Qatar hosts Street Child World Cup ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Record ID: 1692667

  • Title: Qatar hosts Street Child World Cup ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
  • Date: 11th October 2022
  • Summary: CROWD MEMBERS WATCHING (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WORLD CUP LEGACY AT QATAR FOUNDATION, ALEXANDRA CHALAT, SAYING: “Street Child World Cup is an amazing initiative that brings together street connected or homeless or young people of diversity together to play against each other in a tournament. This year there are 29 teams from 25 countries and we are thrilled to welcome them here in Doha ahead of the big World Cup in December.” VARIOUS OF TEAM MEMBERS OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA CHANTING VARIOUS OF BOLIVIA FEMALE TEAM MEMBERS PREPARING VARIOUS OF PARTICIPATING TEAM MEMBERS RUNNING DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WORLD CUP LEGACY AT QATAR FOUNDATION, ALEXANDRA CHALAT, SAYING: “Street World Cup is so important to be here in Qatar Foundation ahead of the World Cup in December because Qatar Foundation is all about unlocking human potential and it is truly what this tournament is all about. It is about providing an opportunity for young people who otherwise may not have the chance to play against each other, to showcase their country’s cultures and their countries’ ambitions with each other. So in addition to the football tournament they are also participating in conversations about issues that matter to them in their own country, they are developing projects they are thinking of that they can do in their own country when they return.” VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS RUNNING AND CELEBRATING, INCLUDING BANGLADESH, EGYPT AND ENGLAND PALESTINE GIRLS’ TEAM DANCING PARTICIPANTS STANDING (SOUNDBITE) (English) CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF STREET CHILD UNITED, JOHN WROE, SAYING: “Football unites us and when these young people play for their country at a World Cup where the World Cup is people back home listen and people back home get on their side and people back home change things for them. They help them to get their identity, they become proud of their street children, they become recognised. So we say it is much more than a game. It is the World Cup that matters. It is a World Cup of joy, it is a World Cup of peace.”
  • Embargoed: 25th October 2022 20:59
  • Keywords: Children Qatar Soccer World Cup
  • Location: DOHA, QATAR
  • City: DOHA, QATAR
  • Country: Qatar
  • Topics: Middle East,Sport,World Cup
  • Reuters ID: LVA008154011102022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The fourth edition of the Street Child World Cup kicked off in Doha on Tuesday (October 11) with the participation of children coming from 25 countries.
    ​​Football teams from around the globe representing some of the world’s most vulnerable children take part in the tournament, according to the organisers.
    “Football unites us and when these young people play for their country at a World Cup where the World Cup is, people back home listen and people back home get on their side and people back home change things for them,” said John Wroe, co-founder and CEO of the UK charity Street Child United.
    Traditionally held in the host countries of the FIFA World Cup, previous tournaments have been organised in Russia in 2018, Brazil in 2014 and South Africa in 2010. This year’s edition will be held at Qatar Foundation’s Education City.
    It will feature 15 boys teams and 13 girls teams, with 10 of the teams being represented by refugee or displaced children.
    The tournament, organised by the UK charity Street Child United in partnership with Qatar Foundation in Doha, takes part between the 8th and 15th of October.
    (Production: Muath Freij)
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