2014 Expo Unity World Cup

2014 Unity World Cup
Tournament details
Host country India
Dates5–14 December 2014
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored47 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Adegboyega Adekunle Joseph (8 goals)
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International football competition

The Expo 2014 Unity World Cup was the 1st edition of the Unity World Cup, a biennial international men's amateur football championship, organised by the John Paul II Foundation for Sport. The tournament was played between 5 December and 14 December 2014 in Goa, India.[1]

Teams competing

Group A

  •  Brazil
  •  India
  •  Ghana
  •  Portugal

Group B

  •  Egypt
  •  Nigeria
  •  Colombia
  •  Uzbekistan

Venues

The tournament was played at numerous venues across India, including Goa (which hosted the semi-finals and the final), Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Bangalore.[2]

Group stage

All times are local, UTC+5:30.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Portugal 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
2  India (H) 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
3  Brazil 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
4  Ghana 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: Kolkata Football
(H) Hosts
Brazil 2–2 India
Lucas ?', ?' Vaz ?'
Devasigamani ?'
Portugal 2–1 Ghana
Daniel Costa 17'
Cruze 25'		 Report
(Kolkata Football)		 Tagoe ?'
India 3–0 Ghana
Gonsalves 45' (pen.)
Rodricks 62', 90'+2'		 Report
(Kolkata Football)
Portugal 2–0 Brazil
Carino 16'
Cruze 45'		 Report
(Kolkata Football)
Brazil 4–2 Ghana
Marcelo 7', 58'
Valmir 23'
Lucas 62'		 Obed ?'
Eric ?'
India 0–0 Portugal

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Nigeria 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9
2  Colombia 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 6
3  Egypt 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Uzbekistan 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: Kolkata Football
Colombia 2–1 Uzbekistan
Temur 3'
Castanef 40'		 Monkal 70'
Uzbekistan 1–3 Egypt
Rinat 35' Daniel 4', 20', 50'
Colombia 0–3 Nigeria
Isah Akor 32'
Sikiru 43'
Joseph 50'+2'
Nigeria 2–0 Egypt
Isah Akor 7'
Joseph 25'
Uzbekistan 0–7 Nigeria
Akuneto 11', 61'
Chuks 19', 40'
Joseph 23', 27'
Chukwuma 52'
Egypt 0–1 Colombia

Knockout stage

If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner. All times are local, UTC+5:30.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 December — Goa
 
 
 India0
 
14 December — Goa
 
 Nigeria1
 
 Colombia0
 
12 December — Goa
 
 Nigeria7
 
 Colombia1
 
 
 Portugal0
 

Semi-finals

India 0–1 Nigeria
Joseph ?'
Colombia 1–0 Portugal
Celis 34'

Final

Colombia 0–7 Nigeria
Joseph 10', 27', 29'
Sikiru 4', 25'
Ajibola ?'
Chuks ?'

References

  1. ^ "Christians unite for soccer World Cup in India". Times of India. 12 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Expo 2014 Unity World Cup in Goa". Pontificial Council for the Laity. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2017.