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Tibet & Isle of Man Among Teams Set for 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup in London Next Summer

The Confederation of Independent Football Associations has announced that its 2018 World Football Cup will be held in London - with teams from the world's five major continents all competing for the first time.

CONIFA is a volunteer-led international football confederation for teams not part of FIFA, with members including states, partially-recognised states, regions, minority groups and sports-isolated territories.

Reigning champions Abkhazia - an autonomous region south of Russia and north-west of Georgia - return to defend the crown they won in Sweden in 2016, with Cascadia and Kiribati have each qualified for the tournament for the first time as the sole representatives of North America and Oceania respectively.