FIFI Wild Cup

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2006 FIFI Wild Cup
Tournament details
Host country Republic of St. Pauli (official)
Germany Germany (location)
Dates29 May – 3 June
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Northern Cyprus (1st title)
Runners-up Zanzibar
Third place Gibraltar
Fourth place Republic of St. Pauli
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored33 (3.3 per match)

The FIFI Wild Cup was an alternative FIFA World Cup which was held from 29 May to 3 June 2006 in Germany. It was run by Federation of International Football Independents (FIFI). FIFI was a body made up of countries not recognized by FIFA and those whose logistics preclude them from playing representative football. The Millerntor-Stadion in Hamburg hosted all the tournament matches.[1]

The tournament was sponsored by an online gambling consortium. Hosted in the Hamburg borough of St. Pauli, Germany, this tournament enabled disputed political entities to play in international competition.[2][3]

According to organizer Jorg Pommeranz, FIFI had to overcome various obstacles namely China and FIFA applying pressure to exclude Tibet, as well as visas for the players of Northern Cypriot to enter Germany.[4] The tournament winners were the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Spectator attendance was reported as “relatively weak” in June 2006, with an average of four hundred fans, thus a second version was deemed unlikely.[5]

Participants[]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Republic of St. Pauli 4 2 1 1 0 8 1 +7
 Gibraltar 4 2 1 1 0 6 1 +5
 Tibet 0 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12
Republic of St. Pauli 1–1 Gibraltar
Hakan Demirci Goal ?' Lee Casciaro Goal ?'
Republic of St. Pauli 7–0 Tibet
Abdul Yilmaz Goal ?', ?', ?', ?'
Hakan Demirci Goal ?', ?'
Dennis Daube Goal ?'
Tibet 0–5 Gibraltar

Group B[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Northern Cyprus 6 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3
 Zanzibar 3 2 1 0 1 5 5 0
 Greenland 0 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3
Northern Cyprus 1–0 Greenland
Ali Oraloglu Goal 55'
Referee: Tobias Mayer, Germany
Northern Cyprus 3–1 Zanzibar
Agrey Morris Goal 12' (o.g.)
Derviş Kolcu Goal 20' (pen.)
Çagan Cerkez Goal 60'		 Salum Ussi Goal 43'
Referee: Peter Postel, Germany
Greenland 2–4 Zanzibar
Kaassannquaq Zeeb Goal ?' Alek Mohammed Goal ?', ?'
Abdallah Juma Goal ?', ?'

Knockout stage[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Northern Cyprus2
 
 
 
 Gibraltar 0
 
 Northern Cyprus0 (4)
 
 
 
 Zanzibar0 (1)
 
 Republic of St. Pauli1
 
 
 Zanzibar2
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Gibraltar2
 
 
 Republic of St.Pauli1

Semi-finals[]

Northern Cyprus 2–0 Gibraltar
Ali Oraloglu Goal 39'
Dylan Goal 90' (o.g.)
Referee: Markus Dahmas, Germany
Republic of St. Pauli 1–2 Zanzibar

Third place match[]

Republic of St. Pauli 1–2 Gibraltar

Final[]

Northern Cyprus 0–0 Zanzibar
Penalties
4–1
Referee: Moritz Hermann, Germany

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Willkommen beim FIFI Wild Cup 2006". wild-cup.de. 15 June 2006. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Also-rans find World of own". New York Daily News. 4 June 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. ^ "The Clash of the Lilliputians". spiegel.de. 4 June 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Filip Bondy: Also-rans find World of own". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 21 June 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2006.
  5. ^ "Nordzypern feiert ausgelassen Triumph beim "Fifi Wild Cup"" (in German). welt.de. 6 June 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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