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2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification

The 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification was the process to decide a number of the teams that will play in the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup. This is the second tournament to feature a qualification process, following on from the 2016 qualification. The first qualification match played was on 13 March 2016 between the Tamil Eelam team and the team representing the Romani people, with the first goal scored by Tamil Eelam's Panushanth Kulenthiran.

2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates6 January 2016 –
Teams23 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played50
Goals scored189 (3.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)Tamil Eelam Panushanth Kulenthiran (6 goals)
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Background

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The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) was founded in June 2013, as an organisation to represent football associations that are not eligible or choose not to join FIFA.[1] One year later, it held its first official tournament, the 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup, in Sweden, to which the twelve participating teams were invited. The success of this tournament led to the decision to make it a biannual competition, with continental tournaments taking place in between, the first of which was the 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup.

ConIFA published a set of qualification criteria for the World Football Cup ahead of its 2017 Annual General Meeting, setting out the various methods in which teams could qualify for the WFC.[2] This was subsequently revised into an official version for publication in June 2017.[3]

  • Host – Barawa
  • World Football Cup Holder – Abkhazia
  • Wild Card – CONIFA's Executive Committee were required to give a Wild Card place to a team that has not yet qualified for the WFC no later than 9 months prior to the start of the tournament - this was given to Western Armenia. The Committee also had the right to issue a second Wild Card if approved by CONIFA's Annual General Meeting, which occurred and was given to Tibet.
  • Qualification tournament – Any member of CONIFA had the right to request that a tournament it hosts be sanctioned as a qualifier, providing it is held between 1 January of the year of the previous WFC, and 31 December of the year before the next WFC, and consists of at least four CONIFA members. The request to have the tournament sanctioned as a qualifier must be submitted at least two months prior to the start, and must be approved by CONIFA's Executive Committee. Three such tournaments were held, the ConIFA Challenger Cup, the Hungary Heritage Cup and the World Unity Cup 2016.
  • Continental tournament – If a ConIFA continental championship is held after the previous WFC, then a number of its participants qualify for the WFC; the total qualifiers is worked out by the number of participants in the tournament divided by 4. Only one such tournament was held, the ConIFA European Football Cup 2017 at which both the winner and runner-up qualified.
  • Qualification points – The remaining places (which numbered 8) were distributed according to the final positions in the various CONIFA continental rankings according to their accumulated ranking points, distributed by a system which rewarded playing matches against both CONIFA and other opponents. Where two or more teams from the same continental zone had the same number of qualification points, qualification was to be determined by the CONIFA World Rankings.

CONIFA is split into six continental zones, with the total number of places in the World Football Cup based on the number of CONIFA members from each zone. As of November 2024, the distribution of places for the WFC, dependent on the size of the final tournament, is:[2]

No of finals spots Europe Asia Africa Oceania North America South America
12 5 3 2 1 1 0[a]
16 8 3 3 1 1

[a]: There were no South American members of ConIFA at the time of the tournament
The first qualifying process was undertaken for the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, which saw a series of friendly matches and tournaments, together with the 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup, designated as qualifiers for the 2016 WFC.[4][5][6] However, this decision was taken at a late stage prior to the start of the European Football Cup tournament, only a year prior to the planned start of the 2016 WFC in Abkhazia. As a consequence, for its 2018 WFC tournament, ConIFA began designating planned friendly matches as qualifiers from the beginning of 2016, allowing a greater time for those teams achieving qualification to plan for the tournament. The first of these was the ConIFA Challenger Cup, held in Remscheid on 12 and 13 March 2016.[7]

