2014 Expo Unity World Cup

2014 Unity World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  India
Dates 5–14 December 2014
Teams 8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up  Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 47 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nigeria Adegboyega Adekunle Joseph (8 goals)

The Expo 2014 Unity World Cup was the 1st edition of the Unity World Cup, a biennial international men's amateur football championship, organised by the John Paul II Foundation for Sport. The tournament was played between 5 December and 14 December 2014 in Goa, India.[1]

Teams competing

Group A

Group B

Venues

The tournament was played at numerous venues across India, including Goa (which hosted the semi-finals and the final), Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Bangalore.[2]

Group stage

All times are local, UTC+5:30.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Portugal 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
2  India (H) 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
3  Brazil 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
4  Ghana 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: Kolkata Football
(H) Host.

5 December 2014 (2014-12-05)
Brazil  2–2  India
Lucas  ?', ?' Vaz  ?'
Devasigamani  ?'

8 December 2014 (2014-12-08)
Portugal  2–1  Ghana
Daniel Costa  17'
Cruze  25'		 Report
(Kolkata Football)		 Tagoe  ?'

8 December 2014 (2014-12-08)
India  3–0  Ghana
Gonsalves  45' (pen.)
Rodricks  62', 90'+2'		 Report
(Kolkata Football)

8 December 2014 (2014-12-08)
Portugal  2–0  Brazil
Carino  16'
Cruze  45'		 Report
(Kolkata Football)

9 December 2014 (2014-12-09)
Brazil  4–2  Ghana
Marcelo  7', 58'
Valmir  23'
Lucas  62'		 Obed  ?'
Eric  ?'

9 December 2014 (2014-12-09)
India  0–0  Portugal

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Nigeria 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9
2  Colombia 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 6
3  Egypt 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Uzbekistan 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0

6 December 2014 (2014-12-06)
Colombia  2–1  Uzbekistan
Temur  3'
Castanef  40'		 Monkal  70'

7 December 2014 (2014-12-07)
Uzbekistan  1–3  Egypt
Rinat  35' Daniel  4', 20', 50'

7 December 2014 (2014-12-07)
Colombia  0–3  Nigeria
Isah Akor  32'
Sikiru  43'
Joseph  50'+2'

8 December 2014 (2014-12-08)
Nigeria  2–0  Egypt
Isah Akor  7'
Joseph  25'

9 December 2014 (2014-12-09)
Uzbekistan  0–7  Nigeria
Akuneto  11', 61'
Chuks  19', 40'
Joseph  23', 27'
Chukwuma  52'

9 December 2014 (2014-12-09)
Egypt  0–1  Colombia

Knockout stage

If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner. All times are local, UTC+5:30.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 December — Goa
 
 
 India0
 
14 December — Goa
 
 Nigeria1
 
 Colombia0
 
12 December — Goa
 
 Nigeria7
 
 Colombia1
 
 
 Portugal0
 

Semi-finals

11 December 2014 (2014-12-11)
India  0–1  Nigeria
Joseph  ?'

12 December 2014 (2014-12-12)
Colombia  1–0  Portugal
Celis  34'

Final

14 December 2014 (2014-12-14)
Colombia  0–7  Nigeria
Joseph  10', 27', 29'
Sikiru  4', 25'
Ajibola  ?'
Chuks  ?'

References

  1. ↑ "Christians unite for soccer World Cup in India". Times of India. 12 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Expo 2014 Unity World Cup in Goa". Pontificial Council for the Laity. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
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