2016 ConIFA World Football Cup

2016 ConIFA World Football Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Abkhazia
Dates 28 May – 6 June
Teams 12
Venue(s) 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(s) Amar Purewal (7 goals)

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.

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

 Abkhazia

Sukhumi Gagra
Dinamo Stadium Daur Akhvlediani Stadium
43°00′18″N 41°00′52″E / 43.004911°N 41.014472°E / 43.004911; 41.014472 (Dinamo Stadium) 43°17′10″N 40°15′38″E / 43.2860657°N 40.2606291°E / 43.2860657; 40.2606291 (Daur Akhvlediani Stadium)
Capacity:4,300 Capacity:1,500

Participating teams

Partial world map showing the national teams that entered the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup. Note that the Panjab and Chagos teams largely consisted of diaspora members living in England.

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
Aymará South America Invitation 13 May 2015 1st N/A N/A Subsequently withdrew from competition
Isle of Man 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 Asia Selected 9 January 2016 1st N/A N/A
 Iraqi Kurdistan Asia Selected 9 January 2016 2nd 2014 6th Place (2014)
Sikh Empire Panjab Asia Selected 9 January 2016 1st N/A N/A
Korea United Koreans of 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 Western Armenia Europe Selected 9 January 2016 1st N/A N/A
Székely Land Székely Land Europe Selected 2 March 2016 1st N/A N/A Replaced Padania

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]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

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 Western Armenia 2 1 0 1 12 1 +11 3
 Chagos Islands 2 0 0 2 0 21 −21 0

29 May 2016
20:00 GET
Abkhazia  9–0  Chagos Islands
Dmitri Kortava  18' (pen.)
Vladimir Argun  19'
Dmitri Akhba  34'
Albert Prus  39', 43'
Ruslan Shoniya  47', 57'
Astamur Tarba  50'
Victor Pimpia  88'		 Report

30 May 2016
20:00 GET
Chagos Islands  0–12 Western Armenia Western Armenia
Report David Ghandilyan  3', 20', 30', 34', 45', 53'
Tamaz Avolian  55'
Armen Kapikiyan  58', 81'
Ruslan Trapizoyan  64'
Vahagn Militosyan  69'
Hiraç Yagan  73'

Group B

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Iraqi Kurdistan 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
Korea United Koreans of Japan 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 3
Székely Land Székely Land 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0

29 May 2016
15:00 GET
Iraqi Kurdistan  3–0 Székely Land Székely Land
Farhang Wriya  34'
Farhan Shakor  55'
Hunar Ahmed  73'		 Report

30 May 2016
15:00 GET
United Koreans of Japan Korea 1–0 Székely Land Székely Land
Lee Son-Chon  60'

31 May 2016
15:00 GET
United Koreans of Japan Korea 0–3  Iraqi Kurdistan
Report Diyar Rahman  27'
Miran Khesro  45' (pen)
Hunar 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

29 May 2016
11:00 GET
Padania  1–2  Northern Cyprus
Matteo Prandelli  48' Report Ünal Kaya  62'
Halil Turan  67'

30 May 2016
11:00 GET
Raetia  0–6  Padania
Matteo Prandelli  23', 35', 54', 61'
Nicolo Mercorillo  21'
Andrea Rota  80'

31 May 2016
11:00 GET
Northern Cyprus  7–0  Raetia
Esin Sonay  5', 13', 48'
Tansel Ekingen  60'
Hüseyin Sadiklar  73'
Halil Turan  81', 87'

Group D

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Sikh Empire 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

29 May 2016
15:00 GET
Sápmi  5–0  Somaliland
Lars Iver Strand  15'
Jarkko Lahdenmäki  50'
Jon Steinar Eriksen  60'
Stein Arne Mannsverk  70'
Hans Åge Yndestad  80'		 Report

30 May 2016
15:00 GET
Sápmi  0–1 Sikh Empire Panjab
Report Gurjit Singh  2'

31 May 2016
15:00 GET
Somaliland  0–5 Sikh Empire Panjab
Amar Purewal  30', 67', 80'
Arjun Purewal  38'
Gurjit Singh  74'

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 June – Sukhumi        
 Korea United Koreans of 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    
   Sikh Empire Panjab  1 (5)
  Iraqi Kurdistan  2 (6)
4 June – Sukhumi
  Padania  2 (7)  
  Padania  0 Third place
2 June – Sukhumi
     Sikh Empire Panjab  1   5 June – Sukhumi
 Western Armenia Western Armenia  2
  Padania  0
 Sikh Empire Panjab  3  
  Northern Cyprus  2
 

