2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification

The 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification was the process to decide a number of the teams that will play in the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup. This is the second tournament to feature a qualification process, following on from the 2016 qualification. The first qualification match played was on 13 March 2016 between the Tamil Eelam team and the team representing the Romani people, with the first goal scored by Tamil Eelam's Panushanth Kulenthiran.

2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	6 January 2016 –
Teams	23 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	50
Goals scored	189 (3.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Panushanth Kulenthiran (6 goals)

Background

The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) was founded in June 2013, as an organisation to represent football associations that are not eligible or choose not to join FIFA.[1] One year later, it held its first official tournament, the 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup, in Sweden, to which the twelve participating teams were invited. The success of this tournament led to the decision to make it a biannual competition, with continental tournaments taking place in between, the first of which was the 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup.

ConIFA published a set of qualification criteria for the World Football Cup ahead of its 2017 Annual General Meeting, setting out the various methods in which teams could qualify for the WFC.[2] This was subsequently revised into an official version for publication in June 2017.[3]

• Host – Barawa
• World Football Cup Holder – Abkhazia
• Wild Card – CONIFA's Executive Committee were required to give a Wild Card place to a team that has not yet qualified for the WFC no later than 9 months prior to the start of the tournament - this was given to Western Armenia. The Committee also had the right to issue a second Wild Card if approved by CONIFA's Annual General Meeting, which occurred and was given to Tibet.
• Qualification tournament – Any member of CONIFA had the right to request that a tournament it hosts be sanctioned as a qualifier, providing it is held between 1 January of the year of the previous WFC, and 31 December of the year before the next WFC, and consists of at least four CONIFA members. The request to have the tournament sanctioned as a qualifier must be submitted at least two months prior to the start, and must be approved by CONIFA's Executive Committee. Three such tournaments were held, the ConIFA Challenger Cup, the Hungary Heritage Cup and the World Unity Cup 2016.
• Continental tournament – If a ConIFA continental championship is held after the previous WFC, then a number of its participants qualify for the WFC; the total qualifiers is worked out by the number of participants in the tournament divided by 4. Only one such tournament was held, the ConIFA European Football Cup 2017 at which both the winner and runner-up qualified.
• Qualification points – The remaining places (which numbered 8) were distributed according to the final positions in the various CONIFA continental rankings according to their accumulated ranking points, distributed by a system which rewarded playing matches against both CONIFA and other opponents. Where two or more teams from the same continental zone had the same number of qualification points, qualification was be determined by the CONIFA World Rankings.

CONIFA is split into six continental zones, with the total number of places in the World Football Cup based on the number of CONIFA members from each zone. As of January 2021, the distribution of places for the WFC, dependent on the size of the final tournament, is:[2]

No of finals spots	Europe	Asia	Africa	Oceania	North America	South America
12	5	3	2	1	1	0^[a]
16	8	3	3	1	1

[a]: There were no South American members of ConIFA at the time of the tournament
The first qualifying process was undertaken for the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, which saw a series of friendly matches and tournaments, together with the 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup, designated as qualifiers for the 2016 WFC.[4][5][6] However, this decision was taken at a late stage prior to the start of the European Football Cup tournament, only a year prior to the planned start of the 2016 WFC in Abkhazia. As a consequence, for its 2018 WFC tournament, ConIFA began designating planned friendly matches as qualifiers from the beginning of 2016, allowing a greater time for those teams achieving qualification to plan for the tournament. The first of these was the ConIFA Challenger Cup, held in Remscheid on 12 and 13 March 2016.[7]

