2015 CONIFA European Football Cup

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2015 ConIFA European Football Cup
ConIFA EC-2015 Hungary.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Szekely Land.svg  Székely Land (official)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (location)
Dates17–21 June
Teams6
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Padania.svg  Padania
Runners-upFlag of the County of Nice.svg  County of Nice
Third place Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Ellan Vannin
Fourth place Felvidek (Upper Hungary) football flag.png Felvidék
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored54 (4.91 per match)
Top scorer(s) Comte de Nice flag.svg Franck Delerue
(5 goals)
2017 →
Padania - Debrecen, 2015.06.21 Padania - Nizzai Grofsag - Debrecen, 2015.06.21 (82).JPG
Padánia - Debrecen, 2015.06.21

The 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup was the first edition of the ConIFA European Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA organised by CONIFA. The tournament was originally planned to be hosted by Ellan Vannin on the Isle of Man; this expanded to then see the group games and placement rounds held in South East England, while the semi-finals, third-place play-off and final would take place in Douglas. [1] However, in March 2015, at the draw for the tournament, it was announced that the tournament would no longer be held in the Isle of Man, instead moving to be hosted by new entrant Székely Land in Hungary. [2] In 2015, ConIFA announced that the tournament would serve as part of the qualification process for the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, with the top three teams qualifying automatically.

Contents

Tournament

In June 2014, following the success of the first ConIFA World Football Cup, CONIFA announced that a European international tournament would be held under its auspices in 2015. On the announcement, three CONIFA members applied to host the first European Football Cup, Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Ellan Vannin. Ellan Vannin was announced as the host in August 2014.

Hosts

As initially planned, the tournament was to take place wholly on the Isle of Man, with The Bowl, the main stadium on the island, holding all matches. However, the Isle of Man TT races were scheduled for the period of 30 May to 12 June 2015, the day prior to the start of the tournament. As a consequence of the unexpected interest in the tournament, with a consequent lack of hotel and ferry space for both spectators at the TT races and fans wishing to attend the European Football Cup, CONIFA took the decision to restructure the tournament, with the group and placement games to be held at venues in and around London between 14 and 18 June, and The Bowl to be used for the semi-finals and final on the 20 and 21 June. [3] In February 2015, soon after the announcement that the tournament would be split between the Isle of Man and Southern England, the two venues chosen for the group phase of the competition were confirmed as the Kingfield Stadium and Paddy Power Park, respectively the home grounds of Woking, of the Conference National, and Farnborough, who play in the Conference South.

Ellan Vannin - Felvidek Ellan Vannin - Felvidek - Debrecen, 2015.06.21 (15).JPG
Ellan Vannin - Felvidék
Ellan Vannin - Felvidek Ellan Vannin - Felvidek - Debrecen, 2015.06.21 (9).JPG
Ellan Vannin - Felvidék

However, in March 2015, at the draw for the tournament, CONIFA announced that it had taken the decision to move the tournament away from the Isle of Man, with the new hosts being announced as Székely Land. The reasoning for the move was that the logistical and financial issues of hosting what was becoming an increasingly large and potentially popular event, which then was increased from one venue to three, were too great for the Manx hosts to surmount, with the suggestion that Székely Land would be able to obtain the necessary support from the Hungarian government. As a consequence, the whole event was moved; initially intended to take place in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, it was finally placed in the country's second largest city, Debrecen. [2] [4]

Debrecen
Stadion Oláh Gábor Út Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadion
Debrecen-Rabotnicki.jpg Debrecen Athletics Stadium.JPG
47°32′58″N21°38′20″E / 47.549573°N 21.638882°E / 47.549573; 21.638882 (Stadion Oláh Gábor Út) 47°33′10″N21°38′14″E / 47.552639°N 21.637194°E / 47.552639; 21.637194 (Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadion)
Capacity: 10,200Capacity: 3,000

Participants

The participants will be drawn into 4 groups of 3. The top 2 teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals. There will also be placement games. The following teams will participate in the tournament. The 12 teams have been seeded into three pots, according to CONIFA's rankings: [5] Originally, the Sápmi football team, who had hosted the World Football Cup in 2014, were due to take part, but they were subsequently replaced by Monaco.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3