Quarter-Finals

1 June 2016
15:00 GET
United Koreans of Japan Korea 1–1  Northern Cyprus
On Song-Tae  54' Ünal Kaya  31'
  Penalties  
Kim Kwang-Woo
On Song-Tae
Kim Su-Yong
An Suug-Tae 		2–4 Esin Sonay
Halil Turan
Ünal Kaya
Ibrahim Çıdamlı

1 June 2016
20:00 GET
Abkhazia  2–0  Sápmi
Dmitri Kortava  35', 73' (pen.)

2 June 2016
15:00 GET
Iraqi Kurdistan  2–2  Padania
Matteo Prandelli  22' (o.g.)
Jassim Mohammed Haji  25'		 Luca Ferri  13'
Marco Garavelli  71'
  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

2 June 2016
20:00 GET
Western Armenia Western Armenia 2–3 Sikh Empire Panjab
Tamaz Avolian  67'
Raffi Kaya  79'		 Amar Purewal  2', 36', 44'

Semi-Finals

4 June 2016
20:00 GET
Northern Cyprus  0–2  Abkhazia
Levan Logua  9'
Ruslan Shoniya  69'

4 June 2016
15:00 GET
Padania  0–1 Sikh Empire Panjab
Omar Rio Riaz  76'

Third-Place Play-Off

5 June 2016
15:00 GET
Padania  0–2  Northern Cyprus
Halil Turan  50'
Tansel Ekingen  79'

Final

5 June 2016
20:00 GET
Abkhazia  1–1 Sikh Empire Panjab
Ruslan Shoniya  88' Report Amar 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 – Gagra3 June – Gagra Sápmi5th place
 Chagos Islands2 Chagos Islands3 (2)Western Armenia Western Armenia6th Place
 Somaliland3 Raetia3 (3)Korea United Koreans of Japan7th Place
2 June – Gagra3 June - Gagra Iraqi Kurdistan8th Place
Székely Land Székely Land 7 Somaliland3Székely Land Székely Land9th place
 Raetia0Székely Land Székely Land10 Somaliland10th place
3 June - Sukhumi4 June - Gagra Raetia11th place
Korea United Koreans of Japan 1Korea United Koreans of Japan1 (4) Chagos Islands12th place
 Sápmi2 Iraqi Kurdistan1 (2)
3 June - Sukhumi4 June - Gagra
 Iraqi Kurdistan0 (5) Sápmi 3
Western Armenia Western Armenia 0 (6)Western Armenia Western Armenia 0

Placement Round 1

2 June 2016
15:00 GET
Székely Land Székely Land 7–0  Raetia

3 June 2016
15:00 GET
United Koreans of Japan Korea 1–2  Sápmi
Kim Su-Yong  2'  9' (pen)
 61'

3 June 2016
20:00 GET
Iraqi Kurdistan  0–0 Western Armenia 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

3 June 2016
11:00 GET
Chagos Islands  3–3  Raetia
  Penalties  



 3–4


3 June 2016
15:00 GET
Somaliland  3–10 Székely Land Székely Land

4 June 2016
11:00 GET
United Koreans of Japan Korea 1–1  Iraqi Kurdistan
An Suug-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
1  Abkhazia 5410151+14
2 Sikh Empire Panjab 5410113+8
3  Northern Cyprus 5311124+8
4  Padania 511396+3
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5  Sápmi 5302104+6
6 Western Armenia Western Armenia 5113147+7
7 Korea United Koreans of Japan 512247-3
8  Iraqi Kurdistan 523093+6
Eliminated in the First Stage
9 Székely Land Székely Land 4202177+10
10  Somaliland 4103622−16
11  Raetia 4013323−20
12  Chagos Islands 4013527−22

References

  1. 1 2 "Looking back and moving forward!". ConIFA. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "European Football Cup 2015". ConIFA. Confederation of independent Football Associations. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ellan Vannin to host tournament at end of month". Yorkshire Evening Post. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Benedikt Fontana Cup". ConIFA. Confederation of Independent Football Associations. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Jockel, Jens (16 May 2015). "Signing of Team Aymara – Chile-Trip of our South America Director". ConIFA. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  6. ↑ The official draw CONIFA World Football Cup 2016 (Video). ConIFA. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ellan Vannin set for new European adventure". IOM Today. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Replacement in ConIFA WFC 2016". Facebook. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "BREAKING!Sad news approached us from the Romani People Football Team". Facebook. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

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