Dear CONIFA members, members of the Media and stakeholders!
This official communique is a quick summary of CONIFA news that we feel can be valuable to share. If you have any additional questions, don´t hesitate to contact any Continental President, our General secretary or me.
No CONIFA Men World Football Cup 2025
After the last minute wihdrawal from Kurdistan FA as host, we´ve been working closely together with F.A.D. São Paulo, Brazil as a potential host of the tournament in 2025. F.A.D. showcased a really good and professional proposal. CONIFA demanded proof of ability to deliver the event based on infrastructure, health/security, logistics, hospitaliy, orgaization, financial abilities and more. We could secure several ”demands”, but after several extended deadlines and meetings, we needed to ”pull the handbreak” due to the fact that F.A.D São Paulo didn´t manage to show proof of organisational or financial ability. It´s a sad fact, but we must respect the enormous workload and engagement needed from our members in terms of preparing their teams and the time needed to raise funds for their travel to such a important tournament. The risk of a potential cancellation from F.A.D São Paulo was to high. Our decision is also based on the respect towards Media, fans and stakeholders all over the world.
This doesn´t mean that we´ve given up São Paulo as a possible WFC location. The people and location are great and it would a fantastic boost for CONIFA in South America plus create memories for life for all teams and their players. We hope that additional time will help the F.A.D. team to prepare for a later stage.
Instead, we will focus on several Continental tournaments (Men and Women), friendly matches and ”smaller” weekend tournaments in 2025, the search for a WFC host 2026/27 will be a ongoing process in 2025.
We´ve signed an agreement with MEI in London (Major Event International Ltd), who will support us in the search for locations for our next World Football Cup. CONIFA will also attend their ”Host & Federation Summit”,16 – 18th June in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Annual General Meeting 2025
The CONIFA AGM2025 will take place in February/March 2025. The final destination and dates aren´t set yet, we are evaluating northern Italy or Zanzibar as possible locations. Our ambition is to reveal the destination before Christmas time.
Nominations:
As Active member of CONIFA (paid membership fee), you have the right to nominate candidates to the CONIFA Global Executive Committee. Our Constitution states that the CONIFA Global ExCo can hold up to 20 delegates (today, we are 14 people). Before this AGM, you have the possibilities to nominate:
- Global President
- Continental President Africa
- Other positions
Any nomination must be registered at CONIFA at least one month before the AGM and you must also ensure that your candidate agrees to your nomination. Send your nomination, with a motivation, to our General secretary: Jeroen Zandberg at jeroen.zandberg@conifa.org, latest 10th January 2025.
There will be game changing proposals of Constitutional changes, new membership applications and much more. Of course, we will also discuss and decide upon the future roadmap of the organization (tournaments etc).
If you want to propose changes in our Constitution or Internal Regulations – you must send your proposal latest 10th January 2025 to jeroen.zandberg@conifa.org. Only proposals and nominations from Active Members will be considered valid.
As usual, we will launch a specific AGM page on our website – when its done – we will inform you at one through our social media channels and by email!
Other activities
- Africa; Sitevisit in Zanzibar, 16th December
- Asia/Oceania: Many talks with stakeholders/locations in Asia/Oceania
- Europe: Just finalized sitevisits in Scotland and Gozo (Malta)
- NAC: Expanding with more members and preparing a possible merge of North and South America.
- A lot of tournament plannings ongoing
Remember – it´s when we´re working together, we are strong, so looking forward to collaborate with all of you for a successful 2025 – 2027. We only have opportunities – so lets walk together an grab them! Wish you all a joyful holiday season filled with happiness!
On behalf o the CONIFA Global Executive Committee
Piteå, Sweden, 18th December 2024
Per-Anders Blind
CONIFA Global President
president@conifa.org, www.conifa.org
P.S CONIFA members
If you organizing tournaments, friendly matches etc – please remember to use our Australia based DRIBL platform for the event.
https://conifa.dribl.com/results?season=Pydo0ARmD9&date_range=default&timezone=Europe%2FStockholm
And if you plan to Livestream the event – our streaming platform are there for you, thanks to SportAll in France (free of charge).
