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The 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup was the third edition of the CONIFA World Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA organised by CONIFA. The tournament was hosted by Barawa Football Association, with all games held in and around London.[1] The tournament was sponsored by Irish bookmaker Paddy Power. After being a late entry to the tournament, Kárpátalja won their first title on 9 June 2018, defeating Northern Cyprus 3–2 on penalties in the final (0–0 after 90 minutes).
Tournament details | |
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Host country | England (Host association: Barawa) |
Dates | 31 May – 9 June |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 10 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Kárpátalja (1st title) |
Runners-up | Northern Cyprus |
Third place | Padania |
Fourth place | Székely Land |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 41 |
Goals scored | 158 (3.85 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Kamaljit Singh (6 goals) |
In June 2017, at the CONIFA meeting held during the 2017 CONIFA European Football Cup, it was announced that the Barawa Football Association had been selected to act as the host for the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup. However, under CONIFA's criteria, the "host" is the CONIFA member that heads the organising committee for the tournament, which does not necessarily mean that it needs to be played in the host's territory.[2] Barawa is located in Somalia, but the Barawa FA represents members of the Somali diaspora in England.[3]
The first two CONIFA World Football Cup tournaments both featured no more than two venues each; the 2014 tournament featured all games played at the same stadium, while the 2016 edition had a stadium in each of two cities. The expansion from twelve to sixteen participants in 2018 saw a significant expansion in the number of venues used, with a total of ten selected in four separate towns and cities - of these, seven were located in Greater London itself, two were in the towns of Slough and Bracknell in Berkshire, and one in the borough of Thurrock in Essex.
Greater London | |||
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Sutton | Bromley | Enfield | Haringey |
Gander Green Lane | Hayes Lane | Queen Elizabeth II Stadium | Coles Park |
Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 2,500 | Capacity: 2,500 |
Greater London | Greater London | ||
Carshalton | Rotherhithe | ||
Colston Avenue | St Paul's Sports Ground | ||
Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 1,000 | ||
Greater London | Essex | ||
Bedfont | Aveley | ||
Bedfont Recreation Ground | Parkside | ||
Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 3,500 | ||
Berkshire | |||
Bracknell | Slough | ||
Larges Lane | Arbour Park | ||
Capacity: 2,500 | Capacity: 2,000 | ||
The process of qualification for the World Football Cup was originally laid out in a set of criteria published by CONIFA at its 2017 annual general meeting, which goes into the various ways by which teams can qualify.[4] This was subsequently revised by CONIFA in June 2017.[5]
Qualification points | |
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Opposition Factor (OF) | Result Factor (RF) |
CONIFA Member = 3 | Win = 3 |
Other international opposition = 2 | Draw = 2 |
Any other opposition = 1 | Defeat = 1 |
Points for a single match = OF × RF | |
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By the criteria set out, the qualification process began in January 2016, when Western Armenia played its first official game against the reserve team of the French club Olympique de Marseille.[6] The first team to qualify automatically was Tamil Eelam, by winning the single match CONIFA Challenger Cup against the Romani people in March 2016. Following this, two further, multi-team competitions were awarded qualification status by CONIFA, the Hungary Heritage Cup, played between four CONIFA members representing the Hungarian diaspora, and the World Unity Cup, which was a tournament containing teams representing a number of displaced peoples.[7] The winners of both of these tournaments were guaranteed qualification for the World Football Cup.
