2019 CONIFA European Football Cup

2019 CONIFA European Football Cup
Tournament details
Host countryRepublic of Artsakh Artsakh (official)
 Azerbaijan (location)
Dates1–9 June 2019
Teams8
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions South Ossetia
Runners-up Western Armenia
Third place Abkhazia
Fourth place Chameria
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored59 (2.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Ossetia Batradz Gurtsiev (5 goals)
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The 2019 Sportsbet.io CONIFA European Football Cup was the third 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 hosted by Artsakh.

The goal of the tournament was scored by Sápmi player Kristoffer Edvardsen.

Tournament

On 19 August 2018, CONIFA announced that Artsakh would host the 2019 edition of the tournament.[1]

Stamp of Artsakh, CONIFA Cup 2019

The Artsakh postal authorities issued on 4 June 2019, a commemorative stamp for this occasion, which depicts as well the flags of participant teams in the tournament.

Venues

The tournament was held in 4 cities: Stepanakert (the capital), Askeran, Martakert and Martuni.[1]

 Artsakh

Stepanakert Martakert Martuni Askeran
Stepanakert Republican Stadium
(artificial turf) 		Vigen Shirinyan Stadium
(natural grass) 		Avakyan Arena
(artificial turf) 		Askeran City Stadium
(natural grass)
39°49′16″N 46°45′12″E / 39.8210541°N 46.7532527°E / 39.8210541; 46.7532527 (Stepanakert Republican Stadium) 40°13′00″N 46°49′16″E / 40.2166109°N 46.8210697°E / 40.2166109; 46.8210697 (Vigen Shirinyan Stadium) 39°47′42″N 47°07′07″E / 39.7949688°N 47.1187198°E / 39.7949688; 47.1187198 (Avakyan Arena) 39°56′17″N 46°50′20″E / 39.9381267°N 46.8389386°E / 39.9381267; 46.8389386 (Askeran City Stadium)
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 1,200 Capacity: 1,080 Capacity: 500

Participants

A total of twelve teams were scheduled to participate, with their seedings below.[2] The seeded teams are Padania (winners of the 2017 CONIFA European Football Cup) and Artsakh, as the hosts of the 2019 European Football Cup. Abkhazia and Székely Land were also drawn as top seeds in Pot 1, based on their CONIFA rankings.

Sardinia entered in 2018 in CONIFA and it was drawn in one of the groups. However, in May 2019, it withdrew from the competition. The reserve team, in case one of the below teams withdraws, was granted to Kernow,[3] but after County of Nice, Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR all withdrew, CONIFA opted to proceed with just 8 teams in 2 groups.[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Squads

Main article: 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup squads

Matches

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Abkhazia 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
Chameria 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6
 Artsakh 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4
 Sápmi 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Abkhazia 3–1 Chameria
Maskayev 48'
Logua 49', 74'		 [citation needed] Prendi 30'
Askeran City Stadium, Askeran
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed
Artsakh 3–2 Sápmi
Mkrtchyan 3'
Sargsyan 43'
Malyaka 82'		 Report Zakrisson 24'
Edvardsen 83'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov
Chameria 4–1 Artsakh
Çema 58', 90+3'
Mziu 85'
Gjoka 90+5'		 Report Sargsyan 83'
Avakyan Arena, Martuni
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj
Sápmi 0–1 Abkhazia
[citation needed] Dgebuadze 45+2'
Vigen Shirinyan Stadium, Martakert
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed
Artsakh 1–1 Abkhazia
Mkrtchyan 33' Report Logua 8'
Avakyan Arena, Martuni
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov
Chameria 4–0 Sápmi
Mziu 5'
Hoxha 22', 45'
Çema 78'		 Report
Vigen Shirinyan Stadium, Martakert
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Ossetia 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7
 Western Armenia 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4 4
 Padania 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
 Székely Land 3 0 1 2 2 11 −9 1
Source: [citation needed]
Padania 4–0 Székely Land
Tignonsini 7'
Corno 53', 78'
Rota 61'		 Report
Vigen Shirinyan Stadium, Martakert
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj
Western Armenia 1–2 South Ossetia
Aslanyan 79' [citation needed] Gurtsiev 29', 56'
Avakyan Arena, Martuni
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed
Székely Land 0–5 Western Armenia
Report Badoyan 20'
Hovsepyan 52' (pen.)
Bakalyan 70'
Minasyan 81'
Aslanyan 90+1'
Askeran City Stadium, Askeran
Attendance: 500
Referee: Arkadi Akobyan
South Ossetia 2–1 Padania
Gurtsiev 55'
Bazayev 80'		 Report Ravasi 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov
South Ossetia 2–2 Székely Land
Gurtsiev 72', 84' [citation needed] Vékás 54'
B. Kovács 82'
Askeran City Stadium, Askeran
Attendance: 500
Referee: Arkadi Akobyan
Padania 1–1 Western Armenia
Colombo 69' Report Yedigaryan 67'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Abkhazia 1–1 Western Armenia
Khugayev 10' [citation needed] Manoyan 32' (pen.)
Penalties
0–3
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj
South Ossetia 0–0 Chameria
[citation needed]
Penalties
6–5
Askeran City Stadium, Askeran
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed

Third-place play-off

Abkhazia 0–0 Chameria
Penalties
5–4
Stepanakert Republican Stadium, Stepanakert
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov

Final

Western Armenia 0–1 South Ossetia
Bazayev 65'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov, Vitalii Mazin, Valerii Kravchenko, Aleksandr Demenko, Ivan Mrkalj

Placement round

Placement round 1

Padania 4–0 Sápmi
Colombo 4'
Corno 45', 73'
Ravasi 46' (pen.)		 Report
Vigen Shirinyan Stadium, Martakert
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: René Jacobi
Artsakh 2–1 Székely Land
Sargsyan 76' (pen.)
Danielyan 90+4'		 Report Vékás 62'
Avakyan Arena, Martuni
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov

Placement round 2

Sápmi 3–2 Székely Land
Zakrisson 17'
Laitila 19', 75'		 Balint 35'
Kovacs 55' (pen.)
Askeran City Stadium, Askeran
Attendance: 500
Referee: René Jacobi
Padania 0–2 Artsakh
Sargsyan 58'
Malyaka 90+6'
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj

Final positions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Ossetia 5 3 2 0 7 4 +3 11
2  Western Armenia 5 1 2 2 8 5 +3 5
3  Abkhazia 5 2 3 0 6 3 +3 9
4 Chameria 5 2 2 1 9 4 +5 8
5  Artsakh 5 3 1 1 9 8 +1 10
6  Padania 5 2 1 2 10 5 +5 7
7  Sápmi 5 1 0 4 5 14 −9 3
8  Székely Land 5 0 1 4 5 16 −11 1
Source: [citation needed]

Player of the tournament: Batradz Gurtsiev Young player of the tournament: Kristoffer Edvardsen

Top scorers

5 goals

Player of the tournament: Batradz Gurtsiev

Young player of the tournament: Kristoffer Edvardsen

References

  1. ^ a b "Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to host 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup". CONIFA. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. ^ "CONIFA European Football Cup 2019". Sportsbet.io. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  3. ^ "CONIFA European Football Cup 2019: live draw announced!". CONIFA. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  4. ^ Match schedule: CONIFA Sportsbet.io European Football Cup 2019 Archived 2019-05-25 at archive.today ConIFA. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.