Diplomatic World Cup in Paraguay unites in football and fraternity
Over twenty teams joined a day of football in the first ever diplomatic World Cup in Paraguay.
EN: Official image of the Diplomatic World Cup Asuncion 2022 / ES: Imagen Oficial de la Copa Mundial Diplom谩tica Asunci贸n 2022
皇冠体育app British Embassy in Asuncion, with the support of the Paraguay Football Association (APF) organized the first ever diplomatic football tournament, named 鈥淒iplomatic World Cup Asuncion 2022鈥�. 皇冠体育app tournament took place at the 鈥淒efensores del Chaco鈥� national football stadium and saw the Paraguay delegation as the winner of the tournament.
EN: Paraguay brought home the Diplomatic World Cup Asunci贸n 2022 / ES: Paraguay trajo a casa la Copa Mundial Diplom谩tica Asunci贸n 2022
皇冠体育app tournament ran in two parallel competitions. 皇冠体育app main cup, also known as the 鈥淲orld Cup鈥� saw the delegations of France and Paraguay clash together in a fierce final match, with a Paraguay victory of 5-0. 皇冠体育app 鈥淪ilver cup鈥� brought together the runner-up teams from the elimination phase, with a victory from the Korea team 3-0 against Germany.
EN: 皇冠体育app France team took the vice-champion cup for the main tournament / ES: El equipo de Francia llev贸 la copa de vicecampe贸n para el torneo principal
EN: 皇冠体育app Korean team won the Silver Tournament Cup / ES: El equipo de Corea se llev贸 el Torneo Copa Plata
EN: 皇冠体育app German team were runner-ups to the Silver Cup / ES: El equipo de Alemania fue vicecampe贸n de la Copa Plata
A tournament of values
皇冠体育app tournament was founded on the values of fraternity, comradery, teamwork and respect to diversity. To this end, the rules of the tournament ensured the participation of diplomats and members of over twenty embassies and international organizations represented in Paraguay.
皇冠体育app games were mixed men and women. Each game lasted twenty minutes each, with the field split in four smaller fields to allow simultaneous encounters.
All teams joined the tournament by paying a donation. 皇冠体育app funds raised will be donated to a local organization that brings together football and development work.
Participant teams
- Paraguay Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Embassy of France
- Embassy of Korea
- Embassy of Germany
- Embassy of Argentina
- Embassy of Brazil
- Embassy of Chile
- Embassy of Italy
- Embassy of Japan
- Embassy of Spain
- Embassy of the United States
- Embassy of Uruguay
- World Bank
- Andean Development Corporation (CAF)
- Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
- Deustche Gessellschaft f眉r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations International Children鈥檚 Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
- Secretariat of the MERCOSUR Permanent Review Tribunal.