Qualified teams

Team	Region	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Previous appearance	Previous best performance	Notes
Tamil Eelam	Asia	ConIFA Challenger Cup winners	13 March 2016	2nd	2014	11th place (2014)
Abkhazia	Europe	ConIFA World Football Cup Winners	6 June 2016	3rd	2016	Winners (2016)
Felvidék	Europe	Hungary Heritage Cup winners	3 August 2016	1st	N/A	N/A
Western Armenia	Europe	Wild Card	14 January 2017	2nd	2016	Quarter-Final (2016)
Barawa	Africa	Host	8 June 2017	1st	N/A	N/A
Tibet	Asia	Wild Card	8 June 2017	1st	N/A	N/A
Kiribati	Oceania	Regional qualification	8 June 2017	1st	N/A	N/A
Cascadia	North America	Regional qualification	8 June 2017	1st	N/A	N/A
Padania	Europe	ConIFA European Football Cup Winners	10 June 2017	3rd	2016	4th Place (2016)
Northern Cyprus	Europe	ConIFA European Football Cup Runners Up	10 June 2017	2nd	2016	3rd Place (2016)
Panjab	Asia	Regional qualification	2 September 2017	2nd	2016	2nd Place (2016)
United Koreans of Japan	Asia	Regional qualification	2 September 2017	2nd	2016	Quarter-Final (2016)
Matabeleland	Africa	Regional qualification	2 September 2017	1st	N/A	N/A
Kabylie	Africa	Regional qualification	2 September 2017	1st	N/A	N/A
Ellan Vannin	Europe	Regional qualification	2 September 2017	2nd	2014	2nd Place (2014)
Székely Land	Europe	Regional qualification	2 September 2017	2nd	2016	Placement Round (2016)

Qualification

ConIFA Challenger Cup

The ConIFA Challenger Cup was a two team competition held over two days. The two participants, Tamil Eelam and Romani people, each played a 45-minute match against a local select side from the town of Remscheid, where the tournament was being held, on the first day, before playing off against each other on the second.[8]

13 March 2016 Final	Tamil Eelam	4–1	Romani people	Stadion Reinshagen, Remscheid, Germany
19:45 CET	Kulenthiran  17', 90' Sivanesamurthy  23' Navaneethakrishnan  78'	Report	82' Eyob
Note: Tamil Eelam qualify for WFC; Romani People – 3 qualifying points

Hungary Heritage Cup

The Hungary Heritage Cup was a four-team competition held at the beginning of August 2016 in Szarvas, celebrating the heritage of various members of the Hungarian diaspora. The four teams featured two current members of ConIFA, together with two other teams, with the winner qualifying for the World Football Cup.

1 August 2016 Semi-final	Felvidék	1–1 (5–4 p)	Kárpátalja	Erzsébet-ligeti Sporttelep, Szarvas, Hungary
17:45 CEST	Renczes  30'	Report	42'
Note: Felvidek – 9 qualifying points; Kárpátalja – 3 qualifying points

1 August 2016 Semi-final	Délvidék	3–1	Székely Land	Erzsébet-ligeti Sporttelep, Szarvas, Hungary
15:00 CEST	Mindlecz  16' Pozsár  63' Könyves  77'	Report	78' Bajkó
Note: Délvidék – 9 qualifying points; Székely Land – 3 qualifying points

3 August 2016 Final	Délvidék	1–2	Felvidék	Erzsébet-ligeti Sporttelep, Szarvas, Hungary
16:45 CEST	Nagy	Report	Érsek Magyar
Note: Délvidék – 3 qualifying points; Felvidek qualify for WFC

World Unity Cup 2016

The World Unity Cup was planned as a four-team tournament held at the end of August 2016 in Sutton. The competition was organised jointly by three ConIFA members representing displaced peoples, with the winner qualifying for the World Football Cup.[9]

•  Chagos Islands
•  Darfur
• Ellan Vannin (not a displaced people)
•  Tamil Eelam

Subsequent to the announcement, both Darfur and Ellan Vannin withdrew, and the tournament was reorganized as a three-team event, with the Barawa team replacing them.[10]

25 August 2016 Group stage	Barawa	0–5	Tamil Eelam	Borough Sports Ground, Sutton, England
18:00 BST			28' Kasthuran  30' Jan  52' Navaneethakrishnan  75'  84' Kulenthiran
Note: Barawa – 3 qualifying points; Tamil Eelam – N/A (already qualified for WFC)

