2022 CONIFA European Football Cup

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2022 CONIFA European Football Cup
Tournament details
Host country Flag of the County of Nice.svg Nice
Flag of France.svg  France
Dates3–12 June 2022
Teams12
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The 2021 Sportsbet.io CONIFA European Football Cup, later renamed CONIFA Euro 2022 is the planned fourth 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 to be hosted by Nice in France. [1]

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Initially to be played from 9 to 19 June, it was postponed to 7–17 July due to the ongoing pandemic, and finally cancelled on 6 May 2021. The organisers stated that they were hoping to make a decision to hold the competition in 2022, by August 2022. [2] [3] On 10 January 2022, CONIFA announced on social media, that the competition would be taking place between 3–12 June 2022 and had been renamed CONIFA Euro 2022 - in Nice as previously planned. [4] [5]

Less than 1 month before the tournament was due to begin CONIFA announced organisation problems with regards to hosts Nice. The tournament was not officially declared cancelled, but no alternative host was announced. [6]

Tournament

Venues

Flag of the County of Nice.svg  County of Nice

Nice
Stade de Nice
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Capacity: 38,223
Provence-Alpes-Cotes d'Azur region location map.svg

Participants

A total of twelve teams were scheduled to participate, with their seedings below. [7]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3

Northern Cyprus withdrew from the tournament after the draw. [2] It was replaced by a reserve team of the tournament, Two Sicilies.

There are two additional reserve teams in case further teams withdraw from the tournament, Flag of Transcarpathian Oblast.svg  Kárpátalja and Roma flag.svg  Romani people .

In April 2022, Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia.svg  Abkhazia , Flag of South Ossetia.svg  South Ossetia and Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg Chameria all withdrew. The official reason given was "organizational issues". They were replaced by Flag of Transcarpathian Oblast.svg  Kárpátalja , Bandiera Elba.svg Elba Island and Flag of Sicily (revised).svg  Sicily . [8]

In May 2022, Flag of Sardinia.svg  Sardinia withdrew from the tournament due to "safety reasons". [9]

Squads

Matches

Group stage

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

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the County of Nice.svg  County of Nice 00000000
Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg  Two Sicilies 00000000
TBD00000000
Source: "Groups of the CONIFA European Football Cup". Archived from the original on 2021-03-17. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
County of Nice  Flag of the County of Nice.svgvFlag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg  Two Sicilies
County of Nice  Flag of the County of Nice.svgvTBD
TBDvFlag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg  Two Sicilies

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Sicily (revised).svg  Sicily 00000000
Sami flag.svg  Sápmi 00000000
Flag of Szekely Land.svg  Székely Land 00000000
Source: "Groups of the CONIFA European Football Cup". Archived from the original on 2021-03-17. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
Sicily  Flag of Sicily (revised).svgvSami flag.svg  Sápmi
Sicily  Flag of Sicily (revised).svgvFlag of Szekely Land.svg  Székely Land
Sápmi  Sami flag.svgvFlag of Szekely Land.svg  Székely Land

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Bandiera Elba.svg Elba Island 00000000
Flag of Artsakh.svg  Artsakh 00000000
Flag of Cornwall.svg  Cornwall 00000000
Source: "Groups of the CONIFA European Football Cup". Archived from the original on 2021-03-17. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
Elba Island Bandiera Elba.svgvFlag of Artsakh.svg  Artsakh
Elba Island Bandiera Elba.svgvFlag of Cornwall.svg  Cornwall
Artsakh  Flag of Artsakh.svgvFlag of Cornwall.svg  Cornwall

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Padania.svg  Padania 00000000
Flag of Western Armenia.png  Western Armenia 00000000
Flag of Transcarpathian Oblast.svg  Kárpátalja 00000000
Source: "Groups of the CONIFA European Football Cup". Archived from the original on 2021-03-17. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
Padania  Flag of Padania.svgvFlag of Western Armenia.png  Western Armenia
Padania  Flag of Padania.svgvFlag of Transcarpathian Oblast.svg  Kárpátalja
Western Armenia  Flag of Western Armenia.pngvFlag of Transcarpathian Oblast.svg  Kárpátalja

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 June – Nice
 
 
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10 June – Nice
 
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8 June – Nice
 
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12 June – Nice
 
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8 June – Nice
 
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10 June – Nice
 
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8 June – Nice
 
? Third place
 
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12 June – Nice
 
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Quarter-finals

v
v
v
v

Semi-finals

v
v

Third-place play-off

v

Final

v

Placement round

Placement round 1

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Placement round 2

v
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v
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Final positions

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10 ?00000000
11 ?00000000
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Source: [ citation needed ]

Top scorers

References

  1. ↑ "European Football Cup returns for 2021 in Nice". CONIFA. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 "CONIFA European Football Cup Postponed". CONIFA. 17 March 2021. Archived from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Kernow FA miss out after Conifa 2021 European Football Cup is cancelled". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "CONIFA Official on Twitter". Twitter. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  5. ↑ "CONIFA Europe on Facebook". Facebook. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  6. ↑ "Statement | European Football Cup". Facebook. 8 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "European Football Cup returns for 2021 in Nice". CONIFA. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  8. ↑ Update CONIFA. 13 April 2022.Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Natzionale Sarda: salta l'Europeo Conifa, ma sarà un'estate di impegni internazionali" (in Italian). Centotrentuno.com. 12 May 2022..
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