| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Padania | 
| Dates | 22–27 June | 
| Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) | 
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Padania (2nd title) | 
| Runners-up |  Kurdistan Region | 
| Third place |  Sápmi | 
| Fourth place | .svg.png.webp) Provence | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 11 | 
| Goals scored | 47 (4.27 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) |  Svein Thomassen .svg.png.webp) Enais Hammoud (5 goals) | 
The 2009 VIVA World Cup was the third VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football open to non-FIFA-affiliated teams, played in Padania.
Three venues were bidding to host the tournament in 2010 :
At the NF-Board general meeting in Milan (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, who went on to win the tournament.
Participating teams
| Team | 2009 Pos. | Participation | 
|---|---|---|
|  Padania | 1st | 2nd | 
|  Kurdistan Region | 2nd | 2nd | 
|  Sápmi | 3rd | 3rd | 
| .svg.png.webp) Provence | 4th | 2nd | 
| .svg.png.webp) Occitania | 5th | 2nd | 
|  Gozo | 6th | 1st | 
Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 2009 VIVA World Cup squads.[1]
Venues
| City | Stadium | Capacity | Event | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Varese | Stadio Franco Ossola | 9,926 | Opening Ceremony | 
| Brescia | Stadio Mario Rigamonti | 16,308 | |
| Novara | Stadio Silvio Piola | 7,487 | |
| Verona | Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi | 44,799 | Final Match | 
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Padania | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 
|  Kurdistan Region | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 
| .svg.png.webp) Occitania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | –5 | 0 | 
| .svg.png.webp) Occitania | 0–4 |  Kurdistan Region | 
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Aziz  3' Abdullah  38', 45' Sediq  56' | 
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .svg.png.webp) Provence | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 
|  Sápmi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 3 | 
|  Gozo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 0 | 
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 25 June – Varese | ||||||
| .svg.png.webp) Provence | 0 | |||||
| 27 June – Verona | ||||||
|  Kurdistan Region | 6 | |||||
|  Kurdistan Region | 0 | |||||
| 25 June – Varese | ||||||
|  Padania | 2 | |||||
|  Padania | 4 | |||||
|  Sápmi | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 26 June – Brescia | ||||||
| .svg.png.webp) Provence | 4 (4) | |||||
|  Sápmi | 4 (5) | |||||
Semi-finals
| .svg.png.webp) Provence | 0–6 |  Kurdistan Region | 
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Aziz  6' Sediq  16' Qadir  25' Abdullah  56', 80' Abdulrida  71' | 
5th-place match
3rd-place match
| .svg.png.webp) Provence | 4–4 |  Sápmi | 
|---|---|---|
| Hammoud  14', 88' Matel  16' Bennattar  21' | (Report) | Thomassen  13', 53' (pen.) Bruer  18' Reginiussen  82' | 
| Penalties | ||
| 4–5 | ||
Final
|  Padania | 2–0 |  Kurdistan Region | 
|---|---|---|
| D'Alessandro  73' Casse  74' | (Report) | 
| VIVA World Cup 2009 winners | 
|---|
|  Padania Second title | 
Goalscorers
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See also
External links
References
- ↑ "Non-FIFA News Agency - VIVA World Cup Teams". Archived from the original on 2009-06-27. Retrieved 2009-06-29.


