1963–64 Greenlandic Football Championship

The 1963–64 Greenlandic Football Championship (also known as the Danish: Fodboldturneringen Grønlandturneringen, Fodboldmesterskab i Grønland or Greenlandic: Angutit Inersimasut GM) was the 4th edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The tournament was played in four regional groups, where two teams advanced to the regional qualifying finals. The winners of these qualifiers advanced to the final knockout phase, which was held at Nuuk Stadium in Nuuk. It was won by Kissaviarsuk-33 who defeated Nanok in the final.

Greenlandic Football Championship
Season1963–64
ChampionsK-33 (1st title)
Highest scoringGSS 12–5 Nagtoralik Paamiut

Background

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The first federation to organise a national football championship in Greenland was the GIF (Danish: Grønlands Idrætsforening), a general sports federation that organised more than just football tournaments, founded on 3 September 1953 at a meeting attended by eleven clubs from Upernavik, Uummannaq, Qeqertarsuatsiaat, Qasigiannguit, Aasiaat, Sisimiut, Maniitsoq, Nuuk, Paamiut and Qaqortoq.[1] The 1954–55 tournament was the first national football tournament and GIF continued to organise the competition, usually announced as Fodboldturneringen, Grønlandturneringen or Fodboldmesterskab i Grønland, until 1970.[1] For the first decade of its existence, the tournament was held sporadically, with iterations often taking more than a year to complete.[1] In 1971 a football specific federation, the Football Association of Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaanni Isikkamik Arsaattartut Kattuffiat; Danish: Grønlands Boldspil-Union), was founded, and took over the organisation of the tournament.[1]

Format

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The first phase of the tournament split the teams into four geographic pools, with three of these pools containing two groups and the pool containing the most teams (North Greenland) being split into three groups. The group winners then played off directly to qualify for the final phase, with two of North Greenland's pool winners playing in a semi final before meeting Nanok, the other pool's winner and reigning champions in their geographic final.

The final phase saw the four regional champions play in a knockout series, held in Nuuk in September, 1964.[2]

Knockout stage

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1/16 finals1/8 finalsQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinal
 
                  
 
 
 
 
  FC MalamukW
 
 
 
  QalaleqL
 
  FC Malamuk5
 
 
 
  Kingmeq-451
 
  Kingmeq-45W
 
 
 
  ASP-62L
 
  FC Malamuk0
 
 
  Nanok-506
 
 
 
 
 
  Nanok-50W
 
 
  PiniartoqL
 
 
September 13, 1964
 
 
  Nanok-505
 
 
 
  SAK4
 
  T-416
 
 
 
  Nagdlunguaq-482
 
  T-415
 
 
 
  K'SP2
 
  K'SPW
 
 
 
  Kugsak-45L
 
  T-41L
 
 
  SAKW
 
 
 
 
 
  SAKW
 
 
  Kagssuk ILL
 
 
September 17, 1964
 
 
  Nanok-501
 
 
 
  K-334
 
  GSS15
 
 
 
  Kagssagssuk0
 
  GSS (a.e.t.)4
 
 
  Qoornoq IL3
 
 
 
 
 
  GSS12
 
 
 
  Nagtoralik Paamiut5
 
  Nagtoralik Paamiut9
 
 
 
  Tusilartoq0
 
  Nagtoralik Paamiut4
 
 
  Nuuk IL2
 
 
September 15, 1964
 
 
  GSS3
 
 
 
  K-334 Third place
 
  K-334
 
 September 17, 1964
 
  Aassik-432
 
  K-336   SAK2
 
 
 
  Pameeq2   GSS1
 
  Pameeq7
 
 
 
  Nauja0
 
  K-338
 
 
  Narssarmiutaq2
 
 
 
 
 
  Narssarmiutaq14
 
 
  Qavak1
 
 
 
 

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Stokkermans, Karel; Pierrend, José Luis; Schöggl, Hans; Kubusch, Lars; Medaer, Jan; Outlaw, Brian; Rota, Davide (20 Aug 2015). "Greenland – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  2. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (4 September 2014). "Greenland 1963/64". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 November 2015.