2014 ConIFA World Football Cup

The 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup was the first edition of the ConIFA World Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA organised by ConIFA and a successor of Viva World Cup, last held in 2012. The tournament was hosted by FA Sápmi in the Sápmi region, with all games held in the city of Östersund in Sweden.

2014 ConIFA World Football Cup
Tournament details
Host country Sápmi (official)
 Sweden (location)
Dates1 June – 8 June
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions County of Nice (1st title)
Runners-up Ellan Vannin
Third place Arameans Suryoye
Fourth place South Ossetia
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored140 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Artur Elbaev (9 goals)

Tournament

Twelve teams took part in the tournament.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Catalonia[7] and Rapa Nui[8] were thought to be potential participants, but ultimately declined or withdrew.

Hosts

In May 2013 ConIFA announced that Sápmi had been chosen to host the inaugural ConIFA World Football Cup in Östersund, Sweden. It was an invitational tournament[9] played between 1 and 8 June 2014,[10] with all matches being held in the 6626-capacity Jämtkraft Arena.[11]

 Sápmi

Östersund
Jämtkraft Arena
63°11′41.47″N 14°39′21.05″E
Capacity: 6,626

In parallel with the tournament, a festival celebrating the cultural diversity of the teams involved was held in Östersund.[12]

Participants

The twelve participating teams were drawn into the four groups of three teams each for the group stage. In preparation for this, the teams were organised into three pots.[13] The draw was made by ConIFA World President Per-Anders Blind in Östersund on 24 March 2014.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Of the twelve invited teams, eight had previously participated at the Viva World Cup.[13]

Withdrawals

The draw initially placed Quebec in Group C and Zanzibar in Group D. However, in May 2014, it was announced that both Quebec and Zanzibar had withdrawn from the tournament. The Quebec team had affiliated with the Fédération de soccer du Québec, with the intention that the FSQ eventually apply for membership of CONCACAF. To this end, the team will only play internationals against full national teams that are members of either CONCACAF or FIFA, and will no longer participate in Non-FIFA Football.[24] The Zanzibar team were unable to obtain visas to enter Sweden and were thus forced to pull out of the tournament.[25] Quebec's place was taken by South Ossetia, while Zanzibar were replaced by County of Nice.

Matches

Group stage
Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the quarter-finals

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Arameans Suryoye 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6
 Kurdistan Region 2 1 0 1 10 2 +8 3
 Tamil Eelam 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
Source:
Kurdistan Region 1–2 Arameans Suryoye
Younis Shakour  38' Musa Karli  78'
Mattias Candemir  84'
Tamil Eelam 0–2 Arameans Suryoye
Marco Aydin  36'
Musa Karli  48'
Tamil Eelam 0–9 Kurdistan Region
Aras  17'
Ahmed  23', 35'
Younes  28'
Nechirvan Shukri  31'
Ali
Farhan Shakor  62', 86', 90+4'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Abkhazia 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
 Occitania 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
 Sápmi 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source:
Abkhazia 1–1 Occitania
Gerome Hernandez  83' (o.g.) Brice Martinez  68'
Abkhazia 2–1 Sápmi
Amal Vardania  19'
Vladimir Argun  72'		 Jirijoonas Kanth  51'
Occitania 1–0 Sápmi
Guillaume Lafuente  47'

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Padania 2 2 0 0 23 1 +22 6
 South Ossetia 2 1 0 1 20 3 +17 3
Darfur 2 0 0 2 0 39 −39 0
Source:
Darfur 0–20 Padania
Marco Garavelli  2', 13', 24'
Giacomo Innocenti  4', 10', 27', 39'
Andrea Rota  11', 26'
Mauro Nannini  16'
Luca Mosti  46'
Matteo Prandelli  48', 57', 81', 87'
Enoch Barwuah  50', 54'
Andrea Mussi  62', 64', 69'
Darfur 0–19 South Ossetia
Artur Elbaev  10', 39', 42', 62', 75', 76', 82', 88'
Vladimir Salbiev  13', 40'
Romeo Kobaladze  45'
Rustam Khutiev  56', 59', 70', 79', 90'
Taimuraz Kudziev  63'
Georgi Kulov  68'
Murat Tskhovrebov  90+1'
South Ossetia 1–3 Padania
Artur Elbaev  46' Giacomo Innocenti  6'
Andrea Mussi  37'
Enoch Barwuah  86'

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ellan Vannin 2 2 0 0 7 4 +3 6
 County of Nice 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
 Nagorno-Karabakh 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
Source:
Ellan Vannin 3–2 Nagorno-Karabakh
Ciaran McNulty  41'
Antony Moore  88'
Frank Jones  90'		 Mihran Manasyan  27', 31'
Ellan Vannin 4–2 County of Nice
Calum Morrissey  16', 31', 35'
Daniel Bell  87'		 Frank Delerue  37'
Malik Tchokounte  74'
Nagorno-Karabakh 0–1 County of Nice
Olivier Sborgni  7'

Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
4 June – Östersund
 
 
 Padania 1
 
6 June – Östersund
 
 County of Nice2
 
 County of Nice3
 
4 June – Östersund
 
 South Ossetia 0
 
 Abkhazia 0 (0)
 
8 June – Östersund
 
 South Ossetia0 (2)
 
 County of Nice 0 (5)
 
4 June – Östersund
 
 Ellan Vannin 0 (3)
 
 Arameans Suryoye 0 (7)
 
6 June – Östersund
 
 Occitania0 (6)
 
 Arameans Suryoye 1
 
4 June – Östersund
 
 Ellan Vannin 4 Third place
 
 Ellan Vannin1 (4)
 
8 June – Östersund
 
 Kurdistan Region 1 (2)
 
