|
2023 CONIFA European Football Cup
The 2023 CONIFA European Football Cup was planned to be the fourth edition of this tournament, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA with an affiliation to Europe, organised by CONIFA. Northern Cyprus were originally announced as hosts, but withdrew to support humanitarian efforts in Turkey; the tournament was then subsequently cancelled.[1] HostsOriginally Northern Cyprus was announced as the host on 9 November 2022.[2] However, on 16 February 2023, following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake the decision was made to relocate the tournament to enable Northern Cyprus to focus on supporting humanitarian efforts in Turkey. No replacement host was announced at the time. Participants
DrawA total of twelve teams were scheduled to participate, with their seedings below.[3]
4 teams have been named as reserve sides in case other teams withdraw from the tournament; TournamentFormatTwelve teams will be divided into four groups of three teams. At the end of the tournament, the four semifinalists will qualify for the 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup. In addition, the six first qualified teams will clinch a direct spot for the 2026 European Football Cup.[4] Group stageGroup A
First match(es) will be played: 20 November 2022. Source: [citation needed]
Group B
First match(es) will be played: 20 November 2022. Source: [citation needed]
Group C
First match(es) will be played: 20 November 2022. Source: [citation needed]
Group D
First match(es) will be played: 20 November 2022. Source: [citation needed]
Final standingsPer statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.[5]
Source: [citation needed]
References
External links |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
