2012 Viva World Cup

2012 VIVA World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Iraqi Kurdistan
Dates 4–9 June
Teams 9 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Iraqi Kurdistan (1st title)
Runners-up  Northern Cyprus
Third place  Zanzibar
Fourth place  Provence
Tournament statistics
Matches played 18
Goals scored 102 (5.67 per match)

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.[2]

Participating teams

Team 2012 Pos. Participation
 Iraqi Kurdistan 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[3] 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 Brayati Stadium Group stages
Salahaddin Ararat Stadium Group stages

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
 Iraqi Kurdistan 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

4 June 2012
20:00 AST
Iraqi Kurdistan  6–0  Western Sahara
Mushir  12' (pen.)
Sherzad  16', 33'
Halgurd  74'
Aziz  82', 90' 		Report
Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil
Attendance: 9,000

5 June 2012
17:00 AST
Western Sahara  2–6  Occitania
Budah  52'
Malum  56' 		Report Flourens  6'
Bertini  12', 14'
Amiel  67'
Quéré  72' (pen.)
Patrac  75'
Ararat Stadium, Salahaddin
Attendance: 200

6 June 2012
17:00 AST
Occitania  0–1  Iraqi Kurdistan
Report Ismael  28'

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

4 June 2012
22:00 AST
Zanzibar  6–0  Raetia
Mcha  33', 41', 52'
Kassim  51'
Juma  88', 90' 		Report

5 June 2012
20:30 AST
Raetia  1–0  Tamil Eelam
Dudler  83' Report

6 June 2012
21:30 AST
Tamil Eelam  0–3  Zanzibar
Mcha  22'
Omar  61'
Juma  90'
Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil
Referee: Osman Özpaşa

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

4 June 2012
17:00 AST
Northern Cyprus  15–0  Darfur
Turan  11', 17', 23', 44', 50', 90'
Çıdamlı  14', 76', 81'
Börekçi  21'
Kayalilar  34'
Güvensoy  46', 61', 63'
Yaşinses  87' 		Report
Brayati Stadium, Arbil

5 June 2012
22:30 AST
Darfur  0–18  Provence
Report Mdahoma  4'
Zenafi  5', 40', 59'
Copel  19', 32', 59', 68', 75'
S.Abbes  23', 49', 50', 77', 83'
Y.Abbes  41', 54'
Taba  47'
Lescoualch  66'

6 June 2012
23:30 AST
Provence  2–1  Northern Cyprus
Zenafi  28'
Lescoualch  35' 		Tağman  26'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
8 June – Duhok
  Iraqi Kurdistan  2  
  Provence  1  
 
9 June – Arbil
      Iraqi Kurdistan  2
    Northern Cyprus  1
Third place
8 June – Duhok 9 June – Arbil
  Northern Cyprus  2   Provence  2
  Zanzibar  0     Zanzibar  7

9th Place Match

7 June 2012
17:30 AST
Western Sahara  5–1  Darfur
Budah  31', 85'
Malum  80'
Maaruf  87'
El Mami  90' 		Moubarak  46'

5th–8th Place Semi-finals

7 June 2012
20:30 AST
Occitania  7–0  Tamil Eelam
Martinez  30', 51'
Patrac  49'
Dalzon  50'
Thomas  64'
Massaré  83'
Hernandez  89'

8 June 2012
17:00 AST
Western Sahara  3–0  Raetia
Moulay  59'
El Mami  83'
Boiah  87'

7th Place Match

9 June 2012
10:00 AST
Tamil Eelam  4–0  Raetia
Nagulendran  59', 67', 71'
Sri  79' 		Report

5th Place Match

9 June 2012
11:00 AST
Occitania  3–1  Western Sahara
Thomas  35'
Bertini  55'
Amiel  86' 		Bijah  90'
Ararat Stadium, Salahaddin (Pirmam)

Semi-finals

8 June 2012
18:30 AST
Iraqi Kurdistan  2–1  Provence
Ismael  2', 59' Report Zenafi  36'
Duhok Stadium, Duhok
Attendance: 12,500

8 June 2012
20:15 AST
Zanzibar  0–2  Northern Cyprus
Report Yaşinses  58'
Kayalilar  69' (pen.)

3rd Place Match

9 June 2012
16:30 AST
Provence  2–7  Zanzibar
Taba  44'
Copel  57' 		Suleiman  22', 23', 71'
Mcha  35', 68', 90'
Kassim  58'

Final

9 June 2012
19:00 AST
Iraqi Kurdistan  2–1  Northern Cyprus
Halgurd  9' (pen.)
Siamand  32' 		Report Mohamad  42' (og)
Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil
Attendance: 22,000


 VIVA World Cup 2012 Winners 

Iraqi Kurdistan
First title

References

  1. ↑ Arsalan Abdullah (31 May 2012). "2012 VIVA World Cup matches kick off Monday". AK News. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "TV rights agreement". www.vivaworldcup2012.com. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. ↑

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