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We show the positive
and wide-ranging
effect that the power
of football can have
on society.
Dear members of the FIFA family,
More than 130,000 tickets were sold in the rst 36 hours of the
fth and nal ticket sales phase for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
This impressive total shows that people in South Africa prefer
to buy tickets in cash at the ofcial sales outlets than buy them
online by credit card. The launch of this fth phase signalled a
rush to grab the remaining tickets and there has been a palpable
sense of excitement among the hordes of people queuing up
outside the sales outlets as they look forward to the tournament.
FIFA hit the headlines a few weeks ago thanks to the release
of a completely different set of gures, namely our annual
Financial Report. The report revealed that, despite economically
challenging times, FIFA had for the rst time succeeded in
increasing revenue to more than a billion US dollars in 2009. I
am happy that we will be able to share this positive result with
the associations and confederations by providing them with
additional nancial support.
As you can see, thanks to our well-thought-out nance policy,
FIFA is in a comfortable position. And I can assure you that we
will continue to full our responsibility towards the associations
and support them in their football development activities in the
future, too.
We must work together to strengthen the foundations of our
game by protecting the values with which football enriches our
society. In this months issue, you will nd out more about the
positive and wide-ranging effect that the power of football can
have on society. The pages that follow look into the topics of
health, social development and the coming together of different
cultures and show how football can help to build a better future.
I am sure that we will continue to do so with great success.
Joseph S. Blatter, FIFA President
EDITORIAL
ERIKSSONS ELEPHANTS
Former England and Mexico coach Sven-
Gran Eriksson received a late call-up
to the 2010 FIFA World Cup when he
was named as the new coach of Cte
dIvoire in late March. The 62-year-old
Swede replaces Bosnian trainer Vahid
Halilhodi who steered the African side
to World Cup qualication last year but
was released from his contract in February
following the Elephants quarter-nal exit
from the Africa Cup of Nations. Eriksson
will now be aiming for a third successive
run to the World Cup quarter-nals or
beyond having reached the last eight
with England in both 2002 and 2006. Cte
dIvoire have been drawn into Group G for
the tournament in South Africa, where
they are due to face Brazil, Portugal and
Korea DPR.
TICKET FRENZY
The fth and nal ticketing sales phase
for the 2010 FIFA World Cup got under
way in April, with South African fans
in particular showing huge interest in
attending matches. The fth phase was the
rst one in which tickets could be bought
directly over the counter, an innovation
which was eagerly accepted by thousands
of supporters in the host country. More
than 130,000 tickets had been sold within
36 hours of the sales window opening,
with some fans waiting in line over 20
hours before the ticket outlets opened
their doors. For more on the nal sales
phase, see page 12.
CHAIR OF LEARNING
FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter accepted an
important new role in March as co-chair of
the 1GOAL campaign aimed at championing
global education. The honour was bestowed
upon the FIFA President after a meeting with
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of
Jordan, the co-founder and global co-chair
of 1GOAL, who invited Blatter to join her
in spearheading the campaign. In accepting
the honour, the FIFA President pledged to
make education for all a key aspect of the
2010 FIFA World Cups legacy. The campaign
encourages football fans across the world to
sign a virtual petition at the 1GOAL website
calling for the provision of school places for
the 72 million children still denied access to
basic education.
MATCH-FIXING VERDICT
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
issued its rst-ever decision in relation
to match-xing in April, when it upheld
the eight-year ban imposed by UEFA on
Macedonian club FK Pobeda. Sports
highest court said it was satised that the
evidence brought by European footballs
governing body against the side was
sufcient to justify the ban from all UEFA
competitions. The court also conrmed a
life ban on exercising any football-related
activities against club president Aleksandar
AROUND
THE
WORLD
Zabrcanec. UEFAs ban of former team
captain Nikolce Zdraveski was, however,
overturned by the court for a lack of
evidence. The sanctions all related to a
2004 UEFA Champions League qualifying
match between Pobeda and Armenian
team FC Pyunik.
MAGICAL MESSI
FIFA World Player of the Year Lionel Messi
demonstrated his devastating skills once
again in April as he all but single-handedly
booked a place in the UEFA Champions
League semi-nals for reigning European
champions FC Barcelona ring in all
four goals in a 4-1 crushing of English
side Arsenal, to complete a 6-3 aggregate
quarter-nal victory. Messis rst-ever
four-goal haul followed on from three
hat tricks already this year, and secured
Baras third consecutive appearance in
the semi-nals of Europes most prestigious
club competition. As FIFA World went to
print, the Spanish side were due to face
two-time European champions Inter Milan
for a place in the tournament nal, with
Bayern Munich and Olympique Lyonnais
contesting the other semi-nal.