Team | Region | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Previous appearance |
Previous best performance |
Notes |
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Tamil Eelam | Asia | ConIFA Challenger Cup winners | 13 March 2016 | 2nd | 2014 | Placement round (2014) | |
Abkhazia | Europe | ConIFA World Football Cup winners | 6 June 2016 | 3rd | 2016 | Winners (2016) | |
Felvidék | Europe | Hungary Heritage Cup winners | 3 August 2016 | 1st | N/A | N/A | Subsequently withdrew |
Western Armenia | Asia | Wild card | 14 January 2017 | 2nd | 2016 | Quarter-final (2016) | |
Barawa | Africa | Host | 8 June 2017 | 1st | N/A | N/A | |
Tibet | Asia | Wild card | 8 June 2017 | 1st | N/A | N/A | |
Kiribati | Oceania | Regional qualification | 8 June 2017 | 1st | N/A | N/A | Subsequently withdrew |
Cascadia | North America | Regional qualification | 8 June 2017 | 1st | N/A | N/A | |
Padania | Europe | ConIFA European Football Cup winners | 10 June 2017 | 3rd | 2016 | 4th place (2016) | |
Northern Cyprus | Europe | ConIFA European Football Cup runners-up | 10 June 2017 | 2nd | 2016 | 3rd place (2016) | |
Panjab | Asia | Regional qualification | 2 September 2017 | 2nd | 2016 | 2nd place (2016) | |
United Koreans in Japan | Asia | Regional qualification | 2 September 2017 | 2nd | 2016 | Quarter-final (2016) | |
Matabeleland | Africa | Regional qualification | 2 September 2017 | 1st | N/A | N/A | |
Kabylia | Africa | Regional qualification | 2 September 2017 | 1st | N/A | N/A | |
Ellan Vannin | Europe | Regional qualification | 2 September 2017 | 2nd | 2014 | 2nd place (2014) | |
Székely Land | Europe | Regional qualification | 2 September 2017 | 2nd | 2016 | Placement round (2016) | |
Tuvalu | Oceania | Replacement | 7 March 2018 | 1st | N/A | N/A | Replaced Kiribati |
Kárpátalja | Europe | Replacement | 4 May 2018 | 1st | N/A | N/A | Replaced Felvidék |
In December 2017, the sixteen participating teams were seeded into four pots of four for the group stage draw, based on the ConIFA rankings. The draw for the group stage was held on 6 January 2018 in Northern Cyprus.[8][9]
In March 2018, ConIFA announced that, owing to financial difficulties, the Kiribati team had been forced to withdraw from the tournament, with their place taken by Tuvalu.[10] In May 2018, it was announced that the Felvidék team had withdrawn, to be replaced by Kárpátalja.[11]
ConIFA announced a total of 28 referees for the tournament, led by former Premier League official Mark Clattenburg.[12] During the tournament, referees used a third card in addition to the red and yellow; the green card, introduced as a concept by the tournament sponsor Paddy Power, was issued to players either for dissent or diving; a player given a green card was required to be substituted immediately.[12]
Referees | |
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Referee | Country |
Mark Clattenburg | England |
Oliver Potter | |
Karl Parker | |
Clément Auclair | France |
Raymond Mashamba | Zimbabwe |
Dmitrii Zhukov | Ukraine |
Vitalii Mazin | |
Valerii Kravchenko | |
Aleksandr Demenko | |
Givi Todua | Russia |
Kristian Michel | Slovakia |
Vinze Otten | Netherlands |
Alan Martinez | United States |
David Murphy | Scotland |
James Turpin | Isle of Man |
Denis Pérez González | Spain |
Andrew Mario Parody | Gibraltar |
Utku Hamamcioglu | Turkey |
Fehim Dayı | Northern Cyprus |
Zekai Tore | |
Isfendiyar Açiksoz | |
Esposito Pasquale | Italy |
Mario Guastafierro | |
Massimo Amitrano | |
Mario Sasso | |
Wilhelm Gürtler | Germany |
René Jacobi | |
Martin Heiland | |
Martin Rauh | |
Leon Dastych | |
Ivan Mrkalj | |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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Barawa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Advance to quarter-finals |
Cascadia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | |
Ellan Vannin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to placement round |
Tamil Eelam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
Ellan Vannin | 4–1 | Cascadia |
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Whitley 15' Jones 41' Caine 62' McVey 70' |
Report | Doughty 18' |
Barawa | 4–0 | Tamil Eelam |
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Sambou 17' Lucien 30' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Crichlow 43' |
Report |
Ellan Vannin | 2–0 | Tamil Eelam |
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Whitley 47' Caine 57' |
Report |
Barawa | 2–0 | Ellan Vannin |
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Bettamer 40' Ismail 56' |
Report |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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Kárpátalja | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advance to quarter-finals |
Northern Cyprus | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | |
Abkhazia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Advance to placement round |
