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CONIFA Asia Cup

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CONIFA Asia Cup
Founded2023
RegionInternational (Asia) (Confederation of Independent Football Associations)
Current championsTamil Eelam
Most championshipsTamil Eelam (2 titles)
Image 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.[1] While the tournament focuses on the Asian continent, it has a global scope with participating ethnic communities from North America and Europe.[2]

History

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Map of CONIFA Asia Football Cup Locations

Lisbon 2023

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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.[3][4]

London 2025

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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.[5]

Results

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Ed. Year Host First place game Third place game Num.
teams
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion Score 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third Score Fourth
12023 Image Portugal Image
Tamil Eelam FA		 2-0 Image
Hmong FF		 Image
Tibetan NSA		 N/a 3
22025 Image England Image
Tamil Eelam FA		 5–0 Image
East Turkistan FA		 Image
Tibetan NSA		 N/a 3

Appearances

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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
Portugal
(3)		 2025
England
(3)
Image East Turkistan FA x 2nd
Image Hmong FF 2nd x
Image Tamil Eelam FA 1st 1st
Image Tibetan NSA 3rd 3rd

Members of CONIFA Asia

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Asia (11)
Image East Turkistan FA
Girl Power FA (Afghanistan)
Image Hmong FF
Image Kashmir FA
Image Kurdistan FA
Image Pakistan All-Stars[6]
Image Palestinian Refugee FI
Image Panjab FA
Rojava FA
Image Tamil Eelam FA
Image Tibetan NSA

References

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  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.
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