2016 ConIFA World Football Cup

ConIFA World Football Cup 2016 ConIFA WC-2016 logo.jpg 150px Abkhazia 29 May – 5 June 12 2 2 Abkhazia 1 Panjab Northern Cyprus Padania 28 115 Panjab Amar Purewal (7 goals) 2014 2018 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.https://conifaofficial.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/looking-back-and-moving-forward/ Looking back and moving forward! 7 July 2015 ConIFA 14 July 2015 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. Hosts Abkhazia SukhumiGagraDinamo StadiumDaur Akhvlediani Stadium170px43.004911 N 41.014472 E type:landmark_region:SB inline Dinamo Stadium43.2860657 N 40.2606291 E type:landmark_region:SB inline Daur Akhvlediani StadiumCapacity:4,300Capacity:1,500Abkhazia center 350 Abkhazia 43.004911 41.014472 Sukhumi left Abkhazia 43.2860657 40.2606291 Gagra left Qualification thumb|600px|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. 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.https://conifaofficial.wordpress.com/european-football-cup-2015/ European Football Cup 2015 27 April 2015 ConIFA Confederation of independent Football Associations 14 July 2015 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.http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football-ellan-vannin-to-host-tournament-at-end-of-month-1-7257803 Ellan Vannin to host tournament at end of month 13 May 2015 Yorkshire Evening Post 14 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150715023033/http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football-ellan-vannin-to-host-tournament-at-end-of-month-1-7257803 2015-07-15 dead A further tournament, the Benedikt Fontana Cup was also planned to be hosted by Raetia.https://conifaofficial.wordpress.com/benedikt-fontana-cup/ Benedikt Fontana Cup ConIFA Confederation of Independent Football Associations 14 July 2015 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.https://conifaofficial.wordpress.com/2015/05/16/signing-of-team-aymara-chile-trip-of-our-south-america-director-jens-jockel/ Signing of Team Aymara – Chile-Trip of our South America Director Jockel Jens 16 May 2015 ConIFA 14 July 2015 Qualified teams Team Continent Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Previousappearance Previous bestperformance Notes20px AymaráSouth AmericaInvitation13 May 20151stN/AN/ASubsequently, withdrew from competitionEllan VanninEuropeNiamh Challenge Cup winners31 May 20152nd2014Runners-up (2014)Subsequently, withdrew from competitionPadaniaEuropeEuropean Football Cup Winner21 June 20152nd20145th Place (2014)Expelled from competition subsequent to qualification; subsequently restored following withdrawal of Romani People County of NiceEuropeEuropean Football Cup Runner-up21 June 20152nd2014Winners (2014)Subsequently, withdrew from competitionAbkhaziaEuropeHost7 July 20152nd20148th Place (2014)RaetiaEuropeBenedikt Fontana Cup Winners6 September 20151stN/AN/ASomalilandAfricaSelected9 January 20161stN/AN/AChagos IslandsAfricaSelected9 January 20161stN/AN/AIraqi KurdistanAsiaSelected9 January 20162nd20146th Place (2014)PanjabAsiaSelected9 January 20161stN/AN/AUnited Koreans in JapanAsiaSelected9 January 20161stN/AN/ANorthern CyprusEuropeSelected9 January 20161stN/AN/ARomani peopleEuropeSelected9 January 20161stN/AN/ASubsequently, withdrew from competition SápmiEuropeSelected9 January 20162nd201410th Place (2014) Western ArmeniaEuropeSelected9 January 20161stN/AN/ASzékely LandEuropeSelected2 March 20161stN/AN/AReplaced 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: 1 April 2016 The official draw CONIFA World Football Cup 2016 Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbjCbzgtcEo 3 April 2016 ConIFA {| class="wikitable" style="width:98%" |- !width=33%|Pot 1 !width=33%|Pot 2 !width=33%|Pot 3 |- | Abkhazia Kurdistan Northern Cyprus Panjab | Romani people Sapmi Chagos Islands Székely Land | Somaliland Western Armenia United Koreans in Japan Raetia 