Nouvelle Fédération-Board
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| Formation | 12 December 2003 |
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| Type | Football Association |
| Membership | 31 member associations |
| President | Christian Michelis |
| Website | http://www.nf-board.com/ |
The N.F.-Board (New Football Federations-Board, NFB), unofficially Non-FIFA-Board, is a football association established on 12 December 2003. It is made up of teams that represent nations that are not recognized as sovereign states. The NFB seeks to work with FIFA to be a temporary organisation for football teams before they acquire membership in FIFA. Founder and current NFB General Secretary is Luc Misson, a lawyer who represented Belgian footballer Jean-Marc Bosman in a case that led to the Bosman ruling that established greater freedom of movement for professional players in Europe.[1]
The N.F.-Board aims to organise matches between its member teams, stating a belief in the "right to play competitive football",[2] and organises the VIVA World Cup, which took place for the first time in November 2006, in Occitania.[3] The inaugural VIVA World Cup was won by Sápmi who defeated Monaco 21-1. Also Occitania played and Southern Cameroons were expected to participate but failed to appear. The 2nd edition of the tournament was played in Sápmi in 2008 and was contested by 5 teams, representing Sápmi, Aramean-Syriac people, Iraqi Kurdistan, Padania and Provence. The cup was won by Padania after a 2-0 win in the final against Aramean Syriac people representing team.
In July 2007 the N.F.-Board gave official sanction to its first member confederation, the CSANF (Consejo Sudamericano de Nuevas Federaciones, founded 25 May 2007) which represents non-FIFA teams in South America. A second confederation, the Confederation of European New Federations (CENF) which will represent unrecognised football nations in Europe, is in talks to affiliate with the NF-Board. Moreover, probably in 2009 will be formed a new continental confederation for the North America zone.
Starting from September 2007, there is also an official bulletin of the board, called N.F.-Board News which aims at caring about all board's activities throughout the world as well as any news about all its members and potential members. The bulletin appears four times a year at present and its chief editor is Italian sports journalist Antonello Gallo.
In December 2008, during 5th General Meeting Kurdistan, Wallonia, Gozo, Padania, Provence and Aramean Syriac granted full membership while Sardinia was accepted has provisional member.
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[edit] Members
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South America
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1: Provisional Member
2: Associate Member
3: Associate member of local confederation associated with FIFA
4: Potential Member of CSANF
5: Though geographically associated with North America, politically and historically Greenland is closely tied to Europe.
[edit] NF-Board Rankings
[edit] Men's Rankings
As of 28 December 2007
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|  Sápmi |
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|  Northern Cyprus |
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|  Gozo |
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|  Greenland |
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|  Monaco |
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|  Tibet |
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|  Easter Island |
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|  Romani people |
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|  South Moluccas |
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|  Kiribati |
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|  Southern Cameroons |
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|  Chechnya |
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|  Yap |
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[edit] Women's Rankings
As of 28 December 2007
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| Kiribati |
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| Zanzibar |
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Gewinner ja, Sieger nein". Die Welt. Retrieved on December 15, 2005.
- ^ "The alternative World Cup". BBC. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
- ^ "Are you ready for another two World Cups?". 4thegame. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