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Striking images from the
world of football
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QUEUEING UP
Huge demand for FIFA World
Cup tickets in South Africa
15
3D DETAILS
FIFA World Cup goes
three-dimensional
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MUSICAL LAUNCH
Interview with a Legend
22
HOPE FOR GHANA
Work starts on new centre
30
THE 11 FOR
HEALTH
Football stars back new FIFA
health programme
38
SOCCER SCIENCE
What football can learn from
the lab
42
THE HIMBA
GLADIATOR
A woman making her mark
in Namibia
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RAINBOW WARRIOR
Rugby star Franois Pienaar
on 1995 and 2010
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ASSOCIATIONS
The latest news from our
members
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MENS RANKING
Spain on top, Portugal on
the march
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REFEREEING TEST
Your call
64
FIFA ARCHIVE
Mystery of Giants Causeway
solved
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Thomas Scheuring of German fourth-division outt VfR Aalen begs the referee for
mercy, but all to no avail.
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Peer Kluge of Schalke 04 and Marcell Jansen of Hamburg SV in perfect athletic harmony.
EYE TO EYE
Stefan Radu (Lazio) and Mirko Vucinic (AS Roma)
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SIDE BY SIDE
South African international Matthew Booth alongside
a statue of adidas founder Adi Dassler
LETTERS TO FIFA
A selection of comments from the FIFA World and FIFA.com mailbags
April issue
Let us hear your views, either on what you
have read in FIFA World, or in regard to
anything else in the world of international
football. You can contact us via e-mail at
feedback-faworld@fa.org or by writing to
FIFA World, FIFA-Strasse 20,
P.O. Box, CH-8044, Zurich, Switzerland.
I like the decision to keep (goal-line)
technology out of the game. Baseball
is also a sport that only uses the refs to
determine ball or strike. The referees
are a big part of the game and it should
be kept that way. I would, however, like
to see an extra ref near the goals to
have a better judgment on whether or
not the ball passed the line.
FIFA.com user (USA)
I totally agree with the decision. It
wont create classes among people
with one group, the elites who can
afford the technology and the other
group who cannot even dream of
having a real ball. Football is beautiful
as it is. Lets have equality between
people like me playing on the dusty
streets and those playing on a modern
pitch.
Jasiri (Tanzania)
It is undoubtedly a sport that relies on
human nature, which is what keeps
the game exciting, unexpected and
unpredictable. It develops a trust in
human abilities and it also forces the
players to put their all into putting the
ball in the back of the net and not just
relying on the uke of an automated
instrument deciding whether is was a
goal or not. Unlike in other sports, you
have to actually put in effort to get
results.
FIFA.com user (USA)
I disagree with this decision because
there are still many mistakes being
made by football referees and they
clearly need the help of technology to
ensure that the rules are observed on
the pitch and maintain fair play for all
teams and at all levels. Imagine what
would happen in a World Cup nal if
the referee allows a decisive goal which
should not have been given. It would
be totally unfair.
FIFA.com user (Argentina)
I am in favour of keeping football
human and this decision will help to
maintain the charm of the game. I also
believe it is a good decision to look
at increasing the duties of the fourth
ofcial, who could be used to support
the referee and cast an extra pair of
eyes on the pitch.
FIFA.com user (Algeria)
100-DAY COUNTDOWN
South Africa is one of the best
organisers in the world. I am a hundred
percent condent that the World Cup
will be well organised and a great
success. South Africans and the African
continent at large, let us show the
world that we can do it! Ke Nako! And
the best of luck to all of the teams.
Ken (Botswana)
To the rest of the world ... we are ready
to open our arms wide and welcome
you in a true African way, and show
you our ubuntu (humanity).
FIFA.com user (South Africa)
I want to welcome all fans intending
to support their teams in South Africa
in 2010. Just follow normal tourist
precautions and you will be ne.
Prakash (South Africa)
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April 2010
KEEPING
FOOTBALL
HUMAN
The argument against technology
MAGIC FORMULA
Football is increasingly becoming a science. More on page 38.
