Founded | 1999 |
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Region | Worldwide |
Number of teams | 999+ |
Current champions | M: Chile (3rd title) W: Mexico (8th title) |
Most successful team(s) | M: Mexico (4 titles) W: Mexico (8 titles) |
Website | http://www.homelessworldcup.org/ |
The Homeless World Cup is an annual association football tournament organized by the Homeless World Cup Foundation, a social organization which advocates the end of homelessness through the sport. The organization puts together an annual football tournament where teams of homeless people from various countries compete.
The tournament was first held in 1999, and in 2008 it added a women's competition. From 2010 onwards, all tournaments have featured both men's and women's teams.
The Homeless World Cup organization was co-founded by Mel Young and Harald Schmied in 2001 to advocate for a global solution to homelessness. The first annual football tournament for homeless people took place in 2003 in Graz, Austria. Host cities since then have included Gothenburg, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Cape Town, Melbourne, Milan, Rio de Janeiro, Paris, Poznań, Santiago, Amsterdam, Glasgow, Oslo and Mexico City. Most recently, the 2019 edition was hosted by Wales in Bute Park, Cardiff, with Michael Sheen opening the tournament.
The 2020 tournament had been due to take place in Tampere, Finland, but was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
The international headquarters of the Homeless World Cup is located at 1 Broughton Market, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The Homeless World Cup organization operates through a network of more than 80 national partners around the world, supporting football programs and social enterprise development. [2]
Around 100 million homeless + 1.6 billion lack adequate housing. [3]
69 Nations in October 2023:
Since 2015 the tournament has been played on synthetic turf fields from Act Global.
Players must meet all of the following criteria:
Also, must be any of the following:
A maximum of 4 players per team on the court:
The winning team gets 3 points. The losing team gets zero points. If a match ends in a draw, it is decided by sudden-death penalty shootout and the winning team gets two points and the losing team gets one point. Games are 14 minutes long, in two seven-minute halves. The field measures 22m long x 16m wide.
Nation | 2003 (18) | 2004 (26) | 2005 (27) | 2006 (48) | 2007 (48) | 2008 (45) | 2009 (48) | 2010 (43) | 2011 (48) | 2012 (43) | 2013 (46) | 2014 (42) | 2015 (47) | 2016 (44) | 2017 (45) | 2018 (40) | 2019 (44) | 2023 (28) | 2024 ( ) |
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Afghanistan | 12th | 20th | 1st | ||||||||||||||||
Argentina | 14th | 13th | 42nd | 38th | 28th | 26th | 33rd | 26th | 12th | 22nd | 24th | 20th | |||||||
Australia | 7th | 43rd | 43rd | 22nd | 43rd | 37th | 45th | 39th | 43rd | 39th | 23rd | ||||||||
Austria | 1st | 2nd | 8th | 45th | 33rd | 15th | 23rd | 17th | 21st | 7th | 10th | 23rd | 25th | 40th | 9th | 16th | 8th | 14th | |
Belgium | 45th | 41st | 12th | 34th | 25th | 37th | 31st | 40th | 40th | ||||||||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6th | 6th | 2nd | 13th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 6th | |||||||||||
Brazil | 4th | 15th | 11th | 16th | 22nd | 7th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 13th | 3rd | |
Bulgaria | 22nd | 17th | 12th | 9th | 17th | 10th | 12th | 12th | 6th | ||||||||||
Burundi | 41st | 27th | |||||||||||||||||
Cambodia | 43rd | 42nd | 39th | 45th | 16th | 35th | 39th | 36th | 33rd | 34th | 36th | ||||||||
Cameroon | 6th | 8th | |||||||||||||||||
Canada | 16th | 20th | 35th | 40th | 42nd | 28th | 40th | 46th | 27th | 40th | 41st | 44th | |||||||
Chile | 23rd | 34th | 9th | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 4th | 1st | 7th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | |||||
Colombia | 25th | ||||||||||||||||||