Qualified teams

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Team Region Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Previous
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		Notes
  Tamil Eelam Asia ConIFA Challenger Cup winners 13 March 2016 2nd 2014 11th place (2014)
  Abkhazia Europe ConIFA World Football Cup Winners 6 June 2016 3rd 2016 Winners (2016)
  Felvidék Europe Hungary Heritage Cup winners 3 August 2016 1st N/A N/A
  Western Armenia Europe Wild Card 14 January 2017 2nd 2016 Quarter-Final (2016)
  Barawa Africa Host 8 June 2017 1st N/A N/A
  Tibet Asia Wild Card 8 June 2017 1st N/A N/A
  Kiribati Oceania Regional qualification 8 June 2017 1st N/A N/A
Cascadia North America Regional qualification 8 June 2017 1st N/A N/A
  Padania Europe ConIFA European Football Cup Winners 10 June 2017 3rd 2016 4th Place (2016)
  Northern Cyprus Europe ConIFA European Football Cup Runners Up 10 June 2017 2nd 2016 3rd Place (2016)
  Panjab Asia Regional qualification 2 September 2017 2nd 2016 2nd Place (2016)
  United Koreans of Japan Asia Regional qualification 2 September 2017 2nd 2016 Quarter-Final (2016)
  Matabeleland Africa Regional qualification 2 September 2017 1st N/A N/A
  Kabylie Africa Regional qualification 2 September 2017 1st N/A N/A
  Ellan Vannin Europe Regional qualification 2 September 2017 2nd 2014 2nd Place (2014)
  Székely Land Europe Regional qualification 2 September 2017 2nd 2016 Placement Round (2016)

Qualification

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ConIFA Challenger Cup

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The ConIFA Challenger Cup was a two team competition held over two days. The two participants, Tamil Eelam and Romani people, each played a 45-minute match against a local select side from the town of Remscheid, where the tournament was being held, on the first day, before playing off against each other on the second.[8]

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) Final Tamil Eelam   4–1   Romani people Stadion Reinshagen, Remscheid, Germany
19:45 CET Kulenthiran   17', 90'
Sivanesamurthy   23'
Navaneethakrishnan   78'		 Report Eyob   82'
Note: Tamil Eelam qualify for WFC; Romani People – 3 qualifying points

Hungary Heritage Cup

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The Hungary Heritage Cup was a four-team competition held at the beginning of August 2016 in Szarvas, celebrating the heritage of various members of the Hungarian diaspora. The four teams featured two current members of ConIFA, together with two other teams, with the winner qualifying for the World Football Cup.

1 August 2016 (2016-08-01) Semi-final Felvidék   1–1
(5–4 p)		   Kárpátalja Erzsébet-ligeti Sporttelep, Szarvas, Hungary
17:45 CEST Renczes   30' Report ?   42'
Note: Felvidek – 9 qualifying points; Kárpátalja – 3 qualifying points
1 August 2016 (2016-08-01) Semi-final Délvidék   3–1   Székely Land Erzsébet-ligeti Sporttelep, Szarvas, Hungary
15:00 CEST Mindlecz   16'
Pozsár   63'
Könyves   77'		 Report Bajkó   78'
Note: Délvidék – 9 qualifying points; Székely Land – 3 qualifying points
3 August 2016 (2016-08-03) Final Délvidék   1–2   Felvidék Erzsébet-ligeti Sporttelep, Szarvas, Hungary
16:45 CEST Nagy   Report Érsek  
Magyar  
Note: Délvidék – 3 qualifying points; Felvidek qualify for WFC

World Unity Cup 2016

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The World Unity Cup was planned as a four-team tournament held at the end of August 2016 in Sutton. The competition was organised jointly by three ConIFA members representing displaced peoples, with the winner qualifying for the World Football Cup.[9]

Subsequent to the announcement, both Darfur and Ellan Vannin withdrew, and the tournament was reorganized as a three-team event, with the Barawa team replacing them.[10]

25 August 2016 (2016-08-25) Group stage Barawa   0–5   Tamil Eelam Borough Sports Ground, Sutton, England
18:00 BST Kasthuran   28'
Jan   30'
Navaneethakrishnan   52'
Kulenthiran   75', 84'
Note: Barawa – 3 qualifying points; Tamil Eelam – N/A (already qualified for WFC)
26 August 2016 (2016-08-26) Group stage Barawa   2–3   Chagos Islands Borough Sports Ground, Sutton, England
18:15 BST Sufi     Bhujan  
Robertson  
Sooprayen  
Note: Chagos Islands – 9 qualifying points; Barawa – 3 qualifying points
27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) Group stage Chagos Islands   P–P   Tamil Eelam Borough Sports Ground, Sutton, England
19:30 BST
28 August 2016 (2016-08-28) Final Chagos Islands   1–5   Tamil Eelam Borough Sports Ground, Sutton, England
18:45 BST Gaspard   48' Navaneethakrishnan   4' (pen.)
Sivanesamurthy   8', 11'
Kulenthiran   68'
Chandran   70' (pen.)
Note: Chagos Islands – 3 qualifying points; Tamil Eelam – N/A (already qualified for WFC)

ConIFA European Football Cup 2017

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The 2017 European Football Cup was announced in January 2017 with a total of eight teams due to take part. The winner of the competition was guaranteed a place at the World Football Cup.

