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The 2013 Venus Cup was the inaugural CFV Venus Cup, the quadrennial Venus championship for men's national teams organized by CFV. It took place in from 12 June to 27 June 2013, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2011. New Kamchatka was chosen to host the game due to its historical significance to the history of Venus.

Eight teams entered the tournament. The teams were divided into two groups, with the top two of each group progressing to the semi-finals. The matches were played throughout new Kamchatka. The cities of, Gagaringrad, Chaika, and New Havana all hosted games. The final was played in Vladivenra with Cassini beating New Kamchatka 2-0.

Host Selection
In March 2009, the CFV was founded in order to better regulate football around Venus. Two months later they announced that they would be hosting a World Cup type event styled Venus Cup. ,, , and formally declared their candidacy, but New Florida soon withdrew due to lack of popularity. After two rounds of intense voting and the elimination of Nova Britannia New Kamchatka narrowly won over Cassini to host the World Cup. The finial reasoning of the CFV Council was with New Kamchatka being the location of the first Venus colony that therefore it should host the first Venus Cup.

Qualification
Selection for the Venusian cup is determined by a poll of sports experts around Venus. The poll went into effect one year and two months before the Venusian cup was set to begin. The ranking is completed by 65 experts who each list the top 10 teams excluding the automatic qualifiers (defending champions, and host nation). After one yea and two months before the Venus Cup, the top six ranked teams and the automatic qualifiers qualify for the Venus Cup. For the 2013 Venus Cup there was seven qualifiers because it was the first year (no champion as a automatic qualifier), and the poll listed 11 nations. This process is similar to the selection process.
 * Automatic Qualifiers
 * Flag of New Kamchatka (Venusian Haven).svg New Kamchatka
 * Final Rankings
 * 1) Flag_of_Cassini_(Venusian_Haven).svg Cassini
 * 2) Flag_of_Nova_Britannia_(Venusian_Haven).svg Nova Britannia
 * 3) Japanese_Venus_flag_by_Hellerick_3.svg Saigyo
 * 4) Flag_of_New_Florida_(Venusian_Haven).svg New Florida
 * 5) Flag_of_Cukursia_(Venusian_Haven).svg Cukursia
 * 6) Flag_of_Tianlin_(Venusian_Haven).svg Tianlin
 * 7) Flag_of_Kennedy_(Venusian_Haven).svg Kennedy
 * 8) Flag_of_Hilal_(Venusian_Haven).svg Hilal
 * 9) Flag_of_the_Scientological_State_(Venusian_Haven).svg Scientological State
 * 10) Flag_of_Ostland_(Venusian_Haven).svg Ostland
 * 11) Flag_of_Italy.svg Galileo

Venues
4 venues (one new and three renovated) in four were selected for the tournament. The venues covered all the main regions of New Kamchatka and created extremely even distributed. Consequently, the tournament required long-distance travel for teams, although most players were used to it from their professional playing. During the Venus Cup, Brazilian cities were also home to the participating teams at 8 separate base camps, as well as staging official fan fests where supporters could view the games.

Group A

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Group B

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Goalscorers

 * 4 goals
 * Flag of New Florida (Venusian Haven).svg Oscar Luciano
 * Flag of New Kamchatka (Venusian Haven).svg Mikhail Aksyonov
 * 3 goals
 * Flag of Cassini (Venusian Haven).svg Natxo Aboitiz
 * Flag of Cassini (Venusian Haven).svg Sven Soyudoglu
 * Flag of Nova Britannia (Venusian Haven).svg Vincent Fernandez-Cole
 * 2 goals
 * Flag of Cassini (Venusian Haven).svg Shareef Massoud
 * Japanese Venus flag by Hellerick 3.svg Yutaro Shigemitsu
 * 1 goal
 * Flag of Cassini (Venusian Haven).svg Alessio Carpattini
 * Flag of Cassini (Venusian Haven).svg Evangelos Christodoulopoulos
 * Flag of Cassini (Venusian Haven).svg Onel Gonzalez
 * Flag of Cassini (Venusian Haven).svg Adolfo Vincenzo
 * Flag of Cukursia (Venusian Haven).svg Voldemars Ozolinsh
 * Flag of Cukursia (Venusian Haven).svg Sergey Sergeyev
 * Flag of Kennedy (Venusian Haven).svg Yannick Pressman
 * Flag of Kennedy (Venusian Haven).svg Norman Solomon
 * Flag of Kennedy (Venusian Haven).svg Keith Trapp
 * Flag of Kennedy (Venusian Haven).svg Fidel Vargas
 * Flag of New Florida (Venusian Haven).svg Douglas McInerney
 * Flag of New Florida (Venusian Haven).svg Raymond Parisian
 * Flag of New Florida (Venusian Haven).svg Wally Redondo
 * Flag of New Florida (Venusian Haven).svg Bud Wingert
 * Flag of New Kamchatka (Venusian Haven).svg Vladimir Kardashev
 * Flag of New Kamchatka (Venusian Haven).svg Demyan Kravets
 * Flag of New Kamchatka (Venusian Haven).svg Anatoly Lebedev
 * Flag of New Kamchatka (Venusian Haven).svg Valery Taktarov
 * Flag of Nova Britannia (Venusian Haven).svg Wallace Coleman
 * Flag of Nova Britannia (Venusian Haven).svg Fred Forrester
 * Flag of Nova Britannia (Venusian Haven).svg Rory Hibbert
 * Flag of Nova Britannia (Venusian Haven).svg Kieran Rigg
 * Flag of Nova Britannia (Venusian Haven).svg Martin Yakubu
 * Japanese Venus flag by Hellerick 3.svg Chikayasu Chosokabe
 * Japanese Venus flag by Hellerick 3.svg Yoshikane Matsura
 * Japanese Venus flag by Hellerick 3.svg Shinta Yoshihara
 * Flag of Tianlin (Venusian Haven).svg Wang Ruoguan
 * Own goals
 * Flag of Cassini (Venusian Haven).svg Ulrich Hassenfeld (playing against Kennedy)
 * Flag of Cukursia (Venusian Haven).svg Yevhen Maksimenko (playing against New Kamchatka)
 * Flag of Cukursia (Venusian Haven).svg Zydrunas Zukauskas (playing against New Florida)
 * Flag of New Kamchatka (Venusian Haven).svg Anatoly Lebedev (playing against Cukursia)

Popularity
The inaugural Venus cup was broadcasted in every single nation on Venus as well of a majority of nations on earth. It was widely watched on earth with the final receiving 150 million views. Jerseys of the Cassini and New Kamchatka national team sold out almost immediately after hitting the market on earth.