2018 Surrey International Open

2018 Surrey International Open

Tournament details
Host country	Surrey
Dates	Summer 2018
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4

The 2018 Surrey International Open is the first installment of International Surrey Football's (ISF) Surrey International Open. The tournament will be hosted in a yet to be determined stadium around Surrey, England and will be organised by International Surrey Football. The competition is planned to feature 2 non-FIFA representative teams and 2 club sides and will act as a pre-season tournament comparable to the Audi Cup and Premier League Asia Trophy.

The competition is currently scheduled to feature 4 teams.

Tournament

4 teams are expected to take part and were originally planned to include 2 representative sides, including hosts Surrey, and 2 club sides, including the venue host. The tournament will split the teams so that 1 representative team will play 1 club side in the semi-final round in order to maximise the attendance per fixture and help build the profile and interest in non-FIFA football.

Venue

All the games are expected to be played at a single venue, ideally a ground that uses a 3G playing surface to best ensure that the pitch is most suitable to endure the playing demands. Given the high fixture demands, it was considered best to limit pitches to 3G surfaces, possible venues include Sutton United FC, Carshalton Athletic FC and Whyteleafe FC, although no venue has yet been announced. When initially contact was made for a possible venue in the 2017 attempt, National League side Sutton United FC quickly stood out as favourites having previously hinted interest at hosting the now cancelled ConIFA European Football Cup, discussions with the club progressed quickly with International Surrey Football agreeing a meeting with Sutton United FC representatives to discuss the ideas for the competition at length, the talks were productive but the costs wanted by Sutton United were deemed too much given the likely attendence was not deemed to be high to cover the expense. In the lead up to the 2018 Surrey International Open the search had to begin again.

Champion Hill
Dulwich
Capacity: 3,000 (500 seated)

Participants

Qualification was done by invitation from International Surrey Football, and could include FIFA, ConIFA, Island Games, County or club sides. Teams shown were invited by the ISF but their participation is not final and may be subject to change based on team availability.

Representative Teams

Team	Continent	Finals appearance	Previous appearance	Previous best performance	Notes
Barawa	Africa	1st	N/A	N/A
Chagos Islands	Africa	1st	N/A	N/A	Confirmed
Essex	Europe	1st	N/A	N/A	County FF
Panjab	Asia	1st	N/A	N/A
Sealand	Europe	1st	N/A	N/A	NF Board
Somaliland	Africa	1st	N/A	N/A
Strathclyde	Europe	1st	N/A	N/A	County FF
Surrey	Europe	1st	N/A	N/A	Host, County FF and Confirmed
Sussex	Europe	1st	N/A	N/A	Non-ConIFA
Tamil Eelam	Asia	1st	N/A	N/A
Yorkshire	Europe	1st	N/A	N/A	Non-ConIFA

Club sides

Team	League	Finals appearance	Previous appearance	Previous best performance	Notes
Carshalton Athletic	Isthmian League	1st	N/A	N/A	Approached by ISF
Farnborough	Southern Football League	1st	N/A	N/A	Expressed Interest
Leatherhead	Isthmian League	1st	N/A	N/A	Approached by ISF

Matches

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	TBC - Surrey
	Team A
	Team B
					TBC - Surrey
					Winner Match 1
					Winner Match 2
					Third place
	TBC - Surrey			TBC - Surrey
	Team C			Loser Match 1
	Team D				Loser Match 2

Semi-Final

Summer 2018	Team A	Match 1	Team B	TBC, Surrey

Summer 2018	Team C	Match 2	Team D	TBC, Surrey

Third place match

Summer 2018	Match 1 Loser	Match 3	Match 2 Loser	TBC, Surrey

Final

Summer 2018	Match 1 Winner	Match 4	Match 2 Winner	TBC, Surrey