- 2008 Viva World Cup
Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = VIVA World Cup
year = 2008
size = 131px
caption = VIVA World Cup 2008 official logo
country = Sápmi
dates =7 July –13 July
confederations = 2
num_teams = 5
venues = 2
cities = 1
champion = Padania
count = 1
second = Aramean Syriac
third = Sápmi
fourth = Kurdistan
matches = 14
goals = 59
attendance =
top_scorer = Giordan Ligarotti, Stefano Salandra
player =The 2008
VIVA World Cup was the secondVIVA World Cup , an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania, who took home theNelson Mandela Trophy. The tournament was organised by theNouvelle Fédération-Board .The defending champions and hosts were Sápmi. The competition, organized by the
Sami people , took place from 7 to 13 July, inGällivare ,Sweden . [http://www.vivaworldcup.info/2008/en/01/1.html]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:
*fb|Sápmi (host & holder)
*fb|Padania
*fb|Provence
*flagicon|Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan
*fb|Aramean SyriacThe women's teams that took part were:
*fbw|Sápmi (host)
*flagicon|Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan----The presumptive men's teams that had shown an interest in taking part at one point are:
*fb|Maasai
*fb|West Papua
*fb|Gozo
*fb|Zanzibar
*fb|Tibet
*fb|Greenland
*fb|RijekaVenues
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 ofUEFA Euro 2008 earlier this summer; thestadia venues are thus rather small.The hosts of the games were: [http://www.vivaworldcup.info/2008/en/11/1.html]
*Gällivare Stadium
*Malmberget StadiumOverview
Padania became the 2008 VIVA World Cup champions beating Arameans Survoye 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. TheArameans Survoye 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, wasProvence , 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)" [http://www.vivaworldcup.info/2008/en/11/1.html]Men's First Round
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date =2008-07-07
time = 23:00
team1 = fb-rt|Sápmi
score = 2 – 2
report =
team2 = flagicon|Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan
goals1 =Matti Eira goal|50Erik Berthelsen goal|63 [cite news |url=http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sami_radio/1.6130435 |title=Uavgjort i første kamp i Viva World Cup |publisher=NRK Sámi Radio |first=Sigve |last=Nedredal |date=2008-07-08 |accessdate=2008-07-08 |language=Norwegian ]
goals2 =Ciawar Khandan goal|40 Halkurd M. Mohammed goal|70
stadium =Gällivare Stadium ,Gällivare
attendance = 1,300
referee = flagicon|NORJohnny Nielsen ----footballbox
date =2008-07-08
time = 17:00
team1 = fb-rt|Provence
score = 1 – 6
report =
team2 = fb|Padania
goals1 =Stephan Giordano goal|23
goals2 =Michele Cossato goal|7Stefano Salandra goal|36 goal|45|penGiordan Ligarotti goal|36 goal|80Giacomo Ferrari goal|90
stadium =Gällivare Stadium ,Gällivare
attendance = 600
referee = flagicon|NORRagnar Dahl ----footballbox
date =2008-07-09
time = 13:00
team1 = fb-rt|Provence
score = 0 – 3
report =
team2 = flagicon|Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan
goals1 =
goals2 =Deyar Hamad Rahman goal|55 Halkurd M. Mohammed goal|90+1 goal|90+3
stadium =Malmberget Stadium ,Malmberget
attendance = 600
referee = flagicon|NORMikkel Sara ----footballbox
date =2008-07-09
time = 17:00
team1 = fb-rt|Aramean Syriac
score = 1 – 0
report =
team2 = fb|Sápmi
goals1 =Tuncay Yüksel goal|62
goals2 =
stadium =Gällivare Stadium ,Gällivare
attendance = 1,000
referee = flagicon|NORRagnar Dahl ----footballbox
date =2008-07-10
time = 12:00
team1 = fb-rt|Aramean Syriac
score = 5 – 0
report =
team2 = fb|Provence
