2012 Viva World Cup

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2012 VIVA World Cup
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Tournament details
Host countryIraqi Kurdistan
Dates4–9 June
Teams9 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Kurdistan Region (1st title)
Runners-up Northern Cyprus
Third place Zanzibar
Fourth place Provence
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored102 (5.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)Northern Cyprus Halil Turan
Provence Christophe Copel (6 goals)
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The 2012 VIVA World Cup was the fifth 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[]

Team 2012 Pos. Participation
 Kurdistan Region 1st 4th
 Northern Cyprus 2nd 1st
 Zanzibar 3rd 1st
 Provence 4th 4th
 Occitania 5th 4th
 Western Sahara 6th 1st
 Tamil Eelam 7th 1st
 Raetia 8th 1st
 Darfur[2] 9th 1st

Venues[]

City Stadium Capacity Event
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 Group stages
Group stages

Squads[]

Further information: 2012 VIVA World Cup squads

Group stage[]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the semi-finals

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kurdistan Region 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6
 Occitania 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
 Western Sahara 2 0 0 2 2 12 −10 0
Kurdistan Region 6–0 Western Sahara
Mushir Goal 12' (pen.)
Goal 16', 33'
Halgurd Goal 74'
Goal 82', 90'		 Report
Attendance: 9,000
Western Sahara 2–6 Occitania
Goal 52'
Goal 56'		 Report Goal 6'
Goal 12', 14'
Goal 67'
Goal 72' (pen.)
Goal 75'
,
Attendance: 200
Occitania 0–1 Kurdistan Region
Report Goal 28'
Attendance: 10,000

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Zanzibar 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 6
 Raetia 2 1 0 1 1 6 −5 3
 Tamil Eelam 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Zanzibar 6–0 Raetia
Mcha Goal 33', 41', 52'
Kassim Goal 51'
Goal 88', 90'		 Report
Raetia 1–0 Tamil Eelam
Goal 83' Report
Tamil Eelam 0–3 Zanzibar
Mcha Goal 22'
Goal 61'
Goal 90'
Referee:

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Provence 2 2 0 0 20 1 +19 6
 Northern Cyprus 2 1 0 1 16 2 +14 3
 Darfur 2 0 0 2 0 33 −33 0
Northern Cyprus 15–0 Darfur
Goal 11', 17', 23', 44', 50', 90'
Goal 14', 76', 81'
Goal 21'
Goal 34'
Goal 46', 61', 63'
Goal 87'		 Report
, Arbil
Darfur 0–18 Provence
Report Mdahoma Goal 4'
Goal 5', 40', 59'
Copel Goal 19', 32', 59', 68', 75'
Goal 23', 49', 50', 77', 83'
Goal 41', 54'
Goal 47'
Goal 66'
Provence 2–1 Northern Cyprus
Goal 28'
Goal 35'		 Goal 26'

Knockout stage[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 June – Duhok
 
 
 Kurdistan Region2
 
9 June – Arbil
 
 Provence1
 
 Kurdistan Region2
 
8 June – Duhok
 
 Northern Cyprus1
 
 Northern Cyprus2
 
 
 Zanzibar0
 
Third place
 
 
9 June – Arbil
 
 
 Provence2
 
 
 Zanzibar7

9th Place Match[]

Western Sahara 5–1 Darfur
Goal 31', 85'
Goal 80'
Goal 87'
Goal 90'		 Goal 46'

5th–8th Place Semi-finals[]

Occitania 7–0 Tamil Eelam
Goal 30', 51'
Goal 49'
Goal 50'
Goal 64'
Goal 83'
Goal 89'
Western Sahara 3–0 Raetia
Goal 59'
Goal 83'
Goal 87'

7th Place Match[]

Tamil Eelam 4–0 Raetia
Goal 59', 67', 71'
Goal 79'		 Report

5th Place Match[]

Occitania 3–1 Western Sahara
Goal 35'
Goal 55'
Goal 86'		 Goal 90'
,

Semi-finals[]

Kurdistan Region 2–1 Provence
Goal 2', 59' Report Goal 36'
Attendance: 12,500
Zanzibar 0–2 Northern Cyprus
Report Goal 58'
Goal 69' (pen.)

3rd Place Match[]

Provence 2–7 Zanzibar
Goal 44'
Copel Goal 57'		 Goal 22', 23', 71'
Mcha Goal 35', 68', 90'
Kassim Goal 58'

Final[]

Kurdistan Region 2–1 Northern Cyprus
Halgurd Goal 9' (pen.)
Siamand Goal 32'		 Report Goal 42' (o.g.)
Attendance: 22,000


 VIVA World Cup 2012 Winners 

Kurdistan Region
First title

References[]

  1. ^ Arsalan Abdullah (31 May 2012). "2012 VIVA World Cup matches kick off Monday". . Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  2. ^ [1]

External links[]

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