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Homeless World Cup United
The Cape Town 2006 Homeless World Cup will run from 23 -
30 September 2006.
It was in Cape Town, at the end of the 2001
International Network of Street Papers conference, that
Young, president of the International Network of Street
Papers and co-founder of The Big Issue Scotland, and
Austrian born Harald Schmied, first came up with the
idea of the Homeless World Cup. So there is an
additional surge of excitement that the tournament will
be held here in September 2006.
Big Issue South Africa, a member of the International
Network of Street Papers (INSP), has helped put more
than R8-million into the pockets of homeless and
unemployed South Africans since its inception in 1995.
General Information
What is the Homeless World Cup?
The Homeless World Cup is an international pilot-project
that uses the positive power of football for raising the
profile of the issue of homelessness and poverty
worldwide. Social integration through sport has become a
successful strategy in many countries. The unifying
passion for football has a unique ability to shift
social borders. Being backed by job-, housing- and
integration programmes thus sport itself becomes the
means to create new chances for persons in crisis
situations. Kick off homelessness! Viva el futbol!
The Homeless World Cup took place so far 2003 in
Graz/Austria, 2004 in Gothenburg/Sweden, 2005 in
Edinburgh/Scotland. The participating teams of more than
30 countries made all Homeless World Cups a tremendous
success. More than 100 000 spectators were attracted,
the atmosphere was filled with camaraderie between the
teams thus playing with competetive spirit thrilling
matches. More than 100 accredited journalists and 25 TV
stations each year made the World Cup also a major media
event.
Main partners of the Homeless World Cup are the
International Network of Streetpapers, INSP, the UNO and
UEFA.
For more information see:
www.streetsoccer.org
Who can take
part?
National teams consist of a staff of maximum 8 players
and 2 coaches.
Organisations:
- streetpapers or any other organisation, that builds a
team of players according to the players definition.
Players
, who
- are male or female and at least 16 years old (must
have turned 16 before 01.09.2006) and
- are or have been homeless at some point after the
Homeless World Cup 2005 (01.08.2005)(in accordance with
the national definition of homelessness) or
- make their main living income as streetpaper vendor or
- are asylum seekers (who have neither positive asylum
status nor working permit) or
- are currently in drug or alcohol rehabilitation and
have been homeless at some point in the past two years
(post 01.08.2004)
- have taken part only one time in a previous Homeless
World Cup.
Please make sure that these definitions really apply to
your players as the Homeless World Cup must be very
strict on this definition.
The Homeless World Cup is a game - but it is most of all
about sharing a week of international friendship
dedicated to the issue of finding solutions to
homelessness and poverty.
Who organises the Homeless World Cup?
The HWC is organized by the Homeless World Cup Office in
Edinburgh/Scotland in cooperation with the countries,
which host the Homeless World Cup.
What offers the Homeless World Cup to teams?
> The Homeless World Cup takes care of the international
sponsoring
and finances all teams costs for a 10 person staff (8
players / 2 coaches) in the World Cup host country (accommodation,
food, transport in host country)
> Sponsoring: The Homeless World Cup Office supports
team sponsoring efforts with materials (printed
materials, press reviews)
> Visa: If necessary the Homeless World Cup Office
assists in visa questions. As past years experiences
show only players with valid passports will be able to
take part.
What have teams to take care for?
> Budget: Teams have to raise their own budget for
preparations, equippement and the travel to the Homeless
World Cup host country.
> Responsibility: Teams have full responsibility for
fullfilling the players definition.
> Insurance: All team members must have a valid health
insurance in the host country. The Homeless World Cup
Office offers assistance in finding solutions to this.
How to apply for the Homeless World Cup?
The next Homeless World Cup takes place in Cape Town/South
Africa from 23.09.-30.09. 2006
The deadline for teams to apply for the Homeless World
Cup is 27th of February 2006.
Please send your applications to the Team Coordinator of
the HWC.
e-mail: wolf@streetsocer.org
Streetsoccer Rules
Find the streetsoccer rules being used by the Homeless
World Cup at:
http://www.streetsoccer.org/en/tournament/rules/
National
Qualifications
1.) All teams in one country that apply in time to
participate in the HWC 2006 must have access to National
Qualifications.
The deadline for applications is February 27th 2005.
2.)The organiser of a countries national team in the HWC
2005 is the organiser of National Qualifications for the
HWC 2006.
Contact details for each country you find at
http://www.streetsoccer.org/en/teams/
3.) If there was no previous participation in the HWC
then then the first incoming team application of a
country becomes organiser of possible National
Qualifications in 2006
4.) If all involved teams agree, other forms of creating
a national team can be choosen: a team of best players,
training camps with selections or others.
5.) National Qualifications must be held until April
30rd 2006, unless all involved teams agree upon another
date.
The early date is to save time for sponsoring efforts of
the winning team. |