 | Group stages |
Arbil | Brayati Stadium | Group stages | |
Salahaddin | Ararat Stadium | Group stages |
Squads
[edit]Group stage
[edit]Key to colours in group tables | |
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Teams that advanced to the semi-finals |
Group A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
Kurdistan Region ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Mushir ![]() Sherzad ![]() Halgurd ![]() Aziz ![]() |
Report |
Attendance: 9,000
Western Sahara ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() |
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Budah ![]() Malum ![]() |
Report | Flourens ![]() Bertini ![]() Amiel ![]() Quéré ![]() Patrac ![]() |
Attendance: 200
Occitania ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Ismael ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000
Group B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
Raetia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Dudler ![]() |
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Tamil Eelam ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Mcha ![]() Omar ![]() Juma ![]() |
Referee: Osman Özpaşa
Group C
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | −33 | 0 |
Northern Cyprus ![]() | 15–0 | ![]() |
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Turan ![]() Çıdamlı ![]() Börekçi ![]() Kayalilar ![]() Güvensoy ![]() Yaşinses ![]() |
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Darfur ![]() | 0–18 | ![]() |
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Report | Mdahoma ![]() Zenafi ![]() Copel ![]() S.Abbes ![]() Y.Abbes ![]() Taba ![]() Lescoualch ![]() |
Provence ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Zenafi ![]() Lescoualch ![]() |
Tağman ![]() |
Knockout stage
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
8 June – Duhok | ||||||
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9 June – Arbil | ||||||
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8 June – Duhok | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
9 June – Arbil | ||||||
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9th Place Match
[edit]5th–8th Place Semi-finals
[edit]Western Sahara ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Moulay ![]() El Mami ![]() Boiah ![]() |
7th Place Match
[edit]Tamil Eelam ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Nagulendran ![]() Sri ![]() |
Report |
5th Place Match
[edit]Semi-finals
[edit]Kurdistan Region ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Ismael ![]() |
Report | Zenafi ![]() |
Attendance: 12,500
3rd Place Match
[edit]Final
[edit]Kurdistan Region ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Halgurd ![]() Siamand ![]() |
Report | Mohamad ![]() |
Attendance: 22,000
VIVA World Cup 2012 winners |
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![]() Kurdistan Region First title |
References
[edit]- ^ Abdullah, Arsalan (31 May 2012). "2012 VIVA World Cup matches kick off Monday". AK News. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ "Viva World Cup Archives | Can Soccer Save the World?". cansoccersavetheworld.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014.