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In 2006, the first VIVA World Cup was initially planned in Northern Cyprus after validation of a reconnaissance visit by the management of the N.F.-Board, political changes took place in the meantime in this territory, with repercussions on the Federation of Northern Cyprus football.[https://lahora.com.ec/noticia/500776/una-amenaza-al-monopolio-de-la-fifa From 19 to 25 November 2006 the first FIFA Cup Monde Viva, in northern Cyprus] (La Hora (Ecuador)) Northern Cyprus no longer admits to receiving certain football associations, the Emergency Committee of the N.F.-Board takes the decision to cancel the edition planned there and to transfer the competition to Hyères in France.[https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2327&artikel=1026561 The football field divides the NF-Board into two camps] (Sveriges Radio) In response, the Northern Cyprus Football Federation announced the organization of the ELF Cup and promised to pay the travel expenses of the participants, the competition will be won by the Northern Cyprus selection.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nonfifacups.html#elf ELF Cup 2006] (RSSSF)

In 2010, the Monaco Football Association left the N.F.-Board. The captain of the selection at the time, Yohan Garino, explains: “For political reasons, we are not authorized by our government to play against certain teams. We also had some problems with the NF-Board which used photos of the Monaco Football Association and Prince Albert as advertising for their many matches without authorization. We were particularly disappointed by this last point which is very detrimental to us".[https://www.cies-uni.org/sites/default/files/SBW_18_MAY_2010.pdf Monaco leaves the board of directors of the NF-Board] (Microsoft Word)

During the Kurdistan 2012 VIVA World Cup, a large sum of money intended for the event disappeared. The Belgian tax authorities subsequently investigated. Disputes arose among the founders. At the 2013 Annual General Meeting in Munich, Christian Michelis, one of the founders of the N.F.-Board, resigned as president, but as there were still many financial irregularities in his presidency that needed investigation, the NFB did not accept. Michelis denied this, and the association subsequently suspended him.{{Cite news |author=Steve Menary |url=https://www.playthegame.org/news/news-articles/2015/0020_non-fifa-football-in-quarrel/ |title=Non-FIFA football in quarrel |publisher=Play the Game |date=13 March 2015 |language=en |access-date=21 June 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150727192536/http://www.playthegame.org/news/news-articles/2015/0020_non-fifa-football-in-quarrel/ |archive-date=27 July 2015 |url-status=dead}} Thus, the organizational structure collapsed, and the association existed only on paper.{{Cite news |author=Joris Kaper |url=https://staantribune.nl/die-andere-voetbalbond-van-de-nf-board-naar-de-conifa/ |title=Die andere voetbalbond: van de NF-Board naar de ConIFA |trans-title= That Other Football Association: From the N.F.-Board to the CONIFA |publisher=Staantribune |date=2016-05-19 |language=nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521080758/https://staantribune.nl/die-andere-voetbalbond-van-de-nf-board-naar-de-conifa/ |archive-date=21 May 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=21 June 2021}}

Swedish referee Per-Anders Blind, who also officiated at VIVA World Cup matches and attended the Annual General Meeting in Munich, was subsequently approached by various member associations to make a new football confederation. Blind, in response, founded the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CIFA; now CONIFA) in July 2013.{{Cite journal |author=Andrew Headspeath |url=https://thesetpieces.com/world-football/world-football-cup-forgotten-nations/ |title=The World Football Cup of Forgotten Nations |journal=The Set Pieces |date=7 August 2017 |access-date=21 June 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230514041950/https://thesetpieces.com/world-football/world-football-cup-forgotten-nations/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |url-status=live}}{{Cite journal |author=Ario Bimo Utomo |title=The Paradiplomatic Role of the ConIFA in Promoting Self-Determination of Marginalised Entities |journal=Jurnal Global & Strategis |volume=13 |number=1 |date=8 April 2019 |page=27 |doi=10.20473/jgs.13.1.2019.25-36|doi-access=free }}

According to the NFB's own statements, it was reorganised in the summer of 2014,{{cite web |url=http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/f867c1_0ed8091389f545b3a2f2a49ee57cd30f.pdf |title=FB-0064-EN.eps - VIVA World Cup™ Official |publisher=N.F.-Board |date=15 January 2017 |accessdate=26 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250526165342/http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/f867c1_0ed8091389f545b3a2f2a49ee57cd30f.pdf |archive-date=26 May 2025 |url-status=live}} and in 2024, they made the claim that Michelis had reached out to Per-Anders Blind to approve of the creation of CONIFA, shortly after his resignation.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122109549476177248&id=61555317466142&_rdr |title=Historique de la VIVA World Cup : pourquoi l'édition 2014 n'a-t-elle pas eu lieu ? (partie 2). - N.F.-Board officiel |website=Facebook |date=16 January 2024 |accessdate=26 May 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250526160332/https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122109549476177248&id=61555317466142&_rdr |archive-date=26 May 2025 |url-status=live}}

Plans for the 2014 VIVA World Cup fell through, first with Östersund in Sápmi, of whom had applied in 2010, however left for CONIFA; then with the Isle of Man who did so at an unknown time, however the NFB claimed to continue the application again for a "pseudo European Championship" in 2015; and finally with Tatarstan in 2013–2014, as Andrei Rudakov, the person they were discussing with to make the tournament, had been summoned for embezzlement, and a lack of time to organise a new tournament as the VIVA World Cup for that year.{{cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122111497388177248 | title=Historique de la VIVA World Cup : pourquoi l'édition 2014 n'a-t-elle pas eu lieu ? (partie 3) | publisher=N.F.-Board | date=16 January 2024 | accessdate=27 May 2025 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20250527155452/https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122111497388177248 | archive-date=27 May 2025 | url-status=live}}

