ELF Cup
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | North Cyprus |
| Dates | 19 November–25 November |
| Teams | 8 |
| VenueTemplate:Pluralize from text | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg Northern Cyprus (Script error: No such module "Ordinal". title) |
| Runners-up | Template:Country data Crimean Tatars |
| Third place | File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of Zanzibar.svg Zanzibar |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 62 (3.88 per match) |
| Top scorerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Template:Flagicon Ertaç Taşkıran (6 goals) |
The ELF Cup (Equality, Liberty, Fraternity) was an international football tournament organised by the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation (KTFF), a member of the NF-Board. It was played only once, in 2006. Among the participants were NF-Board teams and FIFA member teams from the Asian Football Confederation.
ELF Cup 2006
The 2006 ELF Cup took place in the North Cyprus between November 19 and 25. Initially announced for non-FIFA teams only, the 2006 tournament also found places for three teams from the Asian Football Confederation - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan. However, under pressure from FIFA, Afghanistan withdrew from the tournament. [1]
Controversy
Initially, it was announced that the North Cyprus were to hold the inaugural VIVA World Cup tournament, organised by the NF-Board as a bi-annual competition for the best non-FIFA nations. However, a dispute between the NF-Board and a new regime at the KTFF led to the tournament being taken away and granted to Occitania. The NF-Board claimed that the new government of the North Cyprus insisted on restricting which nations could and could not take part. The KTFF, however, claimed that the NF-Board made unreasonable financial demands.[2]
In response, the KTFF announced that the ELF Cup would be held at the same time as the VIVA World Cup, and have promised to pay travelling expenses to the participants, which has attracted some NF-Board members. The KTFF hope that the tournament will bring North Cyprus further into the international arena.[3]
Competitors
- Template:Country data Crimean Tatars – representing the Crimean Tatars.
- File:Flag of Gagauzia.svg Găgăuzia – Gagauzia, an autonomous region of Moldova.[4]
- File:Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland – an autonomous region of Denmark, and nominally under the control of the Danish Football Association and is a NF-Board member.
- Template:Futsal – a member of the AFC and FIFA, represented here by their futsal team.
- Template:Futsal – a member of the AFC and FIFA, represented here by their futsal team.
- File:Flag of Tibet.svg Tibet – an autonomous region of China, in exile and is a NF-Board member.
- File:Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg Northern Cyprus – the hosts, an internationally unrecognised state and is a NF-Board member.
- File:Flag of Zanzibar.svg Zanzibar – autonomous region of Tanzania, but with membership of the CAF and of the NF-Board, represented here by their under-20 national team.
Results
The eight participants were drawn into two groups of four, with the top two from each group progressing to the knockout stage.
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Template:Futsal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Zanzibar.svg Zanzibar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Gagauzia.svg Găgăuzia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 1 |
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg Northern Cyprus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 9 |
| Template:Country data Crimean Tatars | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 6 |
| Template:Futsal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Tibet.svg Tibet | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | –14 | 0 |
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Semi-finals
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3rd Place Playoff
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Final
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| 2006 ELF Cup Winners |
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| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus First Title |
Golden Team
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Template:Flagicon Hasan Piro |
Template:Flagicon Teller Mortensen |
Template:Flagicon Ulan Riskulov |
Template:Flagicon Ertaç Taşkıran |
Scorers
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Match Ball
All the matches were played with Adidas Teamgeist balls.[citation needed]
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Afghanistan has withdrawn from the tournament". Official ELF Cup website. Archived from the original on October 9, 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2006.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Steve Menary (October 2006). "Worlds apart". World Soccer Magazine. p. 105.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The alternative World Cup". BBC Online. November 7, 2006. Retrieved November 7, 2006.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."В поисках признания". football.ua.
External links
- Template:In lang Official site
- Template:In lang ELF Cup kicks off
- Template:In lang News about the Tibetan team Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- Template:In lang Pictures from the tournament
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