2012 Viva World Cup

The 2012 VIVA World Cup was the fifth and final 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 country	Iraq (Kurdistan Region)
Dates	4–9 June
Teams	9 (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 played	18
Goals scored	102 (5.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Halil Turan Christophe Copel (6 goals)
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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

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

Further information: 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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kurdistan Region	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6
Occitania	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	3
Western Sahara	2	0	0	2	2	12	−10	0

Kurdistan Region	6–0	Western Sahara
Mushir 12' (pen.) Sherzad 16', 33' Halgurd 74' Aziz 82', 90'	Report

4 June 2012
20:00 AST

Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil

Attendance: 9,000

Western Sahara	2–6	Occitania
Budah 52' Malum 56'	Report[usurped]	Flourens 6' Bertini 12', 14' Amiel 67' Quéré 72' (pen.) Patrac 75'

5 June 2012
17:00 AST

Ararat Stadium, Salahaddin

Attendance: 200

Occitania	0–1	Kurdistan Region
	Report	Ismael 28'

6 June 2012
17:00 AST

Sulaymaniyah Stadium, Sulaymaniyah

Attendance: 10,000

Group B

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

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

4 June 2012
22:00 AST

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

Raetia	1–0	Tamil Eelam
Dudler 83'	Report[usurped]

5 June 2012
20:30 AST

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

Tamil Eelam	0–3	Zanzibar
		Mcha 22' Omar 61' Juma 90'

6 June 2012
21:30 AST

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

Referee: Osman Özpaşa

Group C

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

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[usurped]

4 June 2012
17:00 AST

Brayati Stadium, Arbil

Darfur	0–18	Provence
	Report[usurped]	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'

5 June 2012
22:30 AST

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

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

6 June 2012
23:30 AST

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 June – Duhok
	Kurdistan Region	2
					9 June – Arbil
	Provence	1
					Kurdistan Region	2
	8 June – Duhok
					Northern Cyprus	1
	Northern Cyprus	2
	Zanzibar	0
					Third place
					9 June – Arbil
					Provence	2
					Zanzibar	7

9th Place Match

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

7 June 2012
17:30 AST

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

5th–8th Place Semi-finals

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

7 June 2012
20:30 AST

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

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

8 June 2012
17:00 AST

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

7th Place Match

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

9 June 2012
10:00 AST

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

5th Place Match

Occitania	3–1	Western Sahara
Thomas 35' Bertini 55' Amiel 86'		Bijah 90'

9 June 2012
11:00 AST

Ararat Stadium, Salahaddin (Pirmam)

Semi-finals

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

8 June 2012
18:30 AST

Duhok Stadium, Duhok

Attendance: 12,500

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

8 June 2012
20:15 AST

Duhok Stadium, Duhok

3rd Place Match

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

9 June 2012
16:30 AST

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

Final

Kurdistan Region	2–1	Northern Cyprus
Halgurd 9' (pen.) Siamand 32'	Report	Mohamad 42' (o.g.)

9 June 2012
19:00 AST

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

Attendance: 22,000

VIVA World Cup 2012 winners
Kurdistan Region First title