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2014 Expo Unity World Cup

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox international football competition

|tourney_name=Unity World Cup

|year=2014

|other_titles=

|image=

|size=

|caption=

|country={{IND}}

|dates={{nowrap|5–14 December 2014}}

|num_teams=8

|confederations=4

|venues=5

|cities=5

|champion=NGR

|count=1

|second=COL

|third=

|fourth=

|matches=15

|goals=47

|attendance=

|top_scorer={{flagicon|NGR}} Adegboyega Adekunle Joseph {{nowrap|(8 goals)}}

|player=

|goalkeeper=

|fair_play=

|prevseason=

|nextseason=2016

|updated=

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Christians-unite-for-soccer-World-Cup-in-India/articleshow/42292109.cms|title=Christians unite for soccer World Cup in India|publisher=Times of India|date=12 September 2014}}

Teams competing

Group A

  • {{BRA}}
  • {{IND}}
  • {{GHA}}
  • {{POR}}

Group B

  • {{EGY}}
  • {{NGA}}
  • {{COL}}
  • {{UZB}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.laici.va/content/laici/en/media/notizie/unity-world-cup.html |title=Expo 2014 Unity World Cup in Goa |date=15 September 2014 |accessdate=7 January 2017 |work=Pontificial Council for the Laity}}

Group stage

All times are local, UTC+5:30.

=Group A=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group A

|source=[http://www.kolkatafootball.com/unity_world_cup_goa_2014/index.html#horizontalTab2 Kolkata Football]

|update=complete

|win_POR=2 |draw_POR=1 |loss_POR=0 |gf_POR=4 |ga_POR=1

|win_IND=1 |draw_IND=2 |loss_IND=0 |gf_IND=5 |ga_IND=2 |status_IND=H

|win_BRA=1 |draw_BRA=1 |loss_BRA=1 |gf_BRA=6 |ga_BRA=6

|win_GHA=0 |draw_GHA=0 |loss_GHA=3 |gf_GHA=2 |ga_GHA=9

|team1=POR |team2=IND |team3=BRA |team4=GHA

|match_POR_IND=0–0

|match_POR_BRA=2–0

|match_POR_GHA=—

|match_IND_POR=—

|match_IND_BRA=2–2

|match_IND_GHA=—

|match_BRA_POR=—

|match_BRA_IND=—

|match_BRA_GHA=—

|match_GHA_POR=1–2

|match_GHA_IND=0–3

|match_GHA_BRA=2–4

|name_POR={{fb|POR}} |short_POR={{flagdeco|POR}}

|name_IND={{fb|IND}} |short_IND={{flagdeco|IND}}

|name_BRA={{fb|BRA}} |short_BRA={{flagdeco|BRA}}

|name_GHA={{fb|GHA}} |short_GHA={{flagdeco|GHA}}

|result1=KO |result2=KO

|col_KO=green1

}}

{{football box

|id="Brazil v India"

|date={{Start date|2014|12|05|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}

|score=2–2

|team2={{fb|IND}}

|goals1=Lucas {{goal|?||?}}

|goals2=Vaz {{goal|?}}
Devasigamani {{goal|?}}

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

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{{football box

|id="Portugal v Ghana"

|date={{Start date|2014|12|08|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|POR}}

|score=2–1

|report=[http://www.kolkatafootball.com/unity_world_cup_goa_2014/index.html#horizontalTab4 Report
(Kolkata Football)]

|team2={{fb|GHA}}

|goals1=Daniel Costa {{goal|17}}
Cruze {{goal|25}}

|goals2=Tagoe {{goal|?}}

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|id="India v Ghana"

|date={{Start date|2014|12|08|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}

|score=3–0

|report=[http://www.kolkatafootball.com/unity_world_cup_goa_2014/index.html#horizontalTab4 Report
(Kolkata Football)]

|team2={{fb|GHA}}

|goals1=Gonsalves {{goal|45|pen.}}
Rodricks {{goal|62||90'+2}}

|goals2=

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|id="Portugal v Brazil"

|date={{Start date|2014|12|08|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|POR}}

|score=2–0

|report=[http://www.kolkatafootball.com/unity_world_cup_goa_2014/index.html#horizontalTab4 Report
(Kolkata Football)]

|team2={{fb|BRA}}

|goals1=Carino {{goal|16}}
Cruze {{goal|45}}

|goals2=

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

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{{football box

|id="Brazil v Ghana"

|date={{Start date|2014|12|09|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}

