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Greenland Cup#1984

{{Infobox football tournament|founded=1980|logo=|most successful team={{flagicon|Faroe Islands}} Faroe Islands
{{flagicon|Iceland}} Iceland
(2 titles each)|number of teams=Varied|region=North America|abolished=1984|Qualifier for=|Final Champions=Tied|First Champions=Iceland|Top Goalscorer=|Most red cards=|Website=|Television Broadcasters=|Highest Attendance=3,000+|Sponsors=Air Greenland|Mascot=Polar Bear|qualifier for=|broadcasters=}}

The Greenland Cup ({{langx|da|Grønlands Cup}}, {{langx|kl|Kalaallit Nunaat Imertarfik}}) was an association football friendly round-robin tournament controlled by the Football Association of Greenland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512233944/http://www.fifa.com/associations/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 12, 2012|title=FIFA Associations and Confederations |last=FIFA.com|website=FIFA.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-08-19}} The Greenland National Football Team competed as a regular in its short-lived running. Despite being the representing country, Greenland never won the Greenland Cup. It ran from 1980 to 1984, with 3 tournaments overall.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/groenlandcup.html|title=Greenland Cups 1980-84|website=RSSSF|access-date=2018-08-16}}

It was contested by the Greenland, Faroe Islands and Iceland senior male national teams who, at the time, were not affiliated with FIFA. The Faroe Islands and Iceland were the only teams to win the tournament. Both countries have since gone on to become UEFA and FIFA members.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/fro/|title=Faroe Islands - Member associations - Inside UEFA|last=UEFA.com|website=UEFA|language=en|access-date=2018-11-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/isl/|title=Iceland - Member associations - Inside UEFA|last=UEFA.com|website=UEFA|language=en|access-date=2018-11-14}}

Overview

The Greenland Cup tournament was created in 1980. The tournament used knock-out rules or a round robin system. The tournament matches did not have extra time, nor did they go to a penalty shootout. Matches were replayed if drawn, as in the 1983 final.

The first tournament was held in Sauðárkrókur, Akureyri and Húsavík, Iceland. The hosts beat the Faroe Islands 2–1 in the first match, on 30 June 1980. Greenland lost their first game 6–0 to the Faroes,{{cite news |last1=JOSEVSKI |first1=ALEKSANDAR |title=Fra én fodboldbane til 11 på to år: Nu vil Grønland være en fodboldnation |url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/fodbold/fra-en-fodboldbane-til-11-paa-aar-nu-vil-groenland-vaere-en-fodboldnation |access-date=8 April 2020 |work=DR (broadcaster) |date=27 Dec 2017}} and, in the last match, Iceland's national team beat Greenland 4-1 – Iceland's Marteinn Geirsson, Páll Ólafsson, Lárus Guðmundsson, and Guðmundur Steinsson scored a goal each, however, Greenland forward Kristofer Ludvigsen scored the last goal.{{Cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=7619|title=Iceland national team v Greenland*, 3 July 1980|website=eu-football.info|language=en|access-date=2018-08-16}}

Two years after the first edition, 1983 saw the second Greenland Cup. The match for the cup between Greenland and the Faroe Islands ended in a 0–0 draw. The match was then replayed several days later.{{Vague|date=April 2020}} The rematch saw the Faroe Islands beating Greenland in a close 3–2 victory in the Greenland capital city of Nuuk.{{Cite web|url=http://polar-bamserne.wifeo.com/national-team.php|title=Greenland National Team|website=polar-bamserne.wifeo.com|language=fr|access-date=2018-11-14}}

