2015 CONIFA European Football Cup

2015 ConIFA European Football Cup ConIFA EC-2015 Hungary.png 150px Székely Land (official)Hungary (location) 17–21 June 6 2 1 Padania County of Nice Isle of Man Ellan Vannin 23px Felvidék 11 54 20px| Franck Delerue(5 goals) 2017 thumb|Padánia - Debrecen, 2015.06.21 The 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup was the first edition of the ConIFA European Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA organised by CONIFA. The tournament was originally planned to be hosted by Ellan Vannin on the Isle of Man; this expanded to then see the group games and placement rounds held in South East England, while the semi-finals, third-place play-off and final would take place in Douglas.March 2025 However, in March 2015, at the draw for the tournament, it was announced that the tournament would no longer be held in the Isle of Man, instead moving to be hosted by new entrant Székely Land in Hungary.Paul Moulton 13 March 2015 CONIFA Euros move to Hungary http://www.manx.net/tv/mt-tv/watch/70875/conifa-euros-move-to-hungary 14 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150315072628/http://manx.net/tv/mt-tv/watch/70875/conifa-euros-move-to-hungary 15 March 2015 Douglas, Isle of Man mt-tv dead In 2015, ConIFA announced that the tournament would serve as part of the qualification process for the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, with the top three teams qualifying automatically. Tournament In June 2014, following the success of the first ConIFA World Football Cup, CONIFA announced that a European international tournament would be held under its auspices in 2015. On the announcement, three CONIFA members applied to host the first European Football Cup, Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Ellan Vannin. Ellan Vannin was announced as the host in August 2014. Hosts As initially planned, the tournament was to take place wholly on the Isle of Man, with The Bowl, the main stadium on the island, holding all matches. However, the Isle of Man TT races were scheduled for the period of 30 May to 12 June 2015, the day prior to the start of the tournament. As a consequence of the unexpected interest in the tournament, with a consequent lack of hotel and ferry space for both spectators at the TT races and fans wishing to attend the European Football Cup, CONIFA took the decision to restructure the tournament, with the group and placement games to be held at venues in and around London between 14 and 18 June, and The Bowl to be used for the semi-finals and final on the 20 and 21 June.https://conifaofficial.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/european-football-cup-restructured-games-in-london-too/ European Football Cup restructured, games in London too 2 February 2015 wordpress.com In February 2015, soon after the announcement that the tournament would be split between the Isle of Man and Southern England, the two venues chosen for the group phase of the competition were confirmed as the Kingfield Stadium and Paddy Power Park, respectively the home grounds of Woking, of the Conference National, and Farnborough, who play in the Conference South. thumb|Ellan Vannin - Felvidék thumb|Ellan Vannin - Felvidék However, in March 2015, at the draw for the tournament, CONIFA announced that it had taken the decision to move the tournament away from the Isle of Man, with the new hosts being announced as Székely Land. The reasoning for the move was that the logistical and financial issues of hosting what was becoming an increasingly large and potentially popular event, which then was increased from one venue to three, were too great for the Manx hosts to surmount, with the suggestion that Székely Land would be able to obtain the necessary support from the Hungarian government. As a consequence, the whole event was moved; initially intended to take place in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, it was finally placed in the country's second largest city, Debrecen.https://conifaofficial.