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) Barna Bajko
(5 goals)

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
35.213611°N 33.337778°E / 35.213611; 33.337778 (Lefkoşa Atatürk Stadı) 35.346948°N 33.26114124°E / 35.346948; 33.26114124 (Mete Adanır Stadyumu) 35.1194332°N 33.9517383°E / 35.1194332; 33.9517383 (Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadı) 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 to 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' (p)
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'
Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium, Famagusta
Northern Cyprus 0–0 Abkhazia
Üner Berkalp Stadium, Morphou

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
 Upper Hungary 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
Source:
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Padania 1–0 Ellan Vannin
Rota  70'
Üner Berkalp Stadium, Morphou
Upper Hungary 1–0 Székely Land
Križan  55'
Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium, Famagusta
Székely Land 1–1 Padania
Szőcs  81' Rota  8'
Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium, Famagusta
Ellan Vannin 1–0 Upper Hungary
Bass  52'
Üner Berkalp Stadium, Morphou
Ellan Vannin 2–4 Székely Land
McNultey  79', 86' Bajkó  13', 36', 69' (p), 75'
Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia
Padania 2–0 Upper Hungary
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 Upper Hungary
 5', 42' Molnár
Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium, Famagusta
Kárpátalja 3–3 Ellan Vannin
Kelly (o.g.)  2'
Fodor  30'
Kész  61'		 Cown  23'
Cannell  61'
Doyle  83'
Penalties
5–4
Üner Berkalp Stadium, Morphou

Semi-finals
Northern Cyprus 2–1 Székely Land
Onet  16'
Turan  83'		  49' Silion
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'		  3' Kortava
Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia

Final
Padania 1–1 Northern Cyprus
Pllumbaj  23'  52' Turan
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  Upper Hungary 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 6
8  South Ossetia 4 0 0 4 2 16 −14 0
Source:

Top scorers
5 goals
  • Barna Bajkó
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Own goals

  • Marc Kelly (in match Kárpátalja – Ellan Vannin)
gollark: Well, I'm ARing, it's the right time.
gollark: AR now?
gollark: In this case apparently Feather *only* wants them caught if they turn.
gollark: You receive a teleport link from the ND experimenter, and if the egg is about to die or has greeninated, you click Accept and then later send it back to them.
gollark: Probably not very.

References
  1. Wheelock, Noah (27 February 2017). "Teams announced for 2017 CONIFA European Football Cup in Northern Cyprus". ConIFA. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. Paul Moulton (2 March 2017). CONIFA announce Hosts. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
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