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2008 Viva World Cup

2008 VIVA World Cup
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VIVA World Cup 2008 official logo
Tournament details
Host countrySápmi
Dates7 July – 13 July
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Padania (1st title)
Runners-up Arameans Suryoye
Third place Sápmi
Fourth place Kurdistan Region
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored59 (4.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)Padania Giordan Ligarotti
Padania Stefano Salandra (4 goals)

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.[1]

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:

The women's teams that took part were:

  • Sápmi (host)
  • Kurdistan Region

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:[2]

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)[2]

Men's First Round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Padania 4 4 0 0 14 3 +11 12
Arameans Suryoye 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
Kurdistan Region 4 1 2 1 6 4 +2 5
Sápmi 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
Provence 4 0 0 4 3 18 −15 0
Sápmi 2–2 Kurdistan Region
Eira Goal 50'
Bertelsen Goal 63'[3]		 Khandan Goal 40'
Halgurd Goal 70'
Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Norway Johnny Nielsen
Provence 1–6 Padania
Giordano Goal 23' Cossato Goal 7'
Salandra Goal 34', 45' (pen.)
Ligarotti Goal 36', 80'
Ferrari Goal 90'
Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare
Attendance: 600
Referee: Norway Ragnar Dahl
Provence 0–3 Kurdistan Region
Rahman Goal 55'
Halgurd Goal 90+1', 90+3'
Malmberget Stadium, Malmberget
Attendance: 600
Referee: Norway Mikkel Sara
Arameans Suryoye 1–0 Sápmi
Yüksel Goal 62'
Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Norway Ragnar Dahl
Arameans Suryoye 5–0 Provence
Muqdisi Goal 2', 32'
Alan Goal 5'
Kaplan Goal 65', 81'
Malmberget Stadium, Malmberget
Attendance: 30
Referee: Sweden Jorgen Klippmark
Padania 2–1 Kurdistan Region
Gentilini Goal 9'
Salandra Goal 26' (pen.)		 Aziz Goal 41'
Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Norway Johnny Nielsen
Sápmi 0–2 Padania
Cossato Goal 82'
Ligarotti Goal 85'
Malmberget Stadium, Malmberget
Attendance: 400
Referee: Norway Ragnar Dahl
Kurdistan Region 0–0 Arameans Suryoye
Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare
Attendance: 700
Referee: Sweden Per Anders Blind
Padania 4–1 Arameans Suryoye
Cossato Goal 18'
D'Alessandro Goal 40', 90'
Salandra Goal 73'		 Muqdisi Goal 64' (pen.)
Malmberget Stadium, Malmberget
Attendance: 150
Referee: Sweden Per Anders Blind
Sápmi 4–2 Provence
Eira Goal 3'
Eira Goal 7'
Logje Goal 28'
Dreyer Goal 83'		 Giordano Goal 5', 14'
Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare
Attendance: 800
Referee: Norway Johnny Nielsen

Men's 3/4 place playoff

Kurdistan Region 1–3 Sápmi
Jalal Goal 90' Eira Goal 6', 32'
Stangnes Goal 8'
Malmberget Stadium, Malmberget
Attendance: 400
Referee: Norway Johnny Nielsen

Men's Final

Padania 2–0 Arameans Suryoye
Colombo Goal 9'
Ligarotti Goal 14'
Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Sweden Monty Rieman
 VIVA World Cup 2008 Winners 

Padania
First title

Women's Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[2]

Sápmi 4–0Kurdistan Region Iraqi Kurdistan
Gry Keskitalo Skulbørstad (4)
Malmberget Stadium, Malmberget
Sápmi 11–1Kurdistan Region Iraqi Kurdistan
Gry Keskitalo Skulbørstad (5)
Mia Carina Eira (2)
Marlen Hallen
Magdalena Esseryd
Mia Oscarsson
Ragnhild Fosshaug
Gällivare Stadium, Gällivare
 VIVA World Cup 2008 Winners 

Sápmi
Inaugural title

Top scorers

Men

4 goals

  • Padania Stefano Salandra
  • Padania Giordan Ligarotti

Women

9 goals

  • Sápmi Gry Keskitalo Skulbørstad

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  2. ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  3. ^ Nedredal, Sigve (2008-07-08). "Uavgjort i første kamp i Viva World Cup" (in Norwegian). NRK Sámi Radio. Retrieved 2008-07-08.

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