Greenlandic_Football_Championship

Greenlandic Football Championship

Greenlandic Football Championship

Top football division in Greenland

The Greenlandic Football Championship (Greenlandic: Isikkamik Arsaalluni Pissartanngorniunneq, GM, Danish: Grønlandsmesterskab i fodbold) is the premier men's football competition in Greenland.[1] It was established in 1954 and since 1971, it has been organised by the Football Association of Greenland.[2] This association is not a part of FIFA or any other continental confederations. B-67 is the most successful football team to have won the championship.[1]

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Format

The championship is often called an unusual and unique tournament as the finals last only one week.[3] This is because football clubs in the large country are so far apart.[2] Greenland has no roads between cities, so expensive air or lengthy sea travel is needed. Therefore the competition has several regional qualifiers, hosted at a single location, before the finals of 8 teams (as of 2022) are hosted at a single location, which changes year-on-year. These locations have included Ammassalik, Nanortalik and Kangaatsiaq.[4]

Previous winners

List of Greenlandic Champions[5]

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By numbers of wins

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Season by season records

Top goalscorers

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Jóhann Páll Ástvaldsson (28 June 2022). "Spila grænlensku Ísbjarnarbangsarnir á Íslandi?". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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    Times, Tomos Knox for These Football; Network, part of the Guardian Sport (2014-10-22). "The unlikely success story of football on the massive island of Greenland". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
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    Chris Scott (18 August 2017). "Greenland: The football season where you can glimpse whales and icebergs". CNN. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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    DigitalFC. "Greenlandic Football Championship (Host Location Changes Each Year) Football Grounds in Greenland | Football Ground Map". www.footballgroundmap.com. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  5. [5]
    "Greenland – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
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