2022 CONIFA European Football Cup

The 2021 Sportsbet.io CONIFA European Football Cup, later renamed CONIFA Euro 2022 is the planned fourth edition of the CONIFA European Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA with an affiliation to Europe, organised by CONIFA. It will be hosted by Nice in France.[1]

2022 CONIFA European Football Cup
Tournament details
Host countryNice Nice
 France
Dates3–12 June 2022
Teams12

Initially to be played from 9 to 19 June, it was postponed to 7–17 July due to the ongoing pandemic, and finally cancelled on 6 May 2021. The organisers stated that they were hoping to make a decision to hold the competition in 2022, by August 2022.[2][3] On 10 January 2022, CONIFA announced on social media, that the competition would be taking place between 3–12 June 2022 and had been renamed CONIFA Euro 2022 - in Nice as previously planned.[4][5]

Less than 1 month before the tournament was due to begin CONIFA announced organisation problems with regards to hosts Nice. The tournament was not officially declared cancelled, but no alternative host was announced.[6]

Tournament

Venues

 County of Nice

Nice
Stade de Nice
Capacity: 38,223
2022 CONIFA European Football Cup is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Participants

A total of twelve teams were scheduled to participate, with their seedings below.[7]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Northern Cyprus withdrew from the tournament after the draw.[2] It was replaced by a reserve team of the tournament, Two Sicilies.

There are two additional reserve teams in case further teams withdraw from the tournament,  Kárpátalja and  Romani people.

In April 2022,  Abkhazia,  South Ossetia and Chameria all withdrew. The official reason given was "organizational issues". They were replaced by  Kárpátalja, Elba Island and  Sicily.[8]

In May 2022,  Sardinia withdrew from the tournament due to "safety reasons".[9]

Squads

Matches

Group stage
Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the quarter-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 County of Nice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Two Sicilies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: "Groups of the CONIFA European Football Cup". Archived from the original on 2021-03-17. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
County of Nice v Two Sicilies
County of Nice vTBD
TBDv Two Sicilies

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sicily 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Sápmi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Székely Land 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: "Groups of the CONIFA European Football Cup". Archived from the original on 2021-03-17. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
Sicily v Sápmi
Sicily v Székely Land
Sápmi v Székely Land

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Elba Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Artsakh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Cornwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: "Groups of the CONIFA European Football Cup". Archived from the original on 2021-03-17. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
Elba Island v Artsakh
Elba Island v Cornwall
Artsakh v Cornwall

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Padania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Western Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Kárpátalja 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: "Groups of the CONIFA European Football Cup". Archived from the original on 2021-03-17. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
Padania v Western Armenia
Padania v Kárpátalja
Western Armenia v Kárpátalja

Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 June – Nice
 
 
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10 June – Nice
 
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8 June – Nice
 
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12 June – Nice
 
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8 June – Nice
 
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10 June – Nice
 
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8 June – Nice
 
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12 June – Nice
 
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third-place play-off
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Final
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Placement round 1
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Placement round 2
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Final positions
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7  ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8  ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9  ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10  ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11  ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12  ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:

References
  1. "European Football Cup returns for 2021 in Nice". CONIFA. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. "CONIFA European Football Cup Postponed". CONIFA. 17 March 2021. Archived from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. "Kernow FA miss out after Conifa 2021 European Football Cup is cancelled". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. "CONIFA Official on Twitter". Twitter. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  5. "CONIFA Europe on Facebook". Facebook. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  6. "Statement | European Football Cup". Facebook. 8 May 2022.
  7. "European Football Cup returns for 2021 in Nice". CONIFA. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  8. Update CONIFA. 13 April 2022.Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  9. "Natzionale Sarda: salta l'Europeo Conifa, ma sarà un'estate di impegni internazionali" (in Italian). Centotrentuno.com. 12 May 2022..
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