2008 Viva World Cup

Viva World Cup 2008 viva2008.png 131px VIVA World Cup 2008 official logo Sápmi 7–13 July 1 5 2 1 Padania 1 Aramean Syriac Sápmi Iraqi Kurdistan 14 59 Padania Giordan LigarottiPadania Stefano Salandra (4 goals) 2006 2009 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 N.F.-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.http://www.vivaworldcup.info/2008/en/01/1.html II Viva World Cup TM 2008 2008-05-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20080415074902/http://www.vivaworldcup.info/2008/en/01/1.html 2008-04-15 dead 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 FIFA. Qualified teams The men's teams that took part were: Sápmi (host & holder) Padania Provence Iraqi Kurdistan Aramean Syriac The women's teams that took part were: Sápmi (host) Iraqi Kurdistan 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 stadia venues are thus rather small. The hosts of the games were:http://www.vivaworldcup.info/2008/en/11/1.html II Viva World Cup TM 2008 2008-06-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20080704065057/http://www.vivaworldcup.info/2008/en/11/1.html 2008-07-04 dead Gällivare Stadium Malmberget Stadium Overview Padania became the 2008 Viva World Cup champions beating Arameans Suryoye 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 Suryoye 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. Men's results All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) Men's First Round main WDL true complete PAD AMS KUR SAP PRO 4 0 0 14 3 QF 2 1 1 7 4 QF 1 2 1 6 4 TP 1 1 2 6 7 TP 0 0 4 3 18 Padania Padania Aramean Syriac Aramean Syriac Kurdistan Kurdistan Sápmi Sápmi H Provence Provence Q green1 Qualification to Finals orange1 Third-place match 4–1 4–1 2–1 — — — — — 1–0 5–0 — 0–0 — — — 0–2 — 2–2 — 4–2 1–6 — — — — 7 July 2008 23:00 Sápmi 2–2 Kurdistan Eira 50 Bertelsen 63http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sami_radio/1.6130435 Uavgjort i første kamp i Viva World Cup NRK Sámi Radio Sigve Nedredal 2008-07-08 2008-07-08 Norwegian Khandan 40 Halgurd 70 Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare 1,300 NOR Johnny Nielsen 8 July 2008 17:00 Provence 1–6 Padania Giordano 23 Cossato 7 Salandra 34 45 pen. Ligarotti 36 80 Ferrari 90 Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare 600 NOR Ragnar Dahl 9 July 2008 13:00 Provence 0–3 Kurdistan Rahman 55 Halgurd 90+1 90+3 Malmberget Stadium, Malmberget 600 NOR Mikkel Sara 9 July 2008 17:00 Aramean Syriac 1–0 Sápmi Yüksel 62 Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare 1,000 NOR Ragnar Dahl 10 July 2008 12:00 Aramean Syriac 5–0 Provence Muqdisi 2 32 Alan 5 Kaplan 65 81 Malmberget Stadium, Malmberget 30 SWE Jorgen Klippmark 10 July 2008 17:00 Padania 2–1 Kurdistan Gentilini 9 Salandra 26 pen. Aziz 41 Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare 1,100 NOR Johnny Nielsen 11 July 2008 13:00 Sápmi 0–2 Padania Cossato 82 Ligarotti 85 Malmberget Stadium, Malmberget 400 NOR Ragnar Dahl 11 July 2008 17:00 Kurdistan 0–0 Aramean Syriac Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare 700 SWE Per Anders Blind 12 July 2008 12:00 Padania 4–1 Aramean Syriac Cossato 18D'Alessandro 40 90 Salandra 73 Muqdisi 64 pen. Malmberget Stadium, Malmberget 150 SWE Per Anders Blind 12 July 2008 16:00 Sápmi 4–2 Provence Eira 3Eira 7Logje 28Dreyer 83 Giordano 5 14 Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare 800 NOR Johnny Nielsen Men's 3/4 place playoff 13 July 2008 11:00 Iraqi Kurdistan 1–3 Sápmi Jalal 90 Eira 6 32 Stangnes 8 Malmberget Stadium, Malmberget 400 NOR Johnny Nielsen Men's Final 13 July 2008 20:00 Padania 2–0 Aramean Syriac Colombo 9 Ligarotti 14 Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare 1,400 SWE Monty Rieman fb Viva World Cup 2008 winners Padania First Women's results The first edition, with only two teams, was won by the host, Sapmi, who beat Kurdistan over two legs with an aggregate score of 15–1. All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)2008-11-21 VIVA World Cup Official Website - Competition http://www.vivaworldcup.info/vwc2008/en/competition.htm live 2021-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20081121120049/http://www.vivaworldcup.info/vwc2008/en/competition.htm 2008-11-21 10 July 2008 18:00 Sápmi 4–0 Kurdistan Kurdistan Skulbørstad Malmberget Stadium, Malmberget 13 July 2008 11:00 Sápmi Kurdistan Kurdistan Skulbørstad Eira Hallen Esseryd Oscarsson Ragnhild Fosshaug Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare 11 1 fb Viva World Cup 2008 winners Sápmi Inaugural Top scorers Men 4 goalsJuly 2008 Padania Stefano Salandra Padania Giordan Ligarotti Women 9 goals Sápmi Gry Keskitalo Skulbørstad See also ELF Cup UNPO Cup FIFI Wild Cup KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup Nouvelle Fédération-Board References External links VIVA Official Site Gällivare-Malmbergets Fotbollsförening Sitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20060529032637/http://www.gmff.se/notiser.asp 2006-05-29 2008 Viva World Cup, 2008 Category:International association football competitions hosted by Sweden VIVA