2023 CONIFA Asian Football Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Alcochete (Portugal) |
| Dates | August 4 – 8 |
| Teams | 3 |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
2025 → | |
The 2023 CONIFA Asian Football Cup was the first edition of the CONIFA Asian Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA with an affiliation to Asia, organised by CONIFA.[1] Tamil Eelam won the men's tournament beating Hmong FF to in their first title.[2]
Tournament
On August 2nd, 2023, CONIFA announced that Alcochete, Portugal will host the 2nd edition of the tournament and the schedule was provided for the tournament.[3] A pre-tournament press conference was held on August 3rd 2023.[4] A second stage of the tournament between Kashimir FA and the Pakistan All-Stars was supposed to be held later in the summer, but was cancelled.[5]
Participating Teams
A total of three teams participated in the tournament.[5]
| Team |
|---|
| Tibet[6][7] |
| Hmong FF |
| Tamil Eelam[8] |
Group Stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamil Eelam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Advance to the final |
| 2 | Hmong FF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Tibet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 0 |
Matches
| Tamil Eelam | 3–0 | Hmong FF |
|---|---|---|
| 15' 16' 53' |
Report |
Final
| 2023 CONIFA Asian Football Cup |
|---|
Tamil Eelam 1st title |
See also
References
- ^ "Team Tibet bows out of CONIFA Asia Cup". 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Tamil Eelam FA: Asia Champions 2025". CONIFA. 2025-07-05. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ^ Admin, TEFA (2023-08-02). "ASIA CUP 2023 - Tamil Eelam FA". Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "Post by Per-Anders Blind". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ a b "CONIFA Asia Cup 2023". CONIFA. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ "Depleted squad leads to Team Tibet's early CONIFA Asia Cup exit – Tibet". 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ says, Tenzin (4 July 2023). "Dalai Lama blesses team Tibet prior to CONIFA Asia Cup".
- ^ Brown, Kyle (8 August 2023). "Hmong Futbol Federation unites community through soccer". KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News.