2024 CONIFA World Football Cup
The 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup will be the fourth edition of the CONIFA World Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA organized by CONIFA. On 9 May 2023, Kurdistan was announced as the tournament host.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Kurdistan |
Teams | 16 |
Tournament statistics | |
Top scorer(s) | |
Venues
Kurdistan Region | ||
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Duhok | Erbil | Slemani |
Duhok Stadium | Franso Hariri Stadium | Sulaymaniyah Stadium |
Capacity: 22,800 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
Qualification
CONIFA assigns the number of berths for each continent according to the percentage of CONIFA members that come from that continent, with each continent having guaranteed at least one spot in the tournament.[2] In addition, one place is reserved to the host team, other to the current champion (Kárpátalja) and one wild card. Hawaiʻi shared, via social media, that while they had been given an automatic ticket to the tournament, as Oceania's only member, they had declined the invitation and transferred their ticket to Asia, although no formal confirmation had been made by CONIFA. [3]
Continent | Active members | Percentage | Spots |
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Africa | 3 | 10% | 1 |
Asia | 5 | 17% | 2 |
Europe | 15 | 50% | 6 |
North America | 2 | 7% | 1 |
Oceania | 1 | 3% | 1 |
South America | 3 | 13% | 2 |
Qualified teams
Team | Region | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Previous appearance |
Previous best performance |
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Kárpátalja | Europe | 2018 Champion | 9 June 2018 | 2nd | 2018 | Champion (2018) |
Kurdistan Region | Asia | Host team | 9 May 2023 | 3rd | 2014, 2016 | Quarterfinalist (2014, 2016) |
Raetia | Europe | Group B Winner | 17 June 2023 | 2nd | 2016 | Group stage (2016) |
Székely Land | Europe | Group C Winner | 2 July 2023 | 3rd | 2016, 2018 | Fourth (2018) |
Chameria | Europe | Group C Runner Up | 2 July 2023 | 1st | ||
Kernow | Europe | Group A Winner | 16 July 2023 | 1st | ||
Tamil Eelam | Asia | Asia Football Cup Winner | 8 August 2023 | 3rd | 2016, 2018 | Group Stage (2016) |
Hmong FF | Asia | Asia Football Cup Runner Up | 8 August 2023 | 1st | ||
Tibet | Asia | Asia Football Cup Third Place | 8 August 2023 | 2nd | 2018 | Group Stage (2018) |
ANBM | North America | Selected | 18 August 2023 | 1st | ||
Kabylie | Africa | Selected | 14 September 2023 | 2nd | 2018 | Group Stage (2018) |
Abkhazia | Europe | Selected | 14 September 2023 | 4th | 2014, 2016, 2018 | Champion (2016) |
References
- "Last month our president confirmed that the 2024 CONIFA World Cup hosting rights were awarded to @KurdistanFA". CONIFA Official. 9 May 2023.
- "Men´s World Football Cup 2024 – qualification". CONIFA. 7 December 2022.
- https://twitter.com/kanakapowawae/status/1686468773749063682?s=20