2008 Viva World Cup

2008 VIVA World Cup
VIVA World Cup 2008 official logo
Tournament details
Host countrySápmi
Dates7–13 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)
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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

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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

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The men's teams that took part were:

The women's teams that took part were:


Venues

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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

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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

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

Men's First Round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Padania Aramean-Syriac people Kurdistan Region Sápmi Provence
1  Padania (H) 4 4 0 0 14 3 +11 12 Qualification to Finals 4–1 2–1
2  Arameans Suryoye 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7 1–0 5–0
3  Kurdistan Region 4 1 2 1 6 4 +2 5 Third-place match 0–0
4  Sápmi 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4 0–2 2–2 4–2
5  Provence 4 0 0 4 3 18 −15 0 1–6
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Sápmi 2–2 Kurdistan Region
Eira 50'
Bertelsen 63'[3]
Khandan 40'
Halgurd 70'
Attendance: 1,300

Provence 1–6 Padania
Giordano 23' Cossato 7'
Salandra 34', 45' (pen.)
Ligarotti 36', 80'
Ferrari 90'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Norway Ragnar Dahl

Provence 0–3 Kurdistan Region
Rahman 55'
Halgurd 90+1', 90+3'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Norway Mikkel Sara

Arameans Suryoye 1–0 Sápmi
Yüksel 62'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Norway Ragnar Dahl

Arameans Suryoye 5–0 Provence
Muqdisi 2', 32'
Alan 5'
Kaplan 65', 81'

Padania 2–1 Kurdistan Region
Gentilini 9'
Salandra 26' (pen.)
Aziz 41'
Attendance: 1,100

Sápmi 0–2 Padania
Cossato 82'
Ligarotti 85'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Norway Ragnar Dahl

Kurdistan Region 0–0 Arameans Suryoye

Padania 4–1 Arameans Suryoye
Cossato 18'
D'Alessandro 40', 90'
Salandra 73'
Muqdisi 64' (pen.)

Sápmi 4–2 Provence
Eira 3'
Eira 7'
Logje 28'
Dreyer 83'
Giordano 5', 14'

Men's 3/4 place playoff

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Kurdistan Region 1–3 Sápmi
Jalal 90' Eira 6', 32'
Stangnes 8'

Men's Final

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Padania 2–0 Arameans Suryoye
Colombo 9'
Ligarotti 14'
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Sweden Monty Rieman

 VIVA World Cup 2008 winners 

Padania

First title

Women's results

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[2][4]




 VIVA World Cup 2008 winners 

Sápmi

Inaugural title

Top scorers

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Men

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4 goals[citation needed]

Women

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9 goals

  • Sápmi Gry Keskitalo Skulbørstad

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "II Viva World Cup TM 2008". Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  2. ^ a b c "II Viva World Cup TM 2008". 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.
  4. ^ "VIVA World Cup Official Website - Competition". 2008-11-21. Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
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