26 August 2016 Group stage	Barawa	2–3	Chagos Islands	Borough Sports Ground, Sutton, England
18:15 BST	Sufi		Bhujan Robertson Sooprayen
Note: Chagos Islands – 9 qualifying points; Barawa – 3 qualifying points

27 August 2016 Group stage	Chagos Islands	P–P	Tamil Eelam	Borough Sports Ground, Sutton, England
19:30 BST

28 August 2016 Final	Chagos Islands	1–5	Tamil Eelam	Borough Sports Ground, Sutton, England
18:45 BST	Gaspard  48'		4' (pen) Navaneethakrishnan  8', 11' Sivanesamurthy  68' Kulenthiran  70' (pen) Chandran
Note: Chagos Islands – 3 qualifying points; Tamil Eelam – N/A (already qualified for WFC)

ConIFA European Football Cup 2017

The 2017 European Football Cup was announced in January 2017 with a total of eight teams due to take part. The winner of the competition was guaranteed a place at the World Football Cup.

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the semi-finals

Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Northern Cyprus (Q) 3 2 1 0 9 0 +9 7  Abkhazia (Q) 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5  Kárpátalja 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4  South Ossetia 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0 Source: (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated. 4 June 2017 Northern Cyprus  1–0 Kárpátalja Nicosia, N. Cyprus 20:00 EEST Mustafa Yasinses Stadium: Atatürk Stadium 5 June 2017 Abkhazia  2–1  South Ossetia Kyrenia, N. Cyprus 20:00 EEST Dmitri Kortava Ruslan Shoniya Alan Kadjaev Stadium: Mete Adanır Stadium 6 June 2017 South Ossetia  0–8  Northern Cyprus Kyrenia, N. Cyprus 20:00 EEST Mustafa Yasinses  (3) Ertaç Taşkıran  (2) İbrahim Çıdamlı  pen' Halil Turan Uğur Gök Stadium: Mete Adanır Stadium 6 June 2017 Kárpátalja 2–2  Abkhazia Nicosia, N. Cyprus 20:00 EEST David Robert Ohar Roman  (2) Anatoli Semyonov Stadium: Atatürk Stadium 7 June 2017 South Ossetia  1–4 Kárpátalja Famagusta, N. Cyprus 20:00 EEST Solsan Kochiev  (2) Krisztián Mile Zoltan Baksa Kész Tibor Stadium: Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium 7 June 2017 Northern Cyprus  0–0  Abkhazia Morphou, N. Cyprus 20:00 EEST Stadium: Üner Berkalp Stadium

Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Padania (Q) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7  Székely Land (Q) 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4  Ellan Vannin 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3  Upper Hungary 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3 Source: (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated. 5 June 2017 Padania  1–0 Ellan Vannin Morphou, N. Cyprus 20:00 EEST Andrea Rota Stadium: Üner Berkalp Stadium 5 June 2017 Felvidék 1–0 Székely Land Famagusta, N. Cyprus 20:00 EEST Richard Krizan Stadium: Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium 6 June 2017 Székely Land 1–1  Padania Famagusta, N. Cyprus 20:00 EEST László Szőcs (o.g.) Stadium: Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium 6 June 2017 Ellan Vannin 1–0 Felvidék Morphou, N. Cyprus 20:00 EEST Chris Bass Stadium: Üner Berkalp Stadium 7 June 2017 Ellan Vannin 2–4 Székely Land Kyrenia, N. Cyprus 20:00 EEST Ciaran McNulty  (2)  (4) Barna Bajko Stadium: Mete Adanır Stadium 7 June 2017 Padania  2–0 Felvidék Nicosia, N. Cyprus 20:00 EEST Andrea Rota William Rosset Stadium: Atatürk Stadium

