2006 Viva World Cup

August 2013 Viva World Cup 2006 100px 2006 VIVA World Cup official logo Occitania 20–24 November 1 4 2 2 Sápmi 1 Monaco Occitania Southern Cameroons 8 60 Sápmi Eirik LamøySápmi Tom HøgliSápmi 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. 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. Steve Menary Worlds apart World Soccer Magazine 105 October 2006 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,The VIVA World Cup remains in question! l'Associacion Occitana de Fotbòl official website http://www.a-o-f.org/accueil/article.php3?id_article=113 October 30, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213237/http://www.a-o-f.org/accueil/article.php3?id_article=113 2007-09-27 usurped oc 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. TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsSápmi3300240+249Monaco3201616–106Occitania3102510–53Southern Cameroons300309–90 20 November 200613:30 CET Monaco 3–0 walkoverThis result was declared a 3–0 walkover due to Southern Cameroons were unable to show because of visa problems Southern Cameroons Stade Gaby Robert, Costebelle 20 November 200615:15 CET Occitania 0–7 (Report) Sápmi Høgli 22 25Lamøy 38Nystrøm 49Råstad 57Nilssen 63Bruer 72 Stade Gaby Robert, Costebelle 21 November 200613:30 CET Sápmi 3–0 walkover Southern Cameroons Stade Gaby Robert, Costebelle 21 November 200615:30 CET Occitania 2–3 (Report) Monaco Léglise 51 Rojas 72 Lechner 20 Platto 53 Houry 59 Stade L’Ayguade, Hyères 23 November 200613:30 CET Occitania 3–0 walkover Southern Cameroons Stade L’Ayguade, Hyères 23 November 200615:30 CET Sápmi 14–0 (Report) Monaco Olsen 5 17 45 50Nystrøm 12 16 23 28Andersen 26Råstad 40Lamøy 57Bruer 66Høgli 77Johansen 83 Stade L’Ayguade, Hyères Third place match 24 November 200618:00 CET Occitania 3–0 walkover Southern Cameroons Southern Cameroons Stade L’Ayguade, Hyères Final 24 November 200619:00 CET Sápmi 21–1 (Report) Monaco Olsen 5 Høgli 7 20 40 Lamøy 32 39 51 55 Nystrøm 35 Råstad 38 45 pen. Bruer 59 81 Johansen 62 65 88 Brekke 72 pen.Nilssen 76 78 Minde 84 Eira 87 Armita 50 Stade Perruc, Hyères fb Viva World Cup 2006 winners Sápmi Inaugural Scorers 6 goals Sápmi Eirik Lamøy Sápmi Tom Høgli Sápmi Steffen Nystrøm Notes External links Official forum Category:Viva World Cup Category:International association football competitions hosted by France VIVA Category:2006 in Cameroonian football Viva World Cup Category:Sápmi football team