2014 ConIFA World Football Cup

2014 ConIFA World Football Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden (Host association: Sápmi)
Dates	1 June – 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
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	140 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Artur Elbaev (9 goals)
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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, ^[10] with all matches being held in the 6626-capacity Jämtkraft Arena. ^[11]

  Sápmi

Östersund
Jämtkraft Arena
63°11′41.47″N14°39′21.05″E / 63.1948528°N 14.6558472°E / 63.1948528; 14.6558472 (Jämtkraft Arena)
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
Kurdistan Region [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Quebec in Group C and Zanzibar in Group D. However, in May 2014, it was announced that both Quebec and Zanzibar had withdrawn from the tournament.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
Kurdistan Region	2	1	0	1	10	2	+8	3
Tamil Eelam	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

1 June 2014

13:00

Kurdistan Region	1–2	Arameans Suryoye
Shakour 38'		Karli 78' Candemir 84'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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2 June 2014

10:00

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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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3 June 2014

10:00

Tamil Eelam	0–9	Kurdistan Region
		Aras 17' Ahmed 23', 35' Younes 28' Shukri 31' Ali 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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

1 June 2014

16:00

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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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2 June 2014

16:00

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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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3 June 2014

16:00

Occitania	1–0	Sápmi
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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

1 June 2014

10:00

Darfur	0–20	Padania
		Garavelli 2', 13', 24' Innocenti 4', 10', 27', 39' Rota 11', 26' Nannini 16' Mosti 46' Prandelli 48', 57', 81', 87' Barwuah 50', 54' Mussi 62', 64', 69'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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2 June 2014

13:00

Darfur	0–19	South Ossetia
		Elbaev 10', 39', 42', 62', 75', 76', 82', 88' Salbiev 13', 40' Kobaldze 45' Khutiev 56', 59', 70', 79', 90' Kudziev 63' Kulov 68' Tskhovrebov 90+1'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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3 June 2014

13:00

South Ossetia	1–3	Padania
Elbaev 46'		Innocenti 6' Mussi 37' 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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

1 June 2014

19:00

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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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2 June 2014

19:00

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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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3 June 2014

19:00

Nagorno-Karabakh	0–1	County of Nice
		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
	4 June – Östersund
					Ellan Vannin	4			Third place
	Ellan Vannin	1 (4)
									8 June – Östersund
	Kurdistan Region	1 (2)
									South Ossetia	1
									Arameans Suryoye	4

Quarter-finals

4 June 2014

10:00

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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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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

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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

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4 June 2014

19:00

Ellan Vannin	1–1	Kurdistan Region
Sharkey 80'		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

6 June 2014

16:00

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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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6 June 2014

19:00

Arameans Suryoye	1–4	Ellan Vannin
Mourad 9'		Jones 23' McVey 60' Bass Jr. 70' McNulty 72'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Third-place play-off

8 June 2014

10:00

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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Final

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	Kurdistan Region
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)
Kurdistan Region	2 (5)	Kurdistan Region	1 (3)

Placement round 1

5 June 2014

10:00

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

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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5 June 2014

13:00

Darfur	0–12	Nagorno-Karabakh
		Nranyan 7', 24', 45', 75' Gyozalyan 22', 39', 54', 74' Grigoryan 33', 42' Karapetyan 69' Bareghanyan 90+2'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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5 June 2014

16:00

Padania	3–3	Abkhazia
Mosti 41' Barwuah 48' Prandelli 90+1'		Vardania 60', 62' 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

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5 June 2014

19:00

Occitania	2–2	Kurdistan Region
Dors 41', 47'		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

7 June 2014

10:00

Tamil Eelam	10–0	Darfur
Navaneethakrishnan 2', 10' Jeganthan 8' Ragvan 16', 69', 69' Balamurali 53' Vigmeswararajah 73' Gunasingham 81', 89'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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7 June 2014

13:00

Sápmi	1–5	Nagorno-Karabakh
Ring 68'		Poghosyan 30', 83' Manasyan 32', 52' Petrosyan 64'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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7 June 2014

16:00

Abkhazia	0–1	Occitania
		Hernandez 78'

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

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7 June 2014

19:00

Padania	1–1	Kurdistan Region
Rota 64'
Penalties
	4–3

Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund

Final Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	County of Nice	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	10
2	Ellan Vannin	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6	11
3	Arameans Suryoye	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3	10
4	South Ossetia	5	1	1	3	21	10	+11	4
5	Padania	5	2	2	1	28	7	+21	8	Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
6	Kurdistan Region	5	1	3	1	14	6	+8	6
7	Occitania	5	2	3	0	5	3	+2	9
8	Abkhazia	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	6
9	Nagorno-Karabakh	4	2	0	2	19	5	+14	6	Eliminated in the First Stage
10	Sápmi	4	1	0	3	6	10	−4	3
11	Tamil Eelam	4	1	0	3	12	15	−3	3
12	Darfur	4	0	0	4	0	61	−61	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• Viva World Cup

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External links

• Official website