FIFI was a body composed of countries not recognized at the time by FIFA and those whose logistics or political disputes prevented them from playing representative football.

Media patronage was provided by TV stations DSF and ProSieben.

According to organizer Jorg Pommeranz, FIFI had to overcome various obstacles, such as China and FIFA applying pressure to exclude Tibet, and difficulties for players representing Northern Cyprus obtaining visas to enter Germany.

Spectator attendance was reported as “relatively weak”, with an average of 400 fans per match, although this could have been affected by poor weather.

[4] Note: Some goalscorers from Gibraltar and Republic of St. Pauli are not listed because there is incomplete information on those games.