FIFI Wild Cup

The FIFI Wild Cup was an alternative FIFA World Cup which was held from 29 May to 3 June 2006 in Germany, prior to the official FIFA World Cup one week later. It was run by Federation of International Football Independents (FIFI).

Not to be confused with FIFA World Cup.

2006 FIFI Wild Cup
Tournament details
Host country Republic of St. Pauli (official)
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)

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 4211081+7
 Gibraltar 4211061+5
 Tibet 02002012−12
Republic of St. Pauli 1–1 Gibraltar
Hakan Demirci ?' Lee Casciaro ?'
Republic of St. Pauli 7–0 Tibet
Abdul Yilmaz ?', ?', ?', ?'
Hakan Demirci ?', ?'
Dennis Daube ?'
Tibet 0–5 Gibraltar

Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Northern Cyprus 6220041+3
 Zanzibar 32101550
 Greenland 0200225−3
Northern Cyprus 1–0 Greenland
Ali Oraloglu 55'
Referee: Tobias Mayer, Germany
Northern Cyprus 3–1 Zanzibar
Agrey Morris 12' (o.g.)
Derviş Kolcu 20' (pen.)
Çagan Cerkez 60'		 Salum Ussi 43'
Referee: Peter Postel, Germany
Greenland 2–4 Zanzibar
Kaassannquaq Zeeb ?' Alek Mohammed ?', ?'
Abdallah Juma ?', ?'

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 39'
Dylan 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.
  6. "Gibraltar given full Uefa membership at London Congress". www.bbc.co.uk. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  7. "Fifa: Kosovo and Gibraltar become members of world governing body". www.bbc.co.uk. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
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