|score=4–2

|team2={{fb|GHA}}

|goals1=Marcelo {{goal|7||58}}
Valmir {{goal|23}}
Lucas {{goal|62}}

|goals2=Obed {{goal|?}}
Eric {{goal|?}}

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|id="India v Portugal"

|date={{Start date|2014|12|09|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}

|score=0–0

|team2={{fb|POR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group B

|source=[http://www.kolkatafootball.com/unity_world_cup_goa_2014/index.html#horizontalTab2 Kolkata Football]

|update=complete

|win_NGR=3 |draw_NGR=0 |loss_NGR=0 |gf_NGR=12|ga_NGR=0

|win_COL=2 |draw_COL=0 |loss_COL=1 |gf_COL=3 |ga_COL=4

|win_EGY=1 |draw_EGY=0 |loss_EGY=2 |gf_EGY=3 |ga_EGY=4

|win_UZB=0 |draw_UZB=0 |loss_UZB=3 |gf_UZB=2 |ga_UZB=12

|team1=NGR |team2=COL |team3=EGY |team4=UZB

|match_NGR_COL=3–0

|match_NGR_EGY=2–0

|match_NGR_UZB=—

|match_COL_NGR=—

|match_COL_EGY=1–0

|match_COL_UZB=—

|match_EGY_NGR=—

|match_EGY_COL=—

|match_EGY_UZB=—

|match_UZB_NGR=0–7

|match_UZB_COL=1–2

|match_UZB_EGY=1–3

|name_NGR={{fb|NGR}} |short_NGR={{flagdeco|NGR}}

|name_COL={{fb|COL}} |short_COL={{flagdeco|COL}}

|name_EGY={{fb|EGY}} |short_EGY={{flagdeco|EGY}}

|name_UZB={{fb|UZB}} |short_UZB={{flagdeco|UZB}}

|result1=KO |result2=KO

|col_KO=green1

}}

{{football box

|id="Colombia v Uzbekistan"

|date={{Start date|2014|12|06|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|COL}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{fb|UZB}}

|goals1=Temur {{goal|3}}
Castanef {{goal|40}}

|goals2=Monkal {{goal|70}}

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

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{{football box

|id="Uzbekistan v Egypt"

|date={{Start date|2014|12|07|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|UZB}}

|score=1–3

|team2={{fb|EGY}}

|goals1=Rinat {{goal|35}}

|goals2=Daniel {{goal|4||20||50}}

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|id="Colombia v Nigeria"

|date={{Start date|2014|12|07|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|COL}}

|score=0–3

|team2={{fb|NGR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Isah Akor {{goal|32}}
Sikiru {{goal|43}}
Joseph {{goal|50'+2}}

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

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{{football box

|id="Nigeria v Egypt"

|date={{Start date|2014|12|08|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|NGR}}

|score=2–0

|team2={{fb|EGY}}

|goals1=Isah Akor {{goal|7}}
Joseph {{goal|25}}

|goals2=

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

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{{football box

|id="Uzbekistan v Nigeria"

|date={{Start date|2014|12|09|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|UZB}}

|score=0–7

|team2={{fb|NGR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Akuneto {{goal|11||61}}
Chuks {{goal|19||40}}
Joseph {{goal|23||27}}
Chukwuma {{goal|52}}

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|id="Egypt v Colombia"

|date={{Start date|2014|12|09|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|EGY}}

|score=0–1

|team2={{fb|COL}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

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=

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes|style=white-space:nowrap|team-width=200px

|RD1=Semi-finals

|RD2=Final

|11 December — Goa|{{fb|IND}}|0|{{fb|NGR}}|1

|12 December — Goa|{{fb|COL}}|1|{{fb|POR}}|0

|14 December — Goa|{{fb|COL}}|0|{{fb|NGR}}|7

}}

=Semi-finals=

{{football box

|date={{Start date|2014|12|11|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}

|score=0–1

|team2={{fb|NGR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Joseph {{goal|?}}

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

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{{football box

|date={{Start date|2014|12|12|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|COL}}

|score=1–0

|team2={{fb|POR}}

|goals1=Celis {{goal|34}}

|goals2=

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

=Final=

{{football box

|date={{Start date|2014|12|14|df=y}}

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|COL}}

|score=0–7

|team2={{fb|NGR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Joseph {{goal|10||27||29}}
Sikiru {{goal|4||25}}
Ajibola {{goal|?}}
Chuks {{goal|?}}

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

References

{{Reflist}}

Expo Unity World Cup

Expo Unity World Cup

Category:Sport in Goa