2012 Homeless World Cup

2012 Homeless World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
City	Mexico City
Dates	6–14 October
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)

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.

The Homeless World Cup logo

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.[1][2][3][4]

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[5] homeless people in our world today. This is a global issue that affects every nation.

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Secondary stage

Group A

Team	Pld	Wins	Penalty Loss	Cards	Goals	Pts
Mexico	5	5	0	0	54	15
South Africa	5	3	1	0	38	10
Haiti	5	3	1	0	30	10
Wales	5	2	1	0	26	7
Denmark	5	2	0	1	35	6
Canada	5	0	0	0	7	0

Group B

Team	Pld	Wins	Penalty Loss	Cards	Goals	Pts
Costa Rica	5	5	1	0	38	16
Ireland	5	4	1	1	33	13
Norway	5	3	0	0	30	9
Argentina	5	2	0	1	22	6
Cambodia	5	1	0	0	15	3
Guatemala	5	0	0	0	17	0

Group C

Team	Pld	Wins	Penalty Win	Penalty Loss	Cards	Goals	Pts
Bosnia & Herzegovina	4	4	1	0	1	27	11
Poland	4	3	0	0	0	30	9
Ukraine	4	2	0	2	1	28	8
Finland	4	1	0	0	0	10	3
Switzerland	4	0	0	0	0	10	0

Group D

Team	Pld	Wins	Penalty Win	Penalty Loss	Cards	Goals	Pts
Indonesia	4	3	0	0	0	23	9
Scotland	4	2	0	3	1	20	9
Lithuania	4	3	1	0	0	20	8
Peru	4	2	0	0	0	19	6
Greece	4	0	0	1	0	9	1

Group E

Team	Pld	Wins	Penalty Loss	Cards	Goals	Pts
Russia	5	5	0	0	32	15
Bulgaria	5	4	1	0	38	13
England	5	3	1	0	27	10
Hong Kong	5	2	0	0	24	6
France	5	1	0	1	16	3
Germany	5	0	2	0	19	2

Group F

Team	Pld	Wins	Penalty Loss	Goals	Pts
Chile	3	3	0	35	9
Czech Republic	5	3	0	25	9
Hungary	5	2	0	20	6
Italy	5	1	1	28	4
Morocco	0	0	0	0	0

Morocco withdrew.

Group G

Team	Pld	Wins	Penalty Loss	Goals	Pts
Portugal	4	4	0	34	12
Austria	4	3	1	34	10
Romania	4	2	2	22	8
Philippines	4	1	0	19	3
Sweden	4	0	0	7	0

Group H

Team	Pld	Wins	Penalty Loss	Cards	Goals	Pts
Brazil	4	4	0	1	49	12
Netherlands	4	3	0	0	37	9
Namibia	4	2	1	0	35	7
United States	4	1	0	0	13	3
South Korea	4	0	0	0	4	0

Secondary Stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to The Homeless World Cup
	Teams that advanced to The INSP Trophy
	Teams that advanced to The de la Calle a la Cancha Cup
	Teams that advanced to The Fundación Telmex Cup
	Teams that advanced to The Community Cup
	Teams that advanced to The Mexico City Cup

Group A

Team	Pld	Wins	Penalty Win	Penalty Loss	Cards	Goals	Pts
Mexico	5	5	0	0	0	49	15
Lithuania	5	4	0	0	1	31	12
Costa Rica	5	2	0	1	2	18	7
Poland	5	2	1	0	2	27	5
England	5	1	0	1	0	11	4
Hungary	5	1	1	0	0	16	2

Group B

Team	Pld	Wins	Penalty Win	Penalty Loss	Cards	Goals	Pts
Indonesia	5	5	2	0	0	35	13
Bosnia & Herzegovina	5	4	1	0	0	33	11
Namibia	5	3	1	1	0	34	9
Bulgaria	5	2	0	1	1	32	7
Romania	5	1	0	2	0	15	5
Czech Republic	5	0	0	0	0	22	0

Group C

Team	Pld	Wins	Penalty Win	Penalty Loss	Cards	Goals	Pts
Chile	5	5	1	0	0	39	14
Austria	5	3	0	1	1	28	10
Haiti	5	3	1	1	1	33	9
Russia	5	2	0	0	0	14	6
Netherlands	5	2	0	0	4	23	6
Norway	5	0	0	0	1	11	0

Group D

Team	Pld	Wins	Penalty Win	Penalty Loss	Cards	Goals	Pts
Brazil	5	5	0	0	0	37	15
Portugal	5	4	1	0	0	34	11
South Africa	5	2	1	1	1	24	6
Ireland	5	2	2	1	0	20	5
Scotland	5	1	1	2	0	15	4
Ukraine	5	1	0	1	1	30	4

Group E

Team	Pld	Wins	Penalty Win	Penalty Loss	Goals	Pts
Argentina	5	5	0	0	45	15
Wales	5	3	0	1	36	10
Italy	5	3	1	1	32	9
Hong Kong	5	3	1	0	31	8
France	5	1	0	0	27	3
Sweden	5	0	0	0	11	0

Group F

Team	Pld	Wins	Cards	Goals	Pts
Denmark	5	5	0	45	15
Peru	5	4	1	38	12
Philippines	5	3	0	26	9
Cambodia	5	2	0	28	6
United States	5	1	0	19	3
Finland	5	0	0	13	0

