2006 Viva World Cup

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = VIVA World Cup
year = 2006


size = 100px
caption = 2006 VIVA World Cup official logo
country = Occitania
dates = 20 November – 24 November
confederations = NF-Board
num_teams = 4
venues = 2
cities = 2
champion = Sápmi
count = 1
second = Monaco
third = Occitania
fourth = Southern Cameroons
matches = 4
goals = 48
top_scorer =All with 6:
flagicon|Sápmi Erik Lamøy
flagicon|Sápmi Tom Høgli
flagicon|Sápmi Steffen Nystrøm

The 2006 Viva World Cup an international tournament for football, 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 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. [cite news
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author = Steve Menary
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title = Worlds apart
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work = World Soccer Magazine
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page = 105
date = October 2006
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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 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" [oc icon cite web | title=The VIVA World Cup remains in question!| work=l’Associacion Occitana de Fotbòl official website | url=http://www.a-o-f.org/accueil/article.php3?id_article=113| accessdate=October 30| accessyear=2006 ] , 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 less 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.

quads

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.

Teams in green qualified for the finals, while teams in red did not.

----footballbox
date = 20 November 2006
13:30 CET

team1 = fb|Monaco
score = 3-0
report= walkover [This result - and those of all of Southern Cameroons' matches - was declared a 3-0 walkover when Southern Cameroons were unable to show, due to visa problems]
team2 = fb|Southern Cameroons
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Stade Gaby Robert, Costebelle----footballbox
date = 20 November 2006
15:15 CET

team1 = fb|Occitania
score = 0-7
report= [http://www.nf-board.com (Report)]
team2 = fb|Sápmi
goals1 =
goals2 = Tom Høgli (2)goal
Erik Lamøy goal
Steffen Nystrøm goal
Olav Råstad goal
Torkild Nilsen goal
Espen Bruer goal

stadium = Stade Gaby Robert, Costebelle----footballbox
date = 21 November 2006
13:30 CET

team1 = fb|Sápmi
score = 3-0
report= walkover
team2 = fb|Southern Cameroons
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Stade Gaby Robert, Costebelle----footballbox
date = 21 November 2006
15:30 CET

team1 = fb|Occitania
score = 2-3
report= [http://www.nf-board.com (Report)]
team2 = fb|Monaco
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Stade L’Ayguade, Hyères----footballbox
date = 23 November 2006
13:30 CET

team1 = fb|Occitania
score = 3-0
report= walkover
team2 = fb|Southern Cameroons
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Stade L’Ayguade, Hyères----footballbox
date = 23 November 2006
15:30 CET

team1 = fb|Sápmi
score = 14-0
report= [http://www.nf-board.com (Report)]
team2 = fb|Monaco
goals1 = Trond Olsen (4)goal
Steffen Nystrøm (4)goal
Magnus Andersen goal
Olav Råstad goal
Erik Lamøy goal
Espen Bruer goal
Tom Høgli goal
Jonas Johansen goal

goals2 =
stadium = Stade L’Ayguade, Hyères----

Third place match

footballbox
date = 24 November 2006
18:00 CET

team1 = fb|Occitania
score = 3-0
report= walkover
team2 = fb|Southern Cameroons
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Stade L’Ayguade, Hyères----

Final

footballbox
date = 24 November 2006
19:00 CET

team1 = fb|Sápmi
score = 21-1
report= [http://www.nf-board.com (Report)]
team2 = fb|Monaco
goals1 = Trond Olsen
Tom Høgli (3)
Erik Lamøy (4)
Steffen Nystrøm
Olaf Råstad (2)
Espen Bruer (2)
Jonas Johansen (3)
Leif Arne Brekke
Torkil Nilssen (2)
Espen Minde
Matti Eira
goals2 = Romain Armita----

Scorers

;6 goals
*flagicon|Sápmi Erik Lamøy
*flagicon|Sápmi Tom Høgli
*flagicon|Sápmi Steffen Nystrøm

Notes

External links

* [http://www.vivaworldcup.info/ Official Site]
* [http://viva.forumup.com.mx Official forum]