Tibet national football team

File:First tibet national team.jpg

The first international game against a non-Asian team was versus Greenland, which took place in Denmark.{{cite news |last=Cremer |first=Justin |date=28 February 2015 |title=Dane's Tibetan dream made football history |url=https://www.thelocal.dk/20150228/football-tibet-national-team-greenland |access-date=4 August 2024}} The team was followed by a documentary film crew during the process of forming the team, practicing, playing the match, and events in between. The documentary was titled 'The Forbidden Team'. To form the team, a selective tournament was held in Dehradun, India, featuring all the various Tibetan football teams around India.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

After the team was selected, Team Tibet headed to Dharamsala to begin practice sessions. Jens Espense was hired by the Tibetan Football Association to coach the team for the match. He had only a month to get the players conditioned and ready to play, despite the team not yet playing at even a minor league level. Moreover, the pitch was in poor condition and only half of it could be used, as it was located on a public road. During practice, Karma Nyodup was working to complete all documentation or the flight to Greenland. A number of players were subsequently dropped due to improper travel documents.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

After a month, the team flew to Denmark for its first international game, which was organized by Michael Nybrandt. He was also advocating for Tibet at a time when the Chinese government officials had made it clear that they did not want this match to happen as they believed Tibet belonged to China. They threatened to cut off all of China's trade with Denmark if the match went ahead as planned. Denmark, despite all of this, allowed the game to take place. And on June 30, 2001, the Tibetan National Football Team played its first international match in which it lost 1– 4 against Greenland.{{cite web|last=Sarmah|first=Bhargab|title=Keeping the flame alive: The Forbidden Team's story|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/bhargab-sarmah/tibet-forbidden-teams-story_b_2986147.html}}

The 2006 FIFI Wild Cup took place in Hamburg, Germany. The first match they played was against St. Pauli on 30 May 2006. They lost this game 7–0. The second and final match of Tibet in this tournament was against Gibraltar on 31 May 2006 and lost the game 5–0. During the ELF Cup Tibet played three games, the first game was against Tajikistan on 19, November 2006 in which they lost 3–0. And on the 20th of November, Tibet played the Crimean Tatars, and lost 1–0. In their final match, Tibet played Northern Cyprus, and lost 10–0.

During 2013, Tibet was invited to Marseille, France from June 22 to June 29 in order to take part in the inaugural World Tournament of Peoples, Cultures, and Tribes.

The Tibetan team came in fifth place when the competition was over.

For the first time in its history, the Tibetan selection participated in the ConIFA World Football Cup in 2018 by qualifying with the wild card.[http://unfft.org/tibet-national-football-team-qualifies-for-conifa-world-football-cup-2018/ Tibet National Football Team Qualifies for CONIFA World Football Cup 2018]

Tibet participated in the CONIFA Asia Cup in 2023. They lost 5-4 to Hmong FF in their first match, and then lost 3-1 to Tamil Eelam in their next match, which would get them eliminated. However, they qualified for the CONIFA World Cup 2024.

The following players were called up to the squad for the 2023 Conifa Asian Football Cup in Alcochete.{{Cite web |url=https://www.conifa.org/en/event/conifa-asia-cup-2023/ |title=CONIFA Asia Cup 2023 |website=conifa.org |access-date=2023-11-05}}

Head Coach: File:Flag of Tibet.svg Gompo Dorjee

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|date=7 June 1979

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|date=9 June 1979

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|date=30 June 2001

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|date=10 October 2003

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|date=30 May 2006

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|stadium=Mağusa Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium, Gazimağusa

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|date=4 August 2007

|stadium=Kirori Mal College, New Delhi

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|score = 6–0

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|date=17 April 2008

|stadium=Maassluis, South Holland

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|date=19 April 2008

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|date=7 May 2008

|stadium=Milan

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|date=23 June 2013

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|date=24 June 2013

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|date= 31 May 2018

|time= 12:00 BST

| round = 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup - Group Stage

|team1= {{fb-rt|Abkhazia}}

|score= 3–0

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Maskayev {{goal|61}}
Shoniya {{goal|77}}

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|date= 7 June 2018

|time= 12:00 BST

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Hadid {{goal|45}}
Mezaib {{goal|49||51}}
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|date= 9 June 2018

|time= 12:00 BST

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|date=5 August 2023

|time= 7:00 PM CET

|round= 2023 CONIFA Asian Cup

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{{Clr}}

• ANFA Cup
• Runners-up (1): 1985{{cite web|title=ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/anfa.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=9 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116142250/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/anfa.html |archive-date=16 November 2013 }}
• Ladakh Climate Cup
• Runners-up (1): 2023{{cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/ladakh-climate-cup-delhi-fc-rattle-tnsa-6-0-to-take-trophy-home/sports/news/3046337.html|title=Ladakh Climate Cup: Delhi FC rattle TNSA 6–0 to take trophy home|date=7 September 2023|access-date=8 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908052833/http://www.uniindia.com/ladakh-climate-cup-delhi-fc-rattle-tnsa-6-0-to-take-trophy-home/sports/news/3046337.html|archive-date=8 September 2023|website=uniindia.com|location=Jammu}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website|http://tibetansports.org/}} (TNFA)
• {{Official website|http://www.conifa.org/en/members/tibet/}} (ConIFA)

{{Non-FIFA teams}}

{{Confederation of Independent Football Associations members}}

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