FRAUEN POWER
I have only really been interested in
womens football for the last three
years and have already seen it growing
in popularity a great deal in France
during this time. The women players
know how to combine competitiveness
with spectacle, and they often seem to
have more interesting personalities than
in the mens game, where so many
players are starting to look and sound
alike. Womens football is a sport with
its own style and charm.
Jay (France)
I am optimistic for the future, because
women already get plenty of attention
from men simply because they are
women! Almost from birth, men are
naturally drawn to look at women.
Second only to that natural instinct
is their urge to watch football! Now
that the women are also playing
football, that raises the prospect of lots
of emotion and great sport. As the
interest in womens football rises, the
next important step will be to ensure
that there are equal conditions in the
professional game for both genders.
FIFA.com user (Mexico)
Unfortunately, my country is not yet
taking womens football as seriously as
they appear to be doing in Germany.
This is a shame because we have a lot
of talented, brave players who certainly
have my respect. These pioneering
players must remain proud, because
they will serve as an example to the
youngsters who follow them.
FIFA.com user (Honduras)
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NEWS
THE TICKETS
HAVE ARRIVED
As soon as the nal sales phase for 2010 FIFA World Cup South
Africa tickets was launched, huge queues began to form.
Since 15 April, South African fans have
nally been able to get their hands on their
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa tickets
as they are now available over the counter.
This additional purchase option, which is
much more familiar to South Africans, has
led to a huge rush for the remaining tickets.
The launch of the fth and nal sales
phase for the approximately 500,000
tickets still available saw the start of over-
the-counter sales in the new World Cup
ticketing centres in the nine host cities. Fans
in South Africa no longer need a credit card
or internet access to buy tickets, as instead
they can now pay in cash. The vast majority
of people in South Africa are not familiar
with the process of paying by credit card
or over the internet.
FIFA has also assigned more seats to
category four, which is reserved for South
African residents as the ticket prices are
considerably lower than in the other
categories. By taking this step, FIFA aims
to ensure that as many South Africans
as possible are able to full their dream
of seeing at least one World Cup game
in person.
For this last phase, we have made a big
effort to assist football fans by introducing
various additional means to purchase a
ticket, stressed FIFA Secretary General
Jrme Valcke. We are committed to
facilitating the process for all fans and
giving them this last chance to attend the
matches and experience the excitement of
this rst World Cup in Africa.
As a result, fans have been ocking
to points of sale all around the country,
with huge queues forming outside. More
than 130,000 tickets were sold within
the rst 36 hours of this fth and nal
sales phase. Thousands of people queued
outside the points of sale for up to 20
hours, spending the night wrapped up in
blankets or perched upon fold-up chairs.
Others whiled away the time and kept
warm by playing football.
This is a one-off opportunity, the World
Cup will only be here once, said a beaming
Mzukisi, a 27-year-old from Cape Town.
Meanwhile, a 19-year-old graphic designer
from Johannesburg could not hide his joy
at securing one of the nal few tickets for
the opening match between South Africa
and Mexico, shouting Its a dream come
true! over and over again.
The 11 ticketing centres in the host
cities are open every day from 09.00 to
18.00 local time, and around 600 FNB
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branches will also be open all across the
country to allow fans to buy tickets. Once
they have paid, fans can collect their
tickets immediately by presenting their
conrmation at one of the FIFA ticketing
centres or at a Shoprite/Checkers point
of sale.
As this edition of FIFA World went to
press, 29 of the 64 matches had already
sold out and more than 2.3 million of the
approximately three million tickets had
been sold. South African residents had
purchased most of the tickets, whereas the
highest number of orders from abroad had
been received from the USA, the United
Kingdom, Germany and Australia.
Overall, ticket orders have been received
from 150 different countries, which indi-
cates that this summers festival of football
will be just as international, colourful and
vibrant as everyone, particularly South
Africans, had hoped. The tickets have nally arrived, much to the delight of these fans in Bloemfontein.
Football has become the fundamental instrument for the development work of
hundreds of social organisations and local communities across the globe. With
its unique appeal and core values that reach across generations and cultures,
football ofers common ground for engaging in a wide range of social and
human development activities.
That is why FIFA and streetfootballworld have created the Football for Hope
movement, focusing on football as the central tool in the areas of Health
Promotion, Peacebuilding, Childrens Rights & Education, Anti-Discrimination &
Social Integration and the Environment.
With this movement, FIFA aims to use football as a positive force for change to
build a better future.
