The 2009 VIVA World Cup was the third
VIVA World Cup
The VIVA World Cup was an international association football tournament organized by the New Federation Board, an umbrella association for teams unaffiliated with FIFA, held five times between 2006 and 2012. It is succeeded by the newly organiz ...
, an international tournament for
football
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open to non-FIFA-affiliated teams, played in
Padania
Padania (, also , ) is an alternative name and proposed independent state encompassing Northern Italy, derived from the name of the Po River (Latin ''Padus''), whose basin includes much of the region, centered on the Po Valley (), the major pla ...
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Three venues were bidding to host the tournament in 2010 :
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Padania
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Italy
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Iraqi Kurdistan
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Iraq
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Gozo
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Malta
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At the
NF-Board
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general meeting in
Milan
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(Italy), on 13 December 2008, it was decided to hold the Viva World Cup annually. The 2010 edition will be played in Gozo and priority was given to Iraqi Kurdistan to host the 2011 tournament.
Occitania originally finished 5th, but having made one more substitution than allowed, the result was overturned, leaving Gozo as the winners of the 5th place playoff.
The defending champions from the
previous tournament were
Padania
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, who went on to win the tournament.
Participating teams
Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see ''2009 VIVA World Cup squads''.
Venues
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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5th-place match
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3rd-place match
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Final
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Goalscorers
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* Svein Thomassen
* Enais Hammoud
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* Karzan Abdullah
See also
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ELF Cup
The ELF Cup (''Equality, Liberty, Fraternity'') was an international football tournament organised by the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation (KTFF), a member of the NF-Board. It was played only once in 2006. Among the participants were NF-Board ...
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UNPO Cup
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, or simply UNPO is an international organization established to facilitate the voices of unrepresented and marginalised nations and peoples worldwide. It was formed on 11 February 1991 in The Ha ...
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FIFI Wild Cup
The FIFI Wild Cup was an alternative FIFA World Cup, held from 29 May to 3 June 2006 in Germany, prior to the official FIFA World Cup which started one week later. It was run by the Federation of International Football Independents (FIFI).
FIFI ...
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KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup
The KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup was a football tournament held under the auspices of the NF-Board. It celebrated 50 years of the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation.
History
The KTFF and featured representative sides from the host nation, the Sáp ...
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Nouvelle Fédération-Board
External links
VIVA Official Site
References
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2009 in association football
2009
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