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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{infobox football tournament<br />
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|founded = [[2014 Expo Unity World Cup|2014]] (inaugural season)<br />
|region = [[Africa]] ([[Confederation of African Football|CAF]])<br />
|number of teams = 8<br />
|current champions = {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]<br />(1st title)<br />
|most successful team = {{Flagicon|NGR}} [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]<br /><br />
{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]<br />(1 title each)<br />
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|current = [[2014 Expo Unity World Cup]]<br />
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The '''Unity World Cup''' is an international [[Association football|football]] competition contested by [[Christians|Christian]] national men's teams.<br />
Its name, ''unity'', shows its will to ''unite'' the different Christians during a sports event.<br />
It is organized with the help of the John Paul II Foundation for sports.<ref>{{cite news<br />
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Need-fans-to-support-Unity-World-Cup/articleshow/45462477.cms<br />
| title = Need fans to support Unity World Cup<br />
| newspaper = The Times of India<br />
| date = 11 December 2014<br />
| access-date=30 November 2016<br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
| url = http://zeenews.india.com/sports/football/foreign-teams-to-participate-in-expo-2014-world-unity-cup_1475690.html<br />
| title = Foreign teams to participate in Expo 2014 World Unity Cup<br />
| website = ZNews<br />
| access-date=30 November 2016<br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news<br />
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Christians-unite-for-soccer-World-Cup-in-India/articleshow/42292109.cms<br />
| title = Christians unite for soccer World Cup in India<br />
| newspaper = The Times of India<br />
| date = 14 September 2014<br />
| access-date=30 November 2016<br />
}}</ref><br />
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Its inaugural tournament took place in [[Goa]], [[Hyderabad]] and [[Bangalore]] ([[India]]) in 2014 and involved eight national teams.<br />
The second edition took place in [[Bogota]] ([[Colombia]]) in 2016, with ten teams involved.<br />
The next competition will be played in Egypt in 2018.<br />
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== First edition: Goa 2014 ==<br />
{{main article|2014 Expo Unity World Cup}}<br />
Eight nations participated.<ref>{{cite web<br />
| url = http://www.kolkatafootball.com/unity_world_cup_goa_2014/index.html#horizontalTab1<br />
| title = Unity World Cup Goa - 2014<br />
| website = kolkatafootball.com<br />
| access-date=30 November 2016<br />
}}.</ref><br />
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=== Teams ===<br />
'''Group A'''<br />
* {{BRA}}<br />
* {{IND}}<br />
* {{GHA}}<br />
* {{POR}}<br />
'''Group B'''<br />
* {{EGY}}<br />
* {{NGA}}<br />
* {{COL}}<br />
* {{UZB}}<br />
The Nigerian team won the tournament.<br />
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==Second edition: Bogota 2016==<br />
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=== Teams ===<br />
'''Group A'''<br />
* {{EGY}}<br />
* {{BRA}}<br />
* {{UZB}}<br />
* {{ECU}}<br />
* {{ARG}}<br />
'''Group B'''<br />
* {{BOL}}<br />
* {{COL}}<br />
* {{KOR}}<br />
* {{GER}}<br />
* {{CHI}}<br />
Brazil won the tournament.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=810612953280086016|user=acdeportiva|title=Final final de la #acif2016#SelBrasil 5 vs #SelBolivia 0<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=18 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Christianity and sports]]<br />
[[Category:Non-FIFA football competitions]]<br />
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