Subsequently, 3 teams (Franconia, Monaco, Nagorno-Karabakh) cancelled their participation for the 2015 European Football Cup in Hungary, which forced the originally planned scheduled to be revised. The presence of a total of nine teams led to three groups of three being formed. [7] In May 2015, Occitania also announced their withdrawal from the competition, which led to another revision of the match schedule into two groups of four, which CONIFA based upon their ranking points system. [8] In June 2015, another three teams, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Northern Cyprus, were all forced to withdraw, as a result of visa difficulties, [9] while the Felvidek team was added to the line up - leaving two groups of three and six participants in total. [10]

Matches

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the County of Nice.svg  County of Nice 220073+46
Felvidek (Upper Hungary) football flag.png Felvidék 210145−13
Flag of Szekely Land.svg Székely Land 200236−30
Source: [ citation needed ]
Székely Land Flag of Szekely Land.svg 2–3Flag of the County of Nice.svg  County of Nice
Hodgyai Soccerball shade.svg
Magyari Soccerball shade.svg		Delerue Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
Tchokounte Soccerball shade.svg
Felvidék Felvidek (Upper Hungary) football flag.png 3–1 Flag of Szekely Land.svg Székely Land
Dalkoni Soccerball shade.svg
Magyar Soccerball shade.svg
Kosa Soccerball shade.svg		Magyari Soccerball shade.svg
Felvidék Felvidek (Upper Hungary) football flag.png 1–4Flag of the County of Nice.svg  County of Nice
Kosa Soccerball shade.svgOnda Soccerball shade.svg
Delerue Soccerball shade.svg
Romen Soccerball shade.svg
Jaziri Soccerball shade.svg

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Padania.svg  Padania 220042+26
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Ellan Vannin 210132+13
Roma flag.svg Romani people 200236−30
Source: [ citation needed ]
Padania  Flag of Padania.svg3–2 Roma flag.svg Romani people
Tignonsini Soccerball shade.svg
Garavelli Soccerball shade.svg
Rota Soccerball shade.svg		Horvath Soccerball shade.svg
Csoka Soccerball shade.svg
Romani people Roma flag.svg 1–3 Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Ellan Vannin
Irhas Soccerball shade.svg29' Report Sharkey Soccerball shade.svg11'
Jones Soccerball shade.svg49'
Bass Soccerball shade.svg55'
Padania  Flag of Padania.svg1–0 Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Ellan Vannin
Prandelli Soccerball shade.svg

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 June – Debrecen
 
 
Flag of the County of Nice.svg  County of Nice 3
 
21 June – Debrecen
 
 Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Ellan Vannin 1
 
Flag of the County of Nice.svg  County of Nice 1
 
20 June – Debrecen
 
Flag of Padania.svg  Padania 4
 
Flag of Padania.svg  Padania 5
 
 
 Felvidek (Upper Hungary) football flag.png Felvidék 0
 
Third place
 
 
21 June – Debrecen
 
 
 Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Ellan Vannin 1 (5)
 
 
 Felvidek (Upper Hungary) football flag.png Felvidék 1 (3)

Placement matches

5th/6th Place
Székely Land Flag of Szekely Land.svg 2–4 Roma flag.svg Romani people
Silion Soccerball shade.svg
Mate Soccerball shade.svg		Oivido Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
Irhas Soccerball shade.svg
Horvath Soccerball shade.svg

Semi-finals

County of Nice  Flag of the County of Nice.svg3–1 Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Ellan Vannin
Delerue Soccerball shade.svg
Floridi Soccerball shade.svg
Girand Soccerball shade.svg		Jones Soccerball shade.svg
Padania  Flag of Padania.svg5–0 Felvidek (Upper Hungary) football flag.png Felvidék
Prandelli Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
Mazzotti Soccerball shade.svg
De Peralta Soccerball shade.svg
Baruwah Soccerball shade.svg

Third-Place play-off

Ellan Vannin Flag of the Isle of Man.svg 1–1 Felvidek (Upper Hungary) football flag.png Felvidék
Bass Soccerball shade.svgMagyar Soccerball shade.svg
Penalties
5–3

Final

County of Nice  Flag of the County of Nice.svg1–4Flag of Padania.svg  Padania
Delerue Soccerball shade.svgTignonsini Soccerball shade.svg
De Peralta Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
Prandelli Soccerball shade.svg

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