Chances are, you are unaware that the 4th Homeless World Cup has kicked-off.
The Homeless World Cup Foundation is a charity that has been set up to fund and support projects based around the highly successful Homeless World Cup.
It’s a street soccer event and this year it is held in Cape Town, South Africa. Football legend Eusébio got the tournament underway with the first kick of the competition.
2003 runners-up England have been in summer training with the Manchester United squad and face Hong Kong, Serbia and Kazakhstan in Group A.
Scotland face Group D opponents Frane, Czech Republic and Burundi.
Last years winners Italy have been drawn against Namibia, Kenya and Nigeria.
Some of the rules of street soccer are…
- Matches consist of two halves of seven minutes each
- Pitchsize: 22 metres long x 16m wide
- Goal size: 4 m wide x 1.30m height, depth approx. 1 m
- Ball size: normal ball used
- Teams can be all male, all female or mixed
- Maximum of four players per team on the pitch - three outfield players and goalkeeper
- Plus four substitutes ('flying' or 'rolling' substitutions apply)
- Squad must not exceed eight players
The final is to be held on Saturday 30th September.
For more details, visit http://www.homelessworldcup.org/