Football for Hope
FIFA's commitment to building a better future
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3D DETAILS
UNVEILED
At a press conference held in London at
the prestigious British Academy of Film &
Television Arts on 8 April, FIFAs Director
of Television, Niclas Ericson, revealed the
line-up of matches due to be produced
and broadcast in 3D, marking the dawn
of a new FIFA World Cup viewing
experience.
In total, 25 of this years 64 FIFA World
Cup matches will be shown in 3D (see
list). Fans wearing special glasses will be
able to follow the action live in cinemas
and at public viewing events or, in some
cases, in their own living rooms. ESPN
in the United States and Sogecable in
Spain were the rst two broadcasters
signing up to broadcast matches in 3D to
home viewers with the necessary receiver
equipment. When it comes to the cinemas,
FIFAs appointed agents Aruna Media will
oversee distribution to theatres in more
than 25 countries.
While live 3D broadcasting in particular is
still in its infancy, FIFAs Director of Television
said that world footballs governing body
was keen to play a trail-blazing role in this
exciting eld.
For FIFA the project had to be done
well or not at all, Ericson told the April
media conference. In our planning we had
to respect the existing relationships with
our Broadcast Partners but, together with
FIFA and Ofcial Partner Sony have presented
details of their pioneering project to broadcast live
3D matches from the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
by Fraser Peett, London
our experienced Partner Sony, we are now
able to bring this added dimension to the
viewing of our most prized event. In 2010,
we will not be able to show every match
in 3D to every viewer in every country,
but we have already signalled our intent
to expand this project for Brazil in 2014.
Sonys technical and creative excellence
in this new eld was showcased at the
press conference as journalists were invited
to put on their 3D glasses and watch
edited highlights from last years FIFA
Confederations Cup semi-nal between
Brazil and South Africa lmed using four
dedicated stereoscopic cameras. For the
2010 FIFA World Cup, FIFA and Sony
Fans will be able to watch the FIFA World Cup in 3D for the rst time.
will add seven such cameras to the regular
camera set-up in ve World Cup stadiums
(Johannesburgs Soccer City and Ellis Park
Stadium, the Green Point Stadium in Cape
Town, Port Elizabeths Nelson Mandela Bay
Stadium and the Durban Stadium).
We have taken a fully integrated
approach to ensure technical excellence
from the cameras and broadcast to the
nal delivery, explained David Bush of
Sony Corporation. This new 3D viewing
experience is a breakthrough in technology
that can be compared with the first
international broadcast in colour of the
FIFA World Cup in Mexico in 1970.
The production of the TV feed will be
overseen by FIFAs appointed production
company HBS whose director of
production, Peter Angell, also attended
the London press conference.
Angell said that the tests carried out
during the FIFA Confederations Cup had
shown that the best positions for the
additional seven 3D cameras would be at
pitch-side, or a little higher. This brings
one closest to the players and provides the
audience with the strongest 3D experience.
During the testing, we also found that the
viewing experience was much more intense
than in 2D and that cutting between too
many cameras was disorientating. Its a
more personal, almost indulgent, way of
watching football, Angell explained.
For those unable to watch in 3D at
home, in the cinema or at a public viewing
event, Sony will offer a fourth option with
the release of the ofcial 3D FIFA World
Cup lm on Blu-ray Disc soon after the
end of the tournament. People will also
have the chance to try out the 3D viewing
experience by watching special trailers
being shown in more than 4,000 Sony
stores worldwide.
While only a few million people will
get to experience a live game via the
3D broadcast compared to the billions
who will see it in the traditional way, it is
clearly a coup for both FIFA and Sony to
have realised this project so rapidly at the
worlds largest sporting event. Added to
the uniqueness of the 2010 FIFA World
Cup being hosted for the rst time in
Africa, this signals the determination of the
two partners to bring people around the
world as close as possible to the amazing
experience of the FIFA World Cup.
3D IN 2010
TRYING ON THE SPECS
There used be two types of football fans those who went to the stadium
and those who stayed home and watched it with their mates on TV.
Those who made the journey always had the best time ever. And of
course, they had the bragging rights when they got home Yes, it must
have looked good on TV, but to be honest, you really had to be there! For
those who stayed at home, the experience was about getting a party going
around the game, friends in, drink and food in, TV in the corner up nice and
loud. The commentators would bring you the feeling of being in the stadium
but they were always narrating knowing that the audience were far away from
the game and needing help to see the whole story of the match.