On 6 May 2017, the N.F.-Board announced it's return, making the claim that they would be taking over leadership of the Non-FIFA scene once again.[https://131c8a2b-b90c-d7bf-83d1-9769982e3b82.filesusr.com/ugd/f867c1_7895967742644702aa66d61dfdcac63b.pdf Suivez le "Retour du N.F.-Board" / Follow the "Come Back" of the N.F.-Board], 6 May 2017. {{Web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629010520/https://131c8a2b-b90c-d7bf-83d1-9769982e3b82.filesusr.com/ugd/f867c1_7895967742644702aa66d61dfdcac63b.pdf|date=29 June 2021}}

2 weeks later, on 21 May, they announced the 2017 Euro Viva Cup,{{Efn|''Also called the EUROVIVA-Cup 2017}} a 2018 Women's Viva World Cup, and announced the possibility of setting up a branch of the N.F.-Board called NFB-EUROPE, all in Vichy.[https://131c8a2b-b90c-d7bf-83d1-9769982e3b82.filesusr.com/ugd/f867c1_e4e3a4badcee43339157d312221ce6ef.pdf PRESSE CONFERENCE + PRESS RELEASE NFB (MAY 21st 2017)]. {{Web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517184942/https://131c8a2b-b90c-d7bf-83d1-9769982e3b82.filesusr.com/ugd/f867c1_e4e3a4badcee43339157d312221ce6ef.pdf|date=17 May 2024}} One day later, they updated the countries' positions on the NFB's website, suspending most Associates and graduating the provisional associations to Associate, or suspending them, or even removing them entirely.[https://archive.today/20160910234901/http://nfbwebsite.wixsite.com/nfboard/fa Pre-22 April 2017 positions]

[https://archive.today/20250502035820/https://nfbwebsite.wixsite.com/nfboard/fa Post-22 April 2017 positions]{{Clarify|reason=It is unclear what the NF-Board means by “historical associations” and “suspended associations”.|date=May 2025}} On 6 December, however, the Vichy authorities had communicated that negotiations with the N.F.-Board had been interrupted for some time, and that no tournament would be held.{{cite web|access-date=2020-11-24 |author=Olivier Rezel |date=2017-12-06 |language=fr |title=La compétition internationale était prévue du 10 au 17 décembre, à Vichy |url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/vichy-03200/sports/la-competition-internationale-etait-prevue-du-10-au-17-decembre-a-vichy_12657341/ |website=lamontagne.fr}}

On 20 June 2023, the N.F.-Board moved their headquarters from Liège to Saint-Christophe-et-le-Laris.{{cite web |url=https://annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/etablissement/92382052600013 |title=Siège social - N.F.-BOARD à 26350 SAINT-CHRIST Siège social - N.F.-BOARD à 26350 SAINT-CHRISTOPHE-ET-LE-LARIS - SIRET 923 820 526 00013 {{pipe}} L'Annuaire des Entreprises |access-date=9 May 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509172457/https://annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/etablissement/92382052600013 |archive-date=9 May 2025 |url-status=live}}

On 1 February 2024, the N.F.-Board announced the 2025 Mixed Viva World Cup, which would have "both a mix of genres and a mix of rules of the game", and is said to be restricted to non-FIFA UN countries, subdivisions of countries, and transnational/indigenous people. The cup is scheduled to run from June 20–29.{{update after|2025|6|29|reason=Has it played out yet?}}{{cite press release | url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122124215894177248&id=61555317466142 | title=Communiqué de presse numéro 43 en version langue anglaise. | number=43 | accessdate=9 May 2025 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509202400/https://web.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122124215894177248&id=61555317466142&_rdc=1&_rdr | archive-date=9 May 2025 | url-status=live}}

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On 18 January 2025, they, once again, announced 2 new VIVA World Cups for 2026 and 2028, saying the 2026 VIVA World Cup will be restricted to non-FIFA UN countries, and the 2028 one, to non-FIFA islands and archipelagos, however refused to disclose more detail past that point.{{update after|2026|31|12|reason=2026 VIVA WC has played out, right?}}{{update after|2028|31|12|reason=2028 VIVA WC has played out, right?}}{{Facebook|1=photo/?fbid=122200595636177248&set=pcb.122200596674177248|name=NF-Board officiel}}. {{Web archive|url=https://archive.today/20250508044013/https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122200595636177248&set=pcb.122200596674177248|date=8 May 2025}}{{Facebook|1=photo?fbid=122200596014177248&set=pcb.122200596674177248|name=NF-Board officiel}}. {{Web archive|url=https://archive.today/20250508052315/https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122200596014177248&set=pcb.122200596674177248|date=8 May 2025}}

{{Main article|Viva World Cup}}

N.F.-Board organized five and planned six VIVA World Cups, including the inaugural games in November 2006. As of 2012, the reigning champion is Kurdistan, and the runner up is Northern Cyprus national football team.

The events that were placed are as follows (striken-out events are cancelled):

• 2006 Viva World Cup in Hyères, Occitania
• 2008 Viva World Cup in Gällivare, Sápmi
• 2009 Viva World Cup in Padania (Varese, Novara, Brescia, and Verona)
• 2010 Viva World Cup in Gozo (Xewkija, and Sannat)
• 2012 Viva World Cup in Kurdistan (Erbil, Salahaddin, Sulaymaniyah, and Duhok)
• 2014 Viva World Cup in Kazan, Tatarstan

• 2017 Viva World Cup in Vichy, France
• 2025 Viva World Cup in Drôme de Collines, France (planned)
• 2026 Viva World Cup in TBD
• 2028 Viva World Cup in TBD

They also hosted woman editions in 2008 and 2010 in the same locations as the men's tournament.

Since 2013, Non-FIFA international football has been managed by the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA).

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