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The 2021 Sportsbet.io CONIFA European Football Cup, later renamed CONIFA Euro 2022 is the planned fourth edition of the CONIFA European Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA with an affiliation to Europe, organised by CONIFA. It was to be hosted by Nice in France.[1]
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Nice France |
| Dates | 3–12 June 2022 |
| Teams | 12 |
← 2019 2023 → | |
Initially to be played from 9 to 19 June, it was postponed to 7–17 July due to the ongoing pandemic, and finally cancelled on 6 May 2021. The organisers stated that they were hoping to make a decision to hold the competition in 2022, by August 2022.[2][3] On 10 January 2022, CONIFA announced on social media, that the competition would be taking place between 3–12 June 2022 and had been renamed CONIFA Euro 2022 - in Nice as previously planned.[4][5]
Less than 1 month before the tournament was due to begin CONIFA announced organisation problems with regards to hosts Nice. The tournament was not officially declared cancelled, but no alternative host was announced.[6]
Tournament
editVenues
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| Stade de Nice | |||
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| Capacity: 38,223 | |||
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Participants
editA total of twelve teams were scheduled to participate, with their seedings below.[7]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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Northern Cyprus withdrew from the tournament after the draw.[2] It was replaced by a reserve team of the tournament, Two Sicilies.
There are two additional reserve teams in case further teams withdraw from the tournament, 
Kárpátalja and 
Romani people.
In April 2022, 
Abkhazia, 
South Ossetia and 
Chameria all withdrew. The official reason given was "organizational issues". They were replaced by Kárpátalja, 
Elba Island and 
Sicily.[8]
In May 2022, 
Sardinia withdrew from the tournament due to "safety reasons".[9]
Squads
editMatches
editGroup stage
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| Teams that advanced to the quarter-finals | |
Group A
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Nice
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Two Sicilies
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| County of Nice | v | TBD |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | v | Two Sicilies |
|---|---|---|
Group B
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicily
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Sápmi
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Székely Land
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group C
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elba Island
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Artsakh
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Cornwall
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group D
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Padania
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Western Armenia
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kárpátalja
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Knockout stage
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| 12 June – Nice | ||||||||||
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third-place play-off
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Final
editPlacement round
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Placement round 2
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Final positions
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Top scorers
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References
edit- ^ "European Football Cup returns for 2021 in Nice". CONIFA. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ a b "CONIFA European Football Cup Postponed". CONIFA. 17 March 2021. Archived from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Kernow FA miss out after Conifa 2021 European Football Cup is cancelled". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "CONIFA Official on Twitter". Twitter. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ "CONIFA Europe on Facebook". Facebook. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ "Statement | European Football Cup". Facebook. 8 May 2022.
- ^ "European Football Cup returns for 2021 in Nice". CONIFA. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ^ Update CONIFA. 13 April 2022.Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Natzionale Sarda: salta l'Europeo Conifa, ma sarà un'estate di impegni internazionali" (in Italian). Centotrentuno.com. 12 May 2022..