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
4 June 2017 Northern Cyprus   1–0   Kárpátalja Nicosia, N. Cyprus
20:00 EEST Mustafa Yasinses   Stadium: Atatürk Stadium
5 June 2017 Abkhazia   2–1   South Ossetia Kyrenia, N. Cyprus
20:00 EEST Dmitri Kortava  
Ruslan Shoniya  		 Alan Kadjaev   Stadium: Mete Adanır Stadium
6 June 2017 South Ossetia   0–8   Northern Cyprus Kyrenia, N. Cyprus
20:00 EEST Mustafa Yasinses  
Ertaç Taşkıran      
İbrahim Çıdamlı    
Halil Turan   (pen.)
Uğur Gök  		 Stadium: Mete Adanır Stadium
6 June 2017 Kárpátalja   2–2   Abkhazia Nicosia, N. Cyprus
20:00 EEST David Robert  
Ohar Roman  		 Anatoli Semyonov     Stadium: Atatürk Stadium
7 June 2017 South Ossetia   1–4   Kárpátalja Famagusta, N. Cyprus
20:00 EEST Solsan Kochiev   Krisztián Mile    
Zoltan Baksa  
  Kész Tibor  		 Stadium: Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium
7 June 2017 Northern Cyprus   0–0   Abkhazia Morphou, N. Cyprus
20:00 EEST Stadium: Üner Berkalp Stadium

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
5 June 2017 Padania   1–0   Ellan Vannin Morphou, N. Cyprus
20:00 EEST Andrea Rota   Stadium: Üner Berkalp Stadium
5 June 2017 Felvidék   1–0   Székely Land Famagusta, N. Cyprus
20:00 EEST Richard Krizan   Stadium: Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium
6 June 2017 Székely Land   1–1   Padania Famagusta, N. Cyprus
20:00 EEST László Szőcs   ?   (o.g.) Stadium: Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium
6 June 2017 Ellan Vannin   1–0   Felvidék Morphou, N. Cyprus
20:00 EEST Chris Bass   Stadium: Üner Berkalp Stadium
7 June 2017 Ellan Vannin   2–4   Székely Land Kyrenia, N. Cyprus
20:00 EEST Ciaran McNulty     Barna Bajko         Stadium: Mete Adanır Stadium
7 June 2017 Padania   2–0   Felvidék Nicosia, N. Cyprus
20:00 EEST Andrea Rota  
William Rosset  		 Stadium: Atatürk Stadium

Knockout stages

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9 June 2017 Semi-final 1 Northern Cyprus   2–1   Székely Land Atatürk Stadium, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
20:00 EEST Serhan Önet  
Halil Turan  		 Silion Petru  
9 June 2017 Semi-final 2 Padania   0–0
(6–5 p)		   Abkhazia Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus
20:00 EEST
10 June 2017 Final Northern Cyprus   1–1
(2–3 p)		   Padania Atatürk Stadium, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
20:00 EEST Halil Turan   Ersid Pllumbaj  
Note: Padania and Northern Cyprus qualify for WFC

Qualification points standing

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The following is a list of games not part of sanctioned ConIFA tournaments for which teams have accrued qualifying points:α

