2024 CONIFA Women's World Football Cup

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2024 CONIFA Women's World Football Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySami flag.svg  Sapmi (official)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (location)
City Bodø
Dates4–8 June 2024
Teams3
Venue(s)2
Final positions
ChampionsSami flag.svg  Sápmi (2nd title)
Runners-upTamil Eelam Flag.svg  Tamil Eelam
Third placeFlag of Szekely Land.svg  Székely Land
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored23 (3.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)Karoline Fosli
Eva-Alida Eliasson
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Dilaxsika Sundararajah
2022

The 2024 CONIFA Women's World Football Cup is the second edition of the CONIFA Women's World Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA organised by CONIFA. [1]

Contents

Participants

The following teams were initially announced to participate in the tournament;

Withdrawn

After initially being announced as participants, Flag of Azad Kashmir.svg Kashmir and Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg  Northern Cyprus later withdrew from the competition with no official reason given. [2] Flag of Tibet.svg  Tibet would also be removed from the tournament on the opening day after the team was unable to secure visa to travel aboard on time. [3] These withdrawals would result in the tournament being reduced from the originally announced 6 participants to 3.

Host

The tournament will be played above the Arctic Circle in northern Norway. The city of Bodø became selected as the European Capital of Culture in 2024 and as a part of the celebration, the city is hosting the CONIFA WWFC2024. [1]

Venues

The group stage will be played at Mørkvedlia idrettspark, 15 minutes outside the city center. The area is closely connected to the Bodø University College.The final will be played in the home ground of FK Bodø/Glimt, the Aspmyra Stadium. [1] [4]

Mørkvedlia idrettspark Aspmyra Stadion
Capacity: 1,500 [1] Capacity: 8,270 [5]
Morkvedlia Idrettspark.png

Aspmyra stadion.jpg

Group stage

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Sami flag.svg  Sápmi (H)4400150+1512Advance to the final
2Tamil Eelam Flag.svg  Tamil Eelam 411231294
3Flag of Szekely Land.svg  Székely Land 40132861
Source: CONIFA
(H) Hosts

Matches

MD 1
Tamil Eelam  Tamil Eelam Flag.svg2–2Flag of Szekely Land.svg  Székely Land
  • Dilaxsika Soccerball shade.svg46', 79'
Report
  • Krall Soccerball shade.svg44'
  • Kis Soccerball shade.svg50'
Mørkvedlia idrettspark
MD 1
Sápmi  Sami flag.svg2–0Flag of Szekely Land.svg  Székely Land
  • W. Ritzen Soccerball shade.svg49'
  • Fosli Soccerball shade.svg81'
Report
Mørkvedlia idrettspark

MD 2
Sápmi  Sami flag.svg2–0Tamil Eelam Flag.svg  Tamil Eelam
  • W. Ritzen Soccerball shade.svg51'
  • Norlemann Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Mørkvedlia idrettspark
MD 2
Székely Land  Flag of Szekely Land.svg0–1Tamil Eelam Flag.svg  Tamil Eelam
  • Dayaniah Soccerball shade.svg87'
Mørkvedlia idrettspark

MD 3
Székely Land  Flag of Szekely Land.svg0–3Sami flag.svg  Sápmi
  • Eliasson Soccerball shade.svg2'
  • Sundqvist Soccerball shade.svg10'
  • Johnsen Soccerball shade.svg58'
Mørkvedlia idrettspark
MD 3
Tamil Eelam  Tamil Eelam Flag.svg0–8Sami flag.svg  Sápmi
  • Eliasson Soccerball shade.svg2', 37'
  • Mannsverk Soccerball shade.svg11'
  • Nygård Soccerball shade.svg16', 21'
  • Fosli Soccerball shade.svg19', 34', 48'
Mørkvedlia idrettspark

Final

Sápmi  Sami flag.svg2–1Tamil Eelam Flag.svg  Tamil Eelam
  • Holmestrand-Hætta Soccerball shade.svg72' (pen.)
  • Eliasson Soccerball shade.svg86'
  • Dilaxsika Soccerball shade.svg13'

Top goalscorers

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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