 South Ossetia1
 
 
 Arameans Suryoye 4
 

Quarter-finals
Padania 1–2 County of Nice
Andrea Camussi  45+1' Loïc Malatini  8'
Malik Tchokounte  85'
Abkhazia 0–0 South Ossetia
Penalties
Akhmat Agrba
Sandrik Tsveyba
Dmitri Akhba
Georgij Zhanava 		0–2 Alan Khadarzev
David Siukaev
Taimuraz Karatsev
Taimuraz Kudziev
Arameans Suryoye 0–0 Occitania
Penalties
Lukas Can
Thomas Can
Mattias Candemir
Rabi Mourad
Andreas David
Marco Aydin
Jakob Sauma 		7–6 Brice Martinez
Ronald Rodas
Vivian Dors
Pierre Bru
Nabil Moussi
Nicolas Dubois
Joel Congré
Ellan Vannin 1–1 Kurdistan Region
Seamus Sharkey  80' Khaled Mushir  23'
Penalties
Ciaran McNulty
Calum Morrissey
Chris Bass Jr
Jack McVey 		4–2 Khaled Mushir
Sherzad Mohammed
Younis Shakour
Ahmed Salar

Semi-finals
County of Nice 3–0 South Ossetia
Malik Tchokounte  3', 28'
Kevin Puyoo  83'
Arameans Suryoye 1–4 Ellan Vannin
Rabi Mourad  9' Frank Jones  23'
Jack McVey  60'
Chris Bass Jr  70'
Ciaran McNulty  72'

Third-place play-off
South Ossetia 1–4 Arameans Suryoye
David Siukaev  92' George Kacho  9', 24', 73'
Volkan Percin  47'

Final
County of Nice 0–0 Ellan Vannin
Report
Penalties
Gilles Noto
Baptiste Delfino
Loic Malitini
Frank Delerue
Hichem Ferreri 		5–3 Ciaran McNulty
Calum Morrisey
Chris Bass
Jack McVey
 ConIFA World Football Cup 2014 Winners 

County of Nice
First title

Placement round
Placement round 1 Placement round 2 Placings
5 June – Östersund7 June – Östersund5th place Padania
 Tamil Eelam2 Tamil Eelam106th place Kurdistan Region
 Sápmi4 Darfur07th place Occitania
5 June – Östersund7 June – Östersund8th place Abkhazia
Darfur0 Sápmi19th place Nagorno-Karabakh
 Nagorno-Karabakh12 Nagorno-Karabakh510th place Sápmi
5 June – Östersund7 June – Östersund11th place Tamil Eelam
 Padania3 (4) Abkhazia012th place Darfur
 Abkhazia3 (2) Occitania1
5 June – Östersund7 June – Östersund
 Occitania2 (4) Padania1 (4)
 Kurdistan Region2 (5) Kurdistan Region1 (3)

Placement round 1
Tamil Eelam 2–4 Sápmi
Prashanth Ragvan  55', 77' Steffen Dreyer  58', 66', ??'
 79' (o.g.)
Darfur 0–12 Nagorno-Karabakh
Gevorg Nranyan  7', 24', 45', 75'
Norayr Gyozalyan  22', 39', 54', 74'
Grigoryan  33', 42'
Samvuel Karapetyan  69'
Aram Bareghamyan  90+2'
Padania 3–3 Abkhazia
Luca Mosti  41'
Enoch Barwuah  48'
Matteo Prandelli  90+1'		 Amal Vardania  60', 62'
Dmitri Akhba  86'
Penalties
Andrea Rota
Luca Mosti
Stefano Tignonsini
Mauro Nannini
Andrea Mussi 		4–2 Ruslan Adzhindzhal
Alen Ardzheniya
Astamur Tarba
Aleksandr Khoklov
Occitania 2–2 Kurdistan Region
Vivian Dors  41', 47' Farhan Shakor  19'
Ahmed  76'
Penalties
Brice Martinez
Ronald Rodas
Vivian Dors
Pierre Bru
Nabil Moussi 		4–5 Younis Shakour
Nechirvan Shukri
Dozhgahr
Nechjrvan
Khaled Mushir

Placement round 2
Tamil Eelam 10–0 Darfur
Gvinthan Navaneethakrishnan  2', 10'
Mayooran Jeganthan  8'
Prashanth Ragvan  16', 69', 69'
Gajendran Balamurali  53'
Prasanth Vigneswararajah  73'
Christman Gunasingham  81', 89'
Sápmi 1–5 Nagorno-Karabakh
Arle Ivar Ring  68' Gevorg Poghosyan  30', 83'
Mihran Manasyan  32', 52'
Armen Petrosyan  64'
Abkhazia 0–1 Occitania
Gerome Hernandez  78'
Padania 1–1 Kurdistan Region
Rota 64'
Penalties
4–3

Final Positions
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1  County of Nice 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10
2 Ellan Vannin 5 3 2 0 12 6 +6 11
3  Arameans Suryoye 5 3 1 1 9 6 +3 10
4  South Ossetia 5 1 1 3 21 10 +11 4
5  Padania 5 2 2 1 28 7 +21 8 Eliminated
in the
Quarterfinals
6  Kurdistan Region 5 1 3 1 14 6 +8 6
7  Occitania 5 2 3 0 5 3 +2 9
8  Abkhazia 5 1 3 1 6 6 0 6
9  Nagorno-Karabakh 4 2 0 2 19 5 +14 6 Eliminated
in the
First Stage
10  Sápmi 4 1 0 3 6 10 −4 3
11  Tamil Eelam 4 1 0 3 12 15 −3 3
12  Darfur 4 0 0 4 0 61 −61 0
Source:

See also

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