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ELF Cup
Official Logo
Tournament details
Host countryNorth Cyprus
Dates19 November – 25 November
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Northern Cyprus (1st title)
Runners-up Crimean Tatars
Third place Kyrgyzstan
Fourth place Zanzibar
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored62 (3.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)Northern Cyprus 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

Results

The eight participants were drawn into two groups of four, with the top two from each group progressing to the knockout stage. For details of the squads, see 2006 ELF Cup Squads.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kyrgyzstan 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
 Zanzibar 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Greenland 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
 Găgăuzia 3 0 1 2 2 9 –7 1
Găgăuzia 0–2 Greenland
Kristian Sandgreen 33'
Niklas Kreutzmann 68' (pen.)
Referee: Fahim Dayı (TRNC)
Kyrgyzstan 0–1 Zanzibar
Suleiman Kassim Suleiman 9'
Referee: Aziz Dayı (TRNC)
Găgăuzia 1–6 Kyrgyzstan
Marcov 31' Jenish Mamatov 14', 37'
Dilshat Kadyrov 19'
Mihail Sundeev 65', 90'
Ulan Ryskulov 75'
Referee: Mehmet Sezener (TRNC)
Greenland 1–1 Zanzibar
Pelle Mortensen 78' Omar 62'
Referee: Serdar Bilginer (TRNC)
Greenland 0–1 Kyrgyzstan
Vadim Kondratkov 24'
Referee: Cevdet Mertkaya (TRNC)
Găgăuzia 1–1 Zanzibar
Denis Ceavdari 79' Muhammed Seif Muhammed 76'
Referee: Alkın Gedikoğlu (TRNC)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Northern Cyprus 3 3 0 0 20 1 +19 9
 Crimean Tatars 3 2 0 1 3 6 –3 6
 Tajikistan 3 1 0 2 5 7 –2 3
 Tibet 3 0 0 3 0 14 –14 0
Tibet 0–3 Tajikistan
Daler Aknazarov 59', 67'
Firdavs Faizullaev 65'
Referee: Abdullah Özsusuzlu (TRNC)
Crimean Tatars 0–5 Northern Cyprus
Hamis Çakır 16'
Ertaç Taşkıran 45'
Rizvan Ablitarov 65' (o.g.)
Kemal Uçaner 78'
Ekrem Keleşzade 87'
Referee: Mehmet Malek (TRNC)
Tibet 0–1 Crimean Tatars
Arsen Ablâmetov 41' (pen.)
Referee: Ulus Sediral (TRNC)
Northern Cyprus 5–1 Tajikistan
Derviş Kolcu 34', 54'
Kemal Uçaner 65', 90+1'
Coşkun Ulusoy 71'		 Daler Aknazarov 12'
Referee: Serkan Şimşek (TRNC)
Tajikistan 1–2 Crimean Tatars
Sergey Almukhamedov 45' İrfan Ametov 36'
Halil Hayredinov 87'
Referee: Mehmet Evlat (TRNC)
Northern Cyprus 10–0 Tibet
Hamis Çakır 13', 30', 37'
Ediz Çukurovalı 14', 24', 43'
Sabri Selden 17', 29'
Atkun Arıkbuka 54'
Yasin Kansu 77'
Referee: Ramadan Göktan (TRNC)

Semi-Finals

Kyrgyzstan 2–3 (a.e.t.) Crimean Tatars
Mihail Sundeev 90+2'
Arsen Mustafayev 102'		 Ruslan Emiratlı 18'
Arsen Ablâmetov 94' (pen.)
Marlen Akimov 97'
Referee: Mehmet Özbilgehan (TRNC)
Northern Cyprus 5–0 Zanzibar
Ertaç Taşkıran 24', 34', 47', 83'
Coşkun Ulusoy 59'
Referee: Savaş Tilki (TRNC)

3rd Place Playoff

Kyrgyzstan 2–2
(7–6 PSO)		 Zanzibar
Jenish Mamatov 55'
Ulan Riskulov 65'		 Muhammed Seif Muhammed 28', 47'

Final

Northern Cyprus 3–1 Crimean Tatars
Hamis Çakır 1'
Hasan Sapsızoğlu 46'
Ertaç Taşkıran 55'		 Marlen Akimov 90+3'
2006 ELF Cup Winners
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
North Cyprus
First Title

Golden Team

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Northern Cyprus Hasan Piro

Greenland Teller Mortensen
Tajikistan Eller Aknazarov
Northern Cyprus Hüseyin Amcaoğlu
Northern Cyprus Serhan Önet

Kyrgyzstan Ulan Riskulov
Northern Cyprus Hamis Çakır
Northern Cyprus Derviş Kolcu
Zanzibar Sale Juma

Northern Cyprus Ertaç Taşkıran
Zanzibar Muhammed Seyf Muhammed

Scorers

Trivia

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Afghanistan has withdrawn from the tournament". Official ELF Cup website. Retrieved November 14, 2006.
  2. ^ Steve Menary (October 2006). "Worlds apart". World Soccer Magazine. p. 105.
  3. ^ "The alternative World Cup". BBC Online. November 7, 2006. Retrieved November 7, 2006.
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