Group G

Team	Pld	Wins	Penalty Win	Penalty Loss	Cards	Goals	Pts
Guatemala	6	6	2	0	0	43	16
Greece	6	4	1	1	0	23	12
Canada	6	4	0	0	1	28	12
Germany	6	3	0	2	1	42	11
Morocco	6	2	0	0	0	24	6
Switzerland	6	2	0	0	0	27	6
South Korea	6	0	0	0	1	9	0

Trophy Stage

Qualified teams to play for different trophies:[6]

The Homeless World Cup	The Fundación Telmex Cup	The Mexico City Cup	The de la Calle a la Cancha Cup	The Community Cup	The INSP Trophy
Austria Brazil Chile Lithuania Mexico Portugal Indonesia Bosnia & Herzegovina	Costa Rica Ireland Namibia Poland Russia South Africa Haiti Bulgaria	Czech Republic England Hungary Netherlands Norway Romania Scotland Ukraine	Argentina Cambodia Denmark Hong Kong Italy Philippines Wales Peru	Canada France Germany Greece Switzerland United States Guatemala Morocco	Finland South Korea Sweden

The Homeless World Cup

The Homeless World Cup Finals


Fifth place		Consolation semifinals		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



				Mexico	6

				Bosnia & Herzegovina	4

		Bosnia & Herzegovina	3			Mexico	9

		Lithuania	1			Indonesia	6

				Indonesia	8

				Lithuania	5

Bosnia & Herzegovina	4							Mexico	5

Portugal	7							Chile [7]	8

				Chile	6

				Portugal	4

Seventh place		Portugal	6			Chile	3	Third place

		Austria	3			Brazil	3

Lithuania	4			Brazil	9			Brazil	6

Austria	7			Austria	0			Indonesia	2

Winner

2012 Homeless World Cup Winners
Chile 1st Title [8]

Classification Positions

The Fundación Telmex Cup


Fifth place		Consolation semifinals		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



				Costa Rica	6

				Bulgaria	1

		Republic of Ireland	3			Costa Rica	4

		South Africa	7			Namibia	7

				Poland	2

				Namibia	9

South Africa	7							Namibia	7

Bulgaria	3							Haiti	4

				Haiti	5

				Republic of Ireland	3

Seventh place		Bulgaria	6			Haiti	5	Third place

		Poland	5			Russia	3

Poland	9			Russia	6			Costa Rica	3

Republic of Ireland	5			South Africa	5			Russia	4

Winner

2012 The Fundación Telmex Cup Winners
Namibia 1st Title

Final ranking

[9]

Rank	Team	Record
	Chile	10–2–0
	Mexico	12–0–1
	Brazil	11–0–1
4	Indonesia	7–2–2
5	Portugal	10–1–1
6	Bosnia & Herzegovina	9–1–2
7	Austria	7–0–5
8	Lithuania	7–1–4
9	Namibia	0–0–0
10	Haiti	0–0–0
11	Russia	0–0–0
12	Costa Rica	0–0–0
13	South Africa	0–0–0
14	Bulgaria	0–0–0
15	Poland	0–0–0
16	Ireland	0–0–0

Record: Wins - Penalty Wins - Losses [10]

References

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fifa.com (26 October 2012). "Homeless event makes strides in Mexico". fifa.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
uefa.com (19 October 2012). "Homeless World Cup ends". uefa.com. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
skynews.com.au (17 October 2012). "Homeless World Cup in Mexico". skynews.com.au. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
IPS news. "More than 100 million homeless worldwide". Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
scsport.ba (13 October 2012). "Beskućnici BiH nastavili "teror" po Meksiku" (in Bosnian). scsport.ba. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
youtube.com (14 October 2012). "Final MEXICO - CHILE men". youtube.com. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
cbsnews.com (15 October 2012). "Chile and Mexico win Homeless World Cup". cbsnews.com. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
homelessworldcup.org (15 October 2012). "Final Rankings 2012". homelessworldcup.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
vijesti.ba (14 October 2012). "Beskućnici BiH ispali u četvrtfinalu" (in Bosnian). scsport.ba. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

External links

Official website

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[Homeless_World_Cup_expands_to_record_numbers-1] uefa.com (29 November 2011). "Homeless World Cup expands to record numbers". uefa.com. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

[Homeless_event_makes_strides_in_Mexico-2] .com (26 October 2012). "Homeless event makes strides in Mexico". fifa.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

[Homeless_World_Cup_ends-3] uefa.com (19 October 2012). "Homeless World Cup ends". uefa.com. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

[Homeless_World_Cup_in_Mexico-4] skynews.com.au (17 October 2012). "Homeless World Cup in Mexico". skynews.com.au. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

[5] IPS news. "More than 100 million homeless worldwide". Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2012-10-29.

[Beskućnici_BiH_nastavili_teror_po_Meksiku-6] scsport.ba (13 October 2012). "Beskućnici BiH nastavili "teror" po Meksiku" (in Bosnian). scsport.ba. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

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[Chile_and_Mexico_win_Homeless_World_Cup-8] snews.com (15 October 2012). "Chile and Mexico win Homeless World Cup". cbsnews.com. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

[Final_Rankings_2012-9] ssworldcup.org (15 October 2012). "Final Rankings 2012". homelessworldcup.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

[Beskućnici_BiH_ispali_u_četvrtfinalu-10] vijesti.ba (14 October 2012). "Beskućnici BiH ispali u četvrtfinalu" (in Bosnian). scsport.ba. Retrieved 29 October 2012.