2008_Viva_World_Cup
2008 Viva World Cup
International football competition
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.
VIVA World Cup 2008 official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Sápmi |
| Dates | 7–13 July |
| Teams | 5 (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 played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 59 (4.21 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Giordan Ligarotti Stefano Salandra (4 goals) |
← 2006 2009 → | |
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]
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:
Sápmi (host & holder)
Padania
Provence
Kurdistan Region
Arameans Suryoye
The women's teams that took part were:
- Sápmi (host)
- Kurdistan Region
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]
- Gällivare Stadium
- Malmberget Stadium
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.
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[2]
Men's First Round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 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 | — | — | — | — |
| Sápmi | 2–2 | Kurdistan Region |
|---|---|---|
Eira  50' Bertelsen 63'[3] |
Khandan 40' Halgurd 70' |
| Provence | 1–6 | Padania |
|---|---|---|
| Giordano 23' |
Cossato 7' Salandra 34', 45' (pen.) Ligarotti 36', 80'Ferrari 90' |
| Provence | 0–3 | Kurdistan Region |
|---|---|---|
| Rahman 55' Halgurd 90+1', 90+3' |
| 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' |
| Padania | 4–1 | Arameans Suryoye |
|---|---|---|
| Cossato 18' D'Alessandro 40', 90' Salandra 73' |
Muqdisi 64' (pen.) |
Men's 3/4 place playoff
| Kurdistan Region | 1–3 | Sápmi |
|---|---|---|
| Jalal 90' |
Eira 6', 32' Stangnes 8' |
Men's Final
| VIVA World Cup 2008 winners |
|---|
 Padania First title |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[2][4]
| Sápmi | 12–1 | Kurdistan |
|---|---|---|
| Skulbørstad Eira Hallen Esseryd Oscarsson Ragnhild Fosshaug |
| VIVA World Cup 2008 winners |
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 Sápmi Inaugural title |
Men
4 goals[citation needed]
- Stefano Salandra
- Giordan Ligarotti
Women
9 goals
- Gry Keskitalo Skulbørstad
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