2017 ConIFA European Football Cup

2017 ConIFA European Football Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Northern Cyprus
Dates 4 June – 10 June
Teams 8
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 played 18
Goals scored 51 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s) Székely Land Barna Bajko
(5 goals)

The 2017 ConIFA European Football Cup is 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.

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
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'		 Semenov  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
 Upper Hungary 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
Padania  1 - 0  Ellan Vannin
Rota  70'
Székely Land  1-1  Padania
Szőcs  81' Rota  8'
Ellan Vannin  1-0  Upper Hungary
Bass  52'
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
Kárpátalja  3-3  Ellan Vannin
Kelly (o.g.)  2'
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'		  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 523052+39
2 Northern Cyprus 5320122+1011
3 Székely Land 521297+27
4 Abkhazia 513156-16
5 Kárpátalja 412197+25
6 Ellan Vannin 411268-24
7 Upper Hungary 42023306
8 South Ossetia 4004216-140

Top scorers

5 goals
  • Székely Land Barna Bajkó
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Own goals

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

References

  1. 1 2 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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