6 January 2016 (2016-01-06) Friendly Olympique de Marseille (CFA) 3–2   Western Armenia Stade Roger Lebert, Marseille, France
16:00 CET Vahagn Militosyan    
Note: Western Armenia – 1 qualifying point
20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) Friendly Leicester City FC International Academy 2–2   Panjab Belvoir Drive, Leicester, England
12:00 BST Rajpal Virk  
Aaron Minhas  
Note: Panjab – 2 qualifying points
20 March 2016 (2016-03-20) Friendly Manchester International Football Academy 1–9   Panjab Salford Sports Village, Salford, England
13:00 BST Gurjit Singh        
Terlochan Singh    
Karum Shanker  
Amar Purewal  
Rio Riaz  
Note: Panjab – 3 qualifying points
24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) International Friendly Panjab   0–2   Jersey Aggborough Stadium, Kidderminster, England
15:00 BST
Note: Panjab – 2 qualifying points
16 May 2016 (2016-05-16) International Friendly Romani people   0–2   Padania Arena Civica, Milan, Italy
21:00 CET Andrea Rota  
William Rosset  
Note: Padania – 9 qualifying points; Romani People – 3 qualifying points
19 May 2016 (2016-05-19) International Friendly Abkhazia   0–0   Donetsk PR Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi, Abkhazia
20:00 GET
Note: Donetsk PR – 6 qualifying points; Abkhazia – N/A (already qualified for WFC)
19 June 2016 (2016-06-19) 2016 Europeada Group C Carinthian Slovenes   0–1   Felvidék St Johann, Ahrntal, Italy
15:00 CET Kalmar Lajos  
Note: Felvidék – 6 qualifying points
19 June 2016 (2016-06-19) 2016 Europeada Group D Occitania   4–1   Aromanians Sporthalle-Palasport, Sand in Taufers, Italy
15:00 CET Mathieu Irigoyemboyde  
Quentin Chalut Natal  
Guillaume Lafuente    
Note: Occitania – 6 qualifying points
19 June 2016 (2016-06-19) 2016 Europeada Group E South Tyrol   3–0   Ellan Vannin Sommersportzone, Olang, Italy
15:00 CET
Note: Ellan Vannin – 2 qualifying points
20 June 2016 (2016-06-20) 2016 Europeada Group C Sorbs   2–2   Felvidék Waldstadion, Mühlwald, Italy
16:00 CET Simon Sauer  
Peter Domaschke  		 Renàto Meszlènyi  
Mèszàros Dàvid  
Note: Felvidék – 4 qualifying points
20 June 2016 (2016-06-20) 2016 Europeada Group E Ellan Vannin   2–3   North Frisians Fussballplatz, Niederdorf, Italy
16:00 CET Furo Davies    
Note: Ellan Vannin – 2 qualifying points
20 June 2016 (2016-06-20) 2016 Europeada Group D Occitania   4–1   Slovaks in Hungary St Johann, Ahrntal, Italy
18:30 CET Mickael Bertini  
Boris Massarè  
Mathieu Irigoyemborde  
Mickael Bertini  
Note: Occitania – 6 qualifying points
21 June 2016 (2016-06-21) 2016 Europeada Group C North Schleswig Germans   0–10   Felvidék Sporthalle-Palasport, Sand in Taufers, Italy
16:00 CET Nemeth Zoli  
Renato Meszlenyi    
Lajos Kalmar  
György Pragai  
David Zoller    
Jozsef Katona  
David Meszaros  
Note: Felvidék – 6 qualifying points
21 June 2016 (2016-06-21) 2016 Europeada Group E Ellan Vannin   2–0   Germans in Upper Silesia Sommersportzone, Olang, Italy
16:00 CET Frank Jones  
Sean Doyle  
Note: Ellan Vannin – 6 qualifying points
21 June 2016 (2016-06-21) 2016 Europeada Group D Occitania   1–1   Danes in Germany Waldstadion, Mühlwald, Italy
18:30 CET Pierre Barremaecker  
Note: Occitania – 4 qualifying points
23 June 2016 (2016-06-23) 2016 Europeada QF Occitania   0–0
(5–3 p)		   Felvidék Sommersportzone, Olang, Italy
18:00 CET
Note: Occitania – 9 qualifying points; Felvidek – 3 qualifying points
23 June 2016 (2016-06-23) 2016 Europeada SF Occitania   A–A   Croats in Serbia Ciamp dal sport Pradel, San Martin de Tor, Italy
15:30 CET
Note: Match abandoned after 41 minutes; Occitania awarded 3–0 victory;[11] Occitania – 6 qualifying points
25 June 2016 (2016-06-25) 2016 Europeada Final South Tyrol   2–1   Occitania Sporthalle-Palasport, Sand in Taufers, Italy
16:00 CET Brice Martinez  
Note: Occitania – 2 qualifying points
