2019 CONIFA European Football Cup

The 2019 Sportsbet.io CONIFA European Football Cup was the third edition of the CONIFA European Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA with an affiliation to Europe, organised by CONIFA. It was hosted by Artsakh.

2019 CONIFA European Football Cup
Tournament details
Host country Artsakh (official)
 Azerbaijan (location)
Dates1–9 June 2019
Teams8
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions South Ossetia
Runners-up Western Armenia
Third place Abkhazia
Fourth place Chameria
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored59 (2.95 per match)
Top scorer(s) Batradz Gurtsiev (5 goals)
The South Ossetian football team won the CONIFA European Football Cup on 9 June 2019 in Stepanakert.

The goal of the tournament was scored by Sápmi player Kristoffer Edvardsen.

Tournament

On August 19, 2018, CONIFA announced that Artsakh would host the 2019 edition of the tournament.[1]

Stamp of Artsakh, CONIFA Cup 2019

The Artsakh postal authorities issued in June 4, 2019 a commemorative stamp for this occasion, which depicts as well the flags of participant teams in the tournament.

Venues

The tournament was held in 4 cities: Stepanakert (the capital), Askeran, Martakert and Martuni.[1]

 Artsakh

Stepanakert Martakert Martuni Askeran
Stepanakert Republican Stadium
(artificial turf)		 Vigen Shirinyan Stadium
(natural grass)		 Avakyan Arena
(artificial turf)		 Askeran City Stadium
(natural grass)
39.8210541°N 46.7532527°E / 39.8210541; 46.7532527 (Stepanakert Republican Stadium) 40.2166109°N 46.8210697°E / 40.2166109; 46.8210697 (Vigen Shirinyan Stadium) 39.7949688°N 47.1187198°E / 39.7949688; 47.1187198 (Avakyan Arena) 39.9381267°N 46.8389386°E / 39.9381267; 46.8389386 (Askeran City Stadium)
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 1,200 Capacity: 1,080 Capacity: 500

Participants

A total of twelve teams were scheduled to participate, with their seedings below.[2] The seeded teams are Padania (winners of the 2017 CONIFA European Football Cup) and Artsakh, as the hosts of the 2019 European Football Cup. Abkhazia and Székely Land were also drawn as top seeds in Pot 1, based on their CONIFA rankings.

Sardinia entered in 2018 in CONIFA and it was drawn in one of the groups. However, in May 2019, it withdrew from the competition. The reserve team, in case one of the below teams withdraws, was granted to Kernow,[3] but after County of Nice, Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR all withdrew, CONIFA opted to proceed with just 8 teams in 2 groups.[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Squads
Main article: 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup squads

Matches

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

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Abkhazia 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
Chameria 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6
 Artsakh 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4
 Sápmi 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source:
Abkhazia 3–1 Chameria
Maskayev  48'
Logua  49', 74'		 Prendi  30'
Askeran City Stadium, Askeran
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed
Artsakh 3–2 Sápmi
Mkrtchyan  3'
Sargsyan  43'
Malyaka  82'		 Report Zakrisson  24'
Edvardsen  83'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov
Chameria 4–1 Artsakh
Çema  58', 90+3'
Mziu  85'
Gjoka  90+5'		 Report Sargsyan  83'
Avakyan Arena, Martuni
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj
Sápmi 0–1 Abkhazia
Dgebuadze  45+2'
Vigen Shirinyan Stadium, Martakert
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed
Artsakh 1–1 Abkhazia
Mkrtchyan  33' Report Logua  8'
Avakyan Arena, Martuni
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov
Chameria 4–0 Sápmi
Mziu  5'
Hoxha  22', 45'
Çema  78'		 Report
Vigen Shirinyan Stadium, Martakert
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Ossetia 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7
 Western Armenia 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4 4
 Padania 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
 Székely Land 3 0 1 2 2 11 −9 1
Source:
Padania 4–0 Székely Land
Tignonsini  7'
Corno  53', 78'
Rota  61'		 Report
Vigen Shirinyan Stadium, Martakert
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj
Western Armenia 1–2 South Ossetia
Aslanyan  79' Report Gurtsiev  29', 56'
Avakyan Arena, Martuni
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed
Székely Land 0–5 Western Armenia
Report Badoyan  20'
Hovsepyan 52' (p)
Bakalyan  70'
Minasyan  81'
Aslanyan  90+1'
Askeran City Stadium, Askeran
Attendance: 500
Referee: Arkadi Akobyan
South Ossetia 2–1 Padania
Gurtsiev  55'
Ibragim Bazayev  80'		 Report Ravasi  89' (p)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov
South Ossetia 2–2 Székely Land
Gurtsiev  72', 84' Report Vékás  54'
B. Kovács  82'
Askeran City Stadium, Askeran
Attendance: 500
Referee: Arkadi Akobyan
Padania 1–1 Western Armenia
Colombo  69' Report Yedigaryan  67'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed

Semi-finals
Abkhazia 1–1 Western Armenia
Alan Khugayev  10' David Manoyan  32' (pen)
Penalties
0-3
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj
South Ossetia 0–0 Chameria
Report
Penalties
6–5
Askeran City Stadium, Askeran
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed

Third-place play-off
Abkhazia 0–0 Chameria
Penalties
5–4
Stepanakert Republican Stadium, Stepanakert
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov

Final
Western Armenia 0–1 South Ossetia
 65' Ibragim Bazayev
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov, Vitalii Mazin, Valerii Kravchenko, Aleksandr Demenko, Ivan Mrkalj

Placement round 1
Padania 4–0 Sápmi
Niccolò Colombo  4'
Federico Corno  45', 73'
Riccardo Ravasi  46' (pen)		 Report
Vigen Shirinyan Stadium, Martakert
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: René Jacobi
Artsakh 2–1 Székely Land
Arsen Sargsyan  76' (pen)
Narek Danielyan  90+4'		 Report Barna Vékás  62'
Avakyan Arena, Martuni
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov

Placement round 2
Sápmi 3–2 Székely Land
Benjamin Zakrisson  17'
Samuli Laitila  19', 75'		 Rajmond Balint  35'
Akos Kovacs  55' (pen)
Askeran City Stadium, Askeran
Attendance: 500
Referee: René Jacobi
Padania 0–2 Artsakh
Arsen Sargsyan  58'
Dmitri Malyaka  90+6'
Attendance: 4.400
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj

Final positions
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Ossetia 5 3 2 0 7 4 +3 11
2  Western Armenia 5 1 2 2 8 5 +3 5
3  Abkhazia 5 2 3 0 6 3 +3 9
4 Chameria 5 2 2 1 9 4 +5 8
5  Artsakh 5 3 1 1 9 8 +1 10
6  Padania 5 2 1 2 10 5 +5 7
7  Sápmi 5 1 0 4 5 14 −9 3
8  Székely Land 5 0 1 4 5 16 −11 1
Source:

Player of the tournament: Batradz Gurtsiev Young player of the tournament: Kristoffer Edvardsen

Top scorers
5 goals

Player of the tournament: Batradz Gurtsiev

Young player of the tournament: Kristoffer Edvardsen

References
  1. "Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to host 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup". CONIFA. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. "CONIFA European Football Cup 2019". Sportsbet.io. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  3. "CONIFA European Football Cup 2019: live draw announced!". CONIFA. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  4. Match schedule: CONIFA Sportsbet.io European Football Cup 2019 ConIFA. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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