CONIFA Asian Football Cup

CONIFA Asian Football Cup

Founded	2023
Region	International (Asia) (Confederation of Independent Football Associations)
Current champions	Tamil Eelam
Most successful team(s)	Tamil Eelam (2 titles)
2025 CONIFA Asian Football Cup

The CONIFA Asian Football Cup, also known as the CONIFA Asia Cup, is an international football tournament organized by CONIFA, an umbrella association for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA. ^[1]

History

Lisbon 2023

London 2025

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Map of ConIFA Asian Football Cup Locations

Lisbon 2023

CONIFA announced the first Asian Cup, featuring 3 teams, would be held in August 2023 with games played at Alcochete, near Lisbon, a second stage was announced to be played in the UK was never held. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

London 2025

CONIFA announced a second edition of the Asian Cup would be held in July 2025 with games played in Walton-on-Thames, near London. The tournament would again feature 3 participating teams. ^[5]

Results

Ed.	Year	Host	First place game			Third place game			Num. teams
			Champion	Score	Runner-up	Third	Score	Fourth
1	2023	Portugal	Tamil Eelam	3–1	Hmong FF	Tibet	—		3
2	2025	England	Tamil Eelam	5–0	East Turkestan	Tibet	—		3

Appearances

Legend

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
• GS — Group Stage
• q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
•  •  — Did not qualify
•  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by CONIFA
•    — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

CONIFA Asian Football Cup record
Team (Total 4 teams)	2023 (3)	2025 (3)
East Turkestan	x	2nd
Hmong FF	2nd	x
Tamil Eelam	1st	1st
Tibet	3rd	3rd

Members of CONIFA Asia

Asia (8)
East Turkestan
Hmong FF
Kashmir
Kurdistan Region
Pakistan All-Stars [6]
Panjab
Tamil Eelam
Tibet

References

1. CONIFA Asia Cup 2023 (CONIFA)
2. says, Tenzin (4 July 2023). "Dalai Lama blesses team Tibet prior to CONIFA Asia Cup".
3. Brown, Kyle (8 August 2023). "Hmong Futbol Federation unites community through soccer". KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News.
4. "Team Tibet bows out of CONIFA Asia Cup". 7 August 2023.
5. "CONIFA Asia Cup 2025".
6. "Pakistan Football Association joins CONIFA" . Retrieved 1 July 2023.