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ELF Cup

{{Short description|Football tournament}}

{{more citations needed|date=November 2011}}

{{distinguish|text=the EFL Cup}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name =

| year = 2006

| image = Elfcup.jpg

| size = 200px

| caption = Official Logo

| country = North Cyprus

| dates = 19 November–25 November

| num_teams = 8

| confederations =

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion = North Cyprus

| count = 1

| second = Crimean Tatars

| third = KGZ

| fourth = Zanzibar

| matches = 16

| goals = 62

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|TRNC}} Ertaç Taşkıran
(6 goals)

| player =

| updated =

}}

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.

{{cite web | title=Afghanistan has withdrawn from the tournament| work=Official ELF Cup website | url=http://www.elfcup.org/index.php?tpl=news_single&newsid=14| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009022705/http://www.elfcup.org/index.php?tpl=news_single&newsid=14| url-status=usurped| archive-date=October 9, 2007| accessdate=November 14, 2006 }}

=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.{{cite news

|first =

|last =

|author = Steve Menary

|title = Worlds apart

|url =

|format =

|work = World Soccer Magazine

|publisher =

|pages =

|page = 105

|date = October 2006

|language =

}}

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.{{cite web | title=The alternative World Cup| work=BBC Online | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6107012.stm| accessdate=November 7, 2006 | date=November 7, 2006}}

=Competitors=

  • {{fb|Crimean Tatars}} – representing the Crimean Tatars.
  • {{fb|Gagauzia}} – Gagauzia, an autonomous region of Moldova.{{Cite web|url=https://football.ua/countrieselse/233686-v-poyskakh-pryznanyja.html|title=В поисках признания|publisher=football.ua}}
  • {{fb|Greenland}} – an autonomous region of Denmark, and nominally under the control of the Danish Football Association and is a NF-Board member.
  • {{futsal|Kyrgyzstan}} – a member of the AFC and FIFA, represented here by their futsal team.
  • {{futsal|Tajikistan}} – a member of the AFC and FIFA, represented here by their futsal team.
  • {{fb|Tibet}} – an autonomous region of China, fiercely independent in exile and is a NF-Board member.
  • {{fb|North Cyprus}} – the hosts, an internationally unrecognised state and is a NF-Board member.
  • {{fbu|20|Zanzibar}} – autonomous region of Tanzania, but with membership of the CAF and of the NF-Board, represented here by their under-20 national team.

=Results=

The eight participants were drawn into two groups of four, with the top two from each group progressing to the knockout stage.

==Group A==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width=175 |Team

!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld

!width=20 abbr="Won" |W

!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D

!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L

!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF

!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA

!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD

!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts

style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{futsal|Kyrgyzstan}}

|3

20172+56
style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|Zanzibar}}

|3

12032+15
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Greenland}}

|3

11132+14
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Gagauzia}}

|3

01229–71

----

{{football box

|date = November 19, 2006
12:00 EET

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Gagauzia}}

|score = 0–2

|report=

|team2 = {{fb|Greenland}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Sandgreen {{goal|33}}
Kreutzmann {{goal|68|pen.}}

|stadium = 20 Temmuz Stadium, Kyrenia

| referee =Fahim Dayı (TRNC)

}}

----

{{football box

|date = November 19, 2006
14:00 EET

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|Kyrgyzstan}}

|score = 0–1

|report=

|team2 = {{fbu|20|Zanzibar}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Suleiman {{goal|9}}

|stadium = 20 Temmuz Stadium, Kyrenia

| referee =Aziz Dayı (TRNC)

}}

----

{{football box

|date = November 20, 2006
12:00 EET

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Gagauzia}}

|score = 1–6

|report=

|team2 = {{futsal|Kyrgyzstan}}

|goals1 = Marcov {{goal|31}}

|goals2 = Mamatov {{goal|14||37}}
Kadyrov {{goal|19}}
Sundeev {{goal|65||90}}
Ryskulov {{goal|75}}

|stadium = Mağusa Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium, Gazimağusa

| referee =Mehmet Sezener (TRNC)

}}

----

{{football box

|date = November 20, 2006
14:00 EET

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Greenland}}

|score = 1–1

|report=

|team2 = {{fbu|20|Zanzibar}}

|goals1 = Kreutzmann {{goal|78}}

|goals2 = Omar {{goal|62}}

|stadium = Mağusa Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium, Gazimağusa

| referee =Serdar Bilginer (TRNC)

}}

----

{{football box

|date = November 21, 2006
12:00 EET

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Greenland}}

|score = 0–1

|report=

|team2 = {{futsal|Kyrgyzstan}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Kondratkov {{goal|24}}

|stadium = 20 Temmuz Stadium, Kyrenia

| referee =Cevdet Mertkaya (TRNC)

