Greenland's football league

It consists of 8 teams, 20 games, lasts 6 days and started on Monday.
The teams all congregate annually in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland (population: 20,000) and play around the clock, daylight being ever-present at this time of the year.
Due to the geography and weather (snow and ice cover for most of the year) there are practically no roads between the towns in Greenland, no rail connections and no real inland water system.
The national team of Greenland is barred from joining UEFA as the island is not a fully independent state, Wales having been fortunate way back when in that respect.

For those wishing to visit Nuuk, it's a 5 hour flight from Copenhagen, which can be reached from Bristol. (I'm visiting next month but having to change planes at Amsterdam as well for the return trip - and which will mean that the overall journey will take more time than my stay there).

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

It consists of 8 teams, 20 games, lasts 6 days and started on Monday.
The teams all congregate annually in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland (population: 20,000) and play around the clock, daylight being ever-present at this time of the year.
Due to the geography and weather (snow and ice cover for most of the year) there are practically no roads between the towns in Greenland, no rail connections and no real inland water system.
The national team of Greenland is barred from joining UEFA as the island is not a fully independent state, Wales having been fortunate way back when in that respect.

For those wishing to visit Nuuk, it's a 5 hour flight from Copenhagen, which can be reached from Bristol. (I'm visiting next month but having to change planes at Amsterdam as well for the return trip - and which will mean that the overall journey will take more time than my stay there).

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There must be another reason for Greenland's exclusion given that neither Gibraltar nor the Faroe Islands are fully independent.

Enjoy

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Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays

There must be another reason for Greenland's exclusion given that neither Gibraltar nor the Faroe Islands are fully independent.

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Probably something to do with The Trades Description Act, it's Hardly Green and apart from the tip of the South, the rest is basically an Ice Cap I believe, which means the ground is frozen all year round.

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Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays

There must be another reason for Greenland's exclusion given that neither Gibraltar nor the Faroe Islands are fully independent.

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I think it is due to a change of the rules.

I'm not sure why Greenland would be any different to Gibraltar? Gibraltar more contentious I would suggest?

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

I'm not sure why Greenland would be any different to Gibraltar? Gibraltar more contentious I would suggest?

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It's not recognised as a sovereign state by the UN, and it can't grow grass....

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

It's not recognised as a sovereign state by the UN, and it can't grow grass....

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That's not the case re: grass in summer

https://images.app.goo.gl/HkY7Ps4ybhoZMJ779

So you're saying the Welsh prem could be viewed as a success story.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

It's not recognised as a sovereign state by the UN, and it can't grow grass....

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Gibraltar isn't a sovereign state either. I don't see the difference? There are of course other things to fulfil like suitable management structures etc, but I don't think it's status as a country is different to other members of Uefa etc

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

Gibraltar isn't a sovereign state either. I don't see the difference? There are of course other things to fulfil like suitable management structures etc, but I don't think it's status as a country is different to other members of Uefa etc

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Gibraltar is recognised by the UN, Greenland isn't, I would have thought that would be enough to scare FIFA off

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That's not the case re: grass in summer

https://images.app.goo.gl/HkY7Ps4ybhoZMJ779

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That's a photo of Brynmawr...

Two fun facts about Greenland:

1. There are no trees on the island.
2. It does not have a supermarket chain named after it.

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/stor...caf-membership

Another door recently closed. Place can't seem to get a break!

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Probably something to do with The Trades Description Act, it's Hardly Green and apart from the tip of the South, the rest is basically an Ice Cap I believe, which means the ground is frozen all year round.

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Calling it Greenland was an early form of marketing to attract settlers. Sounded better than "Iceland" which is often more miserable weather-wise than it sounds.

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I'm not sure why Greenland would be any different to Gibraltar? Gibraltar more contentious I would suggest?

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I would imagine Gibraltar has far more suitable hotels and better infrastructure for travelling fans/media/players?

So FIFA's 'football for all' is OK unless you live in Greenland.

