The 2022 CONIFA South America Football Cup, also referred to as 2022 CONIFA Copa America, was the first edition of the CONIFA South America Football Cup,[1] an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA with an affiliation to South America, organised by CONIFA. It was hosted by Chile.[2]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Chile (location) |
| Dates | 17–19 June 2022 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Maule Sur |
| Runners-up |  Mapuche |
| Third place |  Aymara |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 3 |
| Goals scored | 6 (2 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Gabriel Loncomilla (2 goals) |
Tournament
editOn 24 January 2022, CONIFA announced that Chile would host the first edition of the CONIFA South America Football Cup.[3]
Venues
editThe tournament was held in the city of Linares and all games are realized in the Estadio Fiscal de Linares.[4]
Mascot
editThe tournaments official mascot is Dromig, representing one of the 4 marsupials that live in Chile, its name derives from Dromiciops griloides.[5]
Participants
editA total of four teams were scheduled to participate:[4]
| Team |
|---|
| Aymara
|
| Mapuche
|
| Maule Sur
|
 São Paulo FAD
|
On 11 June, a draw was held to define the competition brackets.[6]
Matches
editBracket
editThe tournament's original formula would be held with semi-finals and final
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 17 June – Linares | ||||||
| Mapuche | 0 | |||||
| 19 June – Linares | ||||||
| Maule Sur | 1 | |||||
| Maule Sur | ||||||
| 18 June – Linares | ||||||
| Aymara | ||||||
| São Paulo FAD | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 19 June – Linares | ||||||
| Mapuche | ||||||
Semi-finals
edit
| Aymara | Cancelled | São Paulo FAD |
|---|---|---|
Third-Place play-off
edit| Mapuche | Cancelled | |
|---|---|---|
Final
edit| Maule Sur | Cancelled | |
|---|---|---|
- ^ Due to the excess of ice on the roads that connect the south of Chile, São Paulo FAD team was not able to arrive in time for the competition dispute, therefore the dispute form was changed to a triangular one with simple round-robin.
Round-robin
editAfter the non-attendance of São Paulo FAD the tournament was decided in a single round-robin format. The match between Maule Sur and Mapuche, initially valid for one of the semi-finals, started to be considered as the first round of the dispute.[7]
| Team | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maule Sur
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
Top scorers
edit- 2 goals
- Gabriel Loncomilla
- 1 goal
- Luis Álvares
- Yerson Tramanil
- Erick Acuña
- Cristián Arrue
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "CONIFA organizará su primera Copa América en 2022". mexico.as.com (in Spanish). 26 November 2021.
- ^ "Copa América da Conifa começa nesta sexta-feira em Linares, no Chile". O Curioso do Futebol (in Portuguese). 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Featured Events". Conifa (official website). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Inicia en Chile la primera Copa América de CONIFA". mexico.as.com (in Spanish). 17 June 2022.
- ^ @FarAwayFootball (May 31, 2022). "Introducing Dromig, The @CONIFAOfficial Copa America Mascot!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @CONIFAOfficial (June 11, 2022). "Watch #CopaAmerica2022 draw ceremony NOW:" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Maule Sur – Copa America Champions 2022". Conifa (official website). 21 June 2022.