Dave Deacon Posted January 26, 2020 Report Share Posted January 26, 2020 The draw has been made this morning for the CONIFA World Football Cup 2020 which will be taking place in Skopje, North Macedonia between 30 May - 7 June. Group A Parishes of Jersey Panjab Kurdistan Chagis Islands Group B Karpatalya Western Armenia Tamil Eelam Kabylia Group C Mapuche (South America) Matabeleland (Africa) Kernow Australian First Nations (Oceania) Group D South Ossetia Cascadia United Koreans in Japan Darfur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted January 26, 2020 Report Share Posted January 26, 2020 And the Kernow squad is possibly? Names and clubs if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inflikted Posted January 26, 2020 Report Share Posted January 26, 2020 I wonder if the Australian First Nations will approach players like Jade North to get involved. Predictions: Group A - completely up in the air except Chagos Islands are likely to struggle. Parishes of Jersey I expect to progress but Panjab and Kurdistan are very strong teams (Kurdistan dominated in the old NF-Board days before ConIFA launched) Group B - Karpatalya and Western Armenia to progress. Unless Tamil Eelam improve on recent showings, they could finish below Kabylia. Group C - Kernow should comfortably progress but at the same time, Mapuche and AFN are complete unknowns, so we won't know what they're capable of until game 1. Group D - A tough one to call but I do think Cascadia and South Ossetia will be the to to progress. Darfur will struggle to get any results and unless UKJ fix their goalscoring issues they won't have enough about them to get the wins they need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inflikted Posted January 26, 2020 Report Share Posted January 26, 2020 Knockouts: QFs: Kurdistan vs Western Armenia - Kurdistan win Parishes of Jersey vs Karpatalya - Karpatalya win Kernow vs Cascadia - Cascadia win Matabeleland vs South Ossetia - South Ossetia win Semi-Finals: Kurdistan vs Karpatalya - Kurdistan win Cascadia vs South Ossetia - South Ossetia win Final: Kurdistan vs South Ossetia - South Ossetia win 3rd/4th: Karpatalya vs Cascadia - Karpatalya win Placement round 1: Panjab vs Kabylia - Panjab win Chagos Islands vs Tamil Eelam - Tamil Eelam win Australian First Nations vs Darfur - AFN win Mapuche vs United Koreans in Japan - UKJ win Placement round 2: Western Armenia vs Kernow - Kernow win Parishes of Jersey vs Matabeleland - PoJ win Panjab vs Australian First Nations - Panjab win Tamil Eelam vs United Koreans in Japan - UKJ win Kabylia vs Darfur - Kabylia win Chagos Islands vs Mapuche - Mapuche win Placement Round 3: 5th/6th: Kernow vs Parishes of Jersey - Kernow win 7th/8th: Western Armenia vs Matabeleland - Western Armenia win 9th/10th: Panjab vs United Koreans in Japan - Panjab win 11th/12th: Australian First Nations vs Tamil Eelam - AFN win 13th/14th: Kabylia vs Mapuche - Kabylia win 15th/16th: Darfur vs Chagos Islands - Chagos Islands win Final Rankings: 1. South Ossetia 2. Kurdistan 3. Karpatalya 4. Cascadia 5. Kernow 6. Parishes of Jersey 7. Western Armenia 8. Matabeleland 9. Panjab 10. United Koreans in Japan 11. Australian First Nations 12. Tamil Eelam 13. Kabylia 14. Mapuche 15. Chagos Islands 16. Darfur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inflikted Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 Article on the ConIFA World Cup on BBC Sport: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51149482 Bruegel the Elder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruegel the Elder Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 14 hours ago, inflikted said: Article on the ConIFA World Cup on BBC Sport: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51149482 Thanks for that, Avery interesting read, answer a lot of questions raised above. The possibility of Australia and Sweden based Cornish players being in the mix reassures that it is not just an outing for elderly (in footballing terms) cronies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Grose Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Watched Jersey play a couple of games in the Ynys Mon Island games tournament last year.A very good team in my opinion.Having watched all of the Kernow games so far I have to say we'd really struggle against Jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inflikted Posted February 15, 2020 Report Share Posted February 15, 2020 I do hope ConIFA can build on the commercial successes of 2018 and start getting more traction as a viable alternative to FIFA for regions that lack support in mainstream football. Not to mention it should really be an ideal place for clubs to scout potential rough diamonds from regions that football has otherwise forgotten. Ian Pethick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inflikted Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 Squad announcement apparently coming on Sunday. Seems a bit early as they have until 1 June to finalise it. I'm guessing this will just be the preliminary squad and will give us all an idea of what sort of squad they'll be taking, with a few changes likely between now and kick-off. TheolderIgetthebetterIwas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted February 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, inflikted said: Seems a bit early as they have until 1 June to finalise it. I'm guessing this will just be the preliminary squad and will give us all an idea of what sort of squad they'll be taking, with a few changes likely between now and kick-off. I would imagine with the logistics of players getting time off work etc, the Kernow FA need to know as early as possible and then replace if necessary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaoke Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Well this won't happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted March 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 hour ago, karaoke said: Well this won't happen Not now obviously with the coronavirus situation taking over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted March 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 As awaited the CONIFA have confirmed the tournament in May-June is no longer! CONIFA has today announced that the CONIFA Sportsbet.io World Football Cup 2020 will not be taking place in North Macedonia from 30 May – 7 June 2020. This is due to the COVID-19 emergency being seen across the world. The health and wellbeing of all CONIFA members, teams, volunteers and supporters is the number one priority for the organisation. There was also a strong desire to avoid putting pressure on the North Macedonia public services, who would have to be in attendance at matches, during this crisis. The decision was made by the CONIFA Executive Committee on Sunday evening, after a binding vote taken by the committee. CONIFA Global President, Per-Anders Blind, said: ‘We are all very sorry to have let everyone know that the CONIFA Sportsbet.io World Football Cup 2020 is not taking place in May-June 2020. But our priority right now is looking after the health and wellbeing of all our members, teams and volunteers. The COVID-19 outbreak has meant that teams cannot train, the organising committee has been unable to travel to North Macedonia to continue with preparations, and travel bans across the world make it uncertain that our teams would be able to reach the tournament. ‘We will be discussing and releasing further information about the World Football Cup as soon as we can. ‘CONIFA would like to thank our partners, Sportsbet.io, for their support in making this decision, and also thank all those who had offered to work with CONIFA in North Macedonia this summer. We hope to see you all at the World Football Cup soon.’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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