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2008 Viva World Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | Viva World Cup |
| year | 2008 |
| image | viva2008.png |
| size | 131px |
| caption | VIVA World Cup 2008 official logo |
| country | Sápmi |
| dates | 7–13 July |
| confederations | 1 |
| num_teams | 5 |
| venues | 2 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion | Padania |
| count | 1 |
| second | Aramean Syriac |
| third | Sápmi |
| fourth | Iraqi Kurdistan |
| matches | 14 |
| goals | 59 |
| top_scorer | Padania Giordan Ligarotti |
| Padania Stefano Salandra (4 goals) | |
| prevseason | 2006 |
| nextseason | 2009 |
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 N.F.-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.
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:
- (host & holder)
The women's teams that took part were:
- (host)
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:
- Gällivare Stadium
- Malmberget Stadium
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)
Men's First Round
Bertelsen Halgurd
Salandra
Ligarotti
Ferrari
Halgurd
Alan Kaplan
Salandra
Ligarotti
D'Alessandro
Salandra
Eira Logje Dreyer
Men's 3/4 place playoff
Stangnes
Men's Final
Ligarotti
Women's results
The first edition, with only two teams, was won by the host, Sapmi, who beat Kurdistan over two legs with an aggregate score of 15–1.
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Eira
Hallen
Esseryd
Oscarsson
Ragnhild Fosshaug
Top scorers
Men
4 goals
- Padania Stefano Salandra
- Padania Giordan Ligarotti
Women
9 goals
- Sápmi Gry Keskitalo Skulbørstad
References
References
- "II Viva World Cup TM 2008".
- "II Viva World Cup TM 2008".
- Nedredal, Sigve. (2008-07-08). "Uavgjort i første kamp i Viva World Cup". NRK Sámi Radio.
- (2008-11-21). "VIVA World Cup Official Website - Competition".
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