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(Homeless World Cup) :: The trophy. The Homeless World Cup is an annual, international football tournament, uniting teams of people who are homeless and excluded from around the world to change their lives for the better. It also supports and inspires grass roots football projects around the world working with homeless and excluded people throughout the year.

INDIA IN HOMELESS WORLD CUP FOOTBALL - 2007

1st Homeless World Cup - Graz 2003 Results

Final Rankings of Participating 18 Countries

1. Austria (Homeless World Cup Champions)

2. England(Homeless World Cup Runners)

3. Netherlands

4. Brazil

5. Italy

6. Denmark

7. South Africa

8. Sweden

9. USA

10. Slovakia

11. Scotland (INSP Network Trophy Winners)

12. Poland

13. Russia

14. Ireland

15. Spain

16. Germany

17. Wales

18. Switzerland (Fair Play Award Winners)

Other Prizes

Golden Shoe Winner - Slaturu Birinelli, Italy, 37 goals

100 games played, 906 goals scored



2nd Homeless World Cup - Sweden - 2004 Results

Final Rankings of Participating 26 Countries

1. Italy (Homeless World Cup Champions)

2. Austria(Homeless World Cup Runners-up)

3. Poland

4. Scotland

5. Russia

6. England

7. Sweden

8. South Africa

9. Denmark (Faktum Trophy Winners)

10. Ukraine

11. Wales

12. Holland

13. USA

14. Argentina

15. Brazil

16. Canada

17. Ireland (INSP Network Trophy Winners)

18. Portugal

19. Namibia

20. Spain

21. France

22. Germany

23. Czech Republic

24. Switzerland

25. Japan (Fair Play Trophy Winners)

26. Slovakia

Other Prizes

Golden Shoe Winner – Evgeniy Adamenko, Ukraine, 53 goals

Runner-up – Roberto Rodriguez, Italy, 51 goals

Best Goalkeeper – Kevin Wilson, England

160 games, 1579 goals

Highest Scoring win: Italy 19 - 11 Namibia



3rd Homeless World Cup - Scotland - 2005 Results

Final Rankings of Participating 27 Countries

1. Italy (Homeless World Cup Champions)

2. Poland (Homeless World Cup Runnerss - Up)

3. Ukraine

4. Scotland

5. Ireland

6. Netherlands

7. Australia

8. Austria 9. England (Big Issue Scotland Trophy Winners)

10. Portugal

11. Brazil

12. Russia

13. Argentina

14. Namibia

15. Switzerland

16. Germany

17. Wales (City of Edinburgh Trophy Winners)

18. South Africa

19. Spain

20. Canada

21. China Hong Kong

22. Sweden

23. Norway

24. Slovakia

25. Czech Republic (INSP Network Trophy Winners)

26. France

27. USA (Fair Play Award Winners)

Best New Team – Australia

111 games, 450 goals



4th Homeless World Cup - South Africa 2006 Results

World Rankings of Participating 48 Countries

1. Russia (Homeless World Cup Champions)

2. Kazakhstan(Homeless World Cup Runners-Up)

3. Poland

4. Mexico

5. Liberia

6. Cameroon

7. Denmark

8. Nigeria

9. Kenya

10. Ukraine

11. Portugal

12. Afghanistan

13. England

14. The Netherlands

15. Czech Republic

16. Brazil

17. Ireland

18. Finland

19. Rwanda

20. Ghana

21. Uganda

22. Germany

23. Chile

24. France

25. Zambia

26. Lithuania

27. South Africa

28. Zimbabwe

29. Namibia

30. Italy

31. Estonia

32. Paraguay

33. Scotland

34. Slovakia

35. Canada

36. Hungary

37. Serbia

38. Switzerland

39. Spain

40. Sweden

41. Burundi

42. Argentina

43. Australia

44. Hong-Kong

45. Austria

46. USA

47. Norway

48. Malawi

Other Prizes

The Premier's Cup was won by Kenya

The City of Edinburgh Cup was won by Ireland

The City of Cape Town Cup was won by Zambia

The Big Issue Cape Town Cup was won by Scotland

The INSP Trophy was won by Burundi

Trophies were also awarded for:

Best Fair Play Team to Slovakia

Best Mixed Team to Paraguay

Best Female Player to Lindsay Cooper, Scotland

Best Male Player to Ronald Siame of Zambia

Best Newcomer went to Kazakhstan

Best Goalkeeper went to Elliott Clow of Canada

Courtesy: www.homelessworldcup.org

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