Hawaiʻi
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Nā ʻĀlapa Hawaiʻi
AssociationHui Kanaka Pōwāwae (Hawaiian Football Federation)
ConfederationConIFA

The Hawaiʻi national football team is a team representing the people of the Hawaiian Islands, located in the central Pacific Ocean. They are not affiliated with FIFA, CONCACAF or OFC, and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup, the CONCACAF Gold Cup or the OFC Nations Cup. Instead, they are part of ConIFA and compete in their competitions.[1]

Hui Kanaka Pōwāwae

The Hui Kanaka Pōwāwae is the football association of Hawaiʻi.[2]

History

Hawaiʻi joined ConIFA on November 28, 2019, under the principle that "Hawaiʻi is a sovereign nation-state in continuity, under prolonged occupation by the United States."[3][4][5] As of 2023, Hawai'i are the only Oceanian CONIFA member, therefore were granted a spot in the next CONIFA World Cup, but declined.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hawai'i joins CONIFA". November 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ "A Nation Whose Time Has Come: Vernon Kapuaʻala of the Hui Kanaka Pōwāwae". americanpyramid.weebly.com.
  3. ↑ "National Teams". Kanaka Pōwāwae.
  4. ↑ "Aloha to CONIFA's newest member – Hawai'i!". November 28, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Hawaiian Football joins CONIFA". Kanaka Pōwāwae.


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