2012 Viva World Cup Explained

Tourney Name:VIVA World Cup
Year:2012
Size:200px
Country:Iraq (Kurdistan Region)
Dates:4–9 June
Confederations:2
Num Teams:9
Venues:5
Cities:4
Champion:Iraqi Kurdistan
Count:1
Second:North Cyprus
Third:Zanzibar
Fourth:Provence
Matches:18
Goals:102
Top Scorer: Halil Turan
Christophe Copel (6 goals)
Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:ConIFA 2014

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

Team2012 Pos.Participation
1st4th
2nd1st
3rd1st
4th4th
5th4th
6th1st
7th1st
8th1st
[2] 9th1st

Venues

CityStadiumCapacityEvent
Franso Hariri Stadium40,000Group stages and final
DuhokDuhok Stadium20,000Semi-finals
SulaymaniyahSulaymaniyah Stadium15,000Group stages
ArbilBrayati StadiumGroup stages
SalahaddinArarat StadiumGroup stages

Group stage

Group A

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2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6
2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
2 0 0 2 2 12 −10 0

Group B

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2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 6
2 1 0 1 1 6 −5 3
2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0

Group C

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2 2 0 0 20 1 +19 6
2 1 0 1 16 2 +14 3
2 0 0 2 0 33 −33 0

Knockout stage

Final


External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2012 VIVA World Cup matches kick off Monday . Arsalan. Abdullah . AK News . 31 May 2012 . 31 May 2012 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120602033129/http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/5/309918/ . 2 June 2012 . dmy .
  2. Web site: Viva World Cup Archives Can Soccer Save the World? . cansoccersavetheworld.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106233548/http://cansoccersavetheworld.com/tag/viva-world-cup/ . 2014-01-06.