Football World Cup for the homeless

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Homeless World Cup 2008 in Melbourne, Australia

The World Cup of the homeless (ger .: Homeless World Cup , HWC) is one of the UN and UEFA supported and the International Network of Street Papers oriented (INSP) international street football tournament, which is held annually since 2003 and the homeless in the reintegration in to support society. In 2019, the competition will take place from July 27th to August 3rd at the sports facilities at Bute Park in the Welsh capital, Cardiff .

Eligibility criteria and rules

All players must be over 16 years of age and must not have participated in any previous HWC. In addition, at least one other requirement must be met:

  • at least temporary homelessness (in accordance with national law) in the year before the World Cup (two years for players in alcohol or drug rehabilitation programs )
  • they earn their living as a street newspaper seller
  • Asylum seekers without a positive or rejected decision (maximum of two per participating nation)

You are eligible to participate once in a lifetime. Each game lasts 14 minutes, divided into two halves of 7 minutes. If the result is a tie, there will be a penalty shoot-out .

history

At the INSP (International Network of Street Papers) Conference 2001 in Cape Town , the idea of ​​the Homeless World Cup was presented by Mel Young and Harald Schmied . This idea was accepted by the representatives of the street newspapers and 18 months later the first tournament was held in Graz , supported by the street newspaper Megaphon . As a result, an annual event with changing venues was created.

The aim of the event is to bring people from their homelessness back into regular living conditions through a media-effective sporting event under the slogan "Kick Off Poverty".

Media attention increased the commitment of partners and sponsors who support individual topics or the respective event on an international level (such as Nike , Philips , Salesforce ) or on a national level (such as Manchester United or Kaizer Chiefs ). In addition to the INSP, UEFA and the United Nations have also been partners from the start.

In 2005 the project was awarded the UEFA Charity Check. The check worth CHF 1 million was presented by Ronaldinho to Harald Schmied and Mel Young on August 26th .

Tournaments

year country city Result
2003 Austria Graz 1. Austria , 2. England , 3. Netherlands
2004 Sweden Gothenburg 1. Italy , 2. Austria , 3. Poland
2005 Scotland Edinburgh 1. Italy , 2. Poland , 3. Ukraine
2006 South Africa Cape Town 1. Russia , 2. Kazakhstan , 3. Poland
2007 Denmark Copenhagen 1. Scotland , 2. Poland , 3. Liberia
2008 Australia Melbourne 1. Afghanistan , 2. Russia , 3. Ghana
2009 Italy Milan 1. Ukraine , 2. Portugal , 3. Brazil
2010 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 1. Brazil , 2. Chile , 3. Mexico
2011 France Paris 1. Scotland , 2. Mexico , 3. Brazil
2012 Mexico Mexico city 1. Chile , 2. Mexico , 3. Brazil
2013 Poland Poses 1. Brazil , 2. Mexico , 3. Russia
2014 Chile Santiago 1. Chile , 2. Bosnia-Herzegovina , 3. Poland
2015 Netherlands Amsterdam 1. Mexico , 2. Ukraine , 3. Portugal
2016 Scotland Glasgow 1. Mexico , 2. Brazil , 3. Russia
2017 Norway Oslo 1. Brazil , 2. Mexico , 3. Russia
2018 Mexico Mexico city 1. Mexico , 2. Chile , 3. Hungary
2019 Wales Cardiff

literature

  • Mel Young. From the sidelines - The story of the homeless football World Cup . Bombus-Verlag, Munich 2005. ISBN 3-936261-36-9

Documentation

  • Kicking It - Directors: Susan Koch, Jeff Werner; A documentary about the soccer World Cup for the homeless in 2007 on DVD (release date: May 7, 2010)
  • Kick Off - Director: Hüseyin Tabak; A documentary film about the Austrian team on their way to the 2008 World Cup in Melbourne, Australia.

Web links

Commons : Football World Cup for the Homeless  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Homeless World Cup arrives in Wales. Press release of the organizer of July 26, 2019, accessed on July 31, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ionela Savescu: The game for a new life. Voxeurop , August 24, 2009, accessed July 31, 2019
  3. ↑ Cardiff 2019: What is the Homeless World Cup? BBC news , July 25, 2019, accessed July 31, 2019. (English)
  4. ↑ "Homeless Truths", pages 8–9 (PDF 1.07MB, accessed on May 13, 2008)