Knockout stages

9 June 2017 Semi-final 1	Northern Cyprus	2–1	Székely Land	Atatürk Stadium, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
20:00 EEST	Serhan Önet Halil Turan		Silion Petru

9 June 2017 Semi-final 2	Padania	0–0 (6–5 p)	Abkhazia	Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus
20:00 EEST

10 June 2017 Final	Northern Cyprus	1–1 (2–3 p)	Padania	Atatürk Stadium, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
20:00 EEST	Halil Turan		Ersid Pllumbaj
Note: Padania and Northern Cyprus qualify for WFC

Qualification points standing

The following is a list of games not part of sanctioned ConIFA tournaments for which teams have accrued qualifying points:^α

6 January 2016 Friendly	Olympique de Marseille (CFA)	3–2	Western Armenia	Stade Roger Lebert, Marseille, France
16:00 CET			(2) Vahagn Militosyan
Note: Western Armenia – 1 qualifying point

20 February 2016 Friendly	Leicester City FC International Academy	2–2	Panjab	Belvoir Drive, Leicester, England
12:00 BST			Rajpal Virk Aaron Minhas
Note: Panjab – 2 qualifying points

20 March 2016 Friendly	Manchester International Football Academy	1–9	Panjab	Salford Sports Village, Salford, England
13:00 BST			(4) Gurjit Singh  (2) Terlochan Singh Karum Shanker Amar Purewal Rio Riaz
Note: Panjab – 3 qualifying points

24 April 2016 International Friendly	Panjab	0–2	Jersey	Aggborough Stadium, Kidderminster, England
15:00 BST
Note: Panjab – 2 qualifying points

16 May 2016 International Friendly	Romani people	0–2	Padania	Arena Civica, Milan, Italy
21:00 CET			Andrea Rota William Rosset
Note: Padania – 9 qualifying points; Romani People – 3 qualifying points

19 May 2016 International Friendly	Abkhazia	0–0	Donetsk PR	Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi, Abkhazia
20:00 GET
Note: Donetsk PR – 6 qualifying points; Abkhazia – N/A (already qualified for WFC)

19 June 2016 2016 Europeada Group C	Carinthian Slovenes	0–1	Felvidék	St Johann, Ahrntal, Italy
15:00 CET			Kalmar Lajos
Note: Felvidék – 6 qualifying points

19 June 2016 2016 Europeada Group D	Occitania	4–1	Aromanians	Sporthalle-Palasport, Sand in Taufers, Italy
15:00 CET	Mathieu Irigoyemboyde Quentin Chalut Natal Guillaume Lafuente  (2)
Note: Occitania – 6 qualifying points

19 June 2016 2016 Europeada Group E	South Tyrol	3–0	Ellan Vannin	Sommersportzone, Olang, Italy
15:00 CET
Note: Ellan Vannin – 2 qualifying points

20 June 2016 2016 Europeada Group C	Sorbs	2–2	Felvidék	Waldstadion, Mühlwald, Italy
16:00 CET	Simon Sauer Peter Domaschke		Renàto Meszlènyi Mèszàros Dàvid
Note: Felvidék – 4 qualifying points

20 June 2016 2016 Europeada Group E	Ellan Vannin	2–3	North Frisians	Fussballplatz, Niederdorf, Italy
16:00 CET	Furo Davies  (2)
Note: Ellan Vannin – 2 qualifying points

20 June 2016 2016 Europeada Group D	Occitania	4–1	Slovaks in Hungary	St Johann, Ahrntal, Italy
18:30 CET	Mickael Bertini Boris Massarè Mathieu Irigoyemborde Mickael Bertini
Note: Occitania – 6 qualifying points

21 June 2016 2016 Europeada Group C	North Schleswig Germans	0–10	Felvidék	Sporthalle-Palasport, Sand in Taufers, Italy
16:00 CET			Nemeth Zoli  (2) Renato Meszlenyi Lajos Kalmar György Pragai  (2) David Zoller Jozsef Katona David Meszaros
Note: Felvidék – 6 qualifying points

