2014 ConIFA World Football Cup explained

Tourney Name:2014 ConIFA World Football Cup
Size:150px
Country:Sweden
Dates:1 June – 8 June
Num Teams:12
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion:County of Nice
Count:1
Second Other: Ellan Vannin
Third:Arameans Suryoye
Fourth:South Ossetia
Matches:28
Goals:140
Top Scorer: Artur Elbaev (9 goals)
Nextseason:2016

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.

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, with all matches being held in the 6626-capacity Jämtkraft Arena.[10]

Östersund
Jämtkraft Arena
Capacity: 6,626

In parallel with the tournament, a festival celebrating the cultural diversity of the teams involved was held in Östersund.[11]

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.[12] The draw was made by ConIFA World President Per-Anders Blind in Östersund on 24 March 2014.

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

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Quebec in Group C and Zanzibar in Group D. However, in May 2014, it was announced that both Quebec and Zanzibar had withdrawn from the tournament.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

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Final

Placement round

Placement round 1Placement round 2Placings
5 June – Östersund7 June – Östersund5th place
2106th place
407th place
5 June – Östersund7 June – Östersund8th place
Darfur019th place
12510th place
5 June – Östersund7 June – Östersund11th place
3 (4)012th place Darfur
3 (2)1
5 June – Östersund7 June – Östersund
2 (4)1 (4)
2 (5)1 (3)

Placement round 2

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. "Laddat för VM i stan " (1 November 2013). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  3. Berglund, Tone. (11 October 2013). "Älvsbybo vald till världspresident i CONIFA". Älvsbyn. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  4. "سفين كانبي ممثلاً لقارة آسيا في (CONiFA) وكرة المونديال في الدوري ". Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  5. "ConIFA World Cup 2014". Arogeraldes. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  6. "El otro Mundial de fútbol que se juega en 2014 " (16 January 2014). Pasión Libertadores. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  7. "La CONIFA organisera sa coupe du monde en Suède " (3 January 2014). Football Mercato. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  8. Bock, Andreas. (6 December 2013). "Das ist kein Gag! ". 11 Freunde. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  9. "Les Québécois à la ConIFA 2014 " (23 October 2013). sympatico.ca. Retrieved 31 January 2014
  10. "Conifa World Cup på Jämtkraft Arena " Östersund tourist information. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  11. Adamsson, Niklas. (31 October 2013) "VM i Östersund: "Nästintill ofattbart" ". ltz.se. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  12. "ConIFA World Football Cup draw set for Monday". (19 March 2014). Non-FIFA Football Updates. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  13. "سەرۆكی یەكێتی تۆپی پێی كوردستان بوو بەبەرپرسی ئاسیا لەرێكخراوی(CONIFA) ". Rizgary Press. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
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  15. Web site: Stiller lag i Conifa World Cup – NRK Sápmi . Nrk.no . 2014-01-13 . 2014-01-25.
  16. Web site: L'AOF acaba 2013 sus una victòria . Lasetmana.fr . 2014-01-25 . dead. https://archive.today/20140122220827/http://lasetmana.fr/articles-lectors/98-actualitats/5878-l-aof-acaba-2013-sus-una-victoria . 2014-01-22 .
  17. Web site: Actualités . Lepetitjournal.net . 2014-01-17 . 2014-01-25 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201155609/http://www.lepetitjournal.net/011016-103469-La-selection-occitane-de-football-finit-2013-par-une-victoire.html_47 . 2014-02-01 .
  18. Web site: Le Québec ira au Championnat du monde ConIFA de soccer | Marc Tougas | Soccer . Lapresse.ca . 2014-01-25.
  19. Web site: Quebec – Québec Soccer . Quebecsoccer.com . 2014-01-25 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201190639/http://www.quebecsoccer.com/nouvelles/quebec/ . 2014-02-01 .
  20. Web site: Soccer : les Québécois iront au Mondial des nations sans État . Le Devoir . 2014-01-25.
  21. Web site: World Championship 2014 . World Championship 2014 | Conifa World football . Conifa.org . 2013-10-06 . 2014-01-25.
  22. Web site: On the Road to Another World Cup . Darfurunited.com . 2014-01-25.
  23. Web site: Manx Independent Football Association | Isle of Man News . isleofman.com . 2014-01-10 . 2014-01-25.
  24. Web site: Les Québécois s'associeront à la Fédération de soccer du Québec, mais la sélection nationale n'ira pas en Suède . . Les Québécois . French . 29 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140522041616/http://lesquebecois.org/fr/contents/nouvelles/les-quebecois-sassocieront-a-la-federation-de-soccer-du-quebec-mais-la-selection-nationale-nira-pas-en-suede.html . 2014-05-22 . dead.
  25. Web site: New ConIFA World Football Cup opponents for Ellan Vannin . . 6 May 2014 . IOM Today . Isle of Man Newspapers . 29 May 2014 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140529124236/http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/football-news/new-conifa-world-football-cup-opponents-for-ellan-vannin-1-6600413 . 29 May 2014 .

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