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.

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Tournament details
Host countryPadania
Dates22–27 June
Teams6 (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 Provence
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored47 (4.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sápmi Svein Thomassen
Provence Enais Hammoud (5 goals)
2008
2010

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

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Team 2009 Pos. Participation
  Padania 1st 2nd
  Kurdistan Region 2nd 2nd
  Sápmi 3rd 3rd
  Provence 4th 2nd
  Occitania 5th 2nd
  Gozo 6th 1st

Squads

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For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 2009 VIVA World Cup squads.[1]

Venues

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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

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Group A

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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
  Occitania 2 0 0 2 0 5 –5 0

  Padania1–0  Occitania
Piovani   83' (Report)
Attendance: 1100
Referee: Mazzoleni

  Occitania0–4  Kurdistan Region
(Report) Aziz   3'
Abdullah   38', 45'
Sediq   56'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Anders

  Padania2–1  Kurdistan Region
Ferrari   4'
Ganz   67' (pen.)
(Report) Qaraman   62'
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Copia

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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

  Provence3–1  Gozo
Hammoud   36', 77'
Hammami   90+1'
(Report) Camilleri   73'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Buonanno

  Sápmi1–2  Provence
Bertelsen   5' (Report) Hammoud   37'
Hammami   64' (pen.)
Attendance: 50
Referee: Iodice

  Sápmi7–2  Gozo
Thomassen   12', 16', 17'
Eira   48'
Reginiussen   52', 84'
Bruer   78'
(Report) Bugeja   79', 86'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Seerwand

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 June – Varese
 
 
  Provence0
 
27 June – Verona
 
  Kurdistan Region6
 
  Kurdistan Region0
 
25 June – Varese
 
  Padania2
 
  Padania4
 
 
  Sápmi0
 
Third place
 
 
26 June – Brescia
 
 
  Provence4 (4)
 
 
  Sápmi4 (5)

Semi-finals

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  Provence0–6  Kurdistan Region
(Report) Aziz   6'
Sediq   16'
Qadir   25'
Abdullah   56', 80'
Abdulrida   71'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Modesti

  Padania4–0  Sápmi
Pedersoli   12'
Battaglino   38'
Hætta   41' (o.g.)
Ligarotti   85'
(Report)
Attendance: 1560
Referee: Casnati

5th-place match

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  Occitania2–1  Gozo
Ballue   19'
Cantier   62'
(Report) Camilleri   80'

3rd-place match

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  Provence4–4  Sápmi
Hammoud   14', 88'
Matel   16'
Bennattar   21'
(Report) Thomassen   13', 53' (pen.)
Bruer   18'
Reginiussen   82'
Penalties
4–5

Final

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  Padania2–0  Kurdistan Region
D'Alessandro   73'
Casse   74'
(Report)


 VIVA World Cup 2009 winners 
 
Padania

Second title

Goalscorers

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Non-FIFA News Agency - VIVA World Cup Teams". Archived from the original on 2009-06-27. Retrieved 2009-06-29.