Costa Rica | 14th | 19th | 13th | 20th | 18th | 15th | 8th | 11th | 14th | 11th | 11th | 5th | |||||||
Croatia | 46th | 45th | 30th | 22nd | 28th | 31st | 33rd | ||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 23rd | 25th | 15th | 15th | 35th | 36th | 23rd | 23rd | 35th | 27th | 40th | 30th | 41st | 39th | 37th | ||||
Denmark | 6th | 9th | 7th | 4th | 32nd | 17th | 11th | 23rd | 26th | 31st | 16th | 17th | 20th | 28th | 21st | ||||
Egypt | 10th | 13th | 5th | ||||||||||||||||
England | 2nd | 6th | 9th | 13th | 29th | 6th | 10th | 15th | 12th | 38th | 44th | 31st | 27th | 22nd | 30th | 32nd | 30th | ||
Estonia | 31st | ||||||||||||||||||
Ethiopia | 27th | ||||||||||||||||||
Finland | 18th | 28th | 32nd | 31st | 27th | 42nd | 41st | 41st | 37th | 45th | 28th | 38th | 24th | 41st | 14th | ||||
France | 21st | 26th | 24th | 21st | 18th | 11th | 29th | 29th | 26th | 16th | 28th | 26th | 27th | 33rd | 14th | ||||
Germany | 16th | 22nd | 16th | 22nd | 23rd | 12th | 21st | 32nd | 43rd | 29th | 33rd | 18th | 46th | 30th | 33rd | 38th | 26th | 26th | |
Ghana | 20th | 10th | 3rd | 6th | 8th | 35th | 19th | ||||||||||||
Greece | 35th | 30th | 24th | 38th | 31st | 31st | 32nd | 22nd | 41st | 43rd | 44th | 36th | 44th | 28th | |||||
Grenada | 34th | 27th | 26th | ||||||||||||||||
Guatemala | 25th | 34th | |||||||||||||||||
Haiti | 18th | ||||||||||||||||||
Hong Kong | 21st | 44th | 47th | 24th | 40th | 37th | 40th | 15th | 37th | 20th | 32nd | 32nd | 37th | 28th | 38th | ||||
Hungary | 36th | 12th | 23rd | 20th | 31st | 38th | 40th | 21st | 11th | 29th | 6th | 32nd | 3rd | 18th | 13th | ||||
India | 45th | 39th | 39th | 35th | 33rd | 30th | 33rd | 33rd | 24th | 18th | 21st | 25th | |||||||
Indonesia | 6th | 4th | 8th | 10th | 17th | 7th | 5th | 10th | 20th | 17th | |||||||||
Ireland | 14th | 17th | 5th | 17th | 30th | 9th | 5th | 6th | 11th | 24th | 11th | 16th | 10th | 9th | 8th | 17th | 17th | ||
Israel | 35th | 36th | 43rd | ||||||||||||||||
Italy | 5th | 1st | 1st | 30th | 14th | 14th | 25th | 21st | 19th | 14th | 24th | 27th | 43rd | 23rd | 24th | 30th | 21st | 12th | |
Ivory Coast | 48th | 36th | 27th | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | 25th | 44th | 48th | ||||||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 2nd | 9th | 47th | ||||||||||||||||
Kenya | 9th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 4th | ||||||||||||||
Kyrgyzstan | 41st | 27th | 27th | 36th | 23rd | ||||||||||||||
Liberia | 5th | 3rd | |||||||||||||||||
Lithuania | 26th | 17th | 19th | 13th | 18th | 16th | 8th | 14th | 14th | 28th | 15th | 31st | 8th | 10th | 7th | ||||
Luxembourg | 30th | 24th | 38th | ||||||||||||||||
Malawi | 48th | 41st | 18th | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | 4th | 26th | 25th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | ||||
Morocco | 32nd | ||||||||||||||||||
Namibia | 19th | 14th | 29th | 38th | 35th | 28th | 30th | 17th | 20th | 7th | 14th | 12th | |||||||
Netherlands | 3rd | 12th | 6th | 14th | 25th | 20th | 16th | 16th | 15th | 34th | 9th | 8th | 11th | 37th | 23rd | 31st | |||
New Zealand | 40th | 42nd | |||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | 8th | 5th | 10th | 4th | 7th | ||||||||||||||
Northern Ireland | 31st | 25th | 24th | 13th | 12th | 29th | 29th | 8th | |||||||||||
Norway | 23rd | 47th | 37th | 16th | 37th | 26th | 36th | 36th | 34th | 30th | 18th | 29th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | |||
Pakistan | 42nd | 25th | |||||||||||||||||
Palestine | 10th | 25th | |||||||||||||||||
Paraguay | 32nd | ||||||||||||||||||
Peru | 9th | 13th | 22nd | 22nd | 13th | ||||||||||||||
Philippines | 37th | 29th | 25th | 24th | 13th | 29th | 38th | ||||||||||||
Poland | 12th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 13th | 8th | 13th | 10th | 23rd | 15th | 3rd | 12th | 18th | 29th | 15th | 9th | 9th | |
Portugal | 18th | 10th | 11th | 7th | 11th | 2nd | 4th | 14th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | ||
