‘UNPO Football Cup’

Semi Final I: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria vs. Southern-Cameroons
Semi Final II: West-Papua vs. Southern-Moluccas

Final: Winner I vs. Winner II

Venue: Sportcomplex ‘De Verademing’, Asmansweg, The Hague

Date: Thursday 23 June 2005

Time: 18h.00

The UNPO Football Cup is a tournament for teams formed from nations, minorities and indigenous peoples that are prevented from participating in the official world of sports. The tournament will be held in the spirit of the Olympic tradition of Pierre de Coubertin. Participating teams will be: the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Southern-Cameroons, West-Papua and Southern-Moluccas. By representing their people, these official teams will create awareness of the struggle of unrepresented nations and peoples. The tournament is in preparation of the ‘VIVA World Cup 2005’ organized by a partnership of UNPO and Non-FIFA Board, a FIFA-counterpart that represents peoples not recognized by the FIFA. The tournament will take place on Thursday 23 June, 6 pm, at the ‘Sportcomplex De Verademing’ Asmanweg, The Hague, the Netherlands. It will be open to the public and attended by the respective communities of the participants and the guests of the General Assembly (GA).

The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is a democratic, international membership organization. Its Members are indigenous peoples, occupied nations, minorities and independent states or territories who have joined together to protect their human and cultural rights, preserve their environments, and to find non-violent solutions to conflicts which affect them.

UNPO will convene its Seventh General Assembly from 24 to 26 June 2005. 61 UNPO Members, from the Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa to the Caucasus and Asia, will be sending their delegates to The Hague, the Netherlands under the slogan “Globalize Democracy; To Defend Human Rights and the Right to Self-Determination in a System of International Law Guarantees”. During the GA, delegates will discuss current developments concerning indigenous peoples, occupied nations, minorities and independent states, and will also take in a Peace March and the UNPO Football Cup.

For further inquiries please contact the UNPO secretariat by phone (+31(0)70 3646504) or e-mail ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). Contact person: Mr. Maarten Rottschäfer