MIFF 2018 Confederations Cup

The MIFF 2018 Confederations Cup was the 3rd edition of the MIFF Confederations Cup, an international men's football tournament organized by MIFF.
Aliezza and Lygossia Nogai was announced as the host on 6 October 2018 after the country was awarded the hosting rights of the 2019 MIFF World Cup. The matches were played in four different stadiums across four cities: , , and . It was the first time the Confederations Cup are being held in the European continent.
In the group stage, each team played two games in a group of three, with the winners and runners-up from each group advancing to the knockout stage. In the knockout stage, the four teams competed in single-elimination matches.
==Qualified teams==
The eight competing teams were: the co-hosts, the reigning World Cup champions, the nation with most wins in Monthly Cups and the four holders of the confederation championships. If any team qualified for multiple times, the next best placed team from their continental championship qualifies.
The winning nation of African Cup, Atlas, was supposed to take part of the tournament but because they were kicked from the tournament, the runner-up Canary Islands took their place.
Nation 	Confederation	Qualified as 	Qualified on
Aliezza 	EFC 	Co-hosts 	6 October 2018
Lygossia Nogai 	EFC 	Co-hosts 	6 October 2018
Apollo Union 	NSAC 	2018 MIFF World Cup winners 	12 August 2018
Canary Islands 	AFC 	2018 AFC African Cup runners-up1 	15 April 2018
Darunesia 	AOFC 	2018 AOFC Australasian Cup winners	16 April 2018
United Great Lakes	NSAC 	2018 NSAC American Cup winners 	16 August 2018
Biscasia 	EFC 	2018 EFC European Cup winners 	7 August 2018
Valkyria 	EFC 	2018 MIFF Monthly Cup winners2 	16 November 2018
1. Canary Islands are qualified because Empire of the Atlas is kicked from MIFF due to inactivity.2. Valkyria Confederation qualified because they have the most wins from Monthly Cup played in 2018.
== Venues ==
Four cities served as the venues for the MIFF 2018 Confederations Cup. All four venues were also among the 12 used for the 2019 MIFF World Cup.
 	
 	
Capacity: 76,137	Capacity: 41,000
 	
 	
 	
 	
Capacity: 63,061	Capacity: 61,139
 	
== Draw ==
The draw was held at the in . The 8 teams were drawn into 2 groups of 4, by selecting one team from each of the 4 ranked pots.
For the draw, the teams were allocated to two pots based on the MIFF World Ranking. Pot 1 contained the hosts Aliezza and Lygossia Nogai (they were automatically assigned to position A1 and B1).
Pot 1	Pot 2
* Aliezza (42) (hosts)
* Lygossia Nogai (41) (hosts)
* Apollo Union (1)
* Valkyria (2)	
* Darunesia (4)
* Biscasia (6)
* United Great Lakes (7)
* Canary Islands (49)
==Group stage==
===Group A===
Pos	Team 	Pld 	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts 	Qualification
1 	Apollo Union	3 	3	0	0	7 	3 	9 	Advanced to knockout stage	
2 	Biscasia 	3 	2	0	1	5 	4 	6 	Advanced to knockout stage	
3 	Aliezza (H) 	3 	0	1	2	4 	6 	 	 	
1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	 	Canary Islands	3	0	1	2 	3 	6 	 	
1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Group B===
Pos	Team 	Pld 	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts 	Qualification
1 	Valkyria 	3 	2	1	0	7 	2 	7 	Advanced to knockout stage	
2 	United Great Lakes	3 	1	1	1	5 	5 	0 	Advanced to knockout stage	4
3 	Darunesia 	3 	1	0	2	5 	7 	 	 	
3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	 	Lygossia Nogai (H)	3	1	0	2 	4 	7 	 	
3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
== Knockout stage ==
===Semi-finals===
===Third place play-off===
===Final===
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