2008 VIVA World Cup
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The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup
, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania
, who took home the Nelson Mandela
Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle Fédération-Board
.
The defending champions and hosts were Sápmi
. The competition, organized by the Sami people
, took place from 7 to 13 July, in Gällivare
, Sweden
.
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The women's teams that took part were: (host)
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venues are thus rather small.
The hosts of the games were:
became the 2008 VIVA World Cup champions beating Arameans Survoye in the final 2-0. The hosts Sapmi, after coming 4th in the group stage, ended by as a lucky 3rd after winning the last edition. The Arameans Survoye team were the surprise of the tournament qualifying for the final at their first attempt. Iraqi Kurdistan
, also debuting, finished 3rd in the group stage but lost in the 4th place play off to Sapmi. To round of the places, in a distant last position, having lost all of their group games, was Provence
, a region of France.
In the inaugural women's tournament the hosts Sapmi came through after an aggregate 16-1 thrashing of Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Sápmi win 15-1 on aggregate.
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3 goals Michele Cossato
Halkurd M. Mohammed
Stephan Giordano Mikal Eira
Viva World Cup
The VIVA World Cup is an international football tournament organized by the New Federation Board, an umbrella association for nations unaffiliated with FIFA, planned to be held every two years.-Inauguration:...
, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania
Padania national football team
The Padania representative football team is an unofficial football team promoted by the Italian political party Lega Nord which claim it represents eight northern regions of Italy they call Padania...
, who took home the Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle Fédération-Board
Nouvelle Fédération-Board
The N.F.-Board , unofficially Non-FIFA-Board, is a football association established on 12 December 2003. It is made up of teams that represent nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA...
.
The defending champions and hosts were Sápmi
Sápmi national football team
The Sápmi national football team is a national football team representing the Sámi people, who inhabit northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. The team is not a member of UEFA or FIFA, and therefore do not participate in their competitions.The goal of the Sámi Football Association,...
. The competition, organized by the Sami people
Sami people
The Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are the arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi are Europe’s northernmost...
, took place from 7 to 13 July, in Gällivare
Gällivare
Gällivare is a locality and the seat of Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 8,480 inhabitants in 2005. The town was founded in the 17th century...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
Qualification
Due to the inaugural status of this tournament, applicants were admitted to the tournament without a qualification process. As an untested tournament the scheduling doesn't meet the organizational capacity of a billion dollar organization like FIFAFIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
.
Qualified teams
The men's teams that took part were: (host & holder)The women's teams that took part were: (host)
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Venues
As a small tournament, like its European counterpart in Europeada 2008, this VIVA World Cup was not expected to bring in the numbers and financial support of UEFA Euro 2008 earlier this summer; the stadiaStadia
Stadium or stadion has the plural stadia in both Latin and Greek. The anglicized term is stade in the singular.Stadium may refer to:* Stadium, a building type...
venues are thus rather small.
The hosts of the games were:
- GällivareGällivareGällivare is a locality and the seat of Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 8,480 inhabitants in 2005. The town was founded in the 17th century...
Stadium - MalmbergetMalmbergetMalmberget is a locality and mining town situated in Gällivare Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 6,017 inhabitants in 2005. It is situated 5 kilometres from the municipal seat Gällivare....
Stadium
Overview
PadaniaPadania
Padania is an alternative name for the Po Valley in Italy. The term was sparingly used until the early 1990s, when Lega Nord, a political party in Italy, proposed Padania as a possible denomination for an autonomous Northern Italy...
became the 2008 VIVA World Cup champions beating Arameans Survoye in the final 2-0. The hosts Sapmi, after coming 4th in the group stage, ended by as a lucky 3rd after winning the last edition. The Arameans Survoye team were the surprise of the tournament qualifying for the final at their first attempt. Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan or Kurdistan Region is an autonomous region of Iraq. It borders Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the south. The regional capital is Arbil, known in Kurdish as Hewlêr...
, also debuting, finished 3rd in the group stage but lost in the 4th place play off to Sapmi. To round of the places, in a distant last position, having lost all of their group games, was Provence
Provence
Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...
, a region of France.
In the inaugural women's tournament the hosts Sapmi came through after an aggregate 16-1 thrashing of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Men's First Round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 12 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0 |
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Men's 3/4 place playoff
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Men's Final
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Women's Results
All times are Central European Summer TimeCentral European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time is one of the names of the Daylight saving time offset using the UTC offset of UTC+02:00, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European countries. During the winter, Central European Time is used...
(UTC+2)
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Sápmi win 15-1 on aggregate.
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Men
4 goals Stefano Salandra Giordan Ligarotti3 goals Michele Cossato
Michele Cossato
Michele Cossato is an Italian former professional footballer who now plays as a striker for Domegliara, a team that competes in Serie D of the Italian Championship. He is the brother of Federico Cossato....
Halkurd M. Mohammed
Halkurd Mulla Mohammed
Halgurd Mulla Mohammed Taher is an Iraqi football player of Kurdish ethnicity who plays as a Left Winger for Arbil FC in Iraq. His older brother Hawar Mulla Mohammed is also an Iraqi national team player....
Stephan Giordano Mikal Eira
See also
- ELF CupELF CupThe ELF Cup is an international football tournament organised by the KTFF, a member of the NF-Board. Among the participants are fellow NF-Board teams, and - in the inaugural 2006 tournament - FIFA member teams from the Asian Football Confederation.-The Inaugural Tournament:The 2006 ELF Cup took...
- UNPO Cup
- FIFI Wild CupFIFI Wild CupThe FIFI Wild Cup was an alternative football World Cup run by FIFI . FIFI was a body made up of countries not recognized by FIFA and those whose logistics preclude them from playing representative football...
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- Nouvelle Fédération-BoardNouvelle Fédération-BoardThe N.F.-Board , unofficially Non-FIFA-Board, is a football association established on 12 December 2003. It is made up of teams that represent nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA...