Tamil Eelam Football Association (TEFA) will host the second CONIFA Asia Cup in London from July 1st to 5th.
Tamil Eelam were crowned champions in the inaugural tournament held in Lisbon, Portugal in 2023. The team now looks to maintain its dominance as it hosts East Turkistan FA and the Tibetan National Sports Association.
The opening ceremony is set for Tuesday, 1st July at 16:00. This will be followed by the opening match between Tamil Eelam and Tibet at 17:30. Tamil Eelam will then play East Turkistan on Wednesday, 2nd July at 14:30. The third game will be played on July 3rd, Thursday at 14:30 between East Turkistan and Tibet.
Following this, the final is set to be played on July 4th, Friday at 17:30. All matches will be played at Elmbridge Xcel Sport Hub, Waterside Drive, Walton on Thames, KT12 2JP.
The CONIFA Asia Cup is a continental championship that serves as a qualification tournament for the next CONIFA World Football Cup.
Last year, TEFA participated in their first CONIFA Women's World Cup with an energetic team chosen from players across the diaspora. Tamil Eelam faced off against Sapmi in a thrilling final which saw the defending champions, Sampi retain the trophy with a 2-1 win.
CONIFA, the Confederation of Independent Football Associations, is the football federation for all associations outside FIFA.
It’s a global acting non-profit organization that supports representatives of international football teams from nations, de-facto nations, regions, minority peoples and sports isolated territories.
CONIFA was founded on the 7th of June 2013, and organized his first World Football Cup in June 2014 in Ostersund, Sweden.
TEFA was created by the Global Tamil Youth League (GTYL) in April 2012. TEFA is currently a member of the Confederation of Independent Football Associations and currently manages both Men and Women's National Football teams of Tamil Eelam. In early 2012 youth groups across the globe such as the Tamil Youth Organisation (TYO) and the Candian Tamil Youth Alliance (CTYA) joined together as the Global Tamil Youth League (GTYL) to attend the 2nd annual Global Tamil Youth Conference. At this conference the GTYL proposed and created the Tamil Eelam Football Association.
