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The Unity World Cup is an international
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competition contested by
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national men's teams. Its name, ''unity'', shows its will to ''unite'' the different Christians during a sports event. It is organized with the help of the John Paul II Foundation for sports. Its inaugural tournament took place in Goa,
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and
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(
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) in 2014 and involved eight national teams. The second edition took place in Bogota (
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) in 2016, with ten teams involved. The next competition will be played in Egypt in 2018.


First edition: Goa 2014

Eight nations participated.


Teams

Group A * * * * Group B * * * * The Nigerian team won the tournament.


Second edition: Bogota 2016


Teams

Group A * * * * * Group B * * * * * Brazil won the tournament.


References

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