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2012 Homeless World Cup

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Host country
  
Mexico

Dates
  
6–14 October

City
  
Mexico City

Venue(s)
  
(in 1 host city)

2012 Homeless World Cup

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.

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The tenth edition of the Homeless World Cup annual football tournament was hosted by Mexico City in October 2012. The winner of men's Homeless World Cup was Chile.

Tournament details

  • 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 three points and the losing team gets one point.
  • Games are 14 minutes long, in two seven-minute halves.
  • The field is 22m (long) x 16m (wide).

    • 2012 Homeless World Cup, Mexico City

    There are 100 million homeless people in our world today. This is a global issue that affects every nation.

    Trophy Stage

    Qualified teams to play for different trophies:

    Record: Wins - Penalty Wins - Losses

    References

    2012 Homeless World Cup Wikipedia
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