The #Sapmi representative football team has travelled from Lapland to Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, #India, where they will play #Tibet on Friday!
Congratulations on both teams on making this happen - what an incredibly meaningful match! ❤️
Congratulations on both teams on making this happen - what an incredibly meaningful match! ❤️
To put this in perspective:
The only non-FIFA team that regularly fields a women's national team is probably @MatabelFootball (@QueenLozikeyiAc). They play at least annual matches, with trainings in between.
Sapmi's women only played a single match in the last decade.
The only non-FIFA team that regularly fields a women's national team is probably @MatabelFootball (@QueenLozikeyiAc). They play at least annual matches, with trainings in between.
Sapmi's women only played a single match in the last decade.
Tibet has a very active women's football scene with an annual tournament between different Tibetan clubs from across India (which has just ended). But they didn't play with a national team since 2016.
So this is really HUGE for women's football of minorities.
So this is really HUGE for women's football of minorities.
As you'd expect, women's football does suffer funding in the already sparsely founded non-FIFA world.
This time, CONIFA announced a 'World Cup', but while the matches are still scheduled, just Sapmi made it to India, which reduces the tournament to a friendly.
This time, CONIFA announced a 'World Cup', but while the matches are still scheduled, just Sapmi made it to India, which reduces the tournament to a friendly.
Apparently, @QueenLozikeyiAc have some visa issues, while #Szekely just silently started to disappear from announcement for unknown reasons.
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