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/conifa-european-football-cup-schedule/ ConIFA European Football Cup Schedule 27 April 2015 wordpress.com DebrecenStadion Oláh Gábor ÚtGyulai István Atlétikai Stadion200px200px47.549573 21.638882 inline Stadion Oláh Gábor Út47.552639 21.637194 inline Gyulai István Atlétikai StadionCapacity: 10,200Capacity: 3,000Hungary center 400 47.3314 21.38 Debrecen right Participants The participants will be drawn into 4 groups of 3. The top 2 teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals. There will also be placement games. The following teams will participate in the tournament. The 12 teams have been seeded into three pots, according to CONIFA's rankings:https://conifaofficial.wordpress.com/2014/10/13/announcement-the-12-teams-of-the-1st-european-football-cup/ Announcement: the 12 teams of the 1st European Football Cup 13 October 2014 wordpress.com Originally, the Sápmi football team, who had hosted the World Football Cup in 2014, were due to take part, but they were subsequently replaced by Monaco. {| class="wikitable" style="width:98%" |- !width=33%|Pot 1 !width=33%|Pot 2 !width=33%|Pot 3 |- | Occitania Padaniahttps://conifaofficial.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/padania-12th-team-european-football-cup/ European Football Cup: Padania 12th participant 5 January 2015 wordpress.com County of Nice Northern Cyprus | Isle of Man Ellan Vannin Nagorno Karabakh Abkhazia Székely Land | South Ossetia Romani people Romani people border|23px Franconia Sápmi Subsequently, 3 teams (Franconia, Monaco, Nagorno-Karabakh) cancelled their participation for the 2015 European Football Cup in Hungary, which forced the originally planned scheduled to be revised. The presence of a total of nine teams led to three groups of three being formed.https://conifaofficial.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/conifa-european-football-cup-schedule/ ConIFA European Football Cup Schedule 27 April 2015 ConIFA 13 May 2015 In May 2015, Occitania also announced their withdrawal from the competition, which led to another revision of the match schedule into two groups of four, which CONIFA based upon their ranking points system.March 2025 In June 2015, another three teams, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Northern Cyprus, were all forced to withdraw, as a result of visa difficulties,http://kavpolit.com/articles/conifa-17535/ Сборной Южной Осетии по футболу отказано в участии в чемпионате ConIFA 30 April 2005 Russian South Ossetia team football denied participation in the championship ConIFA 18 June 2015 kavpolit.com 18 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150618154620/http://kavpolit.com/articles/conifa-17535/ dead while the Felvidek team was added to the line up - leaving two groups of three and six participants in total.https://conifaofficial.wordpress.com/european-football-cup-2015/ European Football Cup 2015 14 May 2015 ConIFA 15 June 2015 Matches Group stage Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the semi-finals Group A main WDL Group A Q n NCE County of Nice FLV 23px Felvidék SZK Székely Land Székely Land 2 0 0 7 3 1 0 1 4 5 0 0 2 3 6 #ccffcc A A 0 B complete 17 June 2015 19:30 Székely Land Székely Land 2–3 County of Nice Hodgyai Magyari Delerue Tchokounte 18 June 2015 19:30 Felvidék 23px 3–1 Székely Land Székely Land Dalkoni Magyar Kosa Magyari 19 June 2015 18:00 Felvidék 23px 1–4 County of Nice Kosa Onda Delerue Romen Jaziri Group B main WDL Group B Q n PDN Padania ELV Isle of Man Ellan Vannin RMN Romani people Romani people 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 6 #ccffcc A A 0 B complete 17 June 2015 16:00 Padania 3–2 Romani people Romani people Tignonsini Garavelli Rota Horvath Csoka 18 June 2015 16:00 Romani people Romani people 1–3 Report Isle of Man Ellan Vannin Irhas 29 Sharkey 11Jones 49 Bass 55 19 June 2015 15:00 Padania 1–0 Isle of Man Ellan Vannin Prandelli Knockout stage Bracket 20 June – Debrecen County of Nice 3 Isle of Man Ellan Vannin 1 20 June – Debrecen Padania 5 23px Felvidék 0 21 June – Debrecen County of Nice 1 Padania 4 21 June – Debrecen Isle of Man Ellan Vannin 1 (5) 23px Felvidék 1 (3) yes no yes Placement matches 19 June 2015 12:00 5th/6th Place Székely Land Székely Land 2–4 Romani people Romani people Silion Mate Oivido Irhas Horvath Semi-finals 20 June 2015 15:00 County of Nice 3–1 Isle of Man Ellan Vannin Delerue Floridi Girand Jones 20 June 2015 18:00 Padania 5–0 23px Felvidék Prandelli Mazzotti De Peralta Baruwah Third-Place play-off 21 June 2015 13:00 Ellan Vannin Isle of Man 1–1 23px Felvidék Bass Magyar 5–3 Final 21 June 2015 16:00 County of Nice 1–4 Padania Delerue Tignonsini De Peralta Prandelli References Category:CONIFA European Football Cup Category:International association football competitions hosted by Hungary Category:2014–15 in Hungarian football Category:2015 in association football Category:Sport in Debrecen