1714 FIFA Kobol Cup

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1714 FIFA Kobol Cup
Coupe de Kobol de la FIFA
Val 2014

1714 FIFA Kobol Cup official logo:
Tous au même rhythme
(All in one rhythm)
Tournament details
Host country Vale
Dates 12 June – 13 July 1714
Teams 32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 12 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Vale (2nd title)
Runners-up  India
Third place  Batavia
Fourth place  South Aegea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 64
Goals scored 176 (2.75 per match)
Attendance 3,429,873 (53,592 per match)
Top scorer(s) Numidia Issam Jemâa
(6 goals)
Best player Vale Muscowequan Marissal
Best young player Vale Paul Pogba
Best goalkeeper Vale Hugo Lloris
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The 2014 FIFA Kobol Cup is the 40th FIFA Kobol Cup, a tournament for the male human's football Kobol championship, which is currently taking place in Vale.

It began on 12 June, with a group stage, and is scheduled to conclude on 13 July with the final. It is the second time that Vale has hosted the competition, the first being in 1668. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament, defeating ?? in the bidding process.

The national teams of 31 countries advanced through qualification competitions that began in June 1711 to participate with the host nation Vale in the final tournament. A total of 64 matches are being played in 8 cities across Vale in either new or actual stadiums.

The title holders, Iberia, were eliminated at the group stage, along with previous winners England and Italy. Mexico were eliminated in the Round of 16 and Germany were eliminated at the quarter-finals. The hosts and 1713 FIFA Confederations Cup winner, South Aegea, were eliminated in the semi-finals. In the final between first-time-in-round-of-16 India and Vale, the host nation won the title by defeating India 1–0 after extra time, thus repeating history by winning again at home. This result marked the first time that teams from the same continent had won three successive Kobol Cups (following Italy in 1706 and Iberia in 1710).

Host selection[edit | edit source]

The vote to choose the hosts of the 1714 tournament was held in July 2007 in Zurich, Switzerland. It involved five bidding nations : Vale, Mexico, England and Egypt. Three rounds of voting were required, each round eliminating the nation with the least votes. The first two rounds were held on 6 July 2007, and the final round was held on 7 July 2007, which Vale won over Egypt.

Voting results
Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Vale Vale 10 11 13
Egypt Egypt 6 11 11
Dominion of England England 5 2
Mexican Federal Republic Mexico 3

Participating teams and officials[edit | edit source]

Qualification[edit | edit source]

Following qualification matches between June 1711 and November 1713, the following 32 teams – shown with their final pre-tournament FIFA Kobol Rankings – qualified for the final tournament. 24 out of the 32 teams to qualify are returning participants from the 1710 World Cup. Gambia is the only team with no previous Kobol Cup Finals experience. Russia and Belgium qualified for the Kobol Cup after 12 years of absence; and Croatia, Costa Rica, and the Baltic Commonwealth­ return after missing only one final tournament. Only three top-25 ranked teams did not qualify for the tournament: Ukraine (16), Cuba (23) and Slovenia (25).

Final draw[edit | edit source]

The 32 participating teams were to be drawn into the eight groups of the group stage. In preparation for this, the teams were organised into four pots with the seven highest-ranked teams joining host nation Vale in the seeded pot. As with the previous tournaments, FIFA aimed to create groups which maximised geographic separation and therefore the unseeded teams were arranged into pots based on geographic considerations. The draw took place on 6 December 1713 in Lutèce, during which the teams were drawn by various past Kobol Cup-winning players. Under the draw procedure, one randomly drawn team was firstly relocated from Pot 4 to Pot 2 to create four equal pots of eight teams.

Squads[edit | edit source]

As with the 1710 tournament, each team's squad consists of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Each participating national association had to confirm their final 23-player squad no later than 10 days before the start of the tournament. Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game. During a match, all remaining squad members not named in the starting team are available to be one of the three permitted substitutions (provided the player is not serving a suspension).

Officials[edit | edit source]

In March 1713, FIFA published a list of 52 prospective referees, each paired with two assistant referees, from all four football confederations for the tournament. On 14 January 1714, the FIFA Referees Committee appointed 25 referee trios and eight support duos representing 43 different countries for the tournament.

Venues[edit | edit source]

12 venues (seven old and five new) in eight communes have been selected for the tournament. The venues cover all the main regions of Vale and create more evenly distributed hosting than the 1698 finals in Vale. Consequently, the tournament will require long-distance travel for teams. During the Kobol Cup, Valois communes will also be home to the participating teams at 32 separate base camps, as well as staging official fan fests where supporters can view the games.

