Football tournament among unrecognized states: a photo station from Abkhazia
Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for "Medusa"
On June 5, the World Cup among independent football associations - unrecognized states and regional associations ended in Abkhazia. 12 teams participated in the tournament, the winners were the owners who missed only one goal in five matches (and the one in the final). At the request of Medusa, photographer Mikhail Mordasov went to Abkhazia to talk about what atmosphere reigns at one of the most strange international football tournaments.
Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for Medusa, the tournament began on May 29. He took place at stadiums in Gagra and Sukhumi Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for Medusa Kabdi Kariim Mahamoud Khirsi from the Somaliland team, a self -proclaimed state in the territory of the former British Somali Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for "Medusa" members of the Lapland team (Sami live in Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia) before the match) Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for "Medusa" Thomas Genzo from the team of the relay, the historical region of Europe, which is divided between Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Liechtenstein Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for "Medusa" players of the national team Western Armenia Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for "Medusa" player of the Western Armenia team Norair Grigoryan Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for "Medusa" player of the team from Western Armenia is photographed with fans Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for "Medusa" player of the national team of Lapland Michael Yannok Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for "Medusa" players and doctor of the national team of Iraqi Kurdistan Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for "Medusa" players of the national team of Abkhazia Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for Medusa all teams, with the exception of the Abkhazia national team, lived in hotels with ordinary tourists, went to the same beaches and ate the same food Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for Medusa player of the national team of Western Armenia promises to give a fan of shields Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for Medusa, the maid communicates with the players of the Japanese Korea team. Formally, this is not even a national team, but a football club performing in one of the lower Japanese leagues. Neither football players nor the maid know English Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for Medusa students of a local football school Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for "Medusa" view of the sea near the stadium in Gagra Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for Medusa Game between the national teams of Kurdistan and Japanese Korea Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for "Medusa" fan of the national team of Abkhazia Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for the "Medusa" of the stands during the final match between Abkhazia and Panjab (Panjab football club). This team in the UK was organized by immigrants from the historical region Penjab (Punjab; part of the territory of modern India and Pakistan) Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for Medusa players of the Abkhazian national team Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for Medusa, the woman holds in her hands a portrait of the first president of Abkhazia Vladislav Ardzinba Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for "Medusa" the first time of the final match ended in a draw Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for Medusa player Panjab serves corner Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for "Medusa" spectators outside the stadium Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for Medusa, the final match ended with a score of 1: 1, the outcome of the confrontation was decided in the penalty series Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for "Medusa" Abkhaz fans Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for Medusa, the Abkhazia team won the final penalty series with a score of 6: 5 Photo: Mikhail Mordasov for Medusa, fans rejoice at the victory of the Abkhazia national team in the tournament against the backdrop of the destroyed building of the former parliament
Championship of parallel reality • Meduza • RIMA — Russian Independent Media Archive
