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Santo Antão North Opening Tournament
The Santo Antão North (Zone) Opening Tournament (Portuguese: ''Torneio de Abertura de Zona Norte de Santo Antão'', Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Turnéu di Abertura di Zona Sul di Santo Anton'') was an opening tournament. (equivalent to a league cup) played during the season in the northern part of Santo Antão Island (consisting of the municipalities of Paul and Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde. The opening tournament was organized by the Santo Antão North Regional Football Association (ARFNSA). History The first competition was held in 2003 and had only a single division until 2012. After the creation of the second division in 2013, for three seasons, it also had the Second Division tournament and were the only two that had, the other being the São Vicente Association Cup. Until 2009, it featured 9 rounds and the club met once. When the second division was introduced to the São Vicente Island League in 2009, the Opening Tournament became the Association Cup and fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul, Cape Verde
Paul is a ''concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão, it covers 7% of the island area (54.3 km2), and is home to 16% of its population (6,997 at the 2010 census). Its seat is the town Pombas. The municipality and parish The municipality consists of one ''freguesia'' (civil parish), Santo António das Pombas. The ''freguesia'' is subdivided into the following settlements (population at the 2010 census): * Cabo da Ribeira (pop: 912) * Campo de Cão (pop: 787) *Eito (pop: 979) *Figueiral (pop: 591) * Janela (pop: 1,658) *Pico da Cruz (pop: 138) * Pombas (pop: 1,295, city)Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beira-Mar (Ribeira Grande)
Beira-Mar Desportivo Clube or Clube Desportivo Beira-Mar ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK and the São Vicente Crioulo: ''Béra-Mar'') is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santo Antão Island League South Zone in Cape Verde. It is based in the town of Ribeira Grande in the northwestern part of the island of Santo Antão. History The club is one of the most important formed by young players. Unlike the clubs of Maio and Tarrafal, the club is not an affiliate to Aveiro, Portugal's S.C. Beira-Mar, the logo and uniforms are different. The team won their first title in 2006 and entered for the first time in the National Division after the break-up into two island league zones, they would be placed in Group B and got only a single win and four points. Beira Mar was the fourth club from the north of the island to win a championship title and appear at the national championships. In the early 2010s, the club suffered from financial p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Cup Competitions In Cape Verde
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport In Santo Antão, Cape Verde
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports In Santo Antão, Cape Verde
The island of Santo Antão in Cape Verde in the west of the Barlavento Islands is home to several teams and clubs. The major amateur clubs are Sporting Clube do Porto Novo, Académica Porto Novo and Paulense. Its first football championship was founded in 1996 and from 2002, the association and competition are currently divided into two zones, the north (the championships and the association) and the south (the championship and the association) and includes all sports including football, basketball, volleyball and athletics and may have futsal today. Other than football, it has a single regional association covering the island. Football (soccer) Football (soccer) remains to be the most popular sport both in the island and the nation. The island has 20 football (soccer) clubs, of which 9 are in the North Zone (6 in the Premier Division and 5 in the Second Division) and nine in the South Zone. Unlike other parts of Cape Verde, Santo Antão was the last inhabited island to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Antão North Cup
The Santo Antão North Cup is a regional football (soccer) cup competition played during the season in the northern part of Santo Antão Island (consisting of the municipalities of Paul and Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde. The cup tournament is organized by the Santo Antão North Regional Football Association (ARFNSA). The winner (some seasons when a winner is also a champion, a cup finalist) participates in the Santo Antão North Super Cup. For several times, the winner (or a cup finalist if a winner is also champion) participated in the Cape Verdean Cup. The first entrant was in 2007 which was Rosariense and their recent was in 2012 and was Paulense. Since 2013, there were no entrants to the national cup due to financial concerns. From the 2015 edition, the winner qualifies into the Santo Antão Super Cup, a single island cup competition challenging a club from the north. Title history Sinagoga was the first winner won in 2005, the second was Rosariense, third was Beira-Mar, fourth w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Antão North Premier Division
The Santo Antão North Premier Division is a regional championship played in Ribeira Grande and Paul (though not listed), Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde. It is organized by the Santo Antão North Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Zona Norte do Santo Antão, ARFZNSA). The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season. The league was formed in 1997 and continued to play with the Santo Antão Island League until the breakup into the north and south zones in 2002. Six clubs participate, a club with the most points participates in the national championships each season while the last placed club from the regional premier division relegates into the second division the following season. In 2013, the main portion became the Premier Division after the Premier Division was added. Paulense has the most island titles with six and will total seven on its entirety in late March, second is Solpontense with five, third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pombas, Cape Verde
Pombas is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32 in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is the seat of the municipality . It is situated on the coast, at the mouth of the |
Eito, Cape Verde
Eito is a village in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde, part of the municipality of Paul. It is situated 1 km southwest of Pombas, 2 km northeast of Figueiral and 15 km northeast of the island capital Porto Novo. Its population was 979 in 2010. See also *List of villages and settlements in Cape Verde This is a list of villages and smaller settlements in Cape Verde: Boa Vista * Bofarreira * Cabeça dos Tarrafes * Curral Velho - abandoned settlement * Espingueira - abandoned settlement * Estância de Baixo * Fundo das Figueiras * João ... References {{Authority control Villages and settlements in Santo Antão, Cape Verde Paul, Cape Verde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinagoga
Sinagoga is a settlement in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is situated on the coast, 4 kilometers east of Ribeira Grande and 18 km north-northeast of the island capital Porto Novo. It is situated on the national road connecting Ribeira Grande and Pombas (EN1-SA02). Its name means "synagogue" in Portuguese. It is said that the village was primarily inhabited by Jewish people in the second half of the 19th century, and surnames of Jewish origin can still be found in the area. Isa Lima Fernandes, 2005, p. 20-21 Climate Sinagoga has a hot desert climate. The annual rainfall is 291 millimeters. The average annual temperature is .See also * |
Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde
Ribeira Grande (also: ''Povoação'') is the largest town of the Ribeira Grande Municipality on the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It has become a city in 2010.Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 In 2010 its population was 2,564. It is situated in the northeastern part of the island, near the outflow of the river Ribeira Grande and its tributary |
Ponta Do Sol, Cape Verde
Ponta do Sol (formerly: ''Vila Dona Maria Pia'') is the northernmost cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 on the island of Santo Antão and . It is situated on the coast, 4 km northwest of |