Romania | 26th | 22nd | 22nd | 41st | 33rd | 7th | 17th | 6th | 19th | 11th | 18th | ||||||||
Russia | 13th | 5th | 12th | 1st | 13th | 2nd | 15th | 7th | 9th | 19th | 3rd | 5th | 19th | 3rd | 3rd | 9th | 3rd | ||
Rwanda | 19th | 33rd | |||||||||||||||||
Scotland | 11th | 4th | 4th | 33rd | 1st | 4th | 12th | 14th | 1st | 37th | 12th | 21st | 16th | 21st | 25th | 19th | 24th | 22nd | |
Serbia | 37th | 18th | |||||||||||||||||
Sierra Leone | 36th | ||||||||||||||||||
Slovakia | 10th | 26th | 24th | 34th | 24th | ||||||||||||||
Slovenia | 42nd | 41st | 32nd | 26th | 29th | 21st | 44th | 45th | 40th | 35th | |||||||||
South Africa | 7th | 8th | 18th | 27th | 16th | 21st | 17th | 11th | 20th | 21st | 19th | 5th | 14th | 16th | 6th | 7th | |||
South Korea | 43rd | 39th | 43rd | 46th | 42nd | 40th | 42nd | 42nd | 39th | 32nd | 19th | ||||||||
Spain | 15th | 20th | 19th | 39th | 32nd | 46th | 47th | ||||||||||||
Sweden | 8th | 7th | 22nd | 40th | 44th | 44th | 34th | 34th | 44th | 42nd | 42nd | 38th | 47th | 34th | 41st | 37th | 34th | 18th | |
Switzerland | 18th | 24th | 15th | 38th | 48th | 38th | 36th | 28th | 30th | 39th | 34th | 42nd | 38th | 20th | 26th | 15th | 20th | ||
East Timor | 31st | ||||||||||||||||||
Uganda | 21st | 39th | |||||||||||||||||
Ukraine | 10th | 3rd | 10th | 11th | 8th | 1st | 9th | 8th | 39th | 13th | 2nd | 15th | 10th | ||||||
United States | 9th | 13th | 27th | 46th | 36th | 29th | 19th | 20th | 18th | 28th | 43rd | 35th | 23rd | 35th | 28th | 27th | 22nd | 11th | |
Wales | 17th | 11th | 17th | 31st | 33rd | 10th | 36th | 32nd | 39th | 25th | 35th | 35th | 16th | 15th | |||||
Zambia | 25th | 19th | |||||||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 28th | 34th | 17th | 15th | 26th | 19th | 14th | 19th | |||||||||||
Street Soccer United | 20th | ||||||||||||||||||
Union Gospel Mission | 27th |
Year | Host | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams | |||
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2008 Details | Melbourne, Australia | Zambia | 7–1 [4] | Liberia | Cameroon | Colombia | 8 | ||||
2010 Details | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Brazil | 7-3 | Mexico | Haiti | Colombia | 12 | ||||
2011 Details | Paris, France | Kenya | 4–3 [5] | Mexico | Brazil | Argentina | 16 | ||||
2012 Details | Mexico City, Mexico | Mexico | 6-2 [6] | Brazil | Chile | Netherlands | 13 | ||||
2013 Details | Poznań, Poland | Mexico | 4-1 [7] | Chile | Hungary | Kyrgyzstan | 13 | ||||
2014 Details | Santiago, Chile | Chile | 4–3 [8] | Mexico | Brazil | Hungary | 12 | ||||
2015 Details | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Mexico | 3–1 [9] | Chile | Norway | Hungary | 16 | ||||
2016 Details | Glasgow, Scotland | Mexico | 5-0 [10] | Kyrgyzstan | Chile | 6-6 [11] (1–0p) | Scotland | 14 | |||
2017 Details | Oslo, Norway | Mexico | 4–2 | Chile | Kenya | Kyrgyzstan | 19 | ||||
2018 Details | Mexico City, Mexico | Mexico | 5–3 | Colombia | Chile | Brazil | 16 | ||||
2019 Details | Cardiff, Wales | Mexico | 5-1 [12] | Peru | Romania | 3-3 [13] (2-1p) | Chile | 16 | |||
2023 Details | Sacramento, United States | Mexico | 2-0 | Chile | Romania | 7-4 | Republic of Ireland | 12 |
Nation | 2008 (8) | 2010 (12) | 2011 (16) | 2012 (13) | 2013 (13) | 2014 (12) | 2015 (16) | 2016 (14) | 2017 (19) | 2018 (16) | 2019 (16) | 2023 (12) | 2024 ( ) |
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Argentina | 8th | 4th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 9th | ||||||
Australia | 8th | ||||||||||||
Austria | 6th | 10th | |||||||||||
Belgium | 14th | 19th | 13th | ||||||||||
Brazil | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||||||||
Bulgaria | 7th | ||||||||||||
Cameroon | 3rd | ||||||||||||
Canada | 14th | 12th | |||||||||||
Chile | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | ||||
Colombia | 4th | 4th | 7th | 8th | 2nd | ||||||||
Costa Rica | 5th | ||||||||||||
Denmark | 11th | 8th | 6th | ||||||||||
Egypt | 16th | 6th | 6th | ||||||||||
