CONIFA European Football Cup

CONIFA European Football Cup
Organising body	CONIFA
Founded	2015
Region	Europe (CONIFA)
Number of teams	27
Current champions	South Ossetia (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Padania (2 titles)
	2023 CONIFA European Football Cup

The CONIFA European Football Cup is an international football tournament organized by CONIFA, an umbrella association for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA, planned to be held every two years beginning with 2015. The 2017 edition was in Northern Cyprus.^[1]

History

Debrecen 2015

Northern Cyprus 2017

Nagorno Karabakh 2019

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Map of ConIFA European Football Cup Locations

Hungary 2015

In June 2014 CONIFA announced plans to organize the ConIFA European Football Cup. 3 FAs applied to host the tournament: Abkhazia, Ellan Vannin and Nagorno Karabakh.^[2] Ellan Vannin was announced as host on August 6.^[3] However, in March 2015, at the draw for the competition, the tournament was moved as a result of logistical issues; Székely Land was announced as the replacement host, with the competition to be held in Hungary.^[4]

Northern Cyprus 2017

In January 2017 CONIFA announced that the 2017 edition of the CONIFA European Football Cup would take place in Northern Cyprus.^[5] The competition featured 8 teams, 2 more than in 2015.

Republic of Artsakh 2019

In August 2019, ConIFA announced the 2019 edition of the CONIFA European Football Cup took place in Nagorno Karabakh and featured 12 teams, 4 more than in 2017. However, this was revised down to 8 teams following the late withdrawal of 4 teams.

County of Nice 2021

In January 2021, ConIFA announced the 2021 edition of the CONIFA European Football Cup took place in Nice, France and featured 12 teams, 4 more than in the 2017 and 2019 editions. This was announced in a backdrop of the, at the time, ongoing COVID-19 Global Pandemic.

Northern Cyprus 2023

In September 2022, ConIFA announced the 2023 edition of the CONIFA European Football Cup would take place in Northern Cyprus. It was suspended following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, to enable Northern Cyprus to focus on supporting humanitarian efforts in Turkey. No replacement host was announced.

Results

Ed.	Year	Host	First place game			Third place game			Num. teams
Ed.	Year	Host	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Third	Score	Fourth	Num. teams
1	2015	Debrecen	Padania	4–1	County of Nice	Ellan Vannin	1–1 5–3 (p)	Felvidék	6
2	2017	Northern Cyprus	Padania	1–1 3–2 (p)	Northern Cyprus	Székely Land	3–1	Abkhazia	8
3	2019	Artsakh	South Ossetia	1–0	Western Armenia	Abkhazia	0–0 5–4 (p)	Chameria	8
4	~~2022~~	~~County of Nice~~	Suspended^{[note 1]}						12
4	~~2023~~	~~Northern Cyprus~~	Suspended^{[note 2]}						12

Notes

^ Postponed until 2022 due to COVID-19 Pandemic, Cancelled after host later withdrew
^ Cancelled due to 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake

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.

Team	2015 (6)	2017 (8)	2019 (8)	2023 (12)	Total participations
Abkhazia	••	4th	3rd	q	3/4
Artsakh	×	×	GS	×	1/4
Chameria	×	×	4th	×	1/4
County of Nice	2nd	••	••	×	1/4
Ellan Vannin	3rd	GS	×	×	2/4
Felvidék	4th	GS	•	×	2/4
Kárpátalja	•	GS	•	q	2/4
Northern Cyprus	••	2nd	•	q	2/4
Padania	1st	1st	GS	q	4/4
Romani people	GS	•	•	×	1/4
Sápmi	••	••	GS	q	2/4
South Ossetia	••	GS	1st	q	3/4
Székely Land	GS	3rd	GS	q	4/4
Western Armenia	•	•	2nd	×	1/4

Members of CONIFA Europe

As of October 2023 ^[6]

Europe (16)
Team
Abkhazia
Artsakh
Canton Ticino
Chameria
Cornwall
Elba Island
Ellan Vannin
Kárpátalja
Northern Cyprus
Padania
Raetia
Sápmi
Sardinia
Székely Land
Two Sicilies
Western Armenia

References

^ "CONIFA (@CONIFAOfficial) - Twitter". twitter.com.
^ "Three FAs apply to host the European Football Cup '15". 16 June 2014.
^ "The 1st European Football Cup will be hosted by MIFA on the Isle of Man". 6 August 2014.
^ "European Football Cup 2015 ultimately moved to Budapest!". 15 March 2015.
^ CONIFA (28 January 2017). "The @CONIFAOfficial is pleased to announce that our 2017 European Football Cup will be held from 4-11 June in Northern Cyprus #conifaAGMpic.twitter.com/3QYggUPj96".
^ "Members".

[Nice-6] Postponed until 2022 due to COVID-19 Pandemic, Cancelled after host later withdrew

[Event-7] Cancelled due to 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake

[1] "CONIFA (@CONIFAOfficial) - Twitter". twitter.com.

[2] "Three FAs apply to host the European Football Cup '15". 16 June 2014.

[3] "The 1st European Football Cup will be hosted by MIFA on the Isle of Man". 6 August 2014.

[4] "European Football Cup 2015 ultimately moved to Budapest!". 15 March 2015.

[5] CONIFA (28 January 2017). "The @CONIFAOfficial is pleased to announce that our 2017 European Football Cup will be held from 4-11 June in Northern Cyprus #conifaAGMpic.twitter.com/3QYggUPj96".

[8] "Members".

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