2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification

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2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates30 May 2015 – 6 September 2015
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored56 (3.73 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of the County of Nice.svg Franck Delerue
(5 goals)
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2018 →

The 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification is a process to decide a number of the teams that will play in the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup. Unlike the previous tournament, this will be the first one that will use a measure of qualification. The first qualification match played was on 30 May 2015 between the newly constituted Felvidék team and the team representing Alderney, with the first goal scored by Felvidék's Zoltán Novota.

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Background

The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA) was founded in June 2013, as an organisation to represent football associations that are not eligible or choose not to join FIFA. [1] One year later, it held its first official tournament, the 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup, in Sweden, to which the twelve participating teams were invited. The success of this tournament led to the decision to make it a biannual competition, with continental tournaments taking place in between, the first of which was the 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup.

During the planning process for the European Football Cup, ConIFA took the decision that, in addition to finding its first European champions, the competition would also serve as a qualification tournament for the 2016 World Football Cup, with the top three teams gaining automatic entry into the WFC. [2] The finalised European Football Cup eventually featured a total of six teams, including both the current WFC champions, Countea de Nissea, and the runners up, Ellan Vannin. A number of the participants undertook warm-up games prior to the start of the tournament, [3] with Ellan Vannin planning a pair of back-to-back charity games over the weekend of the 30–31 May against Alderney. [4] [5] However, in mid-May 2015, a few weeks prior to the fixtures taking place, the fixtures as planned were cancelled and replaced by a four team tournament called the Niamh Challenge Cup, with Ellan Vannin and Alderney joined by teams representing Felvidék and Punjab. At the same time, ConIFA announced that they were officially sanctioning the tournament, with the winners gaining automatic entry to the WFC. [6] A second tournament, the Benedikt Fontana Cup, hosted in Switzerland by the Fussballauswahl Raetia, was announced as taking place in parallel with the EFC in June 2015, with three participants, including the hosts Raetia, Felvidék and the Chagos Islands. ConIFA also announced that this too would serve as a qualification tournament for the WFC, with the winner gaining automatic entry. [7]

In addition to the qualification process that ConIFA put in place, the organisation announced in May that it had reached an agreement with the football association representing the Aymara people for their team to be the first South Americans to play at the World Football Cup. [8]

On 7 July ConIFA announced that Abkhazia had been selected as the host of the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, which simultaneously means they will be taking part. [9]

In December 2015, following advice from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office over security concerns regarding travel to Abkhazia, the Manx Independent Football Alliance announced that the Ellan Vannin team would withdraw from the World Football Cup, and instead take part in the 2016 Europeada Championship in Italy. [10]

Qualified teams

TeamMethod of
qualification		Date of
qualification		Finals
appearance		Previous
appearance		Previous best
performance		Notes
Aymará Invitation13 May 20151stN/AN/ASubsequently, withdrew from competition
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Ellan Vannin Niamh Challenge Cup winners31 May 20152nd 2014 Runners-up (2014)Subsequently, withdrew from competition
Flag of Padania.svg  Padania European Football Cup Winner21 June 20152nd 2014 5th place (2014)Initially expelled from competition, but subsequently restored
Flag of the County of Nice.svg  County of Nice European Football Cup Runner Up21 June 20152nd 2014 Winners (2014)Subsequently, withdrew from competition
Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia.svg  Abkhazia Host7 July 20152nd 2014 8th place (2014)
Flag of Raetia.svg  Raetia Benedikt Fontana Cup Winners6 September 20151stN/AN/A

Qualification

In the qualification process, Ellan Vannin and Felvidek had two opportunities to qualify; through the Niamh Challenge Cup and the ConIFA European Football Cup.

Niamh Challenge Cup

The Niamh Challenge Cup was a four-team knockout tournament over two days; the winners of the two games played on the first day advanced to the final, with the winner of that game qualifying automatically for the WFC.

30 May 2015 (2015-05-30)Match 1 Alderney  Flag of Alderney.svg1–2 Felvidek (Upper Hungary) football flag.png Felvidék The Bowl, Douglas
11:30 BST Josh Concanen Soccerball shade.svg60'Zoltan Novatar Soccerball shade.svg40'
Attilia Dalonky Soccerball shade.svg61'
30 May 2015 (2015-05-30)Match 2 Ellan Vannin Flag of the Isle of Man.svg 8–1 Panjab The Bowl, Douglas
15:00 BST Sean Quaye Soccerball shade.svg11', 37'
Ciaran McNulty Soccerball shade.svg15'
Conor Doyle Soccerball shade.svg44'
Frank Jones Soccerball shade.svg50', 55'
Furo Davies Soccerball shade.svg67'
Liam Doyle Soccerball shade.svg75'		? Soccerball shade.svg28'Referee: Andrew Lodge (Isle of Man)
31 May 2015 (2015-05-31)Final Felvidék Felvidek (Upper Hungary) football flag.png 1–3 Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Ellan Vannin The Bowl, Douglas
17:30 BST Attila Dálnoky Soccerball shade.svg72' Report Ciaran McNulty Soccerball shade.svg20'
Sam Caine Soccerball shade.svg25'
Conor Doyle Soccerball shade.svg88'

2015 European Football Cup

The 2015 European Football Cup featured a total of six teams, divided into two groups of three for the first round. The top two in each group advanced to the semi-finals. The winner of the tournament, runner-up and team that finished third were automatically awarded places in the 2016 World Football Cup.

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

Group A
Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
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 ]

Group B
Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
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 ]
20 June 2015Semi-final 1 County of Nice  Flag of the County of Nice.svg3–1 Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Ellan Vannin Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen
15:00 CEST Delerue Soccerball shade.svg
Floridi Soccerball shade.svg
Girand Soccerball shade.svg		Jones Soccerball shade.svg
20 June 2015Semi-final 2 Padania  Flag of Padania.svg5–0 Felvidek (Upper Hungary) football flag.png Felvidék Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen
18:00 CEST Prandelli Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
Mazzotti Soccerball shade.svg
De Peralta Soccerball shade.svg
Baruwah Soccerball shade.svg
21 June 20153rd place match Ellan Vannin Flag of the Isle of Man.svg 1–1
(5–3 p)		 Felvidek (Upper Hungary) football flag.png Felvidék Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen
13:00 CEST Bass Soccerball shade.svgMagyar Soccerball shade.svg
21 June 2015Final County of Nice  Flag of the County of Nice.svg1–4Flag of Padania.svg  Padania Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen
16:00Delerue Soccerball shade.svgTignonsini Soccerball shade.svg
De Peralta Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
Prandelli Soccerball shade.svg

Benedikt Fontana Cup

The Benedikt Fontana Cup was planned as a two-game tournament held over two days in June 2015 between Raetia and the Chagos Islands, with the winners automatically qualifying for the World Football Cup. The competition was originally planned as a three-team tournament, with Panjab and Felvidek due to take part alongside the hosts. Panjab were forced to withdraw in May 2015, and were replaced by the Chagos Islands. [11] Subsequently, Felvidek also withdrew, leaving it as a two-legged tie, with the winner (and qualification place) decided by the aggregate score. In June 2015, just prior to the event taking place, the competition was cancelled by the Raetia FA as a result of the Chagos team pulling out, and rescheduled for August 2015. [12] The Raetia FA announced that the tournament would be played as a single game against Franconia on Sunday 6 September. [13] [14]

6 September 2015 (2015-09-06) Raetia  Flag of Raetia.svg6–0Flagge Franken.svg  Franconia Fussballplätze Ringstrasse, Chur
13:00 CET

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