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2014 ConIFA World Football Cup
| Column 1 |
|---|
| Sweden(Host association: Sápmi) |
| 1 June – 8 June |
| 12 |
| 1 (in 1 host city) |
| County of Nice (1st title) |
| Ellan Vannin |
| Arameans Suryoye |
| South Ossetia |
| 28 |
| 140 (5 per match) |
| Artur Elbaev (9 goals) |
| ← 2012 VIVA 2016 → |
The 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup was the first edition of the ConIFA World Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA organised by ConIFA and a successor of Viva World Cup, last held in 2012. The tournament was hosted by FA Sápmi in the Sápmi region, with all games held in the city of Östersund in Sweden.
Twelve teams took part in the tournament. Catalonia and Rapa Nui were thought to be potential participants, but ultimately declined or withdrew.
In May 2013 ConIFA announced that Sápmi had been chosen to host the inaugural ConIFA World Football Cup in Östersund, Sweden. It was an invitational tournament played between 1 and 8 June 2014, with all matches being held in the 6626-capacity Jämtkraft Arena.
| Östersund |
|---|
| Jämtkraft Arena |
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| Capacity: 6,626 |
In parallel with the tournament, a festival celebrating the cultural diversity of the teams involved was held in Östersund.
The twelve participating teams were drawn into the four groups of three teams each for the group stage. In preparation for this, the teams were organised into three pots. The draw was made by ConIFA World President Per-Anders Blind in Östersund on 24 March 2014.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Kurdistan Region | ||
| Padania | ||
| Sápmi | ||
| Zanzibar | Arameans Suryoye | |
| Nagorno-Karabakh | ||
| Occitania | ||
| Quebec | Abkhazia | |
| Darfur | ||
| Ellan Vannin | ||
| Tamil Eelam |
Of the twelve invited teams, eight had previously participated at the Viva World Cup.
The draw initially placed Quebec in Group C and Zanzibar in Group D. However, in May 2014, it was announced that both Quebec and Zanzibar had withdrawn from the tournament. The Quebec team had affiliated with the Fédération de soccer du Québec, with the intention that the FSQ eventually apply for membership of CONCACAF. To this end, the team will only play internationals against full national teams that are members of either CONCACAF or FIFA, and will no longer participate in Non-FIFA Football. The Zanzibar team were unable to obtain visas to enter Sweden and were thus forced to pull out of the tournament. Quebec's place was taken by South Ossetia, while Zanzibar were replaced by County of Nice.
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| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| Teams that advanced to the quarter-finals |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | −39 | 0 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 |
| ConIFA World Football Cup 2014 winners |
|---|
| County of NiceFirst title |
| Placement round 1 | Placement round 2 | Placings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June – Östersund | 7 June – Östersund | 5th place | Padania | ||
| Tamil Eelam | 2 | Tamil Eelam | 10 | 6th place | Kurdistan Region |
| Sápmi | 4 | Darfur | 0 | 7th place | Occitania |
| 5 June – Östersund | 7 June – Östersund | 8th place | Abkhazia | ||
| Darfur | 0 | Sápmi | 1 | 9th place | Nagorno-Karabakh |
| Nagorno-Karabakh | 12 | Nagorno-Karabakh | 5 | 10th place | Sápmi |
| 5 June – Östersund | 7 June – Östersund | 11th place | Tamil Eelam | ||
| Padania | 3 (4) | Abkhazia | 0 | 12th place | Darfur |
| Abkhazia | 3 (2) | Occitania | 1 | ||
| 5 June – Östersund | 7 June – Östersund | ||||
| Occitania | 2 (4) | Padania | 1 (4) | ||
| Kurdistan Region | 2 (5) | Kurdistan Region | 1 (3) |
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