Viva World Cup
| Founded | 2006 |
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| Region | International (NF-Board) |
| Current champions |  Padania |
| Most successful team |  Sápmi Padania(1 title each) |
 2008 VIVA World Cup |
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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.
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History
Inauguration
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, called 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 claim 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 claim 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 between the 19th and the 25th of November 2006, with games played at the 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 Romani, 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.
Sápmi 2008
The second VIVA World Cup were played in the Swedish town of Gällivare in Sápmi from 7 to 13 July, 2008. The matches were played under the midnight sun. Twelve teams had shown an interest in participating in the men's tournament, while two had shown an interest in the women's tournament. However five teams took part the tournament and Padania emerged as winners beating the Assyrians team 2-0. The host, Sápmi, finished in third place. The women's tournament, with only two teams, was won by the host, Sapmi ahead of Kurdistan.
VIVA World Cup TM 2009
The VIVA World Cup™’s next edition and the official presentation of the 3 FA candidates wanting to host the VIVA World Cup 2010™ were Padania FA, Kurdistan FA and Gozo FA. But surprinsingly, in the General Meeting it was decided to help the competition every year, so Padania will receive 2009 edition, Gozo the 2010 edition and Kurdistan in 2011.
Tournament results
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||
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| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | ||
| 2006 Details |
 Occitania |
Sápmi |
21–1 |  Monaco |
Occitania |
w/o |  Southern Cameroons |
| 2008 Details |
Sápmi |
Padania |
2–0 |  Arameans Suryoye |
Sápmi |
3–1 |  Kurdistan |
| 2009 Details |
Padania |
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| 2010 Details |
 Gozo |
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| 2011 Details |
Kurdistan |
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Trophy
The VIVA World Cup Trophy was designed by French sculptor Gérard Pigault, and will be named The Nelson Mandela Trophy, in honour of the former South African president.[3]
Topscorers
| Year | Player | Goals |
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| 2006 | Erik Lamøy Tom Høgli Steffen Nystrøm |
6 |
| 2008 | Stefano Salandra Giordan Ligarotti |
4 |
See also
- ELF Cup
- UNPO Cup
- FIFI Wild Cup
- KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup
- Non-FIFA football
Notes
- ↑ Steve Menary (October 2006). "Worlds apart", World Soccer Magazine, p. 105.
- ↑ (Occitan) "The VIVA World Cup remains in question!". l’Associacion Occitana de Fotbòl official website. Retrieved on October 30, 2006.
- ↑ "NF-Board Opens Registrations for the 1st Viva World Cup in Northern Cyprus" (July 1 2005).
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