The FIFI Wild Cup was an alternative to the FIFA World Cup, held from May 29 to June 3, 2006 in

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, prior to the official

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which started one week later. It was run by the Federation of International Football Independents (FIFI). FIFI was a body composed of countries not recognized at the time by

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and those whose logistics or political disputes prevented them from playing representative

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. The

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hosted all the tournament matches. The tournament was sponsored by a German

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consortium called myBet, as well as Goool.de Sportswear GmbH, who paid a combined €750,000 to fund the tournament. The tournament had 2 mascots, Schäfer and Schmitz. Media patronage was provided by TV stations DSF and

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. The tournament was organized by Essen Agencies, Carat Sponsorship GmbH, and Western Star GmbH. According to organizer Jorg Pommeranz, FIFI had to overcome various obstacles, such as

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and FIFA applying pressure to exclude Tibet, and difficulties for players representing

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obtaining visas to enter Germany. The tournament winners were the

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. Spectator attendance was reported as “relatively weak”, with an average of 400 fans per match, although this could have been affected by poor weather. Consequently, a second edition of the tournament was deemed to be unlikely, although they considered a 2010 edition to be hosted by Greenland.

Participants

* — an autonomous country within the

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and under the control of the

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. * — an unrecognized state under the control of Cyprus Turkish Football Federation. * — autonomous part of

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but member of CAF. Their manager for the tournament was

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. * — A

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. Gibraltar gained membership of

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in May 2013. The country gained membership of

in May 2016. * — an autonomous region of

. * Republic of St. Pauli — representing the

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area of

, the host city. (FC St. Pauli's junior team played as the Republic of St. Pauli.) was invited but withdrew before the tournament began.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third-place match

Final

Top Goalscorers

Note: Some goalscorers from Gibraltar and Republic of St. Pauli are not listed because there is incomplete information on those games. ; 4 Goals * Abdul Yilmaz ( Republic of St. Pauli) ; 3 Goals * Hakan Demirci (Republic of St. Pauli) ; 2 Goals * Ali Oraloğlu * Abdallah Juma Ally * Alek Mohamed * Coaui Maise ; 1 Goal * Lee Cascario * Anders Cortsen * Kassannguaq Zeeb * Çagan Çerkez * Derviş Colcu * Dennis Daube (Republic of St. Pauli) * Sierra Mauni (Republic of St. Pauli) * Salum Ussi Hamad ; Own goals * Dylan (against Northern Cyprus) * Agrey Morris (against Northern Cyprus)

Final Standings

References

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