1959–60 Greenlandic Football Championship

The 1959–60 Greenlandic Football Championship (also known as the Danish: Fodboldturneringen Grønlandturneringen, Fodboldmesterskab i Grønland or Greenlandic: Angutit Inersimasut GM) was the 3rd edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. Played on a knock-out basis, the final round was held at in Nuuk. It was won by Nanok who defeated Kissaviarsuk-33 in the final.

Background[]

The first federation to organise a national football championship in Greenland was the GIF (Danish: Grønlands Idrætsforening), a general sports federation that organised more than just football tournaments, founded on 3 September 1953 at a meeting attended by eleven clubs from Upernavik, Uummannaq, Qeqertarsuatsiaat, Qasigiannguit, Aasiaat, Sisimiut, Maniitsoq, Nuuk, Paamiut and Qaqortoq.^[1] The 1954–55 tournament was the first national football tournament and GIF continued to organise the competition, usually announced as Fodboldturneringen, Grønlandturneringen or Fodboldmesterskab i Grønland, until 1970.^[1] For the first decade of its existence, the tournament was held sporadically, with iterations often taking more than a year to complete.^[1] In 1971 a football specific federation, the Football Association of Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaanni Isikkamik Arsaattartut Kattuffiat; Danish: Grønlands Boldspil-Union), was founded, and took over the organisation of the tournament.^[1]

Competing teams[]

Kagssagssuk

Nanok

SAK

Disko Bay Teams:



K-45
Malamuk

Nagdlunguaq-48
T-41

Kujalleq Teams:



K-33

Nuuk Area Teams:
GSS
Kapisillit
Nuuk IL
Qoornoq

Location of teams participating in the 1959–60 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship.

A total of thirty four teams registered for the 1959–60 season of competition.

• , Narsaq
• , Akunnaaq
• , Alluitsup Paa
• , Ikerasak
• , Tasiusaq
• GSS, Nuuk
• , Qeqertarsuatsiaat
• , Ilimanaq
• , Illorsuit
• K-33, Qaqortoq
• Kagssagssuk, Maniitsoq
• Kapisillit, Kapisillit
• , Narsaq
• , Qeqertarsuaq
• Kugsak-45, Qasigiannguit
• Malamuk, Uummannaq
• , Kitsissuarsuit
• Nagdlunguaq-48, Ilulissat
• , Paamiut
• Nanok, Qullissat
• , Ammassivik
• Nuuk IL, Nuuk
• , Narsarmijit
• , Niaqornat
• , Kangaamiut
• , Upernavik
• , Kullorsuaq
• Qoornoq, Qoornoq
• SAK, Sisimiut
• , Napasoq
• , Nanortalik
• T-41, Aasiaat
• , Kangeq
• ,

Format[]

The tournament was played on a knock-out basis, with the teams divided into regional pools for the draw. As a result of this, the timing of matches was such that teams in certain areas were able to play their matches significantly more quickly than those in others.^[2] As a consequence of this, by the end of 1959, the various rounds of the competition do not tie to any overarching time frame and, by the end of 1959, Malamuk and K-33 had qualified for the semi-finals whilst the remaining quarter finals were still to be played.^[2]

Recorded results[]

First preliminary round

Kagssagssuk	12–3
	Report

Second preliminary round

	18–0
	Report

Qoornoq	def.	Kapisillit
	Report

	3–12	Kagssagssuk
	Report

Kugsak-45	3–2
	Report

Competition proper

	1/16 finals				1/8 finals				Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
		20
		5
						0
						21
		Bye
										0
									K-33	14
		3
		1
						0
					K-33	3
	K-33	17
		3
													K-33	W
													Nuuk IL / GSS	L
		1
		7
						3
					Nuuk IL	7
		0
	Nuuk IL	11
									Nuuk IL	Unk
									GSS	Unk
	Qoornoq	3
	GSS	20
					GSS	3
					SAK	2
	Kagssagssuk	1
	SAK	5
																	K-33	L
																	Nanok	W
		w/o
						1
					T-41	2
		0
	T-41	17
									T-41	L
									Nanok	W
		0
	Nanok	4[3]
					Nanok	W
					Nagdlunguaq-48	L[4]
	Kugsak-45	1
	Nagdlunguaq-48	4
													Nanok	W
													Malamuk	L
	Malamuk	5
		0
					Malamuk	6
						0
		4
		6
									Malamuk	W
										L[4]
		Bye
						17
						2
		Bye

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