But, as the April press conference in London clearly demonstrated, this year
a small but growing number of TV viewers will experience the FIFA World
Cup in a manner that can best be likened to teleportation. Pulling on their
special 3D glasses they will be taken from anywhere in the world directly to
the stadiums of South Africa.
And it is not just the immediate sensation of being shoulder-to-shoulder
with the players, seeing the sweat and the mud ying at you, that sets the 3D
experience apart from conventional viewing. In 2D, you feel passive, simply
following the ball as it travels across the at screen. In 3D, it is more about
looking around, appreciating the skill of the players off the ball, understanding
the depth and the angles involved, anticipating the play and sensing the
opportunities. It is a different and richer experience. Watch a whole game like
this and your respect for the craft of football will go up massively.
3D will not of course replace the valuable prose of the ne writers who
will enhance, embellish and romance the story for the reader via the written
media, nor will it devalue the communal spirit of being next to other fans in
the stadium or at a public viewing event. What it will do, however, is bring
the armchair viewer closer than ever to the live experience.
There may be only a few million lucky viewers this summer, but based upon
what was showcased in April, they could almost be included in the ofcial
gure of fans who came to the stadiums to watch the games. And if the
technology catches on as fast as many in the industry expect, by the 2014
FIFA World Cup in Brazil, more than a billion fans all over the world may
be able to claim that they were there.
The 25 matches being lmed in 3D:
1. 11 June RSA v MEX
2. 12 June ARG v NGA
3. 13 June GER v AUS
4. 14 June NED v DEN
5. 15 June BRA v PRK
6. 16 June ESP v SUI
7. 17 June ARG v KOR
8. 18 June SVN v USA
9. 19 June NED v JPN
10. 20 June BRA v CIV
11. 21 June ESP v HON
12. 22 June NGA v KOR
13. 23 June GHA v GER
14. 24 June SVK v ITA
15. 25 June POR v BRA
16. 27 June 1
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17. 28 June 1
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E v 2
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18. 28 June 1
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19. 2 July Quarter-nal match
22. 6 July Semi-nal
23. 7 July Semi-nal
24. 10 July 3
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place match
25. 11 July Final
David Bush, Marketing Director of Sony
Europe Hiroko Saito, Sony Deputy General
Manager of Global Sponsorships Niclas
Ericson, FIFA Director of TV
TALKING
TO A LEGEND
FIFA World: J ohn, what made you
want to participate in the official
Kick-Off Celebration Concert of the
2010 FIFA World Cup?
John Legend: I wanted to be involved
because I love South Africa and
the FIFA World Cup is a great
platform and opportunity
for the country to shine
and send positive
messages around
the world. I have
seen many times
how football-crazy
South Africans
are and this event
means a lot for
the people and
the country.
When I was
asked if I wanted
to participate in
the 2010 Kick-Off
Celebration Concert,
I didnt hesitate for a
second and accepted
with great joy.
Have you performed
in South Africa already
and what was your
experience?
Yes, I have been to and performed four
times in South Africa and each time it
was a great experience. The country
is so diverse in terms of its nature, its
culture and also its people. But the
music brings people together and I enjoy
the music in this country as well as the
fantastic people coming to my concerts.
I think that some of my best friends are
in South Africa. No, I dont think it, I am
sure of it.
Do you see similarities between
music and sport in terms of the
effect both have on people?
Yes, absolutely. And this is what makes
this FIFA World Cup concert even more
attractive. Both sport and music are
universal. They create emotions and
unite people. It doesnt matter what
colour you are, what language you
speak or what religion you follow. In
sports and in music you nd and share
a common passion and if you bring
both elements together, you create even
more emotions and even more people
will come together united. Football
in particular attracts people from all
around the world and encourages
dialogue between them. Even in
America all eyes will be on South Africa
and the World Cup in 2010.
John Legend, the American recording artist, musician, actor and recipient of six
Grammy Awards, is one of the stars and performing artists set to take part in
the ofcial Kick-Off Celebration Concert in Johannesburg on the eve of the
2010 FIFA World Cup. Having already performed at the 2007 Live Earth
concert in London and the 2008 Peace One Day concert, Legend spoke to FIFA
World about his reasons for joining the 2010 line-up.
Tell us about your own Show me
campaign.
I started the campaign in 2008 to
support sustainable development as
part of the United Nations Millennium
Development Goals. I was inspired
by Professor Jeff Sachs of Columbia
Universitys Earth Institute with whom
I visited a Millennium Village in Ghana.
