Peladão

The Peladão is one of the largest amateur football tournaments in the world. It will be held in the greater Manaus area , in the Brazilian state of Amazonas .

description

From 428 to 1000 teams, depending on the source, face each other in a variety of football games at this tournament in the Amazon . The entire period extends over more than four months. The teams are both men's and women's teams. Each team sends its own beauty queen at the same time. An overall winner will be determined from all teams in the tournament. Just like the beauty queen of the tournament, whose prize is usually a car. The runner-up will receive a cash prize of 2000 real, around 660 euros. The tournament is seen by many young footballers as a stepping stone from poverty to paid football. The motivation is correspondingly high. The beauty queens also often appear with the hope of being discovered nationally or internationally.

literature

• Null Acht - magazine for lawn care , issue 6, Verlag Club Bellevue, Austria, 2008

Documentation

• Bolzen und Balzen - football spectacle in Brazil (Director: Thomas Aders): A documentary by the TV station Phönix about the Peladão
• Peladão - Eleven Friends and a Queen (Director: Jörn Schoppe): A documentary about the Peladão from 2006, Germany, 86 min, on DVD, information in the Internet Movie Database (English)