Viva World Cup
Founded | 2006 |
---|---|
Region | International (N.F.-Board) |
Current champions | Kurdistan Region (2012) |
Most successful club(s) | Padania (3 titles) |
Website | www |
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
Early years
The oldest precedent of the VIVA World Cup was the Alternative Worldwide Cup of 1988, developed in Jordan.
Inauguration
In April 2005, the NF-Board announced that the
Controversy
In spring 2005, the new government elected in the
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
Occitania announced that the tournament would still be held on 19–25 November 2006, with games played in and around
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
Sápmi 2008
The second
The women's tournament had only two teams, and the host, Sapmi, beat Kurdistan.
Padania 2009
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
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
In December 2009, the NF-Board came to an agreement with the
Tournament results
Ed. | Year | Host | First place game | Third place game | Num. teams | ||||
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Champion | Score | Runner-up | 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
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
Participating teams
Team | 2006 |
2008 |
2009
|
2010
|
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 | 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
Year | Player | Goals |
---|---|---|
2006 | Eirik Lamøy Tom Høgli Steffen Nystrøm |
6 |
2008 | Stefano Salandra Giordan Ligarotti |
4 |
2009 | Svein Thomassen Enais Hammoud |
5 |
2010 | Haider Qaraman | 5 |
2012 | Halil Turan Christophe Copel |
6 |
See also
- ELF Cup
- FIFI Wild Cup
- CONIFA World Football Cup
- KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup
- Non-FIFA international football
- Viva World Cup – Women's tournament
Notes
- ^ NF-Board and VIVA World Cup
- World Soccer Magazine. p. 105.
- ^ Are You Looking Forward to The World Cup?: The Last Defender Football From Another Angle
- ^ 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
- ^ Viva World Cup 2012
- ^ "NF-Board Opens Registrations for the 1st Viva World Cup in Northern Cyprus". July 1, 2005.
External links
- Official website (archived)