The draw has been made for this year’s ConIFA World Football Cup, which is due to take place in London between May 31 and June 10.

The Ellan Vannin football team have been drawn in Group One where they will face hosts Barawa, Tamil Eelam and Cascadia.

Group Two features Abkhazia, Northern Cyprus, Felvidek and Tibet, while Group Three consists of Padania, Szekely Land, Kiribati and Matabeleland and Group Four contains Panjab, United Koreans, Western Armenia and Kabylia.

As part of their preparations for the tournament, Ellan Vannin will play against a Yorkshire IFA representative team later this month.

The Manx International Football Alliance side, managed to Chris Bass Sr, are due to take on their Yorkshire counterparts at Hemsworth MWCFC NuBuilds Stadium on Sunday, January 28 in a friendly which kicks off at 3.30pm.