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium =Malmberget Stadium ,Malmberget
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date =2008-07-10
time = 17:00
team1 = fb-rt|Padania
score = 2 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan
goals1 =Giuliano Gentilini
Stefano Salandra
goals2 =
stadium =Gällivare Stadium ,Gällivare
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date =2008-07-11
time = 13:00
team1 = fb-rt|Sápmi
score = 0 – 2
report =
team2 = fb|Padania
goals1 =
goals2 =Giordan Ligarotti [cite web |url=http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sami_radio/1.6136183 |title=Sápmi misbrukte den siste sjansen |publisher=NRK Sámi Radio |author=Ballovara, Nedredal, Guttorm, Pulk |date=2008-07-11 |accessdate=2008-07-11 |language=Norwegian ] goal|85Michele Cossato goal|87
stadium =Malmberget Stadium ,Malmberget
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date =2008-07-11
time = 17:00
team1 = Iraqi Kurdistan flagicon|Kurdistan
score = 0 – 0
report =
team2 = fb|Aramean Syriac
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium =Gällivare Stadium ,Gällivare
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date =2008-07-12
time = 12:00
team1 = fb-rt|Padania
score = 4 – 1
report =
team2 = fb|Aramean Syriac
goals1 =Michele Cossato
Andrea D'Alessandro (2)
Stefano Salandra
goals2 =
stadium =Malmberget Stadium ,Malmberget
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date =2008-07-12
time = 16:00
team1 = fb-rt|Sápmi
score = 4 – 2
report =
team2 = fb|Provence
goals1 =Matti Eira
Mikal Eira
Johan Anders Logje
Steffen Dreyer
goals2 =Stephan Giordano
Stephan Giordano
stadium =Gällivare Stadium ,Gällivare
attendance =
referee = ----Men's 3/4 place playoff
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date =2008-07-13
time = 11:00
team1 = Iraqi Kurdistan flagicon|Kurdistan
score = 1 – 3
report =
team2 = fb|Sápmi
goals1 =Ismail Hoshman Jalal
goals2 =Mikal Eira (2)
Mikal Stangnes
stadium =Malmberget Stadium ,Malmberget
attendance =
referee = ----Men's Final
----footballbox
date =2008-07-13
time = 20:00
team1 = fb-rt|Padania
score = 2 – 0
report =
team2 = fb|Aramean Syriac
goals1 = Alberto Colombo
Giordan Ligarotti
goals2 =
stadium =Gällivare Stadium ,Gällivare
attendance =
referee = ----Women's Results
"All times are
Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)" [http://www.vivaworldcup.info/2008/en/11/1.html] ----footballbox
date =2008-07-10
time = 18:00
team1 = fbw-rt|Sápmi
score = 4 – 0
report =
team2 = flagicon|Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan
goals1 =Gry Keskitalo Skulbørstad (4)
goals2 =
stadium =Malmberget Stadium ,Malmberget
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date =2008-07-13
time = 14:00
team1 = fbw-rt|Sápmi
score = 11 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan
goals1 =Gry Keskitalo Skulbørstad (5)Marlen Hallen Magdalena Esseryd Mia Oscarsson Ragnhild Fosshaug Mia Carina Eira (2)
goals2 =
stadium =Gällivare Stadium ,Gällivare
attendance =
referee = ----Top scorers
4 goalsFact|date=July 2008
*flagicon|PadaniaStefano Salandra
*flagicon|PadaniaGiordan Ligarotti 3 goalsFact|date=July 2008
*flagicon|PadaniaMichele Cossato
*flagicon|Kurdistan Halkurd M. Mohammed
*flagicon|Provence|footballStephan Giordano
*flagicon|SápmiMikal Eira ee also
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ELF Cup
*UNPO Cup
*FIFI Wild Cup
*KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup
*Nouvelle Fédération-Board References
External links
* [http://www.vivaworldcup.info/ VIVA Official Site]
* [http://www.gmff.se/notiser.asp Gällivare-Malmbergets Fotbollsförening Site]
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