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) Friendly Barawa   1–5 Cricklewood Wanderers FC Silver Jubilee Stadium, London, England
14:30 BST
Note: Barawa – 1 qualifying point
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) International Friendly Donetsk PR   1–1   Luhansk PR Metallurg Stadium, Yenakiyevo, Donetsk People's Republic
20:00 EEST Vladislav Klyuyev   Valeriy Titarenko  
Note: Donetsk PR – 6 qualifying points; Luhansk PR – 6 qualifying points
28 August 2016 (2016-08-28) Friendly Barawa   3–2   UK Tamil XI Borough Sports Ground, Sutton, England
16:00 BST
Note: Barawa – 3 qualifying points
25 October 2016 (2016-10-25) Friendly Östersunds FK Academy 1–6   Darfur Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund, Sweden
20:00 CEST
Note: Darfur – 3 qualifying points
26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) International Friendly Ryūkyū   0–9   United Koreans of Japan Gosamaru Field, Nakagusuku, Japan
12:00 JST Anne-Sung Tae      
Yuuki Gomi    
Lee Seong-cheol  
Kang Awe  
Akimoto Kaijin  
Lee Yoshiaki  
Note: United Koreans of Japan – 9 qualifying points; Ryūkyū – 3 qualifying points
4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) Friendly Leicester City FC International Academy 4–3   Panjab Belvoir Drive, Leicester, England
13:00 GMT
Note: Panjab – 1 qualifying point
12 March 2017 (2017-03-12) International Friendly Raetia   0–5   Tamil Eelam Sportplatz Gufalons, Trübbach, Switzerland
13:00 CET Panushanth Kulenthiran    
Ragvan Prashanth  
Prabashan  
?  
Note: Raetia – 3 qualifying points; Tamil Eelam – N/A (already qualified for WFC)
9 April 2017 (2017-04-09) Friendly Barawa   4–3 Tokyngton Harvest FC Coles Park Stadium, London, England
18:45 BST
Note: Barawa – 3 qualifying points
23 April 2017 (2017-04-23) International Friendly Jersey   0–2   Panjab Springfield Stadium, Saint Helier, Jersey
12:45 BST Amar Purewal  
Amarvir Sandhu  
Note: Panjab – 6 qualifying points
6 May 2017 (2017-05-06) Friendly Peckham Town FC 4–0   Somaliland Menace Arena, London, England
15:00 BST
Note: Somaliland – 1 qualifying point
6 May 2017 (2017-05-06) Friendly Occitania   2–2 Sélection Quartiers Stade Borderouge, Toulouse, France
17:00 CET
Note: Occitania – 2 qualifying points
27 May 2017 (2017-05-27) Friendly Stockport Town FC 0–7   Ellan Vannin Stockport Sports Village, Woodley, England
14:30 BST Sean Doyle    
Ste Whitley  
Dan Simpson  
Sean Quaye  
Liam Cowin  
?   (o.g.)
Note: Ellan Vannin – 3 qualifying points
28 May 2017 (2017-05-28) International Friendly Panjab   1–2   England "C" Damson Park, Solihull, England
15:00 BST Rajpal Virk  
Note: Panjab – 2 qualifying points
3 June 2017 (2017-06-03) Friendly Rodez AF 2–2   Occitania Stade Paul Ligon, Rodez, France
18:00 CET
Note: Occitania – 2 qualifying points
17 June 2017 (2017-06-17) Friendly Western Sahara   3–3   UN Select XI Local Field, Tindouf, Algeria
18:00 AST Mohamed Boglaida    
Hamid Mohammed  
Note: Western Sahara – 2 qualifying points
25 June 2017 (2017-06-25) 2017 Island Games Group B Greenland   3–0   Western Isles Gutavallen, Visby, Sweden
17:00 CEST Niels Svane  
Nukannguaq Zeeb  
Johan Bistrup  
Note: Greenland – 6 qualifying points
26 June 2017 (2017-06-26) 2017 Island Games Group B Frøya   2–2   Greenland Fardhem IP, Hemse, Sweden
17:00 CEST Norsaq Lund Mathæussen  
Malik Juhl  
Note: Greenland – 4 qualifying points
27 June 2017 (2017-06-27) 2017 Island Games Group B Gotland   0–1   Greenland Visborgsvallen, Visby, Sweden
17:00 CEST Norsaq Lund Mathæussen  
Note: Greenland – 6 qualifying points
29 June 2017 (2017-06-29) 2017 Island Games SF Greenland   1–1
(3–1 p)		   Menorca Björkome IP, Väskinde, Sweden
13:00 CEST Malik Juhl  
Note: Greenland – 4 qualifying points
30 June 2017 (2017-06-30) 2017 Island Games Final Greenland   0–6   Isle of Man Gutavallen, Visby, Sweden
13:00 CEST
Note: Greenland – 2 qualification points
10 December 2017 (2017-12-10) International Friendly Matabeleland   v   Darfur

