| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Mexico |
| Dates | 13 November – 18 November |
| Teams | 47 Men & 16 Women |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
The 2018 Homeless World Cup was the 16th edition of the Homeless World Cup which took place in Zocalo, Mexico city from November 13–18.[1]
More than 500 players representing 47 countries traveled to Mexico City to attend the week-long festival of football.[1] This was the second time Mexico hosted the tournament after the 2012 edition.[1]
Official mascots
The Mexico 2018 Homeless World Cup introduced 6 mascots, each representing a different continent, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Mexico 1968 Summer Olympic Games.
YAGU – A JAGUAR
LUGA – A LIZARD
SASÍ – A BIRD
BON LI – A RABBIT
LUPO – A WOLF
JANS – A SHARK
Tournament rules
- The winning team gets 3 points. The losing team gets zero points. If a match ends in a draw, it is decided by a penalty shootout and the winning team gets 2 points and the losing team gets 1 point.
- Games are 14 minutes long, in two seven-minute halves.
- The field is 22m (long) x 16m (wide).
Participating nations
The Homeless World Cup organization operates through a network of more than 70 national partners around the world, supporting football programs and social enterprise development.[2] A total of 47 men's teams and 16 women's teams participated in the 2018 Homeless World Cup. Mexico ended up winners in both the men's and women's tournaments. [3]
| List of Participating Nations |
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Group stage
| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| Teams that advanced to the Secondary stage | |
Group A
| Team | Pld | Won | Penalty Win | Penalty Loss | Lost | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mexico | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 15 |
 Hungary | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 12 |
 Costa Rica | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 9 |
 Peru | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 6 |
 India | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
 Denmark | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | Won | Penalty Win | Penalty Loss | Lost | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14 |
 South Africa | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 13 |
 Indonesia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 |
 Zimbabwe | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 6 |
 Norway | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3 |
 Scotland | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 2 |
Group C
| Team | Pld | Won | Penalty Win | Penalty Loss | Lost | Goals | Pts |
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Group D
| Team | Pld | Won | Penalty Win | Penalty Loss | Lost | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Portugal | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14 |
 Chile | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 13 |
 Russia |
5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 |
 Austria |
5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 |
 Ireland |
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 4 |
 Finland |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
Group E
| Team | Pld | Won | Penalty Win | Penalty Loss | Lost | Goals | Pts |
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Group F
| Team | Pld | Won | Penalty Win | Penalty Loss | Lost | Goals | Pts |
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Group G
| Team | Pld | Won | Penalty Win | Penalty Loss | Lost | Goals | Pts |
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Group H
| Team | Pld | Won | Penalty Win | Penalty Loss | Lost | Goals | Pts |
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The Homeless World Cup Finals
| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 51 | Mexico | 5 | |||||||||||||||
 Lithuania | 50 | Portugal | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 0 | Mexico | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 3 | Chile | 3 | |||||||||||||||
 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chile | 32 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | Brazil | 6 | Chile | 7 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 5 | Hungary | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | 1 | Brazil | 4 | Portugal | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 7 | Hungary | 6 | Hungary | 6 | |||||||||||||
Winner
| 2018 Homeless World Cup Winners |
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| Mexico |
References
- 1 2 3 "2018 Homeless World Cup". homelessworldcup.org. Homeless Worldcup Foundation. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ↑ "All nations - Homeless World Cup". Archived from the original on 2015-04-23. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
- ↑ "Mexico wins the men's and women's 2018 Homeless World Cup". Carlos Slim Foundation. 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2023-05-26.