| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Iraq (Host association: Kurdistan Region) |
| Dates | Summer 2025 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer(s) |  |
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The 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup will be the fourth edition of the CONIFA World Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA organized by CONIFA. On 9 May 2023, Kurdistan Region was announced as the tournament host.[1]
On 30 April 2024, CONIFA announced that the tournament would be postponed until summer 2025 after security concerns meant that a large number of teams would not travel to the region. [2] On 9 September 2024, it was announced that Kurdistan would no longer host the tournament and had been suspended by CONIFA, no new host for the 2025 event was announced but an unofficial statement by the CONIFA President shared through social media suggested that Brazilian state of São Paulo was to become the new host.[3][4]
The mascot and official logo is a goat, national animal of Kurdistan region.
- ^ "Last month our president confirmed that the 2024 CONIFA World Cup hosting rights were awarded to @KurdistanFA". CONIFA Official. 9 May 2023.
- ^ "Official Statement". X. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Suspension of Kurdistan FA". CONIFA. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "Unreleased CONIFA Video". X. Retrieved 9 September 2024.