I saw how little is needed to improve
peoples lives and decided to support
this great initiative. I adopted a village in
Tanzania and have used the campaign
to raise money to support the village
with agriculture education, clean
drinking water, medicine and bed
nets as well as schools and teachers,
and lunches for the schoolchildren.
Everybody should get access to these
basic human rights and have a chance
to live a life in dignity. Its especially
about empowerment. The people in the
village should get the tools they need
to transform their lives. And maybe
then, one day, we can break the cycle
of poverty.
What are your hopes for the 2010
FIFA World Cup?
I am condent that the event is going
to be a big success for South Africa
and that the people and the country
will benet in the long term. And even
if some small issues arise, I am sure
everyone will nally see that these
people can organise an event of this
magnitude. They can be proud of
hosting the FIFA World Cup, just as I
am proud to be involved in its Ofcial
Kick-Off Celebration Concert.
The inaugural FIFA World Cup Kick-Off
Celebration Concert is shaping up to be the
greatest entertainment show yet to be staged
in Africa, featuring performances from famous
South African and African artists and major
international musicians, as well as appear-
ances by football legends past and present, and
celebrities from other elds. This historic music
event, scheduled to begin at 20.00 local time
(GMT+2) on 10 June, will take place in front of a
packed-out stadium of 30,000 concert-goers as
well as being broadcast to hundreds of millions
more worldwide.
Acts such as BLK JKS, The Parlotones and Vusi
Mahlasela will provide plenty of local avour
alongside a host of other South African stars
who will be revealed shortly. Shakira, Alicia Keys,
Amadou & Mariam, Anglique Kidjo, Black Eyed
Peas, John Legend, Juanes, Tinariwen and Vieux
Farka Tour are among the international artists
who will take to the stage at Orlando Stadium
in Soweto on the eve of the opening match of
the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Sport and music both transcend all cultural,
language and geographic boundaries, and with
this World Cup kick-off concert, the organisers
intend to spread a message of unity and joy,
setting the stage for the success and character
of the FIFA World Cup. Events that take place
off the pitch will play a particularly crucial role,
STARS LINE UP FOR KICK-OFF
and will depend to a large extent on incredibly
talented South African and African musicians.
The FIFA World Cup will provide an excellent
platform for these artists.
All net proceeds from the concert will be
donated to 20 Centres for 2010, the Ofcial
Campaign of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, whose
aim is to achieve positive social change through
football by building 20 African centres offering
education and healthcare services as well as
football training to disadvantaged communities.
Tickets for the concert can be purchased either
online at www.computicket.com or by telephone
on +27 (0) 83 915 8000.
Tinariwen the Tuareg musicians from Mali have already won a host of awards.
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Dear friends of football,
With less than a month to go until South
Africa and Mexico kick off the 2010 FIFA
World Cup at Soccer City in Johannesburg,
now is the time for actions rather than
words. Six years on from the FIFA Executive
Committees historic decision in May 2004 to
appoint South Africa as hosts, the moment
has nally come for Africas World Cup.
The launch of over-the-counter ticket
sales in South Africa in April put aside any
remaining doubts that the matches would
have a denite local avour and character. The
scathing claims that South African fans would
be a rarity in stadiums were dispelled once
and for all as their overwhelming enthusiasm
and fervour produced sensational sights and
lengthy queues in all nine Host Cities. Within
hours, thousands of tickets were snapped up
and more and more matches soon sold out.
Some observers went as far as to compare the
extraordinary frenzy generated to the scenes
that accompanied South Africas rst multi-
racial democratic elections in April 1994. In
short, we can be sure that the South African
people will embrace the event and make it
an unprecedented celebration of the game.
While there is no question that the FIFA
World Cup is at the forefront of everyones
mind, it is important not to forget that 2010
is also a very big year for womens football.
And there will be no time for us to sit back
and relax once victory celebrations at Soccer
City come to an end on 11 July because just
two days later, our U-20 Womens World Cup
will kick off in the German city of Bochum.
The womens game is going from strength
to strength and associations around the globe
are working hard to promote its growth and
development as is underlined by the report
from Namibia in this issue of FIFA World. Our
two youth events this year the FIFA U-20
Womens World Cup in Germany and the
FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup in Trinidad &
Tobago will provide a taste of what lies in
store in 2011, when our German friends will
host the FIFA Womens World Cup. We have
high hopes that the tournament will provide
new momentum for womens football to raise
its prole and participation levels. Having
triumphed in the last two Womens World
Cups and with an impressive track record
at youth and senior level on the continental
and world stage, the German national team
has a proven pedigree in womens football.
