2016 ConIFA World Football Cup
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The 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup was the second 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 the Football Federation of Abkhazia, with the Abkhazia team becoming the first host nation to win the tournament.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Abkhazia |
| Dates | 29 May – 5 June |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Abkhazia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Panjab |
| Third place |  Northern Cyprus |
| Fourth place |  Padania |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 115 (4.11 per match) |
| Top scorer | Amar Purewal (7 goals) |
← 2014 2018 → | |
Host selection
Following the 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup, in which the teams from Abkhazia and South Ossetia were refused visas by the Hungarian government, ConIFA announced that they had delivered strong objections to what they saw as political interference.[1] As a consequence, in July 2015, ConIFA announced that its executive committee had unanimously voted to award the 2016 World Football Cup to Abkhazia. It stated that, in addition to the quality of the bid, the decision would send out the message that ConIFA would stand by all of its members.[1]
Hosts
| Sukhumi | Gagra |
|---|---|
| Dinamo Stadium | Daur Akhvlediani Stadium |
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| 43.004911°N 41.014472°E | 43.2860657°N 40.2606291°E |
| Capacity:4,300 | Capacity:1,500 |
Qualification
The 2016 World Football Cup was the first ConIFA tournament to feature qualification, as the competitors in both the previous tournament and 2015 European Football Cup were invited. The qualification process was designed around a number of different tournaments; initially, ConIFA announced that the top three teams in the 2015 EFC would gain automatic qualification for the 2016 WFC.[2] Subsequent to this decision, ConIFA announced that it would sanction a number of friendly tournaments featuring its members as part of the qualification, with the first of these being the Niamh Challenge Cup, a four team tournament hosted by Ellan Vannin.[3] A further tournament, the Benedikt Fontana Cup was also planned to be hosted by Raetia.[4] The winners of these tournaments would gain qualification to the WFC.
In addition to the hosts, and the teams that gained entry to the tournament through the qualification process, ConIFA extended an invitation to the team representing the Aymara people to become the first South American side to participate.[5]
Qualified teams
| Team | Continent | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Previous appearance |
Previous best performance |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg){kind=small} Aymará |
South America | Invitation | 13 May 2015 | 1st | N/A | N/A | Subsequently, withdrew from competition |
 Ellan Vannin |
Europe | Niamh Challenge Cup winners | 31 May 2015 | 2nd | 2014 | Runners-up (2014) | Subsequently, withdrew from competition |
| Padania |
Europe | European Football Cup Winner | 21 June 2015 | 2nd | 2014 | 5th Place (2014) | Expelled from competition subsequent to qualification; subsequently restored following withdrawal of Romani People |
 County of Nice |
Europe | European Football Cup Runner-up | 21 June 2015 | 2nd | 2014 | Winners (2014) | Subsequently, withdrew from competition |
| Abkhazia |
Europe | Host | 7 July 2015 | 2nd | 2014 | 8th Place (2014) | |
 Raetia |
Europe | Benedikt Fontana Cup Winners | 6 September 2015 | 1st | N/A | N/A | |
 Somaliland |
Africa | Selected | 9 January 2016 | 1st | N/A | N/A | |
 Chagos Islands |
Africa | Selected | 9 January 2016 | 1st | N/A | N/A | |
 Kurdistan Region |
Asia | Selected | 9 January 2016 | 2nd | 2014 | 6th Place (2014) | |
| Panjab |
Asia | Selected | 9 January 2016 | 1st | N/A | N/A | |
 United Koreans in Japan |
Asia | Selected | 9 January 2016 | 1st | N/A | N/A | |
| Northern Cyprus |
Europe | Selected | 9 January 2016 | 1st | N/A | N/A | |
 Romani people |
Europe | Selected | 9 January 2016 | 1st | N/A | N/A | Subsequently, withdrew from competition |
 Sápmi |
Europe | Selected | 9 January 2016 | 2nd | 2014 | 10th Place (2014) | |
 Western Armenia |
Europe | Selected | 9 January 2016 | 1st | N/A | N/A | |
 Székely Land |
Europe | Selected | 2 March 2016 | 1st | N/A | N/A | Replaced Padania |
Draw
The twelve participating teams were divided into three pots of four for the group stage, which would see them drawn into four groups of three. The draw was made by ConIFA World President Per-Anders Blind in Luleå on 1 April 2016:[6]
Withdrawals
In December 2015, following advice from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office over security concerns regarding travel to Abkhazia, the Manx Independent Football Alliance announced that the Ellan Vannin team would withdraw from the World Football Cup, and instead take part in the 2016 Europeada Championship in Italy.[7] Subsequently, both the Aymará team, and County of Nice also withdrew.
