2023 CONIFA European Football Cup

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2023 CONIFA European Football Cup
Tournament details
DatesCancelled
Teams12
2019
2025

The 2023 CONIFA European Football Cup was planned to be the fourth edition of this tournament, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA with an affiliation to Europe, organised by CONIFA. Northern Cyprus were originally announced as hosts, but withdrew to support humanitarian efforts in Turkey; the tournament was then subsequently cancelled. [1]

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Hosts

Originally Northern Cyprus was announced as the host on 9 November 2022. [2] However, on 16 February 2023, following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake the decision was made to relocate the tournament to enable Northern Cyprus to focus on supporting humanitarian efforts in Turkey. No replacement host was announced at the time.

Participants

TeamPrevious appearances in tournament [lower-alpha 1]
Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia.svg  Abkhazia 2 (2017, 2019)
Flag of Transcarpathian Oblast.svg  Kárpátalja 1 (2017)
Flag of Cornwall.svg  Kernow 0 (debut)
Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg  Northern Cyprus 1 ( 2017 )
Flag of Padania.svg  Padania 3 ( 2015 , 2017 , 2019)
Flag of Raetia.svg  Raetia 0 (debut)
Sami flag.svg  Sápmi 1 (2019)
Flag of Sardinia.svg  Sardinia 0 (debut)
Flag of Sicily (revised).svg  Sicily 0 (debut)
Flag of South Ossetia.svg  South Ossetia 2 (2017, 2019 )
Flag of Szekely Land.svg  Székely Land 3 ( 2015 , 2017, 2019)
Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg  Two Sicilies 0 (debut)
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Draw

A total of twelve teams were scheduled to participate, with their seedings below. [3]

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4 teams have been named as reserve sides in case other teams withdraw from the tournament; Bandiera Elba.svg Elba Island, Yorkshire Flag.png  Yorkshire , Flag of Canton of Ticino.svg Canton Ticino and Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg  Chameria .

Tournament

Format

Twelve teams will be divided into four groups of three teams.

At the end of the tournament, the four semifinalists will qualify for the 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup. In addition, the six first qualified teams will clinch a direct spot for the 2026 European Football Cup. [4]

Group stage

Group A

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First match(es) will be played: 20 November 2022. Source: [ citation needed ]

Group B

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First match(es) will be played: 20 November 2022. Source: [ citation needed ]

Group C

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First match(es) will be played: 20 November 2022. Source: [ citation needed ]

Group D

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First match(es) will be played: 20 November 2022. Source: [ citation needed ]

Final standings

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. [5]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1TBD00000000Qualify for the 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup and the 2026 CONIFA European Football Cup
2TBD00000000Qualify for the 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup and the 2026 CONIFA European Football Cup
3TBD00000000Qualify for the 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup and the 2026 CONIFA European Football Cup
4TBD00000000Qualify for the 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup and the 2026 CONIFA European Football Cup
5TBD00000000Qualify for the 2026 CONIFA European Football Cup
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Source: [ citation needed ]

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