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.

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^[2]	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

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2012 VIVA World Cup squads.

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraqi Kurdistan	2	2	0	7	0	+7	6
Occitania	2	1	1	6	3	+3	3
Western Sahara	2	0	2	2	12	−10	0

Iraqi Kurdistan v Western Sahara

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, Erbil
Attendance: 9,000

Western Sahara v Occitania

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

Occitania v Iraqi Kurdistan

6 June 2012
17:00 AST

Occitania	0–1	Iraqi Kurdistan
	Report	Ismael 28'

Sulaymaniyah Stadium, Sulaymaniyah
Attendance: 10,000

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zanzibar	2	2	0	9	0	+9	6
Raetia	2	1	1	1	6	−5	3
Tamil Eelam	2	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Zanzibar v Raetia

4 June 2012
22:00 AST

Zanzibar	6–0	Raetia
Mcha 33', 41', 52' Kassim 51' Juma 88', 90'	Report

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

Raetia v Tamil Eelam

5 June 2012
20:30 AST

Raetia	1–0	Tamil Eelam
Dudler 83'	Report

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

Tamil Eelam v Zanzibar

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Provence	2	2	0	20	1	+19	6
Northern Cyprus	2	1	1	16	2	+14	3
Darfur	2	0	2	0	33	−33	0

Northern Cyprus v Darfur

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

Darfur v Provence

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'

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

Provence v Northern Cyprus

6 June 2012
23:30 AST

Provence	2–1	Northern Cyprus
Zenafi 28' Lescoualch 35'		Tağman 26'

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

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

Western Sahara v Darfur

7 June 2012
17:30 AST

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

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

5th–8th Place Semi-finals

Occitania v Tamil Eelam

7 June 2012
20:30 AST

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

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

Western Sahara v Raetia

8 June 2012
17:00 AST

Western Sahara	3–0	Raetia
Moulay 59' El Mami 83' Boiah 87'

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

7th Place Match

Tamil Eelam v Raetia

9 June 2012
10:00 AST

Tamil Eelam	4–0	Raetia
Nagulendran 59', 67', 71' Sri 79'	Report

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

5th Place Match

Occitania v Western Sahara

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

Iraqi Kurdistan v Provence

8 June 2012
18:30 AST

Iraqi Kurdistan	2–1	Provence
Ismael 2', 59'	Report	Zenafi 36'

Duhok Stadium, Duhok
Attendance: 12,500

Zanzibar v Northern Cyprus

8 June 2012
20:15 AST

Zanzibar	0–2	Northern Cyprus
	Report	Yaşinses 58' Kayalilar 69' (pen.)

Duhok Stadium, Duhok

3rd Place Match

Provence v Zanzibar

9 June 2012
16:30 AST

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

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

Final

Iraqi Kurdistan v Northern Cyprus

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

↑ Arsalan Abdullah (31 May 2012). "2012 VIVA World Cup matches kick off Monday". AK News. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
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External links

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See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

Viva World Cup

Editions	Occitania 2006 Sápmi 2008 Padania 2009 Gozo 2010 Iraqi Kurdistan 2012

Squads	2006 2008 2009 2010 2012

Women's Viva World Cup

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