2017 CONIFA European Football Cup

2017 ConIFA European Football Cup
Tournament details
Host country Northern Cyprus
Dates4 June – 10 June
Teams8
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Padania
Runners-up Northern Cyprus
Third place Székely Land
Fourth place Abkhazia
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored51 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)Székely Land Barna Bajko
(5 goals)
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The 2017 ConIFA European Football Cup was the second edition of the ConIFA European Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA organised by ConIFA. It was hosted in Northern Cyprus.

Tournament

Following the 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup, the next tournament was announced to take place between 4–11 June 2017 in Northern Cyprus at the organization's Annual General Meeting in February 2017.[1] A total of eight teams were announced as taking part in the tournament, planned to be held across four locations.[2]


Hosts

Northern Cyprus

Nicosia Kyrenia Famagusta Morphou
Lefkoşa Atatürk Stadı Mete Adanır Stadyumu Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadı Üner Berkalp Stadyumu
35°12′49″N 33°20′16″E / 35.213611°N 33.337778°E / 35.213611; 33.337778 (Lefkoşa Atatürk Stadı) 35°20′49″N 33°15′40″E / 35.346948°N 33.26114124°E / 35.346948; 33.26114124 (Mete Adanır Stadyumu) 35°07′10″N 33°57′06″E / 35.1194332°N 33.9517383°E / 35.1194332; 33.9517383 (Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadı) 35°12′22″N 32°59′31″E / 35.2061244°N 32.9918883°E / 35.2061244; 32.9918883 (Zafer Stadı)
Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 1,500 Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 7,000

Participants

A total of eight teams were announced as participating – both the current European Football Cup holders Padania and reigning World Football Cup champions Abkhazia were automatically qualified, with the remainder voted on by ConIFA members.[1]

Withdrawals

Subsequent to the announcement of the eight participants, three then withdrew:

Squad

Matches

Group stage

The results of the group stage draw:

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Northern Cyprus (Q) 3 2 1 0 9 0 +9 7
 Abkhazia (Q) 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
 Kárpátalja 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
 South Ossetia 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Source:
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Northern Cyprus 1–0 Kárpátalja
Yaşınses 89'
Abkhazia 2–1 South Ossetia
Kortava 1'
Shoniya 90+1'		 Kadjaev 61'
Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia
South Ossetia 0–8 Northern Cyprus
Yaşınses 13'
Taşkıran 15', 20', 58'
Çıdamlı 57', 68'
Turan 62' (pen.)
Gök 88'
Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia
Kárpátalja 2–2 Abkhazia
Szabó 33'
Roman 77'		 Anatoli Semyonov 20', 50'
South Ossetia 1–4 Kárpátalja
Kochiev 85' Mile 20'
Baksa 33'
Barta 45+1'
Kész 62'
Northern Cyprus 0–0 Abkhazia

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Padania (Q) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
 Székely Land (Q) 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
 Ellan Vannin 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
 Felvidék 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
Source:
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Padania 1–0 Ellan Vannin
Rota 70'
Felvidék 1–0 Székely Land
Križan 55'
Székely Land 1–1 Padania
Szőcs 81' Rota 8'
Ellan Vannin 1–0 Felvidék
Bass 52'
Ellan Vannin 2–4 Székely Land
McNultey 79', 86' Bajkó 13', 36', 69' (pen.), 75'
Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia
Padania 2–0 Felvidék
Rota 62'
Rosset 90'

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 June – Kyrenia
 
 
  Padania 0 (6)
 
10 June – Nicosia
 
  Abkhazia 0 (5)
 
  Padania 1 (3)
 
9 June – Nicosia
 
  Northern Cyprus 1 (2)
 
  Northern Cyprus 2
 
 
  Székely Land 1
 
Third place
 
 
10 June – Kyrenia
 
 
  Abkhazia 1
 
 
  Székely Land 3

Placement round

South Ossetia 0–2 Felvidék
Molnár 5', 42'
Kárpátalja 3–3 Ellan Vannin
Kelly 2' (o.g.)
Fodor 30'
Kész 61'		 Cown 23'
Cannell 61'
Doyle 83'
Penalties
5–4

Semi-finals

Northern Cyprus 2–1 Székely Land
Onet 16'
Turan 83'		 Silion 49'
Padania 0–0 Abkhazia
Penalties
6–5
Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia

Third-place play-off

Székely Land 3–1 Abkhazia
Csürös 9'
Szőcs 24'
Bajkó 36'		 Kortava 3'
Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia

Final

Padania 1–1 Northern Cyprus
Pllumbaj 23' Turan 52'
Penalties
4–2

Final positions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Padania 5 2 3 0 5 2 +3 9
2  Northern Cyprus 5 3 2 0 12 2 +10 11
3  Székely Land 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 7
4  Abkhazia 5 1 3 1 5 6 −1 6
5  Kárpátalja 4 1 2 1 9 7 +2 5
6  Ellan Vannin 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4
7  Felvidék 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 6
8  South Ossetia 4 0 0 4 2 16 −14 0
Source:

Top scorers

5 goals
  • Székely Land Barna Bajkó
3 goals
  • Northern Cyprus Ertaç Taşkıran
  • Northern Cyprus Halil Turan
  • Padania Andrea Rota
2 goals
1 goal
  • Abkhazia Ruslan Shoniya
  • Isle of Man Chriss Bass, Jr
  • Isle of Man Liam Cowin
  • Isle of Man Chris Cannell
  • Isle of Man Sean Doyle
  • Upper Hungary Richard Križan
  • Kárpátalja Ferenc Barta
  • Kárpátalja Krisztián Mile
  • Kárpátalja Roland Szabó
  • Kárpátalja Ohar Roman
  • Kárpátalja Zoltán Baksa
  • Kárpátalja Norbert Fodor
  • Northern Cyprus Uğur Gök
  • Northern Cyprus Serhan Önet
  • Padania Ersid Plumbaj
  • Padania William Rosset
  • South Ossetia Alan Kadjaev
  • South Ossetia Solsan Kochiev
  • Székely Land Attila Csürös
  • Székely Land Petru Silion

Own goals

  • Isle of Man Marc Kelly (in match Kárpátalja – Ellan Vannin)

References

  1. ^ a b Wheelock, Noah (27 February 2017). "Teams announced for 2017 CONIFA European Football Cup in Northern Cyprus". ConIFA. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. ^ Paul Moulton (2 March 2017). CONIFA announce Hosts. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
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