JAKARTA - The All-Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) fully supports the Indonesian homeless soccer national team to make achievements at the 2024 Homeless World Cup (HWC) in September.
"The Indonesian homeless football national team has fought for Indonesia without stigma and discrimination through world level achievements," said PSSI General Chair Erick Thohir through his personal Instagram account: @erickthohir after meeting with Indonesian soccer national team players, quoted from Antara, Tuesday 18 June.
He explained that the Indonesian street soccer national team had made a brilliant achievement by winning the Lassen Park Award at the Homeless World Cup world championship in Sacramento, United States in 2023.
Erick hopes that in HWC 2024, the Indonesian national team will again make achievements that will make Indonesia proud in the world arena.
He encouraged the road football national team to continue to develop into a tough national team and be increasingly respected by other countries.
"Keep going. Prove that everyone has the same right to justice and opportunity in every way," he concluded.
As reported from the official website of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the Homeless World Cup (HWC) or the Tunawisma World Cup is a social organization that was established specifically to overcome homelessness and poverty through street football around the world.
HWC held an annual soccer competition that was attended by nearly 80 member countries involving more than 100,000 people.
The organization's main mission is to use football to support and inspire homeless people to change their own lives. In addition, this organization is also trying to change the perceptions and attitudes of the general public towards the homeless.
The HWC member countries include the African continent, namely Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
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From the Asian continent, namely Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Vietnam
The European continent includes Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Wales.
In addition, from the Americas, namely Costa Rica, Grenada, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, United States, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Collombia, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.
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