In March 2016, ConIFA announced that Padania had been expelled from the tournament due to procedural irregularities, to be replaced by Székely Land.[8]
In May 2016, three weeks prior to the start of the tournament, ConIFA announced that the Romani team had been forced to withdraw from the tournament due to difficulties in obtaining travel documents for their squad. Padania, who had been expelled, were invited to take the place of the Romani team.[9]
Matches
Group stage
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Team advanced to the quarter-finals | |
| Team in the 9th-12th-place play-offs | |
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 6 |
| Western Armenia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 3 |
| Chagos Islands |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |
| Chagos Islands | 0–12 | Western Armenia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ghandilyan  3', 20', 30', 34', 45', 53'Avolian 55'Kapikyan 58', 81'Trapizoyan 64'Militosyan 69'Yagan 73' |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurdistan Region |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 |
| United Koreans in Japan |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
| Székely Land |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
| Kurdistan Region | 3–0 | Székely Land |
|---|---|---|
| Wriya 34' Shakor 55'Ahmed 73' |
Report |
| United Koreans in Japan | 1–0 | Székely Land |
|---|---|---|
| Son-chon 60' |
| United Koreans in Japan | 0–3 | Kurdistan Region |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Rahman 27' Khesro 45' (pen.)Ahmad 73' |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Cyprus |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 |
| Padania |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 3 |
| Raetia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
| Padania | 1–2 | Northern Cyprus |
|---|---|---|
| Prandelli 48' |
Report | Kaya 62' Turan 67' |
| Northern Cyprus | 7–0 | Raetia |
|---|---|---|
| Sonay 5', 13', 48' Eskingen 60'Sadiklar 73'Turan 81', 87' |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panjab |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 |
| Sápmi |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3 |
| Somaliland |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
| Sápmi | 5–0 | Somaliland |
|---|---|---|
| Strand 15' Lahdenmäki 50'Eriksen 60'Mannsverk 70'Yndestad 80' |
Report |
| Somaliland | 0–5 | Panjab |
|---|---|---|
| Purewal 30', 67', 80' Purewal 38'Singh 74' |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 June – Sukhumi | ||||||||||
| United Koreans in Japan | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| 4 June – Sukhumi | ||||||||||
| Northern Cyprus | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Northern Cyprus | 0 | |||||||||
| 1 June – Sukhumi | ||||||||||
| Abkhazia | 2 | |||||||||
| Abkhazia | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 June – Sukhumi | ||||||||||
| Sápmi | 0 | |||||||||
| Abkhazia | 1 (6) | |||||||||
| 2 June – Sukhumi | ||||||||||
| Panjab | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| Kurdistan Region | 2 (6) | |||||||||
| 4 June – Sukhumi | ||||||||||
| Padania | 2 (7) | |||||||||
| Padania | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 June – Sukhumi | ||||||||||
| Panjab | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| Western Armenia | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 June – Sukhumi | ||||||||||
| Panjab | 3 | |||||||||
| Padania | 0 | |||||||||
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| United Koreans in Japan | 1–1 | Northern Cyprus |
|---|---|---|
| Song-tae 54' |
Kaya 31' |
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| Penalties | ||
Kim Kwang-woo  On Song-tae  Kim Su-yong An Suug-tae |
2–4 | Esin Sonay Halil Turan Ünal Kaya Ibrahim Çıdamlı |
