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 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 Nouvelle Fédération-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]

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 Syriac

The 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|Rijeka

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]
*Gällivare Stadium
*Malmberget Stadium

Overview

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. The Arameans 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, 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)" [http://www.vivaworldcup.info/2008/en/11/1.html]

Men's First Round

----footballbox
date = 2008-07-07
time = 23:00
team1 = fb-rt|Sápmi
score = 2 – 2
report =
team2 = flagicon|Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan
goals1 = Matti Eira goal|50 Erik 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|NOR Johnny 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|7 Stefano Salandra goal|36 goal|45|pen Giordan Ligarotti goal|36 goal|80 Giacomo Ferrari goal|90
stadium = Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare
attendance = 600
referee = flagicon|NOR Ragnar 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|NOR Mikkel 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|NOR Ragnar 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|85
Michele 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

----footballbox
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|Padania Stefano Salandra
*flagicon|Padania Giordan Ligarotti

3 goalsFact|date=July 2008
*flagicon|Padania Michele Cossato
*flagicon|Kurdistan Halkurd M. Mohammed
*flagicon|Provence|football Stephan Giordano
*flagicon|Sápmi Mikal Eira

ee also

*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]