With less than six months to go until the Seoul 2024 Homeless World Cup, 64 teams including Nigeria from 49 Homeless World Cup Member Countries have been invited to the South Korean capital to take part in the tournament, which is taking place at Hanyang University from 21st – 28th September.
The 19th edition of the tournament will be the first time the Homeless World Cup has been held in Asia since the tournament was introduced in 2003.
The coordinator of the programme in Nigeria, Yomi Kuku said that there will be nearly 50 countries represented at the tournament and 500 players will compete across 8-days in the world-class sporting spectacle.
“64 teams have been invited to participate from 49 Homeless World Cup Member Countries, 44 teams in the Men’s Homeless World Cup and 20 teams have been invited to play in the Women’s Homeless World Cup.
“The Homeless World Cup is a world-class sporting spectacle which has the power to change the lives of participants and shape attitudes towards the global issue of homelessness, using the universal language of football,” he explained.
Nigeria is listed among the countries participating in the male event while only Egypt and Zambia are listed for the female edition in Africa.
Countries listed in the female teams are Austria, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, USA and Zambia.
In the male section are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, USA, and Zimbabwe
