Nagorno Karabakh to participate in CONIFA World Football Cup 2014
13:36 06.02.2014
Football, Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh will be among the twelve teams participating in the
first ever World Cup held for teams outside international soccer’s
governing body, FIFA.
The tournament to be held in Ostersund, in central Sweden, in the
first week of June will be hosted by the Sapmi people, also known as
Laplanders. It is to be held under the aegis of CONIFA, a global
umbrella organization for all the football teams outside FIFA.
According to the organization’s official website, the 12 teams will
include: Abkhazia, Aramean Suryoye, Kurdistan, Tamil Eelam, Zanzibar,
Darfur United, Ellan Vannin, Quebec, Nagorno-Karabakh, Padania, Sapmi
and Occitania. The tournament will take place from June 1 to 8.
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