England | 9th | 9th | 7th | 15th | 5th | 8th | 10th | 8th | |||||
Finland | 12th | 12th | |||||||||||
France | 10th | 13th | 5th | 9th | |||||||||
Greece | 10th | 12th | 16th | ||||||||||
Haiti | 3rd | 9th | |||||||||||
Hungary | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 13th | 5th | |||||||
India | 12th | 13th | 10th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 9th | 7th | |||||
Ireland | 11th | 4th | |||||||||||
Ivory Coast | 14th | ||||||||||||
Kenya | 1st | 3rd | |||||||||||
Kyrgyzstan | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | |||||||
Liberia | 2nd | ||||||||||||
Malawi | 6th | ||||||||||||
Mexico | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
Netherlands | 6th | 11th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 11th | 6th | 10th | 12th | ||||
Northern Ireland | 16th | 14th | 15th | ||||||||||
Norway | 9th | 8th | 11th | 3rd | 12th | 14th | 7th | 10th | 11th | ||||
Paraguay | 6th | 7th | 12th | 11th | 15th | ||||||||
Peru | 8th | 2nd | |||||||||||
Poland | 8th | ||||||||||||
Romania | 3rd | 3rd | |||||||||||
Scotland | 5th | 7th | 4th | 9th | 11th | ||||||||
Sweden | 12th | 12th | 10th | 15th | 14th | 7th | |||||||
Uganda | 7th | 10th | 16th | ||||||||||
United States | 11th | 15th | 10th | 13th | 9th | 13th | 8th | 18th | 12th | 9th | 5th | ||
Wales | 10th | 8th | 9th | 11th | 17th | 13th | 11th | 8th | |||||
Zambia | 1st | ||||||||||||
Street Football United | 16th |
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Top 4 finishes | Top 3 finishes | Top 2 finishes |
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Mexico | 4 (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019) | 4 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2017) | 1 (2010) | 1 (2006) | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Brazil | 3 (2010, 2013, 2017) | 1 (2016) | 3 (2009, 2011, 2012) | 3 (2003, 2014, 2015) | 10 | 7 | 4 |
Chile | 3(2012, 2014 2023) | 3 (2010, 2018, 2019) | 0 | 3 (2013, 2016, 2017) | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Scotland | 2 (2007, 2011) | 0 | 0 | 3 (2004, 2005, 2008) | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Italy | 2 (2004, 2005) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Russia | 1 (2006) | 1 (2008) | 4 (2013, 2016, 2017, 2019) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Austria | 1 (2003) | 1 (2004) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Ukraine | 1 (2009) | 1 (2015) | 1 (2005) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Afghanistan | 1 (2008) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Poland | 0 | 2 (2005, 2007) | 3 (2004, 2006, 2014) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Portugal | 0 | 1 (2009) | 1 (2015) | 3 (2010, 2018, 2019) | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 1 (2014) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
England | 0 | 1 (2003) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 (2006) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 (2008) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 (2018) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Liberia | 0 | 0 | 1 (2007) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 (2003) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2007) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2012) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2011) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2009) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Top 4 finishes | Top 3 finishes | Top 2 finishes |
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Mexico | 8 (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023) | 3 (2010, 2011, 2014) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Chile | 1 (2014) | 3 (2013, 2015, 2017) | 3 (2012, 2016, 2018) | 1 (2019) | 8 | 7 | 4 |