This success has inspired growing interest
from fans, for example, live TV coverage in
Germany of the FIFA Womens
World Cup nal in 2007 drew
an impressive audience of 12
million viewers. Furthermore,
the nation has an established
12-team national league at
the tip of a strong pyramid
of regional competitions,
and matches are attracting
increasing crowds.
Buoyed by these successes,
the German organisers are
already working extremely
hard to optimise the impact
of the tournament. We are
condent that our combined
efforts will reap handsome
rewards for the future of
womens football. Not only
increasing on the 26 million
women and girls already
playing football (according to
the Big Count survey in 2006),
but also swelling the numbers of spectators
and encouraging commercial investment.
But rst up is South Africa Africas moment
to shine and for us all to celebrate.
Jrme Valcke
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REACHING FOR
THE STARS
By Mike Geddes, Johannesburg
The Football for Hope movement took a
big step forward in Ghana in early March
this year, as land was secured to build the
countrys rst Football for Hope Centre,
one of 20 to be constructed across Africa
as part of the social legacy of the 2010 FIFA
World Cup. As the ofcial campaign of
FIFAs agship competition, 20 Centres for
2010 aims to address local social challenges
in disadvantaged areas by building facilities
that will improve education and health
services for young people. The rst of the
20 centres was opened by FIFA President
Joseph S. Blatter in Cape Town, South
Africa in December 2009, and the next six
centres are currently under construction in
Namibia, Lesotho, Rwanda, Kenya, Mali
and now in Ghana in the historical city of
Cape Coast.
The selection of Cape Coast, also known
locally as Oguaa, is a signicant one. The
city is home to a number of prestigious
Ghanaian academic institutions such as
Mfantsipim, Ghanas rst-ever secondary
school, which donated the land for the
new Football for Hope Centre.
It was at Mfantsipim that a young Ko
Annan honed the leadership skills that
helped him to one day become one of
the worlds foremost international leaders,
most famously in his role as United Nations
Secretary General. The school has also
produced a number of other successful
Ghanaian leaders, including Kodwo
Morgan, national director of Play Soccer,
the organisation that has been selected as
host for the new centre.
When children come to Play Soccer,
they are drawn to the game, but our job
is to make sure that while they play theyre
learning something more for their lives
how to be hygienic, to be healthy at home,
to resolve their conicts, Morgan told
FIFA World. Parents come up to me and
say things like before, my son was lazy,
but now he wakes up early, he is careful
about the water he drinks, he washes his
hands. Some parents wish their children
could stay with us forever!
Valuable messages
Play Soccer uses football to teach children
valuable messages about health, hygiene
and life skills and has been a member
of Football for Hope, the movement led
by FIFA and streetfootballworld, since
2007. The organisation was established
in Ghana in 2001 and now operates in
12 sites across the country. At their Cape
Coast site roughly 100 children per week
attend the sessions and follow the 48-
week curriculum. Most of the children,
aged between five and 15, are from
disadvantaged, low-income families.
In a typical session the boys and girls
that attend might learn lessons on peer
Construction work is soon to begin on Ghanas Football for Hope
Centre. Aptly located in a part of the country already famed for its
academic and sporting achievements, the centre is intended to inspire a
new generation of Ghanaian leaders.
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pressure, risky sexual behaviour, and
healthy eating, in between participating
in exciting football drills. The Football
for Hope Centre in Ghana will help Play
Soccer to deliver these programmes by
providing top-class sporting facilities as
well as buildings for education and health
services.
The centre is being designed by a rm of
local architects who will use an innovative
blend of traditional and modern materials,
including bamboo and shipping containers,
in the construction of the facility. When
complete, the centre will offer facilities for
IT learning, journalism and media training,
counselling and referral and community
events as well as a brand new articial
turf football pitch for delivering Play
Soccers key programmes.
As well as its renowned academic
reputation, Cape Coast is also steeped
in the history of Ghanaian football, with
the rst ofcial Ghanaian team being
established there in 1903. With such a
pedigree in both education and football,
it is seen as a tting location for the
Football for Hope Centre, which will use
the countrys passion for the game to help
educate the next generation of Ghanaian
leaders.
