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

• Non-FIFA football

Footnotes

1. http://nfbwebsite.wix.com/nfboard#!i-general-provisions/c1fka
2. "Gewinner ja, Sieger nein". Die Welt. Retrieved December 15, 2005.
3. "THE 2012 VIVA WORLD CUP: 3 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER FOR KURDISTAN — IBWM". Inbedwithmaradona.com. 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
4. http://www.nf-board.org/#!fa/casm