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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Raphaël Jucobin

‘I don’t think they know we have a national team’ – Sápmi side targets Conifa glory

Sápmi celebrate with the trophy after winning the first Conifa Women's World Cup in 2022.
Sápmi celebrate with the trophy after winning the first Conifa Women's World Cup in 2022. Photograph: Maria Sofe Holmestrand Hætta

While preparations for the Olympic tournament this summer are in full swing, next week will feature another international competition fighting for recognition. Kicking off next Tuesday, the 2024 Conifa Women’s World Cup will be the second edition of the tournament, organised by the governing body that brings together non-Fifa affiliated teams.

FA Sápmi, a football association representing the Sámi people indigenous to a vast stretch of northern Scandinavia, will be the hosts. The tournament will be held over five days in Bodø, the northern Norwegian city that is this year’s European capital of culture.

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