2009 Viva World Cup Explained

Tourney Name:VIVA World Cup - Coupe du monde de football VIVA World cup
Year:2009
Country:Padania
Dates:22–27 June
Confederations:1
Num Teams:6
Venues:4
Cities:4
Champion:Padania
Count:2
Second:Iraqi Kurdistan
Third:Sápmi
Fourth:Provence
Fived:Occitania
Matches:11
Goals:47
Top Scorer: Svein Thomassen
Enais Hammoud (5 goals)
Prevseason:2008
Nextseason:2010

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 :

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

Team2009 Pos.Participation
1st2nd
2nd2nd
3rd3rd
4th2nd
5th2nd
6th1st

Squads

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

Venues

CityStadiumCapacityEvent
VareseStadio Franco Ossola9,926Opening Ceremony
BresciaStadio Mario Rigamonti16,308
NovaraStadio Silvio Piola7,487
VeronaStadio Marcantonio Bentegodi44,799Final Match

Group stage

Group A

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2 20031 +26
2 10 1 52 +33
2 0020 5–50

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Group B

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2 2 0 052 +3 6
210 1 84 +43
20 0 2 310–7 0

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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5th-place match

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3rd-place match

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Final

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Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Non-FIFA News Agency - VIVA World Cup Teams . https://web.archive.org/web/20090627153049/http://non-fifa-news-agency.netau.net/vivaworldcup.html?location=teams . 2009-06-27 . dead. 2009-06-29 .