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A small article tucked away in the latest issue of excellent football magazine When Saturday Comes piqued my interest:
“The breakaway republic of Northern Cyprus is set to host the first ever world cup for nations that don’t exist…”
The Viva World Cup is being organized by the New Federation Board, a football body that claims to represent countries not currently recognized by the United Nations or, more importantly, by FIFA. The event is set to take place from November 19-25, 2006, and so far the following non-recognized states/peoples are scheduled to participate:
- Northern Cyprus (recognized only by Turkey)
- Somaliland (a breakaway state in east Africa)
- Kosovo
- Kurdistan
- Chechnya
- the Roma people (usually called Gypsies)
- Tibet
It remains to be seen whether winning this World Cup will raise the profile of the winner enough to get the U.N.’s attention.
More information on the NF Board and the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Association.
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Good luck to Somaliland!
Ismael
Good Luck to Sampi
A smaller event with only four teams was contested back in June 2005. The 1st UNPO Football Cup Tournament was contested between the South Moluccas, the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Southern-Cameroon and West-Papua.
The NF-Board website, however, seems inaccessible, and I haven’t heard anything else about the event.
South Moluccas beat Chechnya 3-1 in the final. The second edition will be held in Spring of this year
Meanwhile, the VIVA World Cup will be played from 19th-25th November this year in Northern Cyprus, with 8 teams participating.
yeah we know the viva cup is here in this year but can anyone get into NF Board through website or email? Northern Cyprus are supposed to play Monaco, an NF Board member here in North Cyprus next week but Greeks have protested about this friendly for the usual reasons: Monaco is a recognised EU country. So now we will probably have to play Chechnya.
As other members here we are trying to get all these non-recognized countries together and it’s about time Greek Cyprus let North Cyprus play. They will be happy to take the tickets and glory to go to the finals when they happen but object when we want to play the amateurs of Monaco.
If anyone hears anything from the NF Board keep us updated here and finally if NF Board cannot give any information then they should not have formed in the first place.
Adding to the 7 teams to take part which is above on this page can anyone confirm if Monaco is the last team to go forward because I have heard that Jersey or the Isle of Wight will take part.
Good luck to all of them! The teams are really good.
Turkish Cypriots are fanatical about football, I should know, I am one! But I live in London and can see Premiership Games and International matches. Turkish Cypriots in North Cyprus cannot see, let alone play , any other national in the world which is not a member of UEFA or FIFA. The football emabrgoes against our nation are just one of a ridiculous range of restriction which include trade, travel, culture and sport. You won’t see Turkish Cypriot representation at the Commonwealth Games, the Olympic Games or any other sporting arena. That includes no youth matches, no children’s matches or friendlies.
This is a travesty. Even the friendly game against Monaco due to take place on 18 February 2006 was scuppered by Greek Cypriot pressure.
The Viva World Cup is one way of fighting back. Rest assured, Turkish Cypriots are getting the hang of lobbying and influencing the influencers. We love our football and we want to play….
I think it’s absolutely diabolical the way the greek cypriots have acted, it sickens me to this day, that they would act in such a jealous manner, to prevent us from having our HUMAN RIGHTS. To this day they have acted conniving and spiteful, and I think it’s about time they grow out of it, or they will be seen for their twofaced mannerisms by the rest of the world. They have deliberately sabotaged every piece of progress the turkish cypriots try to make, the embargoes are ridiculous and should be lifted. i am only 16 and have realised all of this through still experiencing it. They wish to treat us like second class citizens and I will be one to stand and fight for my human rights as a person in this world !!!
Hello, open the forum in Italiano, english, spanish, more lenguage in the page http://viva.forumup.com.mx
And finally the VIVA World Cup will be play in La Haya (Netherland) or in Occitania (south of France)
Somaliland Football Federation are behind the Somaliland Football Team who will be take part of this Viva World Cup 2006 held in The breakaway republic of Northern Cyprus.
Here’s an little history about The Republic of Somaliland because other teams need to know about our country.
Somaliland is situated on the eastern horn of Africa and lies between the 08°00′ - 11°30′ parallel north of the equator and between 42°30′ - 49°00′ meridian east of the Greenwich. It shares borders with Republic of Djibouti to the west, Federal Republic of Ethiopia to the south and Somalia to the east. Somaliland has a coastal line to the north of the country which extends 460 miles along the Red Sea.
Somaliland is about the size of England and Wales with an area of 137,600km² (68,000 sq. miles).
The population of Somaliland is estimated at around 3.5 million. The average population growth rate is 3.1%. Population density is estimated at approximately 25 persons per sq. kilometre. Fifty-five percent of the population is either nomadic or semi-nomadic, while 45% live in urban centres or rural towns. The average life expectancy for the male is 50 and for females it is 55.
Hargeisa is the capital of Somaliland with an estimated population of 0.45 million. The other main towns are Burao, Borama, Berbera, Erigabo and Las Anod.