Tibet | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
Northern Cyprus | 1–1 | Kárpátalja |
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Mehmet 13' | Report | I. Sándor 53' |
Abkhazia | 0–2 | Kárpátalja |
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Report | Gajdos 11' I. Sándor 90+8' |
Northern Cyprus | 3–1 | Tibet |
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Turan 2', 67' Gök 73' |
Report | Topgyal 38' |
Abkhazia | 2–2 | Northern Cyprus |
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Maskayev 21' Argun 90' (pen.) |
Report | Kaya 27' Oshan 77' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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Padania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals |
Székely Land | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 | |
Matabeleland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | Advance to placement round |
Tuvalu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 |
Székely Land | 4–0 | Tuvalu |
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Bajkó 23', 63', 68' Magyari 75' |
Report |
Padania | 6–1 | Matabeleland |
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Innocenti 10', 45' Piantoni 39', 42' Rosset 60' Rota 61' |
Report | Ndlela 78' |
Székely Land | 5–0 | Matabeleland |
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Fülöp 31' (pen.) Györgyi 40' Magyari 42', 54' Hodgyai 90+1' |
Report |
Padania | 3–1 | Székely Land |
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Rolandone 19' Innocenti 27' Pllumbaj 45' |
Report | Szőcs 90' |
Tuvalu | 1–3 | Matabeleland |
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Timuani 27' | Report | S. Ndlovu 25', 38' Mlalazi 90+1' (pen.) |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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Western Armenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | Advance to quarter-finals |
Panjab | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 4 | |
United Koreans in Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Advance to placement round |
Kabylia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 1 |
Panjab | 0–1 | Western Armenia |
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Report | Militosyan 14' |
Panjab | 1–1 | United Koreans in Japan |
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Purewal 77' (pen.) | Report | Mun 90+4' |
Western Armenia | 4–0 | Kabylia |
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Mosoyan 23' Valenza-Berberian 61', 87' Militosyan 89' |
Report |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
5 June – Sutton | ||||||||||
Barawa | 0 | |||||||||
7 June – Carshalton | ||||||||||
Northern Cyprus | 8 | |||||||||
Northern Cyprus | 3 | |||||||||
5 June – Bracknell | ||||||||||
Padania | 2 | |||||||||
Padania | 2 | |||||||||
9 June – Enfield | ||||||||||
Panjab | 0 | |||||||||
Northern Cyprus | 0 (2) | |||||||||
5 June – Sutton | ||||||||||
Kárpátalja | 0 (3) | |||||||||
Kárpátalja | 3 | |||||||||
7 June – Carshalton | ||||||||||
Cascadia | 1 | |||||||||
Kárpátalja | 4 | |||||||||
5 June – Bromley | ||||||||||
Székely Land | 2 | Third place | ||||||||
Western Armenia | 0 | |||||||||
9 June – Enfield | ||||||||||
Székely Land | 4 | |||||||||
Padania | 0 (5) | |||||||||
Székely Land | 0 (4) | |||||||||
Barawa | 0–8 | Northern Cyprus |
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Report | Gök 15', 80' Önet 51' Turan 54', 69' Ali 58' (o.g.) Mehmet 84' Osman 88' |
Western Armenia | 0–4 | Székely Land |
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Report | Tankó 36' Csizmadia 61' L. Fülöp 65' Bajkó 86' |
Northern Cyprus | 3–2 | Padania |
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Mehmet 36', 84' Turan 80' |
Report | Ravasi 30' Pavan 47' |
Kárpátalja | 4–2 | Székely Land |
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Toma 36', 57' Gyürki 75' (pen.) Peres 90+1' |
Report | Csizmadia 77' Bajkó 79' |
Padania | 0–0 | Székely Land |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
5–4 |
Northern Cyprus | 0–0 | Kárpátalja |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Mehmet Kurt Oshan Ersalan Turan |
2–3 | Gyürki Toma Baksa I. Sándor Svedjuk |
Northern Cyprus
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Kárpátalja
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ConIFA World Football Cup 2018 winners |
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Kárpátalja First title |
Ellan Vannin [note 1] | 0–3 Awarded | Tibet |
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Report |
Matabeleland | 0–0 | Kabylia |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
P. Ndlovu Mlalazi G. Ndlovu George Nkomo Sthamburi |
3–4 | Belalsa Hadid Mezaib |
Abkhazia | 6–0 | Tamil Eelam |
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Akhvlediani 40', 71' Logua 63' Shoniya 74', 88' Tarba 83' |
Report |
