2023 CONIFA European Football Cup

2023 CONIFA European Football Cup

Tournament details
Dates	Cancelled
Teams	12
← 2019

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]

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

Team	Previous appearances in tournament [a]
Abkhazia	2 (2017, 2019)
Kárpátalja	1 (2017)
Kernow	0 (debut)
Northern Cyprus	1 ( 2017 )
Padania	3 ( 2015 , 2017 , 2019)
Raetia	0 (debut)
Sápmi	1 (2019)
Sardinia	0 (debut)
Sicily	0 (debut)
South Ossetia	2 (2017, 2019 )
Székely Land	3 ( 2015 , 2017, 2019)
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]

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Northern Cyprus   South Ossetia   Kárpátalja	Abkhazia   Padania   Kernow	Sápmi   Székely Land   Sardinia	Sicily   Raetia   Two Sicilies

4 teams have been named as reserve sides in case other teams withdraw from the tournament; Elba Island,   Yorkshire , Canton Ticino and   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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to quarterfinals
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to quarterfinals
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to quarterfinals
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to quarterfinals
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualify for the 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup and the 2026 CONIFA European Football Cup
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualify for the 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup and the 2026 CONIFA European Football Cup
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualify for the 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup and the 2026 CONIFA European Football Cup
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualify for the 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup and the 2026 CONIFA European Football Cup
5	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualify for the 2026 CONIFA European Football Cup
6	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "CONIFA organizasyonu iptal edildi". KTFF (in Turkish). 16 February 2023.
2. "2023 Avrupa Şampiyonası basın toplantısı yapılacak Kaynak: 2023 Avrupa Şampiyonası basın toplantısı yapılacak". Sporyeni (in Turkish). 31 October 2022.
3. "North Cyprus announced as hosts of CONIFA European Football Cup 2023". T-Vine. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
4. "Daha iyisi için elimizden geleni yapacağız" (in Turkish). Sporyeni. 9 November 2022.
5. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Technical Report and Statistics" (PDF). FIFA.com. p. 151. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

External links

• CONIFA official website
• Cyprus Turkish Football Federation official website