The Croatian World Club Championship is a football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 competition organized by the Croatian Football Federation

Croatian Football Federation

The Croatian Football Federation is the governing body of association football in Croatia. It was originally formed in 1912 and is based in the capital city of Zagreb. The organisation is a member of both FIFA and UEFA, and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in Croatia...

 in cooperation with the Croatian Heritage Foundation

Croatian Heritage Foundation

The Croatian Heritage Foundation is an organization which works with Croatian emigrants. It helps connect diaspora groups back to the country. The foundation organizes several programs within Croatia and around the world ranging from language to folklore...

 and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia that matches clubs from the Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n diaspora against each other in a group tournament format.

2007 Championship

The inaugural competition was held between June 24 and June 30, 2007 and included eight teams: Toronto Croatia

Toronto Croatia

C.N.S.C. Toronto Croatia is a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1956. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, the highest level soccer league in Canada, and play in the International Division....

 (Canada), Croat San Pedro (U.S.A), Zrinski Chicago (U.S.A.), Canberra Croatia (Australia), Croatia Essen (Germany), Croatia Berlin

Croatia Berlin

SD Croatia Berlin is a German association football club from Berlin.The club was founded in 1972 as the ethnically Croatian side NK Croatia Berlin and was re-named NK Hajduk Berlin in 1985. The association continued to grow through the late 80s, merging with SC Bratsvo 1971 Berlin to become SC...

 (Germany), Croatia Villefranche (France), and Burgenland Croatian

Burgenland Croats

Burgenland Croats are ethnic Croats in the Austrian state of Burgenland. Although an enclave hundreds of kilometres away from their original homeland, they have managed to preserve culture and language for centuries...

 (Austria). Of these only Burgenland was not an established club, but rather a selection side assembled after the Croatian World Games

Croatian World Games

The Croatian World Games are an Olympics-style competition pitting autochthonous Croat communities in Croatia and neighbouring nations against each other and Croatian diaspora communities. The first Games were held in 2006 in Zadar with the intent to stage them again in 2009. The event is organized...

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Toronto Croatia emerged as the victor of the first tournament with a 3-1 win over Canberra Croatia in the final. The team was awarded the championship trophy by Croatian Football Federation president Vlatko Marković

Vlatko Markovic

Vladimir "Vlatko" Marković Vladimir "Vlatko" Marković Vladimir "Vlatko" Marković (born 1 January 1937 in Bugojno, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a former football player, football manager, and current president of Croatian Football Federation ....

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Day 1

Group A


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Group B


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Day 2

Group A


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Group B


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Day 3

Group A


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Group B


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Consolation match

Final

External links

• HNS-vijesti Croatian Football Federation news