The 2017 ConIFA European Football Cup was the second edition of the
ConIFA European Football Cup, an international
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions
unaffiliated with FIFA organised by
ConIFA
The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) is the international governing body for association football teams that are not affiliated with FIFA.
Competitions
Women's football
All members of CONIFA are encouraged to inv ...
. It was hosted in Northern Cyprus.
Tournament
Following the
2015 ConIFA European Football Cup, the next tournament was announced to take place between 4–11 June 2017 in
Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl ...
at the organization's Annual General Meeting in February 2017.
A total of eight teams were announced as taking part in the tournament, planned to be held across four locations.
Hosts
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.
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Withdrawals
Subsequent to the announcement of the eight participants, three then withdrew:
*Sapmi withdrew and were replaced by
South Ossetia
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*County of Nice withdrew and were replaced by
Felvidék
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.
*Occitania withdrew and were replaced by
Kárpátalja.
Squad
Matches
Group stage
The results of the group stage draw:
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
Placement round
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Final positions
Top scorers
;5 goals
* Barna Bajkó
;3 goals
* Ertaç Taşkıran
* Halil Turan
* Andrea Rota
;2 goals
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Dmitri Kortava
Dmitri Giviyevich Kortava (russian: Дмитрий Гивиевич Кортава; born 17 November 1990) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
He made his Russian Football National League debut for FC Torpe ...
* Anatoli Semyonov
* Ciaran McNultey
* Attila Molnár
* Tibor Kész
*
László Szőcs
* İbrahim Çıdamlı
* Mustafa Yaşınses
;1 goal
* Ruslan Shoniya
* Chriss Bass, Jr
* Liam Cowin
* Chris Cannell
* Sean Doyle
* Richard Križan
* Ferenc Barta
* Krisztián Mile
* Roland Szabó
* Ohar Roman
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Zoltán Baksa
* Norbert Fodor
* Uğur Gök
* Serhan Önet
* Ersid Plumbaj
* William Rosset
* Alan Kadjaev
* Solsan Kochiev
* Attila Csürös
* Petru Silion
Own goals
* Marc Kelly (in match Kárpátalja – Ellan Vannin)
References
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CONIFA European Football Cup
2017 in Northern Cyprus
2017 in association football
Football competitions in Northern Cyprus
June 2017 sports events in Europe