}}

----

{{football box

|date = November 21, 2006
14:00 EET

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Gagauzia}}

|score = 1–1

|report=

|team2 = {{fbu|20|Zanzibar}}

|goals1 = Ceavdari {{goal|79}}

|goals2 = Muhammed {{goal|76}}

|stadium = 20 Temmuz Stadium, Kyrenia

| referee =Alkın Gedikoğlu (TRNC)

}}

----

==Group B==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width=175 |Team

!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld

!width=20 abbr="Won" |W

!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D

!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L

!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF

!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA

!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD

!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts

style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|TRNC}}

|3

300201+199
style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Crimean Tatars}}

|3

20136–36
style="text-align:left;"|{{futsal|Tajikistan}}

|3

10257–23
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Tibet}}

|3

003014–140

----

{{football box

|date = November 19, 2006
12:00 EET

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Tibet}}

|score = 0–3

|report=

|team2 = {{futsal|Tajikistan}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Aknazarov {{goal|59||67}}
Faizullaev {{goal|65}}

|stadium = Zafer Stadium, Güzelyurt

| referee =Abdullah Özsusuzlu (TRNC)

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = November 19, 2006
18:30 EET

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Crimean Tatars}}

|score = 0–5

|report=

|team2 = {{fb|TRNC}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Çakır {{goal|16}}
Taşkıran {{goal|45}}
Ablitarov {{goal|65|o.g.}}
Uçaner {{goal|78}}
Keleşzade {{goal|87}}

|stadium = Atatürk Stadium, Lefkoşa

| referee =Mehmet Malek (TRNC)

}}

----

{{football box

|date = November 20, 2006
12:00 EET

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Tibet}}

|score = 0–1

|report=

|team2 = {{fb|Crimean Tatars}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Ablâmetov {{goal|41|pen.}}

|stadium = Zafer Stadium, Güzelyurt

| referee =Ulus Sediral (TRNC)

}}

----

{{football box

|date = November 20, 2006
14:00 EET

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRNC}}

|score = 5–1

|report=

|team2 = {{futsal|Tajikistan}}

|goals1 = Kolcu {{goal|34||54}}
Uçaner {{goal|65||90+1}}
Ulusoy {{goal|71}}

|goals2 = Aknazarov {{goal|12}}

|stadium = Zafer Stadium, Güzelyurt

| referee =Serkan Şimşek (TRNC)

}}

----

{{football box

|date = November 21, 2006
12:00 EET

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|Tajikistan}}

|score = 1–2

|report=

|team2 = {{fb|Crimean Tatars}}

|goals1 = Almukhamedov {{goal|45}}

|goals2 = Ametov {{goal|36}}
Hayredinov {{goal|87}}

|stadium = Mağusa Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium, Gazimağusa

| referee =Mehmet Evlat (TRNC)

}}

----

{{football box

|date = November 21, 2006
14:00 EET

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRNC}}

|score = 10–0

|report=

|team2 = {{fb|Tibet}}

|goals1 = Çakır {{goal|13||30||37}}
Çukurovalı {{goal|14||24||43}}
Selden {{goal|17||29}}
Arıkbuka {{goal|54}}
Kansu {{goal|77}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Mağusa Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium, Gazimağusa

| referee =Ramadan Göktan (TRNC)

}}

----

==Semi-finals==

{{football box

|date = November 23, 2006
15:00 EET

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|Kyrgyzstan}}

|score = 2–3 {{aet}}

|report=

|team2 = {{fb|Crimean Tatars}}

|goals1 = Sundeev {{goal|90+2}}
Mustafayev {{goal|102}}

|goals2 = Emiratlı {{goal|18}}
Ablâmetov {{goal|94|pen.}}
Akimov {{goal|97}}

|stadium = Atatürk Stadium, Lefkoşa

| referee = Mehmet Özbilgehan (TRNC)

}}

----

{{football box

|date = November 23, 2006
17:00 EET

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRNC}}

|score = 5–0

|report=

|team2 = {{fbu|20|Zanzibar}}

|goals1 = Taşkıran {{goal|24||34||47||83}}
Ulusoy {{goal|59}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Atatürk Stadium, Lefkoşa

| referee = Savaş Tilki (TRNC)

| motm =

}}

----

==3rd Place Playoff==

{{football box

|date = November 25, 2006
14:30 EET

|team1 = {{futsal-rt|Kyrgyzstan}}

|score = 2–2

|penaltyscore = 7–6

|report=

|team2 = {{fbu|20|Zanzibar}}

|goals1 = Mamatov {{goal|55}}
Riskulov {{goal|65}}

|goals2 = Muhammed {{goal|28||47}}

|stadium = Atatürk Stadium, Lefkoşa

}}

----

==Final==

{{football box

|date = November 25, 2006
16:30 EET

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRNC}}

|score = 3–1

|report=

|team2 = {{fb|Crimean Tatars}}

|goals1 = Çakır {{goal|1}}
Sapsızoğlu {{goal|46}}
Taşkıran {{goal|55}}

|goals2 = Akimov {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium = Atatürk Stadium, Lefkoşa

