Confederation of Independent Football Associations

All members of CONIFA are encouraged to invest in women's football in their communities, and to create female national selections to play and compete against other CONIFA members.

CONIFA's first ever official women's football match took place on 10 November 2018 in Northern Cyprus, with Sápmi ladies beating their Northern Cyprus hosts 4–0 in the Women's Friendship Cup.^[2] CONIFA announced their first Women's World Football Cup on 31 January 2021, to be hosted by Székely Land between 23 and 30 June 2021 and involve 6 teams.^[3]

Competition		Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up		Next edition[5]
World Championship
World Football Cup		2018 (final)	Kárpátalja	1st	Northern Cyprus		2025 June
Women's World Football Cup		2024 (final)	Sápmi	2nd	Tamil Eelam		TBD
Continental Championship
European Football Cup		2019 (final)	South Ossetia	1st	Western Armenia		TBD
Africa Football Cup		2022	Biafra	1st	Matabeleland		TBD
South America Football Cup		2022	Maule Sur	1st	Mapuche		TBD
North America Football Cup							TBD
Asia Football Cup		2023	Tamil Eelam	1st	Hmong FF		TBD
Futsal Championship
CONIFA No Limits Mediterranean Futsal Cup		2021 (final)	County of Nice	Unknown	Sardinia		TBD

CONIFA expressly uses the term "members" rather than "countries" or "states". A football association may be eligible to apply for membership of CONIFA if it, or the entity (ethnic and/or linguistic minority, indigenous group, cultural organization, territory) it represents, is not a member of FIFA and satisfies one or more of the following criteria:

• The football association is a member of one of the six continental confederations of FIFA, which are: AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA.
• The entity represented by the football association is a member of the International Olympic Committee.
• The entity represented by the football association is a member of one of the member federations of Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF).
• The entity represented by the football association is in possession of an ISO 3166-1 country code.
• The entity represented by the football association is a de facto independent territory. A territory is considered de facto independent if it meets all of the following criteria: (a) a well-defined territory; (b) a permanent population; (c) an autonomous government, and (d) diplomatic recognition by at least one of the member states of the United Nations.
• The entity represented by the football association is included on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories.
• The entity represented by the football association is included in the directory of countries and territories of the Travelers' Century Club.
• The entity represented by the football association is a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and/or the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN).
• The entity represented by the football association is a minority included in the World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, maintained and published by Minority Rights Group International.
• The entity represented by the football association is a linguistic minority, the language of which is included on the List of ISO 639-2 codes.

As of July 2024^[6]

Asia (8)

Team
East Turkestan
Hmong FF
Kashmir
Kurdistan Region
Pakistan All-Stars[7]
Panjab
Tamil Eelam
Tibet

Africa (4)

Team
Biafra[8]
Kabylie
Katanga
Yoruba

South America (6)

Team
Armenian Argentine Community[10]
Aymara[11]
Guna People
Mapuche
Maule Sur
São Paulo FAD

Oceania (2)

Team
Hawaiʻi
West Papua

Asia

Team
Arameans Suryoye
Karen
Lezghian
Rohingya
Ryūkyū
United Koreans in Japan

Africa

Team
Barawa
Basotho
Barotseland
Chagos Islands
Darfur
Matabeleland
Somaliland
Western Sahara
Zanzibar

South America

Team
Rapa Nui

Oceania

Team
Kiribati
Mariya
Tuvalu

• Non-FIFA international football
• New Football Federations-Board
• World Unity Football Alliance – Several CONIFA members also hold membership of the WUFA.
• CONIFA World Football Cup
• CONIFA European Football Cup

• Official website