2006 Viva World Cup

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2006 VIVA World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryOccitania
Dates20–24 November
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsSami flag.svg  Sápmi (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Monaco.svg  Monaco
Third placeFlag of Occitania (with star).svg  Occitania
Fourth placeFlag of the Federal Republic of Southern Cameroons.svg  Ambazonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored60 (7.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sami flag.svg Eirik Lamøy
Sami flag.svg Tom Høgli
Sami flag.svg Steffen Nystrøm (6 goals)
2008

The 2006 Viva World Cup was the first Viva World Cup, an association football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA, which took place in Occitania from 20 November 2006 to 24 November 2006.

Contents

Tournament Background

The Inaugural Tournament

In April 2005, the NF-Board announced that Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus had been chosen to host the inaugural VIVA World Cup, having successfully hosted a tournament to celebrate 50 years of the KTFF, the KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup, 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

In the Spring of 2005, a new government was elected in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, keen to foster relations with other nations. The NF-Board claimed that the government of Ferdi Sabit Soyer insisted on restricting which nations could and could not take part in order to head off potential political arguments. For their part, the KTFF claimed that the NF-Board made unreasonable financial demands. [1]

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 have accepted invitations to take part in the ELF Cup.

Occitania 2006

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

However, the failure of West Papua and Southern Cameroon to attend the NF-Board General Assembly in September 2006, and logistical problems facing the Roma, [2] threw new doubt on the tournament, which looked as though it may go ahead with just three teams. Fortunately, Southern Cameroons were able to agree to send a team, and four teams - twelve fewer than initially hoped for - were set to contest the title.

There were yet more problems for the organisers when Southern Cameroons 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.

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 2006 VIVA World Cup squads .

Results

The four teams played a round-robin group stage, with the top two playing off for the title.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Sami flag.svg  Sápmi 3300240+249
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 3201616–106
Flag of Occitania (with star).svg  Occitania 3102510–53
Flag of the Federal Republic of Southern Cameroons.svg  Southern Cameroons 300309–90

Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 3–0Flag of the Federal Republic of Southern Cameroons.svg  Southern Cameroons
walkover [3]

Flag of Occitania (with star).svg  Occitania 0–7Sami flag.svg  Sápmi
(Report) [ usurped ] Høgli Soccerball shade.svg22', 25'
Lamøy Soccerball shade.svg38'
Nystrøm Soccerball shade.svg49'
Råstad Soccerball shade.svg57'
Nilssen Soccerball shade.svg63'
Bruer Soccerball shade.svg72'

Sami flag.svg  Sápmi 3–0Flag of the Federal Republic of Southern Cameroons.svg  Southern Cameroons
walkover

Flag of Occitania (with star).svg  Occitania 2–3Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco
Léglise Soccerball shade.svg51'
Rojas Soccerball shade.svg72'
(Report) [ usurped ]Lechner Soccerball shade.svg20'
Platto Soccerball shade.svg53'
Houry Soccerball shade.svg59'

Flag of Occitania (with star).svg  Occitania 3–0Flag of the Federal Republic of Southern Cameroons.svg  Southern Cameroons
walkover

Sami flag.svg  Sápmi 14–0Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco
Olsen Soccerball shade.svg5', 17', 45', 50'
Nystrøm Soccerball shade.svg12', 16', 23', 28'
Andersen Soccerball shade.svg26'
Råstad Soccerball shade.svg40'
Lamøy Soccerball shade.svg57'
Bruer Soccerball shade.svg66'
Høgli Soccerball shade.svg77'
Johansen Soccerball shade.svg83'
(Report) [ usurped ]

Third place match

Flag of Occitania (with star).svg  Occitania 3–0Flag of the Federal Republic of Southern Cameroons.svg  Southern Cameroons
walkover

Final

Sami flag.svg  Sápmi 21–1Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco
Olsen Soccerball shade.svg5'
Høgli Soccerball shade.svg7', 20', 40'
Lamøy Soccerball shade.svg32', 39', 51', 55'
Nystrøm Soccerball shade.svg35'
Råstad Soccerball shade.svg38', 45' (pen.)
Bruer Soccerball shade.svg59', 81'
Johansen Soccerball shade.svg62', 65', 88'
Brekke Soccerball shade.svg72' (pen.)
Nilssen Soccerball shade.svg76', 78'
Minde Soccerball shade.svg84'
Eira Soccerball shade.svg87'
(Report) Armita Soccerball shade.svg50'

2006 VIVA World Cup Winners
Sami flag.svg
Sápmi
First Title

Scorers

6 goals

Notes

  1. Steve Menary (October 2006). "Worlds apart". World Soccer Magazine . p. 105.
  2. "The VIVA World Cup remains in question!". l'Associacion Occitana de Fotbòl official website (in Occitan). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved October 30, 2006.
  3. This result - and those of all of Southern Cameroons' matches - was declared a 3–0 walkover when Southern Cameroons were unable to show, due to visa problems