N.F.-Board

New Football Federations-Board[1]
Formation 12 December 2003
Type Federation of associations
Website www.nf-board.org

The N.F.-Board (New Football Federations-Board) is a federation of football associations established on 12 December 2003. It is made up of teams that represent nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA. One of the founders was Luc Misson, a lawyer who represented Belgian footballer Jean-Marc Bosman in a case that led to the Bosman ruling.[2]

They organized the VIVA World Cup which took place for the first time in November 2006, in Occitania.

The N.F.-Board organized its 5th VIVA World Cup in June 2012, which was hosted by Kurdistan. A record nine teams featured with the hosts defeating Northern Cyprus 2-1 in the final. The 2012 VIVA was considered the most successful and competitive finals since the tournament began.[3]

Members

The teams in bold competed in at least one Viva World Cup.[4]

Europe
Team
 Gozo
 Monaco
 Northern Cyprus
 Occitania
 Padania
 Provence
 Raetia
 Sápmi
 Two Sicilies
 Chechnya
Cilento
Cossacks
Franconia
 Găgăuzia
 Greenland
Iles d'Or
Labaj
Rijeka
Romani People
 Sardinia
 Saugeais
 Sealand
Seborga
 Skåneland
South Lower Saxony
Szeklerland
 Wallonia
Asia
Team
 Arameans Suryoye
 Iraqi Kurdistan
 Tamil Eelam
 Chagos Islands
Himalaya
Ola Bola
 South Moluccas
 Tibet
West Papua
Africa
Team
 Darfur
 Southern Cameroons
 Western Sahara
 Zanzibar
 Casamance
 Maasai
Peul
 Somaliland
North America
Team
 Cascadia
 West Indies
South America
Team
 Easter Island (Oceania)
Esperanto
Oceania
Team
 Kiribati
 Pohnpei
 Yap

See also

Footnotes

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