CONIFA Asia Cup

CONIFA Asia Cup
Founded	2023
Region	International (Asia) (Confederation of Independent Football Associations)
Current champions	Tamil Eelam
Most championships	Tamil Eelam (2 titles)
	2025 CONIFA Asian Football Cup

The CONIFA Asia Cup is a continental football tournament organized by CONIFA for representative teams of nations, minorities, and isolated regions within Asia that are unaffiliated with FIFA. While the tournament focuses on the Asian continent, it has a global scope with participating ethnic communities from North America and Europe.

History

Lisbon 2023

London 2025

Map of CONIFA Asia Football Cup Locations

Lisbon 2023

CONIFA announced the first Asia Cup, featuring 3 teams, would be held in August 2023 with games played at Alcochete, near Lisbon, a second stage was announced to be played in the UK was never held.

London 2025

CONIFA announced a second edition of the Asia Cup would be held in July 2025 with games played in Walton-on-Thames, near London. The tournament would again feature 3 participating teams.

Results

Ed.	Year	Host	First place game			Third place game			Num. teams
Ed.	Year	Host	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Third	Score	Fourth	Num. teams
1	2023	Portugal	Tamil Eelam FA	2–0	Hmong FF	Tibetan NSA	N/a		3
2	2025	England	Tamil Eelam FA	5–0	East Turkistan FA	Tibetan NSA	N/a		3

Appearances

Legend

1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — Fourth place
GS — Group Stage
q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•• — Qualified but withdrew
• — Did not qualify
× — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by CONIFA
— Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

CONIFA Asian Football Cup record
Team (Total 4 teams)	2023 (3)	2025 (3)
East Turkistan FA	x	2nd
Hmong FF	2nd	x
Tamil Eelam FA	1st	1st
Tibetan NSA	3rd	3rd

Members of CONIFA Asia


Asia (11)
East Turkistan FA
Girl Power FA (Afghanistan)
Hmong FF
Kashmir FA
Kurdistan FA
Pakistan All-Stars
Palestinian Refugee FI
Panjab FA
Rojava FA
Tamil Eelam FA
Tibetan NSA

References

↑ CONIFA Asia Cup 2023 (CONIFA)
↑ Brown, Kyle (8 August 2023). "Hmong Futbol Federation unites community through soccer". KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News.
↑ says, Tenzin (4 July 2023). "Dalai Lama blesses team Tibet prior to CONIFA Asia Cup".
↑ "Team Tibet bows out of CONIFA Asia Cup". 7 August 2023.
↑ "CONIFA Asia Cup 2025".
↑ "Pakistan Football Association joins CONIFA". Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[1] CONIFA Asia Cup 2023 (CONIFA)

[2] Brown, Kyle (8 August 2023). "Hmong Futbol Federation unites community through soccer". KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News.

[3] says, Tenzin (4 July 2023). "Dalai Lama blesses team Tibet prior to CONIFA Asia Cup".

[4] "Team Tibet bows out of CONIFA Asia Cup". 7 August 2023.

[5] "CONIFA Asia Cup 2025".

[6] "Pakistan Football Association joins CONIFA". Retrieved 1 July 2023.