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Originally Posted by B. Oddie

Two fun facts about Greenland:

1. There are no trees on the island.
2. It does not have a supermarket chain named after it.

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[url]https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11205221/officers[/url

https://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/grocers/223957-greenland-supermarket

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Greenland

The Football Association of Greenland, founded in 1971, is not a member of FIFA or any of its confederations, but was a member of the International Football Union and ConIFA, secondary governing bodies of association football for nations and sub-national countries that are not FIFA members. Although the Faroe Islands, another dependency of Denmark, is a member of FIFA and UEFA, Greenland is considered part of Denmark for the purposes of international football. However, Greenland have still been fighting to join UEFA and FIFA. The Greenland football association and the Danish DBU entered into an agreement in 2015 to grow the sport of football in Greenland and work towards FIFA and UEFA membership by 2022. With the update of UEFA's statutes to forbid the admission of football associations from non-independent regions, Greenland found their path to UEFA membership closed. They later applied to CONCACAF, but that application was unsuccessful.

Just as well, or Trump would have annexed them by now!

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Originally Posted by jon1959

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Greenland

The Football Association of Greenland, founded in 1971, is not a member of FIFA or any of its confederations, but was a member of the International Football Union and ConIFA, secondary governing bodies of association football for nations and sub-national countries that are not FIFA members. Although the Faroe Islands, another dependency of Denmark, is a member of FIFA and UEFA, Greenland is considered part of Denmark for the purposes of international football. However, Greenland have still been fighting to join UEFA and FIFA. The Greenland football association and the Danish DBU entered into an agreement in 2015 to grow the sport of football in Greenland and work towards FIFA and UEFA membership by 2022. With the update of UEFA's statutes to forbid the admission of football associations from non-independent regions, Greenland found their path to UEFA membership closed. They later applied to CONCACAF, but that application was unsuccessful.

Just as well, or Trump would have annexed them by now!

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He would have had the place Nuuked.

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Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five

I would imagine Gibraltar has far more suitable hotels and better infrastructure for travelling fans/media/players?

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I don't know if that comes into it, although I guess it must to some extent.

I think it must be more about structure of organization, finance, accountability etc. I don't think it can be their political status as I really don't think it's much different to Faroe Islands, Gibraltar and others.

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

It consists of 8 teams, 20 games, lasts 6 days and started on Monday.
The teams all congregate annually in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland (population: 20,000) and play around the clock, daylight being ever-present at this time of the year.
Due to the geography and weather (snow and ice cover for most of the year) there are practically no roads between the towns in Greenland, no rail connections and no real inland water system.
The national team of Greenland is barred from joining UEFA as the island is not a fully independent state, Wales having been fortunate way back when in that respect.

For those wishing to visit Nuuk, it's a 5 hour flight from Copenhagen, which can be reached from Bristol. (I'm visiting next month but having to change planes at Amsterdam as well for the return trip - and which will mean that the overall journey will take more time than my stay there).

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UEFA stuff aside. Off to Astana in September. 3000 miles for a game fully in Asia. Nuuk about 2000 miles in comparison. That's before you factor in the only direct flights are to Almaty, another 600 mile single trip.

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Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays

UEFA stuff aside. Off to Astana in September. 3000 miles for a game fully in Asia. Nuuk about 2000 miles in comparison. That's before you factor in the only direct flights are to Almaty, another 600 mile single trip.

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Astana is very sophisticated courtesy of oil money. A few years ago I backpacked from there into Kyrgyzstan (much poorer), Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

Astana is very sophisticated courtesy of oil money. A few years ago I backpacked from there into Kyrgyzstan (much poorer), Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

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Not a standard holiday..

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Not a standard holiday..

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It was not long after the latest invasion of Ukraine and it was interesting to take in the thoughts of the locals regarding the situation, especially as Russian is still widely spoken and understood in all those countries. I never prompted anyone about the subject myself as I like to play it safe in countries with dodgy regimes.