Brazil | 1 (2010) | 1 (2012) | 2 (2011, 2014) | 1 (2018) | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Zambia | 1 (2008) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Kenya | 1 (2011) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 (2016) | 0 | 2 (2013, 2017) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Colombia | 0 | 1 (2018) | 0 | 2 (2008, 2010) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Liberia | 0 | 1 (2008) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Peru | 0 | 1 (2019) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 (2013) | 2 (2014, 2015) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 1 (2008) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Haiti | 0 | 0 | 1 (2010) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 (2015) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 (2019) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2011) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2012) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2016) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Mexico (MEX) | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
2 | Chile (CHI) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
3 | Brazil (BRA) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
4 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Scotland (SCO) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
10 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
England (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Liberia (LBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
18 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals (18 entries) | 17 | 18 | 18 | 53 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Mexico (MEX) | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
2 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
3 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Zambia (ZAM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Liberia (LBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Peru (PER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
11 | Cambodia (CAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Haiti (HAI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Journalist Rick Reilly said "Homeless soccer turned out to be one of the best things I've covered in all my years. Seeing these people finally getting cheered, finally feeling some self-worth, was great. It was great to see these guys caring about something other than booze or where they're going to find food or where they're going to sleep - just getting to be regular people for once." [14]
Several TV documentaries have been made tracking the participation of teams from homelessness to participating at the annual event.
In 2011, a 90-minute documentary called Hors-Jeu: Carton rouge contre l’exclusion was broadcast by Canal+ and focused on the Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup and Homeless World Cup itself and five national partners: Japan, Argentina, Palestine, France and Kenya. It was aired in France on 9 October 2011. The documentary was directed by Jérôme Mignard and Thomas Risch. [15]
The 2006 Homeless World Cup was the subject of a documentary entitled Kicking It . [16] [17] directed by Susan Koch and Jeff Werner focusing on the experiences of seven homeless people at the Homeless World Cup football (soccer) game in South Africa. Featured in the documentary, narrated by actor Colin Farrell were residents of Afghanistan; Kenya; Dublin, Ireland; Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.; Madrid, Spain and St. Petersburg in Russia. The film premiered in January, 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival, distributed by Liberation Entertainment, Netflix and ESPN.
In 2023, the South Korean comedy-drama film Dream was released, centering on a football player who receives disciplinary provision and is given the job of coaching the national football team for the Homeless World Cup. Directed by Lee Byeong-heon and starring Park Seo-joon and Lee Ji-eun, it was the twelfth highest-grossing Korean film of the year.