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.http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/football-news/ellan-vannin-set-for-new-european-adventure-1-7629393 Ellan Vannin set for new European adventure 17 December 2015 IOM Today 17 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222164955/http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/football-news/ellan-vannin-set-for-new-european-adventure-1-7629393 2015-12-22 dead 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.https://www.facebook.com/ConIFA/photos/a.163920907133513.1073741828.159891380869799/493911747467759/?type=3&theater Replacement in ConIFA WFC 2016 2 March 2016 Facebook 3 April 2016 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.https://www.facebook.com/ConIFA/posts/519052574953676 BREAKING!Sad news approached us from the Romani People Football Team 7 May 2016 Facebook 7 May 2016 Matches Group stage Key to colours in group tablesTeam advanced to the quarter-finalsTeam in the 9th-12th-place play-offs Group A main WDL Group A Q n ABK Abkhazia WAR Western Armenia CHG Chagos Islands 2 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 12 1 0 0 2 0 21 #ccffcc A A #FFA07A B complete 29 May 2016 20:00 GET Abkhazia 9–0 Report Chagos Islands Kortava 18 pen.Argun 19 Akhba 34 Prus 39 43 Shoniya 47 57 Tarba 50 Pimpia 88 Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi 30 May 2016 20:00 GET Chagos Islands 0–12 Report Western Armenia Ghandilyan 3 20 30 34 45 53Avolian 55Kapikyan 58 81Trapizoyan 64Militosyan 69Yagan 73 Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi 31 May 2016 20:00 GET Western Armenia 0–1 Abkhazia Kortava 9 Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi Group B main WDL Group B Q n KRD Kurdistan UKJ United Koreans in Japan SZK Székely Land 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 4 #ccffcc A A #FFA07A B complete 29 May 2016 15:00 GET Kurdistan 3–0 Report Székely Land Wriya 34Shakor 55Ahmed 73 Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi 30 May 2016 15:00 GET United Koreans in Japan 1–0 Székely Land Son-chon 60 Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi 31 May 2016 United Koreans in Japan Kurdistan 15:00 GET 0–3 Report Rahman 27Khesro 45 penAhmad 73 Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi Group C main WDL Group C Q n NCY Northern Cyprus PDN Padania RAE Raetia 2 0 0 9 1 1 0 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 13 #ccffcc A A #FFA07A B complete 29 May 2016 11:00 GET Padania 1–2 Report Northern Cyprus Prandelli 48 Kaya 62Turan 67 Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra 30 May 2016 11:00 GET Raetia 0–6 Padania Prandelli 23 35 54 61 Mercorillo 21Rota 80 Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra 31 May 2016 11:00 GET Northern Cyprus 7–0 Raetia Sonay 5 13 48Eskingen 60Sadiklar 73Turan 81 87 Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra Group D main WDL Group D Q n PNJ Panjab SPM Sapmi SML Somaliland 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 10 #ccffcc A A #FFA07A B complete 29 May 2016 15:00 GET Sapmi 5–0 Report Somaliland Strand 15Lahdenmäki 50Eriksen 60Mannsverk 70Yndestad 80 Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra 30 May 2016 15:00 GET Sapmi 0–1 Report Panjab Singh 2 Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra 31 May 2016 Somaliland Panjab 15:00 GET 0–5 Purewal 30 67 80Purewal 38Singh 74 Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra Knockout stage 1 June – Sukhumi United Koreans in Japan 1 (2) Northern Cyprus 1 (4) 1 June – Sukhumi Abkhazia 2 Sapmi 0 2 June – Sukhumi Kurdistan 2 (6) Padania 2 (7) 2 June – Sukhumi Western Armenia 2 Panjab 3 4 June – Sukhumi Northern Cyprus 0 Abkhazia 2 4 June – Sukhumi Padania 0 Panjab 1 5 June – Sukhumi Abkhazia 1 (6) Panjab 1 (5) 5 June – Sukhumi Padania 0 Northern Cyprus 2 yes no yes Quarter-finals 1 June 2016 United Koreans in Japan Northern Cyprus 15:00 GET 1–1 Song-tae 54 Kaya 31 Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi Kim Kwang-woo On Song-tae Kim Su-yong An Suug-tae Esin Sonay Halil Turan Ünal Kaya Ibrahim Çıdamlı 2–4 1 June 2016 20:00 GET Abkhazia 2–0 Sapmi Kortava 35 73 pen. Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi 2 June 2016 15:00 GET Kurdistan 2–2 Padania Prandelli 22 o.g.Haji 25 Ferri 13Garavelli 71 Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi Kosrat Baiz Kamaran Ali (?) Khalid Mushir Diyar Rahman Farhan Shakor Hunar Ahmad (?) Miran Khesro Matteo Prandelli Marco Garavelli Alex Mazzocca Luca Mosti (?) Luca Ferri Stefano Tignonsini (?) Gianluca Rolandone (?) Antonio Pizzolla 6–7 2 June 2016 20:00 GET Western Armenia 2–3 Panjab Avolian 67Kaya 79 Purewal 2 36 44 Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi Semi-finals 4 June 2016 20:00 GET Northern Cyprus 0–2 Abkhazia Logua 9 Shoniya 69 Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi 4 June 2016 15:00 GET Padania 0–1 Panjab Riaz 76 Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi Third-Place play-off 5 June 2016 15:00 GET Padania 0–2 Northern Cyprus Turan 50 Ekingen 79 Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi Final 5 June 2016 20:00 GET Abkhazia 1–1 Report Panjab Shoniya 88 Purewal 57 Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi Anri Khagba Anri Khagush Dmitriy Akhba Tarash Khagba Ruslan Shoniya Alan Khugaev Shabat Logua Vladimir Argun Amar Purewal Radjpal Virk Terlochan Singh Karum Shanker Jhai Dhillon Aran Basi Amarvir Sandhu Aaron Minhas 6–5 fb ConIFA World Football Cup 2016 winners Abkhazia First Placement Rounds Placement round 1Placement round 2Placings2 June – Gagra3 June – GagraSapmi5th placeChagos Islands2Chagos Islands3 (2)Western Armenia6th PlaceSomaliland3Raetia3 (3)United Koreans in Japan7th Place2 June – Gagra3 June – GagraKurdistan8th PlaceSzékely Land 7Somaliland3Székely Land9th placeRaetia0Székely Land10Somaliland10th place3 June – Sukhumi4 June – GagraRaetia11th placeUnited Koreans in Japan 1United Koreans in Japan1 (4)Chagos Islands12th placeSapmi2Kurdistan1 (2)3 June – Sukhumi4 June – GagraKurdistan0 (5)Sapmi 3Western Armenia 0 (6)Western Armenia 0 Placement Round 1 2 June 2016 11:00 GET Chagos Islands 2–3 Somaliland Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra 2 June 2016 15:00 GET Székely Land 7–0 Raetia Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra 3 June 2016 15:00 GET United Koreans in Japan 1–2 Sapmi Su-yong 2 ? 9 pen. ? 61 Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi 3 June 2016 20:00 GET Kurdistan 0–0 Western Armenia Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi Miran Khesro Farhan Shakor Hunar Ahmad Farhang Wriya Diyar Rahman Aras Mustafa Znar Faidhi Hiraç Yagan Raffi Kaya Tamaz Avolian Loris Berberian Jules Tepelian Herant Yagan Denis Oz 5–6 Placement Round 2 3 June 2016 11:00 GET Chagos Islands 3–3 Raetia Kastrie Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra Kastrie Mirco Oswald Dudler Tasco 2–4 3 June 2016 15:00 GET Somaliland 3–10 Székely Land Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra 4 June 2016 11:00 GET United Koreans in Japan 1–1 Kurdistan Sung-tae 90+5 ? 80 Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra Kim Su-yong An Suug-tae Kim Kwang-woo Huo Yang Shin Yong-ki 4–2 4 June 2016 15:00 GET Sapmi 3–0 Western Armenia Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra Final Positions main WDL Result ABK Abkhazia PNJ Panjab NCY Northern Cyprus PDN Padania SPM Sapmi WAR Western Armenia UKJ United Koreans in Japan KRD Kurdistan SZK Székely Land SML Somaliland RAE Raetia CHG Chagos Islands 4 1 0 15 1 4 1 0 11 3 3 1 1 12 4 1 1 3 9 7 3 0 2 10 4 1 1 3 14 7 1 2 2 4 7 2 3 0 9 3 2 0 2 17 7 1 0 3 6 22 0 1 3 3 23 0 1 3 5 27 gold 1ST silver 2ND #cc9966 3RD inherit Eliminatedin theQuarterfinals EQF EQF EQF EQF inherit Eliminatedin theFirst Stage EFS EFS EFS EFS complete References 2 External links Category:CONIFA World Football Cup Category:International association football competitions hosted by Georgia (country) Category:2016 in Georgian sport Category:2016 in men's association football Category:Football in Abkhazia Category:2016 in Abkhazia