2009 Viva World Cup

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Tournament details
Host countryPadania
Dates22–27 June
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Padania (2nd title)
Runners-up Kurdistan Region
Third place Sápmi
Fourth place Provence
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored47 (4.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sápmi Svein Thomassen
Provence Enais Hammoud (5 goals)
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International football competition

The 2009 VIVA World Cup was the third VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football open to non-FIFA-affiliated teams, played in Padania.

Three venues were bidding to host the tournament in 2010 :

  • Padania Padania (Italy Italy)
  • Kurdistan Region Kurdistan (Iraq Iraq)
  • Gozo Gozo (Malta Malta)

At the NF-Board general meeting in Milan (Italy), on 13 December 2008, it was decided to hold the Viva World Cup annually. The 2010 edition will be played in Gozo and priority was given to Iraqi Kurdistan to host the 2011 tournament.

Occitania originally finished 5th, but having made one more substitution than allowed, the result was overturned, leaving Gozo as the winners of the 5th place playoff.

The defending champions from the previous tournament were Padania, who went on to win the tournament.

Participating teams

Team 2009 Pos. Participation
 Padania 1st 2nd
 Kurdistan Region 2nd 2nd
 Sápmi 3rd 3rd
 Provence 4th 2nd
 Occitania 5th 2nd
 Gozo 6th 1st

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 2009 VIVA World Cup squads.[1]

Venues

City Stadium Capacity Event
Varese Stadio Franco Ossola 9,926 Opening Ceremony
Brescia Stadio Mario Rigamonti 16,308
Novara Stadio Silvio Piola 7,487
Verona Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi 44,799 Final Match

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Padania 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
 Kurdistan Region 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3
 Occitania 2 0 0 2 0 5 –5 0

 Padania1–0 Occitania
Piovani 83' (Report)
Stadio Silvio Piola, Novara
Attendance: 1100
Referee: Mazzoleni

 Occitania0–4 Kurdistan Region
(Report) Aziz 3'
Abdullah 38', 45'
Sediq 56'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Anders

 Padania2–1 Kurdistan Region
Ferrari 4'
Ganz 67' (pen.)
(Report) Qaraman 62'
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Copia

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Provence 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
 Sápmi 2 1 0 1 8 4 +4 3
 Gozo 2 0 0 2 3 10 –7 0

 Provence3–1 Gozo
Hammoud 36', 77'
Hammami 90+1'
(Report) Camilleri 73'
Stadio Silvio Piola, Novara
Attendance: 100
Referee: Buonanno

 Sápmi1–2 Provence
Bertelsen 5' (Report) Hammoud 37'
Hammami 64' (pen.)
Attendance: 50
Referee: Iodice

 Sápmi7–2 Gozo
Thomassen 12', 16', 17'
Eira 48'
Reginiussen 52', 84'
Bruer 78'
(Report) Bugeja 79', 86'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Seerwand

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 June – Varese
 
 
 Provence0
 
27 June – Verona
 
 Kurdistan Region6
 
 Kurdistan Region0
 
25 June – Varese
 
 Padania2
 
 Padania4
 
 
 Sápmi0
 
Third place
 
 
26 June – Brescia
 
 
 Provence4 (4)
 
 
 Sápmi4 (5)

Semi-finals


 Provence0–6 Kurdistan Region
(Report) Aziz 6'
Sediq 16'
Qadir 25'
Abdullah 56', 80'
Abdulrida 71'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Modesti

 Padania4–0 Sápmi
Pedersoli 12'
Battaglino 38'
Hætta 41' (o.g.)
Ligarotti 85'
(Report)
Attendance: 1560
Referee: Casnati

5th-place match


 Occitania2–1 Gozo
Ballue 19'
Cantier 62'
(Report) Camilleri 80'

3rd-place match


 Provence4–4 Sápmi
Hammoud 14', 88'
Matel 16'
Bennattar 21'
(Report) Thomassen 13', 53' (pen.)
Bruer 18'
Reginiussen 82'
Penalties
4–5

Final


 Padania2–0 Kurdistan Region
D'Alessandro 73'
Casse 74'
(Report)


 VIVA World Cup 2009 winners 

Padania

Second title

Goalscorers

5 goals
  • Sápmi Svein Thomassen
  • Provence Enais Hammoud
4 goals
  • Kurdistan Region Karzan Abdullah

See also

External links

  • VIVA Official Site
  • Teams line-up and Schedule Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
  • Line-ups 2009_VIVA_World_Cup[permanent dead link]

References

  1. ^ "Non-FIFA News Agency - VIVA World Cup Teams". Archived from the original on 2009-06-27. Retrieved 2009-06-29.