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Biafra Football Federation have been crowned inaugural CONIFA African Cup champions\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em>after a well contested 1-0 win over Matabeleland in the final. <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The historic first-ever tournament took place in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa and ran from May 21st – 25th 2022. <\/span><\/p>\n

Initially intended to run for over two days, a number of factors led to the unanimous agreement of the federations to extend the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ngala Maimo Wajiri, Continental President for CONIFA Africa, said: \u201cAt the end of the day, we made it and despite the hitches, speed brakes and challenges, we have had the maiden edition of the CONIFA African Cup. We will only get better.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSpecial thanks to CONIFA Global President, Per-Anders Blind, and all his staff for their support and confidence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Biafra FF minutes before kick-off during the maiden edition of the CONIFA African Cup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The tournament\u2019s three entrants – Matabeleland FC, Biafra FF and Yoruba Nation FF – played a total of four matches between them with the results as follows: <\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday, May 21<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Matabeleland 1-0 Biafra<\/span><\/p>\n

YNFF 1-1 Matabeleland<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday, May 23<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Biafra FF 1-0 YNFF<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday, May 25<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Matabeleland 0-1 Biafra FF<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yoruba Nation FF ahead of their 1-1 draw with Matabeleland FC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Statistics<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Winners:<\/b> Biafra Football Federation<\/span><\/p>\n

Runners-Up:<\/b> Matabeleland FC<\/span><\/p>\n

Third Position:<\/b> Yoruba Nation Football Federation<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Player:<\/b> Joe Junior Ike from Biafra FF<\/span><\/p>\n

Top Scorer:<\/b> Shylock Ndlovu from Matabeleland FC <\/span><\/p>\n

Best Goalkeeper:<\/b> Nonjabulo Dube from Matabeleland FC<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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