The Greenlandic Football Championship (, ) is the premier men's
football
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competition in
Greenland
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.
It was established in 1954, and since 1971 it has been organised by the
Football Association of Greenland
The Football Association of Greenland (; ) (KAK) is the governing body of association football in the island country of Greenland. The KAK was founded on 4 July 1971. It runs the Greenland national football team, men's national team, Greenland wo ...
.
This association is not affiliated to
FIFA
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or to any continental confederation.
B-67 is the most successful football team to have won the championship.
Format
The championship is often called an unusual and unique
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...
as the finals last only one week. This is because football clubs in the large country are so far apart.
Greenland has no roads between cities, so expensive air or lengthy sea travel is needed. Therefore the competition has several regional qualifiers, hosted at a single location, before the finals of 8 teams (as of 2022) are hosted at a single location, which changes year-on-year. These locations have included
Ammassalik
Ammassalik Island () is an island in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland, with an area of . ,
Nanortalik
Nanortalik (, ), formerly Nennortalik, is a town in Nanortalik Island, Kujalleq municipalities of Greenland, municipality, southern Greenland. With 1,072 inhabitants as of 2024, it is the List of cities and towns in Greenland, eleventh-largest ...
and
Kangaatsiaq
Kangaatsiaq (, old spelling: ''Kangâtsiaq'') is a town located in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. The town received town status as recently as 1986, though as a settlement it has existed much longer. It has 507 inhabitants as ...
.
Previous winners
Champions
Teams in bold compete in the Greenlandic Football Championship as of the
2024 season
See also
*
Association football in Greenland
*
ConIFA
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Competitions
Men's competitions
* CONIFA Wo ...
*
Greenland Cup
References
External links
Greenland Football Association official website
Football competitions in Greenland
Greenland-related lists
Top-level association football leagues in North America
Long stubs with short prose
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