United Koreans in Japan | 5–0 | Tuvalu |
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Taniyama 18' Lee 20', 58' Shin 23' Mun 83' |
Report |
Ellan Vannin [note 2] | 0–3 Awarded | Matabeleland |
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Report |
Tamil Eelam | 4–3 | Tuvalu |
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Ragavan 7', 86', 90+1' Perananthan 90+4' |
Report | Petoa 3', 73' Vailine 55' |
Abkhazia | 2–0 | United Koreans in Japan |
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Akhvlediani 38' Kogoniya 78' |
Report |
Cascadia | 4–0 | Western Armenia |
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Ferguson 24', 62' Oldham 54' Farkas 79' |
Report |
Ellan Vannin [note 2] | 0–3 Awarded | Tuvalu |
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Report |
Matabeleland | 1–0 | Tamil Eelam |
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Ndlela 81' | Report |
Tibet | 1–1 | United Koreans in Japan |
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Yougyal 20' | Report | Gelek 84' (o.g.) |
Penalties | ||
1–4 |
Barawa | 0–7 | Western Armenia |
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Report | N. Hovsepyan D. Hovsepyan Yedigaryan Guzel Varjabetyan Militosyan Mosoyan |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | Kárpátalja | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 |
2 | Northern Cyprus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 |
3 | Padania | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 |
4 | Székely Land | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 |
5 | Panjab | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 |
6 | Cascadia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 |
7 | Western Armenia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 |
8 | Barawa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 22 | −15 |
9 | Abkhazia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 |
10 | Kabylia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | −7 |
11 | United Koreans in Japan | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
12 | Tibet | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 20 | −16 |
13 | Matabeleland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 |
14 | Tamil Eelam | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | −18 |
15 | Tuvalu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 24 | −20 |
16 | Ellan Vannin[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
Three individual awards were handed out by ConIFA at the conclusion of the tournament:[13]
As winner of Young Player of the Tournament, Sami Boudia was offered a one-month residency at one of the Global Football Centre Of Excellence's academies.
A programme for the entire tournament was produced, with the bulk of the content produced by football writer Mat Guy and blogger Pat McGuinness, and produced by Programme Master.[14] The tournament is also documented in detail in the book CONIFA: Football For The Forgotten by journalist James Hendicott, which centres around events in London and the history of the teams involved.[15]
The official anthem of the tournament is "Bring The House Down" by English duo Right Said Fred, which was released on 29 May 2018.[16]
Following the completion of the group stage, Ellan Vannin entered a protest regarding the fact that Barawa had been able to bring in a replacement player to their squad after the tournament had started, in apparent contravention of the tournament's rules. The addition of the player, Mohamed Bettamer, a former Libyan youth international, was permitted by ConIFA, who stated that this was a rule change, but who did not inform the other 15 teams in the competition, who had submitted their own squad lists according to the published pre-tournament rule book.[17] Ellan Vannin launched an appeal against the Barawa team's fielding of an apparently ineligible player, which at an initial meeting of the tournament committee was upheld, before subsequently being overturned.[18] As a result, Ellan Vannin withdrew from the remainder of the tournament, and Tibet, their opponents in the First Placement Round, were awarded a 3–0 victory.[19] Their place in the remaining fixtures were taken by Chagos Islands. [20] A meeting of ConIFA's Executive Committee made the decision to provisionally expel the Manx Independent Football Alliance from the organization on 7 June, subject to ratification at the Annual General Meeting in January 2019.[21] They were reinstated in January.
Chagos Islands | 0–1 | Matabeleland |
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Report | Sthamburi 60' |
CONIFA provided live streaming through football streaming service Mycujoo and edited highlights provided by FC Video. Select games were also live streamed on the Paddy Power Facebook page.
In Northern Cyprus the games were broadcast by EURO GENÇ TV.
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