21 June 2016 2016 Europeada Group E	Ellan Vannin	2–0	Germans in Upper Silesia	Sommersportzone, Olang, Italy
16:00 CET	Frank Jones Sean Doyle
Note: Ellan Vannin – 6 qualifying points

21 June 2016 2016 Europeada Group D	Occitania	1–1	Danes in Germany	Waldstadion, Mühlwald, Italy
18:30 CET	Pierre Barremaecker
Note: Occitania – 4 qualifying points

23 June 2016 2016 Europeada QF	Occitania	0–0 (5–3 p)	Felvidék	Sommersportzone, Olang, Italy
18:00 CET
Note: Occitania – 9 qualifying points; Felvidek – 3 qualifying points

23 June 2016 2016 Europeada SF	Occitania	A–A	Croats in Serbia	Ciamp dal sport Pradel, San Martin de Tor, Italy
15:30 CET
Note: Match abandoned after 41 minutes; Occitania awarded 3–0 victory;[11] Occitania – 6 qualifying points

25 June 2016 2016 Europeada Final	South Tyrol	2–1	Occitania	Sporthalle-Palasport, Sand in Taufers, Italy
16:00 CET			Brice Martinez
Note: Occitania – 2 qualifying points

7 August 2016 Friendly	Barawa	1–5	Cricklewood Wanderers FC	Silver Jubilee Stadium, London, England
14:30 BST
Note: Barawa – 1 qualifying point

13 August 2016 International Friendly	Donetsk PR	1–1	Luhansk PR	Metallurg Stadium, Yenakiyevo, Donetsk People's Republic
20:00 EEST	Vladislav Klyuyev		Valeriy Titarenko
Note: Donetsk PR – 6 qualifying points; Luhansk PR – 6 qualifying points

28 August 2016 Friendly	Barawa	3–2	UK Tamil XI	Borough Sports Ground, Sutton, England
16:00 BST
Note: Barawa – 3 qualifying points

25 October 2016 Friendly	Östersunds FK Academy	1–6	Darfur	Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund, Sweden
20:00 CEST
Note: Darfur – 3 qualifying points

26 November 2016 International Friendly	Ryūkyū	0–9	United Koreans of Japan	Gosamaru Field, Nakagusuku, Japan
12:00 JST			(3) Anne-Sung Tae  (2) Yuuki Gomi Lee Seong-Cheol Kang Awe Akimoto Kaijin Lee Yoshiaki
Note: United Koreans of Japan – 9 qualifying points; Ryūkyū – 3 qualifying points

4 March 2017 Friendly	Leicester City FC International Academy	4–3	Panjab	Belvoir Drive, Leicester, England
13:00 GMT
Note: Panjab – 1 qualifying point

12 March 2017 International Friendly	Raetia	0–5	Tamil Eelam	Sportplatz Gufalons, Trübbach, Switzerland
13:00 CET			(2) Panushanth Kulenthiran Ragvan Prashanth Prabashan
Note: Raetia – 3 qualifying points; Tamil Eelam – N/A (already qualified for WFC)

9 April 2017 Friendly	Barawa	4–3	Tokyngton Harvest FC	Coles Park Stadium, London, England
18:45 BST
Note: Barawa – 3 qualifying points

23 April 2017 International Friendly	Jersey	0–2	Panjab	Springfield Stadium, Saint Helier, Jersey
12:45 BST			Amar Purewal Amarvir Sandhu
Note: Panjab – 6 qualifying points

6 May 2017 Friendly	Peckham Town FC	4–0	Somaliland	Menace Arena, London, England
15:00 BST
Note: Somaliland – 1 qualifying point

6 May 2017 Friendly	Occitania	2–2	Sélection Quartiers	Stade Borderouge, Toulouse, France
17:00 CET
Note: Occitania – 2 qualifying points