The third and last Greenland Cup tournament was in 1984, when Iceland made a comeback to the tournament. Greenland lost to both the Faroe Islands and Iceland in 1-0 results, putting Greenland in third place.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/groen-intres.html|title=Greenland - List of International Matches|website=RSSSF|access-date=2018-09-13}} The Faroe Islands and Iceland met in the final, sharing the cup after the match came to a draw. After this tournament, the Greenland Cup was abolished due to a lack of quality from Greenland's national team.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} The Football Association of Greenland's president, Lars Lundblad, mentioned the interest in reviving the Greenland Cup after the improvement of Greenland's team and would be possible if Greenland joins FIFA.{{Cite news|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/06/22/greenland-handball-world-championship/|title=Greenland seizes sports moment as Iceland plays in World Cup|date=2018-06-22|work=OlympicTalk|access-date=2018-08-16|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/y=2014/m=11/news=gronlands-traum-vom-gro%C3%9Fen-fussball-2471713-2471749.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909012351/http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2014/m=11/news=gronlands-traum-vom-gro%C3%9Fen-fussball-2471713-2471749.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2015|title=Greenland's great footballing dream|last=FIFA.com|date=2014-11-06|work=FIFA.com|access-date=2018-08-16|language=en-GB}}{{Cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-greenland/danish-fa-supports-greenlands-bid-to-join-uefa-fifa-idUKKCN0SN1WY20151029|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803194256/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-greenland/danish-fa-supports-greenlands-bid-to-join-uefa-fifa-idUKKCN0SN1WY20151029|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 3, 2018|title=Danish FA supports Greenland's bid to join UEFA, FIFA|last=Homewood|first=Brian|work=U.K.|access-date=2018-11-14|language=en-GB}}{{Quote without source|date=April 2020}}{{Request quotation|date=April 2020}}

Winners

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width=5%|Year

!width=10%|Host

! rowspan="5" style="width:1%; background:#fff;"|

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Runner-up

!width=14%|Third place

1980{{Cite web|url=http://polar-bamserne.wifeo.com/fixtures1980.php|title=Fixtures Greenland 1980|website=polar-bamserne.wifeo.com|language=fr|access-date=2018-08-16}}
Details

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|{{fb-big|ISL}}

|{{fb-big|FRO}}

|{{fb-big|GRL}}

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|1983
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|{{fb-big|FRO}}

|{{fb-big|GRL}}

|{{N/A}}

1984
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|align=left|{{flag|Faroe Islands}}

|colspan=2|{{fb|ISL}} and {{fb|FRO}}

|{{fb-big|GRL}}

  1. The first 1983 Greenland Cup final ended in a 0–0 result between Faroe Islands and Greenland, so the match was replayed.

1980

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!width=30|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ISL}} (H)

|2

20062+44
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRO}}

|2

10172+52
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GRL}}

|2

002110−90

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|date = 30 June 1980

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|score = 2–1

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|team2 = {{fb|FRO}}

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{{football box

|date = 2 July 1980

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|score = 6–0

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|goals1 = Nolsøe {{goal|33||79||82||88}}
Petersen {{goal|71}}
Vagalid {{goal|78}}

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|date = 3 July 1980

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|score = 4–1

|report =

|team2 = {{fb|GRL}}

|goals1 = Godmundsson {{goal|23}}
Olfsson {{goal|32}}
Gerisson {{goal|34}}
Steirsson {{goal|36}}

|goals2 = Nolsøe {{goal|49}}

|stadium = Sauðárkrókur

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

1983

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width=175 style="text-align:left;"|Team

!width=30|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

style="background:#ccffcc;"

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

|2

11032+13
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GRL}} (H)

|2

01123–11

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|date = 29 June 1983

|time =

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

|score = 0–0

|report =

|team2 = {{fb|FRO}}

|goals1 =

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|stadium = Nuuk

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{football box

|date = 3 July 1983

|time =

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

|score = 2–3

|report =

|team2 = {{fb|FRO}}

|goals1 = Kreutzmann {{goal|5}}
Sandgreen {{goal|60}}

|goals2 = Davidson {{goal|25}}
Christiansen {{goal|30}}
Højgaard {{goal|45}}

|stadium = Nuuk

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

1984

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

!width=30|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=30|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

style="background:#ccffcc;"

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

|2

11010+13
style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRO}} (H)

|2

11010+13
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GRL}}

|2

00202−20

{{football box

|date = 1 August 1984

|time =

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

|score = 0–0

|report =

|team2 = {{fb|ISL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Klaksvík

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{football box

|date = 3 August 1984

|time =

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

|score = 0–1

|report =

|team2 = {{fb|ISL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Klaksvík

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{football box

|date = 5 August 1984

|time =

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

|score = 1–0

|report =

|team2 = {{fb|GRO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Klaksvík

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

=Post-tournament friendly=

{{football box

|date = 7 August 1984

|time =

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

|score = 4–2

|report =

|team2 = {{fb|GRO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tórshavn

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

Goalscorers

;4 goals

;1 goal

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See also

External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/groenlandcup.html RSSSF - Greenland Cups 1980–84]

References

Category:Football competitions in Greenland

Category:Greenland national football team

Category:Greenland-related lists