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Tournament details | |
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Host country | North Cyprus |
Dates | 19 November – 25 November |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Northern Cyprus (1st title) |
Runners-up | Crimean Tatars |
Third place | Kyrgyzstan |
Fourth place | Zanzibar |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 62 (3.88 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ertaç Taşkıran (6 goals) |
The ELF Cup (Equality, Liberty, Fraternity) was an international football tournament organised by the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation (KTFF), a member of the NF-Board. It was played only once in 2006. Among the participants were NF-Board teams, and FIFA member teams from the Asian Football Confederation.
The 2006 ELF Cup took place in the North Cyprus between November 19 and 25. Initially announced for non-FIFA teams only, the 2006 tournament also found places for three teams from the Asian Football Confederation - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan. However, under pressure from FIFA, Afghanistan withdrew from the tournament. [1]
Initially, it was announced that the North Cyprus were to hold the inaugural VIVA World Cup tournament, organised by the NF-Board as a bi-annual competition for the best non-FIFA nations. However, a dispute between the NF-Board and a new regime at the KTFF led to the tournament being taken away and granted to Occitania. The NF-Board claimed that the new government of the North Cyprus insisted on restricting which nations could and could not take part. The KTFF, however, claimed that the NF-Board made unreasonable financial demands. [2]
In response, the KTFF announced that the ELF Cup would be held at the same time as the VIVA World Cup, and have promised to pay travelling expenses to the participants, which has attracted some NF-Board members. The KTFF hope that the tournament will bring North Cyprus further into the international arena. [3]
The eight participants were drawn into two groups of four, with the top two from each group progressing to the knockout stage. For details of the squads, see 2006 ELF Cup Squads.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
Zanzibar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
Greenland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
Găgăuzia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 1 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0–1 | Zanzibar |
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Suleiman 9' |
Găgăuzia | 1–6 | Kyrgyzstan |
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Marcov 31' | Mamatov 14', 37' Kadyrov 19' Sundeev 65', 90' Ryskulov 75' |
Greenland | 1–1 | Zanzibar |
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Kreutzmann 78' | Omar 62' |
Greenland | 0–1 | Kyrgyzstan |
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Kondratkov 24' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Northern Cyprus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 9 |
Crimean Tatars | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 6 |
Tajikistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 3 |
Tibet | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | –14 | 0 |
Tibet | 0–3 | Tajikistan |
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Aknazarov 59', 67' Faizullaev 65' |
Crimean Tatars | 0–5 | Northern Cyprus |
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Çakır 16' Taşkıran 45' Ablitarov 65' (o.g.) Uçaner 78' Keleşzade 87' |
Tibet | 0–1 | Crimean Tatars |
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Ablâmetov 41' (pen.) |
Northern Cyprus | 5–1 | Tajikistan |
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Kolcu 34', 54' Uçaner 65', 90+1' Ulusoy 71' | Aknazarov 12' |
Tajikistan | 1–2 | Crimean Tatars |
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Almukhamedov 45' | Ametov 36' Hayredinov 87' |
Northern Cyprus | 10–0 | Tibet |
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Çakır 13', 30', 37' Çukurovalı 14', 24', 43' Selden 17', 29' Arıkbuka 54' Kansu 77' |
Kyrgyzstan | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Crimean Tatars |
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Sundeev 90+2' Mustafayev 102' | Emiratlı 18' Ablâmetov 94' (pen.) Akimov 97' |
Northern Cyprus | 5–0 | Zanzibar |
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Taşkıran 24', 34', 47', 83' Ulusoy 59' |
Northern Cyprus | 3–1 | Crimean Tatars |
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Çakır 1' Sapsızoğlu 46' Taşkıran 55' | Akimov 90+3' |
2006 ELF Cup Winners |
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North Cyprus First Title |
Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Teller Mortensen |
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