In 2024, The Beautiful Game was released on Netflix. The sports drama film written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and directed by Thea Sharrock, it centers around the English football squad as they compete in the Homeless World Cup. The film stars Bill Nighy, Micheal Ward, Valeria Golino and Susan Wokoma in leading roles. [18]
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The Mexico women's national football team represents Mexico in international women's football. The team is governed by the Mexican Football Federation and competes within CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. It has won three gold medals in the Central American and Caribbean Games and a gold medal in the Pan American Games, as well as a silver and bronze in the Women's World Cup prior to FIFA's recognition of the women's game. In addition to its senior team, Mexico also has U-20, U-17, and U-15 teams. The U-17 team reached the final of the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, and the U-15 cohort earned the bronze medal in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
Craig Andrew Foster, nicknamed Fozzy or Fozz, is an Australian retired soccer player, human rights activist and sports analyst for the Stan streaming service in Australia. Foster played soccer professionally from 1988 to 2003, including for the national team, the Socceroos, from 1996 to 2000, and was chief soccer analyst for SBS from around 2002 until June 2020. He was the 419th Socceroo, and the 40th captain of the national team.
The Paraguay women's national football team represents Paraguay in international women's football and is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association. La Albirroja has never reached the World Cup finals, but has finished fourth in both the 2006 Sudamericano Femenino and the 2022 Copa América Femenina, the only times they were not eliminated in the Group stage. Most of Paraguay's matches are in competitions rather than friendlies, although that has started to change in recent times.
The Jamaica women's national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", represents Jamaica in international women's football. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Caribbean region along with Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti. In 2008, the team was disbanded after it failed to get out of the group stage of Olympic Qualifying, which notably featured the United States and Mexico. The program was restarted in 2014 after a nearly six-year hiatus, finishing second at the 2014 Women's Caribbean Cup after losing 1–0 against Trinidad and Tobago in the final. The team is backed by ambassador Cedella Marley, the daughter of Bob Marley; she helps raise awareness for the team, encourages development, and provides for it financially. Jamaica qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2019, but the team was eliminated after losing all its matches in the group stage. At the 2023 World Cup Jamaica made the Round of 16 for the first time, after holding both France and Brazil to 0–0 draws and winning their first ever match at a World Cup against Panama 1–0.
The Chile women's national football team represents Chile in international women's football. It is administered by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile and is a member of CONMEBOL. Chile were close to qualification for the FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991, 1995 and 2011 and later finally made the Finals for the first time in 2019. Chile is, along with Brazil, one of the two teams to never fail to qualify for the Copa América Femenina. Chile's friendlies are frequently played against Argentina, who is a traditional rival. The team is currently coached by José Letelier and is captained by goalkeeper Christiane Endler.
Football is the most popular sport in Colombia. The Colombian national league ranks 9th in the IFFHS's ranking The Strongest National League in the World of 2014.
The Homeless World Cup is a social organization with the goal of ending homelessness through the sport of football. The organization hopes that engaging homeless people in football will encourage them to change their own lives and develop solutions to worldwide homelessness. The organization puts together an annual football tournament where teams of homeless people from each country compete.
Twelve teams competed in the 2020 women's Olympic football tournament.
The 1971 Women's World Cup was an association football tournament for women's national teams organised by the Federation of Independent European Female Football (FIEFF) in Mexico in August–September 1971. Held in Mexico City and Guadalajara, it is the second known tournament to be named as a women's football World Cup after the 1970 edition in Italy and the first time in the same place after the men's 1970 FIFA World Cup tournament in the previous year. It was held twenty years before the first official FIFA women's world cup.
The World Rugby Sevens Challenger is an annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national teams run by World Rugby that includes men's and women's events. Sponsored by banking group HSBC, it is the second tier of competition below the World Rugby Sevens Series. Teams on the respective men's and women's tours of the Challenger Series compete for promotion to the first tier as a core team.
The following are the scheduled events of association football (soccer) for the calendar year 2023 throughout the world. This includes the following:
The Beautiful Game is a 2024 British sports drama film directed by Thea Sharrock and written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. The film stars Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward.