The Europeada is a football tournament for indigenous and national minorities in Europe, and is organized by the Federal Union of European Nationalities.[1][2][3][4][5] The first edition was played in 2008 in Surselva, Switzerland.[6] The edition 2024 took place parallel to the 2024 European Football Championship in the German-Danish border region in northern and southern Schleswig.

Men's winners

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Ed. Year Host First place game Third place game Num.
teams
  Champion Score   Runner-up   Third Score Fourth
1 2008   Switzerland   South Tyrol 1–0   Croatians from Serbia   Roma from Hungary 9–0   Danish minority of Southern Schleswig 17
2 2012   Germany   South Tyrol 3–1   Roma from Hungary   Croatians from Serbia 1–0   Carinthian Slovenes 20
3 2016   Italy   South Tyrol 2–1   Occitania   Carinthian Slovenes 2–0   Upper Hungary 24
4 2022   Austria   South Tyrol 1–0   Carinthian Slovenes   Sorbs German minority in Poland 20
5 2024   Denmark/  Germany   Friûl 2–0   Occitania   Carinthian Slovenes & Southern Schleswig - 20

Women's winners

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Ed. Year Host First place game Third place game Num.
teams
  Champion Score   Runner-up   Third Score Fourth
1 2016   Italy   South Tyrol 3–2   Occitania Russians in Germany 0–0 (tab: 3-2)   Ladin 6
2 2022   Austria   Carinthian Slovenes 0–0 (tab: 4-2)   South Tyrol   Ladin 3–0   Romansh League 4
3 2024   Denmark/  Germany   South Tyrol 11–1   Nord-Fraschlönj Southern Schleswig 2–2 (tab: 5–4)   Carinthian Slovenes 9

References

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  1. ^ "The Other Euros: Hungarian Gypsies, Isle of Man and Crimea Feature at Europeada". bleacherreport.com.
  2. ^ "Arbitrage maison et «grosse escroquerie»... Bienvenue à l'Europeada, l'autre Euro". 20minutes.fr. 26 June 2016.
  3. ^ "EUROPEADA – die Fußball-EM der Minderheiten". karpatenblatt.sk. 14 July 2022.
  4. ^ "LR Alfreider zu Europeada-Auftakt: "Minderheiten in den Fokus rücken"". news.provinz.biz.it.
  5. ^ ""Eine Vielfalt von Bräuchen und Geschichten": Bei der Europeada geht es um mehr als nur Fußball". Der Tagesspiegel Online. tagesspeigel.de.
  6. ^ "European Football Championship of the Autochthonous National Minorities". Europeana.