{"id":2383,"date":"2021-02-25T12:43:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T12:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conifa.org\/en\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2021-08-05T12:20:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T11:20:37","slug":"groups-announced-for-first-ever-conifa-world-womens-football-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conifa.org\/en\/groups-announced-for-first-ever-conifa-world-womens-football-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Groups announced for first-ever CONIFA World Women\u2019s Football Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Sapmi and Northern Cyprus, who played in CONIFA\u2019s first-ever official women\u2019s match in November 2018, have been kept apart in the draw for this summer\u2019s first-ever World Football Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Northern Cyprus lineup in Group A alongside hosts Sz\u00e9kely Land and Chameria, while Sapmi will face the Kernow Football Alliance and Cascadia in Group B.<\/p>\n<p>Each team will play the others in their group stage once, with placement matches to follow, meaning everyone will play at least three matches.<\/p>\n<p>CONIFA President, Per-Anders Blind, said: \u201cFor me it is a huge honour to present the first-ever Women\u2019s World Football Cup to you. It has been a long journey but it is time to reach one of the most important moments in our organisation\u2019s history and to finally introduce women\u2019s football for real.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout women\u2019s football we are incomplete and cover only 50% of the world so I want to take the opportunity to congratulate our Global Women\u2019s Football Director, H\u00e5kan Kuorak, our Vice-President, Krist\u00f3f Wenczel, and our Tournament Director, Orcun Kamali, for a world class contribution and to finally make this competition come to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Global Women\u2019s Football Director, H\u00e5kan Kuorak, added: \u201cI am very proud that we have been able to get the women on the pitch so we can play this first CONIFA women\u2019s tournament. Let\u2019s hope that covid-19 doesn\u2019t stop it. 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