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Viva World Cup

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Not to be confused with FIFA World Cup.
VIVA World Cup
Founded2006
Abolished2012[citation needed]
RegionInternational (N.F.-Board)
Last champions Kurdistan Region (2012)
Most successful club(s) Padania
(3 titles)
Websitewww.nfboard.org#!viva/cz1i

The VIVA World Cup was an international association football tournament organized by the N.F.-Board, an umbrella association for teams unaffiliated with FIFA, held five times between 2006 and 2012.[1]

History

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Map of ConIFA World Football Cup Tournaments

Early years

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The oldest precedent of the VIVA World Cup was the Alternative Worldwide Cup of 1988, developed in Jordan.

Inauguration

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In April 2005, the NF-Board announced that the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus had been chosen to host the inaugural VIVA World Cup, having successfully hosted the KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup, a tournament to celebrate 50 years of the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation, featuring fellow NF-Board member Sápmi and FIFA-unaffiliated Kosovo. The NF-Board hoped that sixteen teams would take part, drawn from across its membership.

Controversy

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In spring 2005, the new government elected in the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation (KTFF) was keen to foster relations with other nations. The NF-Board claim that the government of Ferdi Sabit Soyer insisted on restricting which teams could and could not take part in order to head off potential political arguments. For their part, the KTFF claim that the NF-Board made unreasonable financial demands.[2]

The upshot of this was that the NF-Board decided to grant the hosting rights for the tournament to Occitania. In response, the KTFF announced that they would hold their own tournament, the ELF Cup, scheduled for the same time as the VIVA World Cup. Some NF-Board members accepted the invitations to take part in the ELF Cup.

Occitania 2006

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Main article: 2006 Viva World Cup

Occitania announced that the tournament would still be held on 19–25 November 2006, with games played in and around Hyères les Palmiers, near Toulon. The number of entrants was reduced to eight, in anticipation of the ELF Cup (which agreed to pay expenses) drawing NF-Board members away from the VIVA World Cup. A lack of suitable competitors meant that the tournament was to include six teams: Monaco, the Romani, the Sápmi, Southern Cameroons, West Papua, and the Occitania national football teams.

However, the failure of West Papua and Southern Cameroon to attend the NF-Board General Assembly in September 2006, and logistical problems facing the Romani, threw new doubt on the tournament, which looked as though it might go ahead with just three teams. Four teams - twelve fewer than initially hoped for - were set to take part when Southern Cameroons agreed to send a team; unfortunately, they were unable to take part because of visa problems, resulting in walkovers in all their games. By the end of the week, Sápmi had triumphed, scoring 42 goals in their three games, and lifting the first VIVA World Cup trophy, destroying Monaco 21–1 in the final.

Sápmi 2008

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Main article: 2008 Viva World Cup

The second VIVA World Cup was played in the Swedish town of Gällivare in Sápmi from 7 to 13 July 2008. The matches were played under the midnight sun. Twelve teams had expressed an interest in participating in the men's tournament; however, only five teams took part, and Padania emerged as winners, beating the Aramean team 2-0. The host, Sápmi, finished in third place.

The women's tournament had only two teams, and the host, Sapmi, beat Kurdistan.

Padania 2009

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Main article: 2009 Viva World Cup

Padania was the host for the 2009 edition. The tournament was played in some important stadiums in northern Italy. The final was held in Verona on June 27, 2009, and saw Padania retain the title, defeating Kurdistan 2-0.

Gozo 2010

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Main article: 2010 Viva World Cup

The Gozitans hosted the tournament at the newly refurbished artificial turf ground of 2009-10 Champions Sannat Lions, as well as the 4,000 capacity Gozo Stadium in Xewkija. From May 31 to June 6, teams from Padania, Kurdistan, Provence, Occitania, Two Sicilies and Gozo competed for the Nelson Mandela Trophy. Only two teams, Gozo and Padania, took part in the women's tournament.[3] The Tibet national football team was looking for sponsors to participate to the VIVA World Cup 2010[4] but failed to come.

Kurdistan 2012

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Main article: 2012 Viva World Cup
Kurdistan National Football Team Winner of viva cup

In December 2009, the NF-Board came to an agreement with the Island Games Association that the VIVA World Cup would be held alternately with the Island Games in a deal that would see the IGA assist the NF-Board in its attempts to provide competition for its members and potential members. As a result of this agreement, the fifth VIVA World Cup was awarded to Kurdistan, to take place in 2012.[5] This tournament had the most participating teams of any Non-FIFA tournament. The hosts beat Northern Cyprus in the final (the first time the latter failed to win a non-FIFA tournament in which they took part).

Tournament results

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Ed. Year Host First place game Third place game Num.
teams
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion Score 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third Score Fourth
1 2006  Occitania
Sápmi 		21–1
Monaco
Occitania 		w/o
Southern Cameroons 		4
2 2008  Sápmi
Padania 		2–0
Arameans Suryoye
Sápmi 		3–1
Kurdistan 		5
3 2009  Padania
Padania 		2–0
Kurdistan
Sápmi 		4–4
5–4 (p)
Provence 		6
4 2010  Gozo
Padania 		1–0
Kurdistan
Occitania 		2–0
Two Sicilies 		6
5 2012  Kurdistan
Kurdistan 		2–1
Northern Cyprus
Zanzibar 		7–2
Provence 		9

^ Withdrew before the start of the tournament due to visa problems.

Trophy

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An artist's impression of the Nelson Mandela Trophy.

The VIVA World Cup Trophy was designed by French sculptor Gérard Pigault, and is named The Nelson Mandela Trophy, in honour of the former South African president.[6]

Titles

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Participating teams

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Team Occitania
2006 		Sápmi
2008 		Padania
2009 		Gozo
2010 		Kurdistan Region
2012 		Years
 Arameans Suryoye 2nd 1
 Darfur 9th 1
 Gozo 6th 5th 2
 Kurdistan Region 4th 2nd 2nd 1st 4
 Monaco 2nd 1
 Northern Cyprus 2nd 1
 Occitania 3rd 5th 3rd 5th 4
 Padania 1st 1st 1st 3
 Provence 5th 4th 6th 4th 4
Raetia Raetia 8th 1
 Sápmi 1st 3rd 3rd 3
 Southern Cameroons 4th 1
 Tamil Eelam 7th 1
 Two Sicilies 4th 1
 Western Sahara 6th 1
 Zanzibar 3rd 1
Total 4 5 6 6 9
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  •     — Hosts

Topscorers

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Year Player Goals
2006 Sápmi Eirik Lamøy
Sápmi Tom Høgli
Sápmi Steffen Nystrøm 		6
2008 Padania Stefano Salandra
Padania Giordan Ligarotti 		4
2009 Sápmi Svein Thomassen
Provence Enais Hammoud 		5
2010 Kurdistan Region Haider Qaraman 5
2012 Northern Cyprus Halil Turan
Provence Christophe Copel 		6

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ NF-Board and VIVA World Cup
  2. ^ Steve Menary (October 2006). "Worlds apart". World Soccer Magazine. p. 105.
  3. ^ Are You Looking Forward to The World Cup?: The Last Defender Football From Another Angle
  4. ^ FOOT - Thierry Marcadé who was one of the 4 Founders of the NFB in 2003, was received on December 31st, 2009 by the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala (India), Headquarters of the Tibetan Government in Exile
  5. ^ Viva World Cup 2012
  6. ^ "NF-Board Opens Registrations for the 1st Viva World Cup in Northern Cyprus". July 1, 2005.
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