2014 ConIFA World Football Cup

2014 ConIFA World Football Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	31 May – 8 June
Teams	12
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

The 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup is 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. The tournament is being 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,^[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 / 63.1948528°N 14.6558472°E
Capacity: 6,626
Östersund

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
Iraqi Kurdistan[14]  Padania[15]  Sápmi[16]  Zanzibar[10]	Arameans Suryoye[10]  Nagorno-Karabakh[10]  Occitania[17][18]  Quebec[19][20][21]	Abkhazia[10] Darfur[22] Ellan Vannin[23]  Tamil Eelam[10]

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Quebec in Group C and Zanzibar in Group D. However, in May 2014, it was announced that both Quebec and Zanzibar had withdrawn from the tournament.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
Iraqi Kurdistan	2	1	0	1	10	2	+8	3
Tamil Eelam	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

Iraqi Kurdistan  v  Arameans Suryoye

1 June 2014 13:00

Iraqi Kurdistan	1–2	Arameans Suryoye
Younis Shakour  38'		Musa Karli  78' Mattias Candemir  84'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Tamil Eelam  v  Arameans Suryoye

2 June 2014 10:00

Tamil Eelam	0–2	Arameans Suryoye
		Marco Aydin  36' Musa Karli  48'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Tamil Eelam  v  Iraqi Kurdistan

3 June 2014 10:00

Tamil Eelam	0–9	Iraqi Kurdistan
		Aras  17' Ahmed  23', 35' Younes  28' Nechirvan Shukri 31' Ali Farhan Shakor  62', 86', 90+4'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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

Abkhazia  v  Occitania

1 June 2014 16:00

Abkhazia	1–1	Occitania
Gerome Hernandez  83' (o.g.)		Brice Martinez  68'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Abkhazia  v  Sápmi

2 June 2014 16:00

Abkhazia	2–1	Sápmi
Amal Vardania  19' Vladimir Argun  72'		Jirijoonas Kanth  51'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Occitania  v  Sápmi

3 June 2014 16:00

Occitania	1–0	Sápmi
Guillaume Lafuente  47'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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

Darfur v  Padania

1 June 2014 10:00

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'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Darfur v  South Ossetia

2 June 2014 13:00

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'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

South Ossetia  v  Padania

3 June 2014 13:00

South Ossetia	1–3	Padania
Artur Elbaev  46'		Giacomo Innocenti  6' Andrea Mussi  37' Enoch Barwuah  86'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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

Ellan Vannin v  Nagorno-Karabakh

1 June 2014 19:00

Ellan Vannin	3–2	Nagorno-Karabakh
Ciaran McNulty  41' Antony Moore  88' Frank Jones  90'		Mihran Manasyan  27', 31'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Ellan Vannin v  County of Nice

2 June 2014 19:00

Ellan Vannin	4–2	County of Nice
Calum Morrissey  16', 31', 35' Daniel Bell  87'		Frank Delerue  37' Malik Tchokounte  74'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Nagorno-Karabakh  v  County of Nice

3 June 2014 19:00

Nagorno-Karabakh	0–1	County of Nice
		Olivier Sborgni  7'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	4 June – Östersund
	Padania	1
					6 June – Östersund
	County of Nice	2
					County of Nice	3
	4 June – Östersund
					South Ossetia	0
	Abkhazia	0 (0)
									8 June – Östersund
	South Ossetia	0 (2)
									County of Nice	0 (5)
	4 June – Östersund
									Ellan Vannin	0 (3)
	Arameans Suryoye	0 (7)
					6 June – Östersund
	Occitania	0 (6)
					Arameans Suryoye	1			Third place
	4 June – Östersund
					Ellan Vannin	4			8 June – Östersund
	Ellan Vannin	1 (4)
									South Ossetia	1
	Iraqi Kurdistan	1 (2)
									Arameans Suryoye	4

Quarter-finals

Padania  v  County of Nice

4 June 2014 10:00

Padania	1–2	County of Nice
Andrea Camussi  45+1'		Loïc Malatini  8' Malik Tchokounte  85'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Abkhazia  v  South Ossetia