As of November 2024:[12]

Key: Qualification for WFC
Ranking Europe Asia Africa North America Oceania Qualification points
Opposition Factor (OF) Result Factor (RF)
1   Ellan Vannin (52 pts)   United Koreans of Japan (27 pts) Kabylie (30 pts) Cascadia (0 pts)

  Quebec (0 pts)

  Kiribati (0 pts)

  Tuvalu (0 pts)

ConIFA Member = 3 Win = 3
2   Szekely Land (39 pts)   Panjab (18 pts)   Matabeleland (30 pts) Other international opposition = 2 Draw = 2
3   Kárpátalja (36 pts)   Iraqi Kurdistan (15 pts)   Somaliland (30 pts) Any other opposition = 1 Loss = 1
4   Occitania (34 pts)   Ryūkyū (3 pts)   Chagos Islands (18 pts) Points for a single match = OF × RF
5   Greenland (32 pts)   Arameans Suryoye (0 pts)

  Uyghurs (0 pts)

  Lezgians (0 pts)

  Rohingya (0 pts)

  Tibet (0 pts)

  Darfur (5 pts)
  • Matches played in WFC do not count towards qualification points totals.
  • Only the first two matches between teams accrue points.
  • Additional matches are only considered if played as part of a tournament.
  • Only the ten matches where a team accrued the most points are considered.
  • If a member hosts a continental championship during the qualifying period,
    it receives additional points (number of participants × 3).
6   Donetsk PR (21 pts)   Western Sahara (2 pts)
7   Delvidek (15 pts)   Zanzibar (0 pts)

  Barotseland (0 pts)

8   South Ossetia (12 pts)
9   Raetia (9 pts)
10   Luhansk PR (6 pts)
11   Romani people (6 pts)
12   County of Nice (3 pts)
13   Western Armenia (1 pt)
14   Franconia (0 pts)

  Heligoland (0 pts)

  Monaco (0 pts)

  Nagorno-Karabakh (0 pts)

  Sapmi (0 pts)

  Skåneland (0 pts)

  Transnistria (0 pts)

ConIFA World Rankings
1.   Occitania
2.   Panjab
3.   Northern Cyprus
4.   County of Nice
5.   Abkhazia
6.   Kurdistan Region
7.   Greenland
8.   Arameans Suryoye
9.   Padania
10.   Ellan Vannin
11.   Artsakh
12.   Quebec
13.   Zanzibar
14.   Sápmi
15.   United Koreans of Japan
16.   Luhansk PR
17.   Székely Land
  Western Armenia
19.   Tamil Eelam
20.   Monaco
21.   Felvidék
22.   Romani people
23.   Franconia
24.   South Ossetia
25.   Somaliland
26.   Chagos Islands
27.   Raetia
28.   Kiribati
29.   Darfur
30.   Tibet

:1.^α Teams that have already qualified no longer accrue qualification points

Wild Card

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In May 2017, CONIFA announced on its website that five of its members had completed the necessary process to be considered for the WFC Wild Card place by the deadline of 2 May 2017. The wild card spot was decided at the CONIFA Executive Committee meeting, held during the European Football Cup in Northern Cyprus. The five teams under consideration were:[13]

Team Zone
  Darfur Africa
  Western Sahara
  Kiribati Oceania
  Tuvalu
  Tibet Asia

At the Executive Committee meeting, held in Northern Cyprus on 8 June 2017, Tibet were awarded the Wild Card place.

Top goalscorers

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6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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