2012 Viva World Cup

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.

2012 VIVA World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIraqi Kurdistan
Dates4–9 June
Teams9 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Kurdistan Region (1st title)
Runners-up Northern Cyprus
Third place Zanzibar
Fourth place Provence
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored102 (5.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Halil Turan
Christophe Copel (6 goals)

Participating teams
Team 2012 Pos. Participation
 Kurdistan Region 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[2] 9th 1st

Venues
CityStadiumCapacityEvent
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

Squads

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
 Kurdistan Region 220070+76
 Occitania 210163+33
 Western Sahara 2002212−100
Kurdistan Region 6–0 Western Sahara
Mushir  12' (pen.)
Sherzad  16', 33'
Halgurd  74'
Aziz  82', 90'		 Report
Attendance: 9,000
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
Occitania 0–1 Kurdistan Region
Report Ismael  28'
Attendance: 10,000

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Zanzibar 220090+96
 Raetia 210116−53
 Tamil Eelam 200204−40
Zanzibar 6–0 Raetia
Mcha  33', 41', 52'
Kassim  51'
Juma  88', 90'		 Report
Raetia 1–0 Tamil Eelam
Dudler  83' Report
Tamil Eelam 0–3 Zanzibar
Mcha  22'
Omar  61'
Juma  90'
Referee: Osman Özpaşa

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Provence 2200201+196
 Northern Cyprus 2101162+143
 Darfur 2002033−330
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
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'
Provence 2–1 Northern Cyprus
Zenafi  28'
Lescoualch  35'		 Tağman  26'

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 June – Duhok
 
 
 Kurdistan Region2
 
9 June – Arbil
 
 Provence1
 
 Kurdistan Region2
 
8 June – Duhok
 
 Northern Cyprus1
 
 Northern Cyprus2
 
 
 Zanzibar0
 
Third place
 
 
9 June – Arbil
 
 
 Provence2
 
 
 Zanzibar7

9th Place Match
Western Sahara 5–1 Darfur
Budah  31', 85'
Malum  80'
Maaruf  87'
El Mami  90'		 Moubarak  46'

5th–8th Place Semi-finals
Occitania 7–0 Tamil Eelam
Martinez  30', 51'
Patrac  49'
Dalzon  50'
Thomas  64'
Massaré  83'
Hernandez  89'
Western Sahara 3–0 Raetia
Moulay  59'
El Mami  83'
Boiah  87'

7th Place Match
Tamil Eelam 4–0 Raetia
Nagulendran  59', 67', 71'
Sri  79'		 Report

5th Place Match
Occitania 3–1 Western Sahara
Thomas  35'
Bertini  55'
Amiel  86'		 Bijah  90'
Ararat Stadium, Salahaddin (Pirmam)

Semi-finals
Kurdistan Region 2–1 Provence
Ismael  2', 59' Report Zenafi  36'
Attendance: 12,500
Zanzibar 0–2 Northern Cyprus
Report Yaşinses  58'
Kayalilar  69' (pen.)

3rd Place Match
Provence 2–7 Zanzibar
Taba  44'
Copel  57'		 Suleiman  22', 23', 71'
Mcha  35', 68', 90'
Kassim  58'

Final
Kurdistan Region 2–1 Northern Cyprus
Halgurd  9' (pen.)
Siamand  32'		 Report Mohamad  42' (o.g.)
Attendance: 22,000


 VIVA World Cup 2012 Winners 

Kurdistan Region
First title
gollark: TC6, 6.1, potatOS Tau, whatever.
gollark: Frankly, I don't know at this point.
gollark: It might be.
gollark: The original thing was designed for base defense on TC6.1 or whatever.
gollark: Or are annoying.

References
  1. Arsalan Abdullah (31 May 2012). "2012 VIVA World Cup matches kick off Monday". AK News. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
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