14:24, 7 June 2019

South Ossetia reached final at ConIFA Championship

The team of South Ossetia at the opening of the ConIFA Championship in Stepanakert. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

At the European Football Championship of the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA), which is underway in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), finalists have been defined: the teams of South Ossetia and Western Armenia.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the ConIFA European Football Championship began on June 1 in Stepanakert, the NKR capital. Locals expect that a tournament of this scale will bring the NKR closer to recognition by the international community.

On June 6, within the framework of the ConIFA Championship, semi-final matches took place. The national team of Abkhazia, the winner of the group phase, lost to Western Armenia's team at the stadium in Stepanakert with a score of 4:1, and failed to reach the final.

In the second semi-final match, held in the city of Askeran, South Ossetia beat Chameria with a score of 6:5 in a penalty shootout.

The final meeting will be held on June 9.

"The championship is organized at a high level, and the fans in the NKR see spectacular football," Per-Anders Blin, the ConIFA President, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on June 7, 2019 at 04:02 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Alvard Grigoryan

Source: CK correspondent