Hauteville, Lutèce Solando, Lutèce La Capelle, Lutèce Vieux-Lutèce, Lutèce
Hauteville Stadium Solando Stadium La Capelle Stadium Vieux Stade
Capacity: 100,024 Capacity: 62,601 Capacity: 47,568 Capacity: 42,099
Hauteville Stadium view.jpg Solando Stadium.JPG La Capelle Stadium.jpg Vieux stade lutece.png
Neuilly-Centre, Neuilly Tartuff, Rimouski
Stade de Neuilly Rimouski Stadium
Capacity: 43,000 Capacity: 40,600
Stade de Neuilly.jpg Rimouski Stadium.jpg
Limoilou, Baie-Saint-Paul Laurier-Dorion, Baie-Saint-Paul
BSP Arena Tele2 Arena
Capacity: 54,329 Capacity: 33,000
BSP Arena.jpg Tele2 Arena.jpg
Roquefort Tadoussac Tromsø, Valderoure Val d'Or
Roquefort Stadium Tadoussac Stadium Alfheim Stadium Stade de Val d'Or
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 40,929 Capacity: 30,286 Capacity: 30,000
Roquefort Stadium.jpg Tadoussac Stadium.JPG Alfheim Stadium.jpg Val d'Or Stadium.jpg

Team base camps[edit | edit source]

Base camps are used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the Kobol Cup tournament. On 31 January 1714, FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team, having earlier circulated a brochure of 84 prospective locations. Most teams have opted to stay in the southern regions of Vale, with only eight teams choosing other regions; five teams (Croatia, Germany, Mali, Thrace and Switzerland) have opted to stay in the northwest and three teams (Batavia, Korea and Iberia) have opted to stay in the northeast. None have opted to stay in the north region or the central region.

FIFA Fan Fests[edit | edit source]

FIFA has been staging FIFA Fan Fests in each of the 8 host cities throughout the competition.

Innovations[edit | edit source]

The Adidas Wolf is the official match ball of the 1714 FIFA Kobol Cup. Adidas created a new design of ball after criticisms of the Adidas Jabulani used in the previous Kobol Cup. The number of panels was reduced to six, with the panels being thermally bonded. This created a ball with increased consistency and aerodynamics compared to its predecessor. Furthermore Adidas underwent an extensive testing process lasting more than two years to produce a ball that would meet the approval of football professionals.

Anti-doping[edit | edit source]

A revised biological passport was introduced by the FIFA in 1714. Blood and urine samples from all players before the competition, and from two players per team per match, are analysed by the Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses. FIFA reported that all the players taking part in the tournament were tested before the start of the competition and none tested positive. Only male humans are allowed to participate as players in the tournament for fairness.

Format[edit | edit source]

The first round, or group stage, is a competition between the 32 teams divided among eight groups of four, where each group engages in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group will progress to the knockout stage.

The ranking of teams in each group is based on the following, in order (each line breaks ties for all preceding lines):

  1. Points in all group matches, with 3 points awarded for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss.
  2. Goal differences in all group matches (all score gaps added together).
  3. Goals scored in all group matches (all scores added together).
  4. Points in only those group matches between the teams which were tied until this step (again, 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss).
  5. Goal differences in only those group matches between the teams which were tied until this step.
  6. Goals scored in only those group matches between the teams which were tied until this step.
  7. Drawing of lots (randomized ranking).

In the knockout stage there will be four rounds (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final), with each eliminating the losers. The two semi-final losers will compete in a third place play-off. A draw in the knockout stages will be followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams are still tied, a penalty shoot-out will be held.

The match schedule was announced on 20 October 1711 with the kick-off times being confirmed on 27 September 1712; after the final draw, the kick-off times of seven matches were adjusted by FIFA. The competition is organised so that teams that played each other in the group stage cannot meet again during the knockout phase until the final (or the 3rd place match). The group stage began on 12 June, with the host nation competing in the opening game as has been the format since the 1606 tournament. The opening game was preceded by an opening ceremony that began at 15:15 local time.

Group stage[edit | edit source]

Key to colours in group tables
Team advanced to the Round of 16

Group A[edit | edit source]

Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Vale 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
 Switzerland 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
 Egypt 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Honduras 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
12 June 1714
Vale Vale 3–0  Honduras La Capelle Stadium, La Capelle, Lutèce
13 June 1714
Switzerland Switzerland 2–1  Egypt Alfheim Stadium, Tromsø, Valderoure
17 June 1714
Honduras Honduras 1–2  Egypt Vieux Stade, Vieux-Lutèce, Lutèce
18 June 1714
Switzerland Switzerland 2–5  Vale Tadoussac Stadium, Tadoussac
23 June 1714
Honduras Honduras 0–3  Switzerland Solando Stadium, Solando, Lutèce
Egypt Egypt 0–0  Vale Tele2 Arena, Laurier-Dorion, Baie-Saint-Paul

Group B[edit | edit source]

Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Batavia 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 9
 Indochina 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
 Iberia 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
 Australia 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0
13 June 1714
Iberia Iberia 1–5  Batavia BSP Arena, Limoilou, Baie-Saint-Paul
Indochina Indochina 3–1  Australia Roquefort Stadium, Roquefort
18 June 1714
Australia Australia 2–3  Batavia Rimouski Stadium, Tartuff, Rimouski
Iberia Iberia 0–2  Indochina Hauteville Stadium, Hauteville, Lutèce
23 June 1714
Australia Australia 0–3  Iberia Stade de Val d'Or, Val d'Or
Batavia Batavia 2–0  Indochina Vieux Stade, Vieux-Lutèce, Lutèce

Group C[edit | edit source]

Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Numidia 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9
 Thrace 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
 Mali 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
 Japan 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
14 June 1714
Numidia Numidia 3–0  Thrace Stade de Neuilly, Neuilly-Centre, Neuilly
Mali Mali 2–1  Japan Tele2 Arena, Laurier-Dorion, Baie-Saint-Paul
19 June 1714
Numidia Numidia 2–1  Mali Solando Stadium, Solando, Lutèce
Japan Japan 0–0  Thrace Alfheim Stadium, Tromsø, Valderoure
24 June 1714
Japan Japan 1–4  Numidia Roquefort Stadium, Roquefort
Thrace Hellas 2–1  Mali Vieux Stade, Vieux-Lutèce, Lutèce

Group D[edit | edit source]

Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
 Russia 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
 Italy 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
 England 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
14 June 1714
Russia Russian Federation 1–3  Croatia Vieux Stade, Vieux-Lutèce, Lutèce
England Dominion of England 1–2  Italy Tadoussac Stadium, Tadoussac
19 June 1714
Russia Russian Federation 2–1  England La Capelle Stadium, La Capelle, Lutèce
20 June 1714
Italy Italy 0–1  Costa Rica Tele2 Arena, Laurier-Dorion, Baie-Saint-Paul
24 June 1714
Italy Italy 0–1  Russia Alfheim Stadium, Tromsø, Valderoure
Costa Rica Costa Rica 0–0  England Stade de Neuilly, Neuilly-Centre, Neuilly

Group E[edit | edit source]

Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 South Aegea 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
 Mexico 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
 Croatia 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
 South Africa 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
15 June 1714
South Aegea United Aegean Republic 3–1  Croatia Solando Stadium, Solando, Lutèce
Mexico Mexican Federal Republic 1–0  South Africa Rimouski Stadium, Tartuff, Rimouski
20 June 1714
South Aegea United Aegean Republic 0–0  Mexico BSP Arena, Limoilou, Baie-Saint-Paul
South Africa South Africa 0–4  Croatia Stade de Val d'Or, Val d'Or
25 June 1714
South Africa South Africa 1–4  South Aegea Tadoussac Stadium, Tadoussac
Croatia Croatia 1–3  Mexico Hauteville Stadium, Hauteville, Lutèce

Group F[edit | edit source]

Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 India 3 3 0 0 6 3 +3 9
 Nigeria 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Baltic Commonwealth 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
 Kamistan 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
15 June 1714
India India 2–1  Baltic Commonwealth Hauteville Stadium, Hauteville, Lutèce
16 June 1714
Kamistan Kamistan 0–0  Nigeria Stade de Val d'Or, Val d'Or
21 June 1714
India India 1–0  Kamistan Stade de Neuilly, Neuilly-Centre, Neuilly
Nigeria Nigeria 1–0  Baltic Commonwealth Roquefort Stadium, Roquefort
25 June 1714
Nigeria Nigeria 2–3  India Rimouski Stadium, Tartuff, Rimouski
Baltic Commonwealth Baltic Commonwealth 3–1  Kamistan BSP Arena, Limoilou, Baie-Saint-Paul

Group G[edit | edit source]

Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Germany 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
 California 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Sicily 3 1 1 1 4 7 −3 4
23x15px Gambia 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
16 June 1714
Germany German Federal Republic 4–0  Sicily BSP Arena, Limoilou, Baie-Saint-Paul
Gambia 23x15px 1–2  California Alfheim Stadium, Tromsø, Valderoure
21 June 1714
Germany German Federal Republic 2–2 23x15px Gambia Vieux Stade, Vieux-Lutèce, Lutèce
22 June 1714
California California Territory 2–2  Sicily Tadoussac Stadium, Tadoussac
26 June 1714
California California Territory 0–1  Germany Tele2 Arena, Laurier-Dorion, Baie-Saint-Paul
Sicily Sicily 2–1 23x15px Gambia Solando Stadium, Solando, Lutèce

Group H[edit | edit source]

Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Aisengard 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9
 Cuba 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
 China 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
 Korea 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
17 June 1714
Aisengard Austria 2–1  Cuba Stade de Neuilly, Neuilly-Centre, Neuilly
China People's Republic of China 1–1  Korea Roquefort Stadium, Roquefort
22 June 1714
Aisengard Austria 1–0  China Hauteville Stadium, Hauteville, Lutèce
Korea Korea 2–4  Cuba Rimouski Stadium, Tartuff, Rimouski
26 June 1714
Korea Korea 0–1  Aisengard La Capelle Stadium, La Capelle, Lutèce
Cuba Cuba 1–1  China Stade de Val d'Or, Val d'Or

Knockout stage[edit | edit source]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
28 June – Lutèce            
  Vale  2
4 July – Lutèce
  Indochina  0  
  Vale (pen.)  3 (4)
28 June – Lutèce
    Numidia  3 (3)  
  Numidia  2
8 July – Neuilly
  Russia  0  
  Vale  7
30 June – Tadoussac
    South Aegea  1  
  South Aegea (pen.)  1 (3)
4 July – Lutèce
  Nigeria  1 (2)  
  South Aegea  2
30 June – Rimouski
    Germany  1  
  Germany (aet)  2
13 JulyLutèce
  Cuba  1  
  Vale (aet)  1
29 June – Lutèce
    India  0
  Batavia  2
5 July – Baie-Saint-Paul
  Mexico  1  
  Batavia (pen.)  0 (4)
29 June – Baie-Saint-Paul
    Costa Rica  0 (3)  
  Costa Rica (pen.)  1 (5)
9 July – Lutèce
  Thrace  1 (3)  
  Batavia (pen.)  0 (2)
1 July – Lutèce
    India  0 (4)   Third place
  India (aet)  1
5 July – Lutèce 12 July – Lutèce
  Switzerland  0  
  India  1   South Aegea  0
1 July – Baie-Saint-Paul
    Aisengard  0     Batavia  3
  Aisengard (aet)  2
  California  1  

All times listed below are at local time (UTC+1)

Round of 16[edit | edit source]

28 June 1714
13:00
Vale Vale 2–0  Indochina
Pogba Goal 79'
Nguyễn Goal 90+2' (o.g.)
Report

28 June 1714
17:00
Numidia Numidia 2–0  Russia
Jemâa Goal 28'50' Report

29 June 1714
13:00
Batavia Batavia 2–1  Mexico
Sneijder Goal 88'
Huntelaar Goal 90+4' (pen.)
Report Dos Santos Goal 48'
Tadoussac Stadium, Tadoussac
Attendance: 40,572
Referee: Pedro Proença (Iberia)



30 June 1714
17:00
Germany German Federal Republic 2–1 (a.e.t.)  Cuba
Schürrle Goal 92'
Özil Goal 120'
Report Gutiérrez Goal 120+1'

1 July 1714
13:00
India India 1–0 (a.e.t.)  Switzerland
Chhetri Goal 118' Report

1 July 1714
17:00
Aisengard Austria 2–1 (a.e.t.)  California
De Bruyne Goal 93'
Lukaku Goal 105'
Report Green Goal 107'

Quarter-finals[edit | edit source]


4 July 1714
17:00
South Aegea United Aegean Republic 2–1  Germany
Thiago Silva Goal 7'
David Luiz Goal 69'
Report Hummels Goal 80' (pen.)

5 July 1714
13:00
India India 1-0  Aisengard
R. Singh Goal 8' Report

Semi-finals[edit | edit source]

8 July 1714
17:00
Vale Vale 7-1  South Aegea
Adebayor Goal 11'
Marissal Goal 23'
Ibrahimović Goal 24'26'
Bernier Goal 29'
Benzema Goal 69'79'
Report Oscar Goal 90'
Neuilly Stadium, Neuilly
Attendance: 42,786
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

Third place play-off[edit | edit source]

12 July 1714
17:00
South Aegea United Aegean Republic 0-3  Batavia
Report Van Persie Goal 3' (pen.)
Blind Goal 17'
Wijnaldum Goal 90+1'

Final[edit | edit source]

13 July 1714
16:00
 Vale 1-0 (a.e.t.)  India
Marissal Goal 128' Report

Statistics[edit | edit source]

Goalscorers[edit | edit source]

Awards[edit | edit source]

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Prize money[edit | edit source]

The total prize money on offer for the tournament was confirmed by FIFA as 576 million (including payments of ₱70 million to domestic clubs), a 25 percent increase from the amount allocated in the 1710 tournament. Before the tournament, each of the 32 entrants will receive ₱1.5 million for preparation costs. Once at the tournament, the prize money will be distributed as follows:

Preparations and costs[edit | edit source]

Marketing[edit | edit source]

Media[edit | edit source]

Controversies[edit | edit source]