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.

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

2012 Homeless World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
CityMexico City
Dates6–14 October
Venue(s) (in 1 host 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 Win Penalty Loss Cards Goals Pts
Mexico 5 5 0 0 0 54 15
South Africa 5 3 0 1 0 38 10
Haiti 5 3 0 1 0 30 10
Wales 5 2 0 1 0 26 7
Denmark 5 2 0 0 1 35 6
Canada 5 0 0 0 0 7 0

Group B

Team Pld Wins Penalty Win Penalty Loss Cards Goals Pts
Costa Rica 5 5 0 1 0 38 16
Ireland 5 4 0 1 1 33 13
Norway 5 3 0 0 0 30 9
Argentina 5 2 0 0 1 22 6
Cambodia 5 1 0 0 0 15 3
Guatemala 5 0 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 Win Penalty Loss Cards Goals Pts
Russia 5 5 0 0 0 32 15
Bulgaria 5 4 0 1 0 38 13
England 5 3 0 1 0 27 10
Hong Kong 5 2 0 0 0 24 6
France 5 1 0 0 1 16 3
Germany 5 0 0 2 0 19 2

Group F

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

Morocco withdrew.

Group G

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

Group H

Team Pld Wins Penalty Win Penalty Loss Cards Goals Pts
Brazil 4 4 0 0 1 49 12
Netherlands 4 3 0 0 0 37 9
Namibia 4 2 0 1 0 35 7
United States 4 1 0 0 0 13 3
South Korea 4 0 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 Cards Goals Pts
Argentina 5 5 0 0 0 45 15
Wales 5 3 0 1 0 36 10
Italy 5 3 1 1 0 32 9
Hong Kong 5 3 1 0 0 31 8
France 5 1 0 0 0 27 3
Sweden 5 0 0 0 0 11 0

Group F

Team Pld Wins Penalty Win Penalty Loss Cards Goals Pts
Denmark 5 5 0 0 0 45 15
Peru 5 4 0 0 1 38 12
Philippines 5 3 0 0 0 26 9
Cambodia 5 2 0 0 0 28 6
United States 5 1 0 0 0 19 3
Finland 5 0 0 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 placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Mexico6
Bosnia & Herzegovina4
Bosnia & Herzegovina3 Mexico9
Lithuania1 Indonesia6
Indonesia8
Lithuania5
Bosnia & Herzegovina4 Mexico5
Portugal7 Chile [7]8
Chile6
Portugal4
Seventh place Portugal6 Chile3Third place
Austria3 Brazil3
Lithuania4 Brazil9 Brazil6
Austria7 Austria0 Indonesia2

Winner

2012 Homeless World Cup Winners

Chile
1st Title [8]

Classification Positions

The Fundación Telmex Cup

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Costa Rica6
Bulgaria1
Republic of Ireland3 Costa Rica4
South Africa7 Namibia7
Poland2
Namibia9
South Africa7 Namibia7
Bulgaria3 Haiti4
Haiti5
Republic of Ireland3
Seventh place Bulgaria6 Haiti5Third place
Poland5 Russia3
Poland9 Russia6 Costa Rica3
Republic of Ireland5 South Africa5 Russia4

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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  5. ^ IPS news. "More than 100 million homeless worldwide". Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  6. ^ scsport.ba (13 October 2012). "Beskućnici BiH nastavili "teror" po Meksiku" (in Bosnian). scsport.ba. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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  8. ^ cbsnews.com (15 October 2012). "Chile and Mexico win Homeless World Cup". cbsnews.com. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  9. ^ homelessworldcup.org (15 October 2012). "Final Rankings 2012". homelessworldcup.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  10. ^ vijesti.ba (14 October 2012). "Beskućnici BiH ispali u četvrtfinalu" (in Bosnian). scsport.ba. Retrieved 29 October 2012.