2019 CONIFA European Football Cup
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.
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.
Participants
A total of twelve teams were scheduled to participate, with their seedings below. 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, but after County of Nice, Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR all withdrew, CONIFA opted to proceed with just 8 teams in 2 groups.
Squads
Matches
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Padania  | 4–0 |  Székely Land |
|---|---|---|
Tignonsini 7'Corno 53', 78'Rota 61' | Report |
Western Armenia  | 1–2 |  South Ossetia |
|---|---|---|
| Aslanyan79' | Gurtsiev29', 56' |
| Székely Land | 0–5 | Western Armenia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Badoyan20' Hovsepyan 52' (pen.)Bakalyan 70'Minasyan 81'Aslanyan 90+1' |
| South Ossetia | 2–1 | Padania |
|---|---|---|
| Gurtsiev55' Bazayev 80' | Report | Ravasi89' (pen.) |
| South Ossetia | 2–2 | Székely Land |
|---|---|---|
| Gurtsiev72', 84' | Vékás54' B. Kovács 82' |
| Padania | 1–1 | Western Armenia |
|---|---|---|
| Colombo69' | Report | Yedigaryan67' |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Abkhazia  | 0–0 |  Chameria |
|---|---|---|
| Penalties | ||
| 5–4 | ||
Final
| Western Armenia | 0–1 | South Ossetia |
|---|---|---|
| Bazayev65' |
Placement round
Placement round 1
Artsakh  | 2–1 | Székely Land |
|---|---|---|
| Sargsyan76' (pen.) Danielyan 90+4' | Report | Vékás62' |
Placement round 2
Sápmi  | 3–2 | Székely Land |
|---|---|---|
| Zakrisson17' Laitila 19', 75' | Balint35' Kovacs 55' (pen.) |
Final positions
Player of the tournament: Batradz Gurtsiev Young player of the tournament: Kristoffer Edvardsen
Top scorers
- 5 goals
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Player of the tournament: Batradz Gurtsiev
Young player of the tournament: Kristoffer Edvardsen