2017 CONIFA European Football Cup

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.

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)
2015
2019

Tournament

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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

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  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

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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

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

Squad

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Matches

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Group stage

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The results of the group stage draw:

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

Group A

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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: [citation needed]
(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'
South Ossetia  0–8  Northern Cyprus
Yaşınses   13'
Taşkıran   15', 20', 58'
Çıdamlı   57', 68'
Turan   62' (pen.)
Gök   88'
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

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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: [citation needed]
(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'
Padania  2–0  Felvidék
Rota   62'
Rosset   90'

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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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

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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

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

Third-place play-off

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Székely Land  3–1  Abkhazia
Csürös   9'
Szőcs   24'
Bajkó   36'
Kortava   3'

Final

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

Final positions

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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: [citation needed]

Top scorers

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

Own goals

  •   Marc Kelly (in match Kárpátalja – Ellan Vannin)

References

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  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.