| Kurdistan Region | 2–2 | Padania |
|---|---|---|
Prandelli  22' (o.g.)Haji 25' |
Ferri 13' Garavelli 71' |
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| Penalties | ||
| Kosrat Baiz Kamaran Ali (?) Khalid Mushir Diyar Rahman Farhan Shakor Hunar Ahmad (?) Miran Khesro |
6–7 | Matteo Prandelli Marco Garavelli Alex Mazzocca Luca Mosti (?) Luca Ferri Stefano Tignonsini (?) Gianluca Rolandone (?) Antonio Pizzolla |
| Western Armenia | 2–3 | Panjab |
|---|---|---|
| Avolian 67' Kaya 79' |
Purewal 2', 36', 44' |
Semi-finals
| Northern Cyprus | 0–2 | Abkhazia |
|---|---|---|
| Logua 9' Shoniya 69' |
Third-Place play-off
| Padania | 0–2 | Northern Cyprus |
|---|---|---|
| Turan 50' Ekingen 79' |
Final
| Abkhazia | 1–1 | Panjab |
|---|---|---|
| Shoniya 88' |
Report | Purewal 57' |
| Penalties | ||
| Anri Khagba Anri Khagush Dmitriy Akhba Tarash Khagba Ruslan Shoniya Alan Khugaev Shabat Logua Vladimir Argun |
6–5 | Amar Purewal Radjpal Virk Terlochan Singh Karum Shanker Jhai Dhillon Aran Basi Amarvir Sandhu Aaron Minhas |
| ConIFA World Football Cup 2016 winners |
|---|
 Abkhazia First title |
Placement Rounds
| Placement round 1 | Placement round 2 | Placings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 June – Gagra | 3 June – Gagra | Sápmi | 5th place | |||
| Chagos Islands | 2 | Chagos Islands | 3 (2) | Western Armenia | 6th Place | |
| Somaliland | 3 | Raetia | 3 (3) | United Koreans in Japan | 7th Place | |
| 2 June – Gagra | 3 June – Gagra | Kurdistan Region | 8th Place | |||
| Székely Land | 7 | Somaliland | 3 | Székely Land | 9th place | |
| Raetia | 0 | Székely Land | 10 | Somaliland | 10th place | |
| 3 June – Sukhumi | 4 June – Gagra | Raetia | 11th place | |||
| United Koreans in Japan | 1 | United Koreans in Japan | 1 (4) | Chagos Islands | 12th place | |
| Sápmi | 2 | Kurdistan Region | 1 (2) | |||
| 3 June – Sukhumi | 4 June – Gagra | |||||
| Kurdistan Region | 0 (5) | Sápmi | 3 | |||
| Western Armenia | 0 (6) | Western Armenia | 0 | |||
Placement Round 1
| United Koreans in Japan | 1–2 | Sápmi |
|---|---|---|
| Su-yong 2' |
? 9' (pen.) ? 61' |
| Kurdistan Region | 0–0 | Western Armenia |
|---|---|---|
| Penalties | ||
| Miran Khesro Farhan Shakor Hunar Ahmad Farhang Wriya Diyar Rahman Aras Mustafa Znar Faidhi |
5–6 | Hiraç Yagan Raffi Kaya Tamaz Avolian Loris Berberian Jules Tepelian Herant Yagan Denis Oz |
Placement Round 2
| Chagos Islands | 3–3 | Raetia |
|---|---|---|
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Kastrie |
|
| Penalties | ||
|
2–4 | Kastrie Mirco Oswald Dudler Tasco |
| United Koreans in Japan | 1–1 | Kurdistan Region |
|---|---|---|
| Sung-tae 90+5' |
? 80' |
|
| Penalties | ||
| Kim Su-yong An Suug-tae Kim Kwang-woo Huo Yang Shin Yong-ki |
4–2 | |
Final Positions
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abkhazia |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 13 | |
| 2 | Panjab |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 13 | |
| 3 | Northern Cyprus |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | |
| 4 | Padania |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 | |
| 5 | Sápmi |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9 | Eliminated in the Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Western Armenia |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 4 | |
| 7 | United Koreans in Japan |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | |
| 8 | Kurdistan Region |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | |
| 9 | Székely Land |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 6 | Eliminated in the First Stage |
| 10 | Somaliland |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 22 | −16 | 3 | |
| 11 | Raetia |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 23 | −20 | 1 | |
| 12 | Chagos Islands |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 27 | −22 | 1 |