HISTORY
The Republic of Somaliland known as the Somaliland Protectorate under the British rule from 1884 until June, 26th 1960 when Somaliland got its independence from Britain. On July 1st 1960 it joined the former Italian Somalia to form the Somali Republic. The union did not work according to the aspirations of the people, and the strain led to a civil war from 1980s onwards and eventually to the collapse of the Somali Republic. After the collapse of the Somali Republic, the people of Somaliland held a congress in which it was decided to withdraw from the Union with Somalia and to reinstate Somaliland’s sovereignty.
The country has a republican form of government. The legislative assembly is composed of two chambers - an elected elder’s chamber, and a house of representatives. An elected President and an elected Vice-president head the government. The President nominates the cabinet which is approved by the legislature. There is an independent judiciary
The country has three political parties. i.e UDUB Party, Kulmiye Party and UCID party . The current President of the Republic is H.E Dahir Riyale Kahin and the vice-president is H.E Ahmed Yusuf Yasin of UDUB party who were elected on April 2003 for a five year term. The term of the current government ends in early 2008.
ECONOMY
CURRENCY
The official Somaliland currency is the Somaliland shilling (SlSh). The exchange rate the shilling against the US Dollar in end of December 2000 was:
US$1 = SlSh4,500
EDUCATION
There are 163 primary schools with student population of 33,000 as per the no of teachers in primary education in the same educational year 1996/97 was 954. Several private schools catering for primary, secondary and vocational trainings exist. TWO universities have been opened in Somaliland during the last few years.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE TEAMS !!!!!!
I hope Kosovo wins. Its a great nation and have many goods player from former yuogoslavia. Good luck. KOsovo. Make me proud to bee kosovo. albanian. Shiptar for ever
hello,i would like to give the congratilations,about this event,good luck to every national teams,in the fotball matchs. i would like that açores islands won,but they not play.good luck to every one.Hugo Carriço
Santa iria
Hello all, I’m a lover of football, and Irish at that! To correct Runner-up FIFI Wild Cup and his/her comments over the Wild Cup in Hamburg in June, the Republic of St. Pauli team were drawn from youth and veteran team members from FC Sankt-Pauli. The RSP team were only allowed to enter after some help from an advertising agency. FC Sankt-Pauli weren’t allowed to enter a team of their own as they are a DFB-registered club, and therefore under the auspices of FIFA.
Good luck to all of the teams entering in both versions of the alternative World Cup, be they in the Viva World Cup or in the LFE Cup. I hope that they will eventually see sense and organise a competition between themselves in a proper and mature manner, and stop the stupid squabbling. People who just want to play football should be alowed to do so without fear or favour.
I feel that Greenland and Gibraltar, to name but two, have been treated in a very underhand manner. I hope, again, that every nation/region/people involved shall have an enjoyable tournament, and, also that FIFA see sense and stop being so dictatorial..
this a good oppoutuniuy for the unrecognise country to make mark on football pitch. good luck to all the teams particibating in this competition, personlly i would like somaliland to win i have visited somliland last year people there were realy good i hope they get recognise and win this competition
hi my names joseph yakubu im from nigeria. i would like to say contualtion to the people who organise this event. i am supporing somaliland as they the only team from africa in this compettion,
come on somaliland make africa pround
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is currently hosting the ELF Cup, since the sides couldn’t agree on the VIVA World Cup. Here’s the link:
http://www.elfcup.org/
And here’s detailed info on the ELF Cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELF_Cup
The tournament is being played out between Crimea, Gǎgǎuzia, Greenland, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and Zanzibar; and played through November 19th, 2006 - November 25th, 2006.
In the opening day, TRNC defeated Crimea 5-0, Tajikistan beat Tibet 3-0, Zanzibar beat Kyrgyzstan 1-0 and Greenland beat Gǎgǎuzia 2-0.
why arnt the sami team in it they have great players like Jonas Jonhansen and Jo Nymo Matland of tromso.
Well, it appears that the four-team tournament was reduced to three after the team from South Cameroon ran into visa trouble and didn’t make the trip. The “final” saw the Lapland (Sapmi) team destroying Monaco 21-1. Hosts Occitania won their third-place game by default. All in all, not an auspicious start for what should have been a very interesting tournament.
Has the Kurdistan team played any match??
Good luck to SOMALILAND
to see them playing football as nation makes me proud
big up
Somalilanders got talent footballers, so why not have go at it?
wher is that taem i hav never haerd of somaliland footbal taem so i jast wana say can U jast tell us wher is the somaliland taem or any of the gaems that they playd beveor
thnx
COME ON SOMALILAND
S.O.M.A.L.I.L.A.N.D not (Somalia)
Good luck to all players of all teams. Good to see the competition.
KURDISTAN BEST TEAM I THING KURDISTAN WINS
Good luck KURDISTAN.
I know Kurdistan will win it, cuz when the Kurd play, must win.
BIJY KURDISTAN. XXX
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