4 June 2014 13:00

Abkhazia	0–0	South Ossetia
	Penalties
Akhmat Agrba Sandrik Tsveyba Dmitri Akhba Georgij Zhanava	0–2	Alan Khadarzev David Siukaev Taimuraz Karatsev Taimuraz Kudziev

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Arameans Suryoye  v  Occitania

4 June 2014 16:00

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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Ellan Vannin v  Iraqi Kurdistan

4 June 2014 19:00

Ellan Vannin	1–1	Iraqi Kurdistan
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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Semi-finals

County of Nice  v  South Ossetia

6 June 2014 16:00

County of Nice	3–0	South Ossetia
Malik Tchokounte  3', 28' Kevin Puyoo  83'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Arameans Suryoye  v Ellan Vannin

6 June 2014 19:00

Arameans Suryoye	1–4	Ellan Vannin
Rabi Mourad  9'		Frank Jones  23' Jack McVey  60' Chris Bass Jr  70' Ciaran McNulty  72'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Third-place play-off

South Ossetia  v  Arameans Suryoye

8 June 2014 10:00

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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Final

County of Nice  v Ellan Vannin

8 June 2014 13:00

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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

ConIFA World Football Cup 2014 Winners
County of Nice First title

Placement round

Placement round 1		Placement round 2			Placings
5 June – Östersund		7 June – Östersund			5th place	Padania
Tamil Eelam	2	Tamil Eelam	10		6th place	Iraqi Kurdistan
Sápmi	4	Darfur	0		7th place	Occitania
5 June – Östersund		7 June – Östersund			8th place	Abkhazia
Darfur	0	Sápmi	1		9th place	Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh	12	Nagorno-Karabakh	5		10th place	Sápmi
5 June – Östersund		7 June – Östersund			11th place	Tamil Eelam
Padania	3 (4)	Abkhazia	0		12th place	Darfur
Abkhazia	3 (2)	Occitania	1
5 June – Östersund		7 June – Östersund
Occitania	2 (4)	Padania	1 (4)
Iraqi Kurdistan	2 (5)	Iraqi Kurdistan	1 (3)

Placement round 1

Tamil Eelam  v  Sápmi

5 June 2014 10:00

Tamil Eelam	2–4	Sápmi
Prashanth Ragvan  55', 77'		Steffen Dreyer  58', 66', ??'  79' (o.g.)

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Darfur v  Nagorno-Karabakh

5 June 2014 13:00

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'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Padania  v  Abkhazia

5 June 2014 16:00

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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Occitania  v  Iraqi Kurdistan

5 June 2014 19:00

Occitania	2–2	Iraqi Kurdistan
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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Placement round 2

Tamil Eelam  v Darfur

7 June 2014 10:00

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'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Sápmi  v  Nagorno-Karabakh

7 June 2014 13:00

Sápmi	1–5	Nagorno-Karabakh
Arle Ivar Ring  68'		Gevorg Poghosyan  30', 83' Mihran Manasyan  32', 52' Armen Petrosyan  64'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Abkhazia  v  Occitania

7 June 2014 16:00

Abkhazia	0–1	Occitania
		Gerome Hernandez  78'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Padania  v  Iraqi Kurdistan

7 June 2014 19:00

Padania	1–1	Iraqi Kurdistan
	Penalties
	4–3

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Final Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Eff
1	County of Nice	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	10	66.7%
2	Ellan Vannin	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6	11	73.3%
3	Arameans Suryoye	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3	10	66.7%
4	South Ossetia	5	1	1	3	23	10	+13	4	26.7%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5	Padania	5	2	2	1	28	7	+21	8	53.3%
6	Iraqi Kurdistan	5	1	3	1	14	6	+8	6	40.0%
7	Occitania	5	2	3	0	5	3	+2	9	60.0%
8	Abkhazia	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	6	40.0%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9	Nagorno-Karabakh	4	2	0	2	19	5	+14	6	50.0%
10	Sápmi	4	1	0	3	6	10	−4	3	25.0%
11	Tamil Eelam	4	1	0	3	12	15	−3	3	25.0%
12	Darfur	4	0	0	4	0	61	−61	0	0.0%

See also

• Viva World Cup

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External links

• Official website