Participants of World Football Cup 2014 The full list of all participants And the votings on the last open tickets.
Overview fixed teams
Host As the World Football Cup will be in Östersund, Sweden: Sapmi FA Problem: The Sapmi FA was defunct and inactive. Solution: Per-Anders Blind contacted Hakan Kuorak, the former Sapmi FA president. He was flattered and decided to found a new Sapmi FA again. Hakan Kuorak did register Sapmi FA. On the 10.01. the registration process will be finished. Sapmi is happy to act as the host of the World Football Cup! Sapmi will compete in Östersund!
Best European Team According to the last published Roon Ba non-fifa ranking: Padania Problem: Calcio Padania was deeply connected with the right-wing party Lega Nord Solution: A new, unpolitical, free and independent Football Association was established: Padania FA! Padania FA was happy to receive invitation to the World Football Cup and will participate! Padania FA will compete in Östersund!
Best African Team According to the last published Roon Ba non-fifa ranking: Zanzibar Problem: Zanzibar has financial struggles. Solution: Together with the ZFA we consulted Alisan Saltik, who managed the team at all VIVA World Cups and the ELF Cup and raised funds for the team. He will happily help again with his available sponsoring network. Zanzibar FA president Masoud Attai Masoud will visit Cologne in 2 or 3 weeks. We will meet him and Alisan to sign contracts and discuss details then. Zanzibar FA will compete in Östersund!
Best North American Team According to the results in last years Tournoi de Cultures : Quebec The Quebec FA was happy to receive our invitation. They already published on their homepage and social media that they will come to the Football Cup! Quebec will compete in Östersund!
Best Asian Team According to the last published Roon Ba non-fifa ranking: Kurdistan As Kurdistan FA is present today I would like them to do a statement. Kurdistan will compete in Östersund!
High talented teams 1 A team which is improved dramatically: Tamil Eelam Tamil Eelam FA was very happy to receive our invitation. They are happy to play on the global stage (again)! Tamil Eelam will compete in Östersund!
High talented teams 2 After their win in the Tynwald Hill Tournament: Occitania Occitania FA was happy to get invited. They are looking forward to play with the best teams in the world! Occitania will compete in Östersund!
Wild Card 1 As an amazing award-winning development project: Darfur United Darfur United joined our path on day 1. They all are very happy and looking forward to the World Football Cup! Darfur United will compete in Östersund!
Wild Card 2 As an interesting project with rich culture: Manx Independent Football Association Very interesting project lead by Malcolm Blackburn. Better than everything else it shows how the wish for self-representation can be a long and difficult fight against authorities. Manx Independent FA will compete in Östersund!
Election: 3 teams missing! The previous 9 teams are fixed for the World Football Cup. This means 3 teams are still missing. 5 teams applied to play the World Football Cup and do have sufficient funds to do so: Abkhazia Aramean Suryoye County of Nice Nagorno-Karabakh Raetia
Abkhazia Established in 2007 Until today only 3 friendly matches 1:1 and 0:3 against Nagorno-Karabakh 3:0 against South Ossetia Best player plays in Northern Cyprus league Abkhazia is an independent state West of Georgia with limited recognition (5 states) Georgia claims the territory, but has no control over it. Abkhazia would love to play the World Football Cup!
Aramean Suryoye Established in 2008 Only played the 2008 VIVA World Cup and finished second (behind Padania) Most players from Swedish second or third division Mainly Christian ethnicity from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Lebanon with a huge diaspora in Sweden and Germany Aramean Suryoye is looking forward for a strong comeback!
County of Nice Established in 2013 No matches yet Most likely players from French semi-pro leagues County of Nice is a historical region in France at the Italian border. Only very few of the 500,000 people speak the regional language Nicard (an Occitan dialect) County of Nice wants to start their project with the World Football Cup an could attract high profile players for their team!
Nagorno-Karabakh Established in 2012 Until today only 2 friendly matches 1:1 and 3:0 against Abkhazia Nearly all players play in the top teams of the Armenian League and are experienced in UEFA Europe League (qualifications). Some are Armenian national team players Nagorno-Karabakh is an indepent (unrecognized) nation in the Caucasus region. Azerbaijan claims the territory, but has no control over it. The high profile team finally wants to do the next step and play against the best teams in the world!
Abkhazia: 47 Aramean Suryoye: 71 County of Nice: 14 Nagorno-Karabakh: 37 Raetia: 74
Raetia Established in 2011 Until today only 6 friendly matches and VIVA 2012 Wins agains Tamil Eelam and Monaco. Draw against Seaugais. Other matches lost. All players are Swiss amateurs. Raetia is a historic region in Switzerland existing from 15 B.C. until today. Raetia represent the region aswell as the ancient language Rätoromanisch. Yacine, please tell us more about Raetia and why you would like to play for the World Football Cup!
Please vote for 3 teams now! The 3 teams with the most votes will be qualified for the World Football Cup! Each FA has 10 votes, each individual has 1 vote