CONIFA European Football Cup

CONIFA European Football Cup

Map of European ConIFA nations
Organising body	CONIFA
Founded	2015
Region	Europe (CONIFA)
Number of teams	28
Current champions	South Ossetia (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Padania (2 titles)
2021 CONIFA European Football Cup

The CONIFA European Football Cup is an international football tournament organized by CONIFA, an umbrella association for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA, planned to be held every two years beginning with 2015. The 2017 edition was in Northern Cyprus.^[1]

History[]

Debrecen 2015

Northern Cyprus 2017

Nagorno Karabakh 2019

Nice 2021

Map of ConIFA European Football Cup Locations

Hungary 2015[]

In June 2014 CONIFA announced plans to organize the ConIFA European Football Cup. 3 FAs applied to host the tournament: Abkhazia, Ellan Vannin and Nagorno Karabakh.^[2] Ellan Vannin was announced as host on August 6.^[3] However, in March 2015, at the draw for the competition, the tournament was moved as a result of logistical issues; Székely Land was announced as the replacement host, with the competition to be held in Hungary.^[4]

Northern Cyprus 2017[]

In January 2017 CONIFA announced that the 2017 edition of the CONIFA European Football Cup would take place in Northern Cyprus.^[5] The competition featured 8 teams, 2 more than in 2015.

Republic of Artsakh 2019[]

In August 2019, ConIFA announced the 2019 edition of the CONIFA European Football Cup took place in Nagorno Karabakh and featured 12 teams, 4 more than in 2017. However, this was revised down to 8 teams following the late withdrawal of 4 teams.

County of Nice 2021[]

In January 2021, ConIFA announced the 2021 edition of the CONIFA European Football Cup took place in Nice, France and featured 12 teams, 4 more than in the 2017 and 2019 editions. This was announced in a backdrop of the, at the time, ongoing COVID-19 Global Pandemic.

Results[]

Year	Host		Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Number of teams
2015 Details	Debrecen		Padania	4–1	County of Nice		Ellan Vannin	1–1 5–3 (p)	Felvidék		6
2017 Details	Northern Cyprus		Padania	1–1 3–2 (p)	Northern Cyprus		Székely Land	3–1	Abkhazia		8
2019 Details	Artsakh		South Ossetia	1–0	Western Armenia		Abkhazia	0–0 5–4 (p)	Chameria		8
2021 Details	County of Nice			–				–			12

Appearances[]

Legend

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
• GS — Group Stage
• q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
•  •  — Did not qualify
•  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by CONIFA
•    — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2015 (6)	2017 (8)	2019 (8)	Total participations
Abkhazia	••	4th	3rd	2/3
Artsakh	×	×	GS 5th	1/3
Chameria	×	×	4th	1/3
County of Nice	2nd	••	••	1/3
Ellan Vannin	3rd	GS 6th	×	2/3
Felvidék	4th	GS 7th	•	2/3
Kárpátalja	•	GS 5th	•	1/3
Northern Cyprus	••	2nd	•	1/3
Padania	1st	1st	GS 6th	3/3
Romani people	GS 5th	•	•	1/3
Sápmi	••	••	GS 7th	1/3
South Ossetia	••	GS 8th	1st	2/3
Székely Land	GS 6th	3rd	GS 8th	3/3
Western Armenia	•	•	2nd	1/3

Members of CONIFA Europe[]

As of 5 June 2021 ^[6]

Europe (28)

Team
Abkhazia
Artsakh
Chameria
Kernow
Délvidék
Donetsk
Ellan Vannin
Felvidék
Franconia
Greenland
Parishes of Jersey
Kárpátalja
Luhansk
Monaco
County of Nice
Northern Cyprus
Occitania
Padania
Raetia
Romani people
Sápmi
Sardinia
South Ossetia
Székely Land
Two Sicilies
Transnistria
Western Armenia
Yorkshire

References[]