This is the 66th edition of Torneo di Viareggio. The 2014 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio (in English, the Viareggio Tournament, officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale), the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany, are listed below.
Format The 32 teams are seeded in 8 pools, split up into 6-pool groups. Each team from a pool meets the others in a single tie. The winning club from each pool and two best runners-up from both group A and group B progress to the final knockout stage. All matches in the final rounds are single tie. The Round of 16 after envisions penalties and no extra time, while the rest of the final round matches include 30 minutes extra time and penalties to be played if the draw between teams still holds.
Four additional clubs are allowed to enter the competition from the Round of 16 onward through a wild card, according to their record of achievements. The wild card will be given at the incontestable discretion of the organising committee.Art.6 Regulation (IT, EN) viareggiocup.com 2014 wild card: Juventus F.C., A.C. Milan,Milan meanwhile will enter the competition directly at the knock-out stages (EN) acmilan.com AACF Fiorentina, F.C. Internazionale Milano.
Participating teams 32 teams participate in the tournament. The list of the teams are below.
Italian teams
Atalanta Serie D Selection U20 Napoli Palermo Livorno Roma A.C. Siena Torino Genoa U.C. Sampdoria S.S. Lazio Varese Empoli F.C. Hellas Verona F.C. Parma Spezia
European teams
FC Nordsjælland R.S.C. Anderlecht S.L. Benfica Stabæk Fotball HNK Rijeka FK Belasica PSV Eindhoven
American teams
Club Guaraní Envigado Santos Laguna Nacional LIAC New York Desportivo Brasil
Asian teams Pakhtakor African teams Congo U-17 Oceanian teams APIA Leichhardt
Group stage Group A Pool 1 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Atalanta211043+14 Serie D Selection U20210133+03 FC Nordsjælland101011+01 Club Guaraní100101-10
Pool 2 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Palermo220060+66 R.S.C. Anderlecht110010+13 Napoli200202-20 APIA Leichhardt100105-50
Pool 3 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Envigado220030+36 Livorno210134-13 S.L. Benfica201101-11 Roma201123-11
Pool 4 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Torino211040+44 Santos Laguna211063+34 A.C. Siena202022+02 Stabæk Fotball200218-70
Group B Pool 5 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Genoa110030+33 U.C. Sampdoria110010+13 HNK Rijeka100101-10 Congo U-17100103-30
Pool 6 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Nacional110020+23 S.S. Lazio110010+13 FK Belasica100101-10 Varese100102-20
Pool 7 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Hellas Verona F.C.1100102+83 PSV Eindhoven110020+23 Empoli F.C.100102-20 LIAC New York1001210-100
Pool 8 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Parma110031+23 Desportivo Brasil110020+23 Spezia100102-20 Pakhtakor100113-20
References
External links Official Site (Italian)