Italy to host 2009 Homeless World Cup
Italy to host 2009 Homeless World Cup
Posted: 2008-05-30 12:18
Italy has won the bid to host the 2009 Homeless World Cup, the world-class, annual, international football tournament using football to energise people who are homeless to change their own lives.
The Italian football capital, Sempione Park, will host the final of the tournament that involves 64 nations, 700 players, in September 2009.
The successful bid was awarded to a collaboration of Milan City Council, Milan Provincial Council, Italian Football Federation, Inter FC, Politecnico and Bocconi Universities, Terre di Mezzo street paper plus not for profit organisations, professional fundraisers, social entrepreneurs and sportspeople, in a strong demonstration that the passion of Italy married with the power of football can change lives, can change the world.
Mel Young, President, Homeless World Cup announcing the decision to award Milan the 2009 Homeless World Cup said: “Passion and heart shone through the Italian bid: passion to resolve homelessness; passion for football; passion to host the best ever Homeless World Cup.
“To end homeless in the world, we need strategy, we need policy, but at the end of the day people must have the passion to end homelessness for it to happen.”
Italy will be represented by ‘Nuova Multietnica’, a football team born in a Romany camp on the periphery of Milan and now composed of a multi ethnic group, led by Bogdan Kwappik, a Polish trainer.
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