2016 ConIFA World Football Cup

2016 ConIFA World Football Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAbkhazia
Dates29 May – 5 June
Teams12
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 played28
Goals scored115 (4.11 per match)
Top scorer(s) Amar Purewal (7 goals)
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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.

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

Qualification

Main article: 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup 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
 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]

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 2 1 0 1 12 1 +11 3
 Chagos Islands 2 0 0 2 0 21 −21 0
Source:
Abkhazia 9–0 Chagos Islands
Kortava 18' (pen.)
Argun 19'
Akhba 34'
Prus 39', 43'
Shoniya 47', 57'
Tarba 50'
Pimpia 88'		 Report
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'
Western Armenia 0–1 Abkhazia
Kortava 9'

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
Source:
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
Source:
Padania 1–2 Northern Cyprus
Prandelli 48' Report Kaya 62'
Turan 67'
Raetia 0–6 Padania
Prandelli 23', 35', 54', 61'
Mercorillo 21'
Rota 80'
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
Source:
Sápmi 5–0 Somaliland
Strand 15'
Lahdenmäki 50'
Eriksen 60'
Mannsverk 70'
Yndestad 80'		 Report
Sápmi 0–1 Panjab
Report Singh 2'
Somaliland 0–5 Panjab
Purewal 30', 67', 80'
Purewal 38'
Singh 74'

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 June – Sukhumi
 
 
 United Koreans in Japan 1 (2)
 
4 June – Sukhumi
 
 Northern Cyprus1 (4)
 
 Northern Cyprus0
 
1 June – Sukhumi
 
 Abkhazia 2
 
 Abkhazia 2
 
5 June – Sukhumi
 
 Sápmi0
 
 Abkhazia1 (6)
 
2 June – Sukhumi
 
 Panjab 1 (5)
 
 Kurdistan Region 2 (6)
 
4 June – Sukhumi
 
 Padania2 (7)
 
 Padania0
 
2 June – Sukhumi
 
 Panjab 1 Third place
 
 Western Armenia 2
 
5 June – Sukhumi
 
 Panjab3
 
 Padania 0
 
 
 Northern Cyprus 2
 

Quarter-finals

United Koreans in Japan 1–1 Northern Cyprus
Song-tae 54' 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
Abkhazia 2–0 Sápmi
Kortava 35', 73' (pen.)
Kurdistan Region 2–2 Padania
Prandelli 22' (o.g.)
Haji 25'		 Ferri 13'
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
Western Armenia 2–3 Panjab
Avolian 67'
Kaya 79'		 Purewal 2', 36', 44'

Semi-finals

Northern Cyprus 0–2 Abkhazia
Logua 9'
Shoniya 69'
Padania 0–1 Panjab
Riaz 76'

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

Chagos Islands 2–3 Somaliland
Székely Land 7–0 Raetia
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
Kastrie
Penalties



 2–4 Kastrie
Mirco Oswald
Dudler
Tasco
Somaliland 3–10 Székely Land
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


Sápmi 3–0 Western Armenia

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
Source:

References

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  4. ^ "Benedikt Fontana Cup". ConIFA. Confederation of Independent Football Associations. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
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