2019 CONIFA European Football Cup

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2019 CONIFA European Football Cup
Tournament details
Host countryRepublic of Artsakh 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 placeFlag of Abkhazia.svg Abkhazia
Fourth place Chameria
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored59 (2.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Ossetia Batradz Gurtsiev (5 goals)
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The South Ossetian football team won the CONIFA European Football Cup on 9 June 2019 in Stepanakert.

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.

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)
(natural grass)
(artificial turf)
(natural grass)
Stepenakert view no.2, cropped.jpg Martakert003.JPG Askeran Marzadasht 26.06.2011.jpg
39°49′16″N 46°45′12″E / 39.8210541°N 46.7532527°E / 39.8210541; 46.7532527 (Stepanakert Republican Stadium) 40°13′00″N 46°49′16″E / 40.2166109°N 46.8210697°E / 40.2166109; 46.8210697 (Vigen Shirinyan Stadium) 39°47′42″N 47°07′07″E / 39.7949688°N 47.1187198°E / 39.7949688; 47.1187198 (Avakyan Arena) 39°56′17″N 46°50′20″E / 39.9381267°N 46.8389386°E / 39.9381267; 46.8389386 (Askeran City Stadium)
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 1,200 Capacity: 1,080 Capacity: 500
2019 CONIFA European Football Cup is located in Republic of Artsakh
Stepanakert
Martakert
Martuni
Martuni
Askeran
Askeran

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 ,[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:[citation needed]
Abkhazia 3–1 Chameria
Maskayev Goal 48'
Logua Goal 49', 74'		 [citation needed] Prendi Goal 30'
Askeran City Stadium, Askeran
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed
Artsakh 3–2 Sápmi
Mkrtchyan Goal 3'
Sargsyan Goal 43'
Malyaka Goal 82'		 Report Zakrisson Goal 24'
Edvardsen Goal 83'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov
Chameria 4–1 Artsakh
Çema Goal 58', 90+3'
Mziu Goal 85'
Gjoka Goal 90+5'		 Report Sargsyan Goal 83'
Avakyan Arena, Martuni
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj
Sápmi 0–1 Abkhazia
[citation needed] Dgebuadze Goal 45+2'
Vigen Shirinyan Stadium, Martakert
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed
Artsakh 1–1 Abkhazia
Mkrtchyan Goal 33' Report Logua Goal 8'
Avakyan Arena, Martuni
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov
Chameria 4–0 Sápmi
Mziu Goal 5'
Hoxha Goal 22', 45'
Çema Goal 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:[citation needed]
Padania 4–0 Székely Land
Tignonsini Goal 7'
Corno Goal 53', 78'
Rota Goal 61'		 Report
Vigen Shirinyan Stadium, Martakert
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj
Western Armenia 1–2 South Ossetia
Aslanyan Goal 79' [citation needed] Gurtsiev Goal 29', 56'
Avakyan Arena, Martuni
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed
Székely Land 0–5 Western Armenia
Report Badoyan Goal 20'
HovsepyanGoal 52' (pen.)
Bakalyan Goal 70'
Minasyan Goal 81'
Aslanyan Goal 90+1'
Askeran City Stadium, Askeran
Attendance: 500
Referee: Arkadi Akobyan
South Ossetia 2–1 Padania
Gurtsiev Goal 55'
Ibragim Bazayev Goal 80'		 Report Ravasi Goal 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov
South Ossetia 2–2 Székely Land
Gurtsiev Goal 72', 84' [citation needed] Vékás Goal 54'
B. Kovács Goal 82'
Askeran City Stadium, Askeran
Attendance: 500
Referee: Arkadi Akobyan
Padania 1–1 Western Armenia
Colombo Goal 69' Report Yedigaryan Goal 67'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed

Knockout stage[]

Semi-finals[]

Abkhazia 1–1 Western Armenia
Alan Khugayev Goal 10' [citation needed] David Manoyan Goal 32' (pen.)
Penalties
0–3
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj
South Ossetia 0–0 Chameria
[citation needed]
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
Ibragim Bazayev Goal 65'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov, Vitalii Mazin, Valerii Kravchenko, Aleksandr Demenko, Ivan Mrkalj

Placement round[]

Placement round 1[]

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

Placement round 2[]

Sápmi 3–2 Székely Land
Benjamin Zakrisson Goal 17'
Samuli Laitila Goal 19', 75'		 Rajmond Balint Goal 35'
Akos Kovacs Goal 55' (pen.)
Askeran City Stadium, Askeran
Attendance: 500
Referee: René Jacobi
Padania 0–2 Artsakh
Arsen Sargsyan Goal 58'
Dmitri Malyaka Goal 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:[citation needed]

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. ^ Jump up to: a b "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. Archived from the original on 2019-02-28. 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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