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, being in Padania, Kurdistan and Gozo. 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 was to 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 Team2009 Pos.Participation1st2nd2nd2nd3rd3rd4th2nd5th2nd6th1st
Squads For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 2009 VIVA World Cup squads.
Venues
City Stadium Capacity EventVareseStadio Franco Ossola 9,926 Opening CeremonyBresciaStadio Mario Rigamonti 16,308NovaraStadio Silvio Piola 7,487VeronaStadio Marcantonio Bentegodi 44,799 Final Match
Group stage
Group A
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 –5 0
Group B
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 2 1 0 1 8 4 +4 3 2 0 0 2 3 10–7 0
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
5th-place match
3rd-place match
Final
Goalscorers
5 goals Svein Thomassen Enais Hammoud 4 goals Karzan Abdullah
See also ELF Cup UNPO Cup FIFI Wild Cup KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup Nouvelle Fédération-Board
External links VIVA Official Site Teams line-up and Schedule Line-ups 2009_VIVA_World_Cup
References