27 May 2017 Friendly	Stockport Town FC	0–7	Ellan Vannin	Stockport Sports Village, Woodley, England
14:30 BST			(2) Sean Doyle Ste Whitley Dan Simpson Sean Quaye Liam Cowin o.g.
Note: Ellan Vannin – 3 qualifying points

28 May 2017 International Friendly	Panjab	1–2	England "C"	Damson Park, Solihull, England
15:00 BST	Rajpal Virk
Note: Panjab – 2 qualifying points

3 June 2017 Friendly	Rodez AF	2–2	Occitania	Stade Paul Ligon, Rodez, France
18:00 CET
Note: Occitania – 2 qualifying points

17 June 2017 Friendly	Western Sahara	3–3	UN Select XI	Local Field, Tindouf, Algeria
18:00 AST	Mohamed Boglaida  (2) Hamid Mohammed
Note: Western Sahara – 2 qualifying points

25 June 2017 2017 Island Games Group B	Greenland	3–0	Western Isles	Gutavallen, Visby, Sweden
17:00 CEST	Niels Svane Nukannguaq Zeeb Johan Bistrup
Note: Greenland – 6 qualifying points

26 June 2017 2017 Island Games Group B	Frøya	2–2	Greenland	Fardhem IP, Hemse, Sweden
17:00 CEST			Norsaq Lund Mathæussen Malik Juhl
Note: Greenland – 4 qualifying points

27 June 2017 2017 Island Games Group B	Gotland	0–1	Greenland	Visborgsvallen, Visby, Sweden
17:00 CEST			Norsaq Lund Mathæussen
Note: Greenland – 6 qualifying points

29 June 2017 2017 Island Games SF	Greenland	1–1 (3–1 p)	Menorca	Björkome IP, Väskinde, Sweden
13:00 CEST	Malik Juhl
Note: Greenland – 4 qualifying points

30 June 2017 2017 Island Games Final	Greenland	0–6	Isle of Man	Gutavallen, Visby, Sweden
13:00 CEST
Note: Greenland – 2 qualification points

10 December 2017 International Friendly

Matabeleland

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Darfur

As of January 2021:[12]

Key:	Qualification for WFC

Ranking	Europe	Asia	Africa	North America	Oceania	Qualification points
						Opposition Factor (OF)	Result Factor (RF)
1	Ellan Vannin (52 pts)	United Koreans of Japan (27 pts)	Kabylie (30 pts)	Cascadia (0 pts)  Quebec (0 pts)	Kiribati (0 pts)  Tuvalu (0 pts)	ConIFA Member = 3	Win = 3
2	Szekely Land (39 pts)	Panjab (18 pts)	Matabeleland (30 pts)			Other international opposition = 2	Draw = 2
3	Kárpátalja (36 pts)	Iraqi Kurdistan (15 pts)	Somaliland (30 pts)			Any other opposition = 1	Loss = 1
4	Occitania (34 pts)	Ryūkyū (3 pts)	Chagos Islands (18 pts)			Points for a single match = OF × RF
5	Greenland (32 pts)	Arameans Suryoye (0 pts) Uyghurs (0 pts) Lezgians (0 pts) Rohingya (0 pts) Tibet (0 pts)	Darfur (5 pts)			Matches played in WFC do not count towards qualification points totals. Only the first two matches between teams accrue points. Additional matches are only considered if played as part of a tournament. Only the ten matches where a team accrued the most points are considered. If a member hosts a continental championship during the qualifying period, it receives additional points (number of participants × 3).
6	Donetsk PR (21 pts)		Western Sahara (2 pts)
7	Delvidek (15 pts)		Zanzibar (0 pts) Barotseland (0 pts)
8	South Ossetia (12 pts)
9	Raetia (9 pts)
10	Luhansk PR (6 pts)
11	Romani people (6 pts)
12	County of Nice (3 pts)
13	Western Armenia (1 pt)
14	Franconia (0 pts) Heligoland (0 pts) Monaco (0 pts) Nagorno-Karabakh (0 pts) Sapmi (0 pts) Skåneland (0 pts) Transnistria (0 pts)

