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) Adegboyega Adekunle Joseph (8 goals)

Teams competing

Group A

Group B

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) Host.
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.
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