}}

----

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
2006 ELF Cup Winners
Image:Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg
North Cyprus
First Title

=Golden Team=

class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;"
Goalkeepers

!Defenders

!Midfielders

!Forwards

valign=top|

{{flagicon|TRNC}} Hasan Piro

|valign=top|

{{flagicon|GRL}} Teller Mortensen

{{flagicon|TJK}} Eller Aknazarov

{{flagicon|TRNC}} Hüseyin Amcaoğlu

{{flagicon|TRNC}} Serhan Önet

|valign=top|

{{flagicon|KGZ}} Ulan Riskulov

{{flagicon|TRNC}} Hamis Çakır

{{flagicon|TRNC}} Derviş Kolcu

{{flagicon|Zanzibar}} Sale Juma

|valign=top|

{{flagicon|TRNC}} Ertaç Taşkıran

{{flagicon|Zanzibar}} Muhammed Seyf Muhammed

Scorers

{{col-begin}}

{{col-3}}

;6 goals

  • {{flagicon|TRNC}} Ertaç Taşkıran

;5 goals

  • {{flagicon|TRNC}} Hamis Çakır

;4 goals

  • {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} Ulan Riskulov

;3 goals

  • {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} Jenish Mamatov
  • {{flagicon|Tajikistan}} Daler Aknazarov
  • {{flagicon|TRNC}} Kemal Uçaner
  • {{flagicon|TRNC}} Ediz Çukurovalı
  • {{flagicon|Zanzibar}} Muhammed Seif Muhammed

;2 goals

  • {{flagicon|Gagauzia}} Piotr Marcov
  • {{flagicon|Crimean Tatars|football}} Marlen Akimov
  • {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} Mihail Sundeev
  • {{flagicon|TRNC}} Derviş Kolcu
  • {{flagicon|TRNC}} Sabri Selden
  • {{flagicon|TRNC}} Coşkun Ulusoy

{{col-3}}

;1 goal

  • {{flagicon|Crimean Tatars|football}} Irfan Ametov
  • {{flagicon|Crimean Tatars|football}} Ablâmetov Arsen
  • {{flagicon|Crimean Tatars|football}} Ebubekirov Fevziy
  • {{flagicon|Crimean Tatars|football}} Halil Hayredinov
  • {{flagicon|Crimean Tatars|football}} Emiratlı Ruslan
  • {{flagicon|Gagauzia}} Denis Ceavdari
  • {{flagicon|Greenland}} Niklas Kreutzmann
  • {{flagicon|Greenland}} Pelle Mortensen
  • {{flagicon|Greenland}} Kristian Sandgreen
  • {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} Mustafayev Arsen
  • {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} Dilshat Kadyrov
  • {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} Vadim Kondratkov
  • {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} Sundeev Mihail
  • {{flagicon|Tajikistan}} Sergey Almukhamedov

{{col-3}}

  • {{flagicon|Tajikistan}} Firdavs Faizullaev
  • {{flagicon|TRNC}} Atkun Arıkbuka
  • {{flagicon|TRNC}} Yasin Kansu
  • {{flagicon|TRNC}} Ekrem Keleşzade
  • {{flagicon|TRNC}} Hasan Sapsızoğlu
  • {{flagicon|Zanzibar}} Rajab Rashid Omar
  • {{flagicon|Zanzibar}} Suleiman Kassim Suleiman

;Own goals

{{col-end}}

Match Ball

All the matches were played with Adidas Teamgeist balls.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{in lang|en}} {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20070102213629/http://www.elfcup.org/ Official site]}}
  • {{in lang|tr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195556/http://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/popup.php/cat/8/news/34095/PageName/Spor ELF Cup kicks off]
  • {{in lang|en}} [http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Tibet+National+Football+Team+to+participate+in+ELF+Cup&id=14702 News about the Tibetan team] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195755/http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Tibet+National+Football+Team+to+participate+in+ELF+Cup&id=14702 |date=2007-09-27 }}
  • {{in lang|en}} {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071007001116/http://www.elfcup.org/index.php?men=54&submen=54 Pictures from the tournament]}}

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