ConIFA World Rankings
1.	Occitania
2.	Panjab
3.	Northern Cyprus
4.	County of Nice
5.	Abkhazia
6.	Kurdistan Region
7.	Greenland
8.	Arameans Suryoye
9.	Padania
10.	Ellan Vannin
11.	Artsakh
12.	Quebec
13.	Zanzibar
14.	Sápmi
15.	United Koreans of Japan
16.	Luhansk PR
17.	Székely Land
	Western Armenia
19.	Tamil Eelam
20.	Monaco
21.	Felvidék
22.	Romani people
23.	Franconia
24.	South Ossetia
25.	Somaliland
26.	Chagos Islands
27.	Raetia
28.	Kiribati
29.	Darfur
30.	Tibet

:1.^α Teams that have already qualified no longer accrue qualification points

Wild Card

In May 2017, CONIFA announced on its website that five of its members had completed the necessary process to be considered for the WFC Wild Card place by the deadline of 2 May 2017. The wild card spot was decided at the CONIFA Executive Committee meeting, held during the European Football Cup in Northern Cyprus. The five teams under consideration were:[13]

Team	Zone
Darfur	Africa
Western Sahara
Kiribati	Oceania
Tuvalu
Tibet	Asia

At the Executive Committee meeting, held in Northern Cyprus on 8 June 2017, Tibet were awarded the Wild Card place.

Top goalscorers

6 goals

• Panushanth Kulenthiran

5 goals

• Barna Bajko

4 goals

• Gurjit Singh

3 goals

• Gvinthan Navaneethakrishnan
• Sujan Sivanesamurthy
• On-Song Tae
• Sean Doyle
• Renàto Meszlènyi
• Ertaç Taşkıran
• Halil Turan
• Andrea Rota

2 goals

• J. Sufi
• Vahagn Militosyan
• Terlochan Singh
• Rajpal Virk
• Guillaume Lafuente
• Mathieu Irigoyemboyde
• Mickael Bertini
• Furo Davies
• Ciaran McNulty
• Yuuki Gomi
• David Zoller
• Anatoli Semyonov
• Mustafa Yasinses
• İbrahim Çıdamlı
• Krisztián Mile
• William Rosset
• Norsaq Lund Mathæussen
• Mohamed Boglaida

1 goal

• Grmawi Eyob
• Sandor Mindlecz
• Daniel Pozsár
• Norbert Könyves
• Zoltán Nagy
• László Szőcs
• Silion Petru
• Gabor Renczés
• Ádám Érsek
• Zoltan Magyar
• Kalmar Lajos
• Mèszàros David
• Nemeth Zoli
• Lajos Kalmar
• György Pragai
• Jozsef Katona
• David Meszaros
• Richard Krizan
• Johnath Chandran
• Ragvan Prashanth
• Prabashan
• Didier Gaspard
• Mervin Bhujan
• Hansley Robertson
• Diveeyen Sooprayen
• Aaron Minhas
• Karum Shanker
• Amar Purewal
• Rio Riaz
• Quentin Chalut Natal
• Boris Massarè
• Pierre Barremaecker
• Brice Martinez
• Frank Jones
• Ste Whitley
• Dan Simpson
• Sean Quaye
• Liam Cowin
• Chris Bass
• Lee Seong-Cheol
• Kang Awe
• Akimoto Kaijin
• Lee Yoshiaki
• Vladislav Klyuyev
• Valeriy Titarenko
• Serhan Önet
• Uğur Gök
• Dmitri Kortava
• Ruslan Shoniya
• Alan Kadjaev
• Solsan Kochiev
• David Robert
• Ohar Roman
• Zoltan Baksa
• Kész Tibor
• Ersid Pllumbaj
• Niels Svane
• Nukannguaq Zeeb
• Johan Bistrup
• Malik Juhl
• Hamid Mohammed
• Own Goal

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