2014 Expo Unity World Cup

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]

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)
2016

Teams competing

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Group A

Group B

Venues

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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

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All times are local, UTC+5:30.

Group A

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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'
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Portugal  2–0  Brazil
Carino   16'
Cruze   45'
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Brazil  4–2  Ghana
Marcelo   7', 58'
Valmir   23'
Lucas   62'
Obed   ?'
Eric   ?'
India  0–0  Portugal

Group B

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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
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

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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

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

Semi-finals

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India  0–1  Nigeria
Joseph   ?'

Colombia  1–0  Portugal
Celis   34'

Final

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

References

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  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.