Continental legacy
Having a Football for Hope Centre in
Ghana shows that the 2010 FIFA World Cup
will leave a legacy for the whole continent,
not just South Africa, says Anthony Baffoe,
the former Ghana international who now
performs a number of ambassadorial
roles with the Confederation of African
Football (CAF), FIFA and Play Soccer. Im
delighted that Play Soccer has been chosen
as a Centre Host because I have seen rst
hand how important their programmes
have been in shaping the development of
young people.
One youngster to have already beneted
from the organisations guidance is
18-year-old Florence Dadson, a graduate
of the Cape Coast Play Soccer programme
and now one of the countrys top female
footballing prospects. The Ghanaian
teenager starred at the FIFA U-17 Womens
World Cup in New Zealand in 2008 and
during July and August this year she
will spearhead the attack of the Black
Princesses at their debut appearance in
the FIFA U-20 Womens World Cup in
Germany. With three goals to her credit
in qualifying for the tournament, the
future is bright for the girl named as
the Female Discovery of the Year by
Ghanaian journalists.
Being a part of Play Soccer has given
me the condence I need to succeed in
the challenges that lay ahead of me, she
told FIFA World. Football is now a big part
of my life, but Play Soccer is about much
more than just soccer. I hope that many
children in Ghana will have the opportunity
to prepare for life through Play Soccer
and to gain the condence to realise their
dreams.
A groundbreaking ceremony is planned
at the site of the new centre next month,
ahead of the planned opening in December
2010. By that time a lot more people will
have heard of Florence Dadson, and a new
generation will be ready to follow in her
footsteps.
Having a Football for Hope Centre in Ghana shows
that the 2010 FIFA World Cup will leave a legacy for the
whole continent, not just South Africa.
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Stef Jones is often compared to
Franz Beckenbauer, the man who was
credited with much of the success of
the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany,
working tirelessly for the event as an
ambassador. Germany will welcome
the world once again next year when
the country hosts the FIFA Womens
World Cup, but before then, the FIFA
U-20 Womens World Cup is also on
the agenda. Stef Jones is the President
of the Local Organising Committee
for both tournaments, and like Franz
Beckenbauer before her, Jones was
also a successful footballer with bags
of experience. Her personality and her
extraordinary commitment to the game
have helped make womens football
popular in Germany, and although
people are already looking forward to
the two World Cups, she is still working
hard to drum up even more interest
by travelling from one place to the
next. Her travels in March took her to
the Home of FIFA for a chat with FIFA
President Joseph S. Blatter.
FIFA World: Steffi J ones, what
brings you to Zurich, and what did
you discuss with J oseph S. Blatter?
STEFFI JONES
PRESIDENT OF THE FIFA WOMENS WORLD CUP 2011
ORGANISING COMMITTEE GERMANY
Stef Jones: The FIFA President is a
friend and a huge supporter of womens
football. During our meeting, I updated
him on the status of preparations for
the FIFA U-20 Womens World Cup later
this year as well as for the FIFA Womens
World Cup next year. At the same time,
I also touched upon areas where there
is still a lot of work to do and where
the LOC and FIFA have to work closely
together.
So how are the preparations going?
Generally speaking, very well indeed.
The FIFA Womens World Cup and the
German womens national team in
particular are very popular in Germany.
Many schools are supporting the World
Cup with various activities and events.
Almost a third of the 700,000 available
tickets were sold in the rst ticketing
phase, so we are well on the way
towards emulating the success of the
2006 World Cup.
Why is womens football so popular
in Germany?
Obviously because of all the success that
the German national team has enjoyed,
but also because of the positive media
work of our players. We would never
have been so successful, however,
were it not for the solid support of the
German Football Association [DFB],
who have invested signicantly at youth
and grassroots level over the years.
More and more girls and women are
playing the game, womens football is
becoming increasingly attractive, and
we are attracting more sponsors, which
in turn generates more money. All of
that has enabled us to build up and
nance professional structures, which
are a prerequisite for the success of any
national team.
So where is there room for
improvement, in your opinion?
I would hope that we can continue to
make progress, that the DFB carries on
supporting us and that we can use these
two World Cups to show the world just
how great womens football can be.
That would allow us to encourage other
associations to invest more in womens
football and help the game to develop
even further.
Did you ask J oseph S. Blatter and
FIFA for anything in particular?
I suggested to Mr Blatter that we should
make more use of the current FIFA
ambassadors for womens football,
and I also asked whether it would be
possible over the next 14 months for
a representative of FIFA to accompany
us on our trips to the 15 countries that
have qualied, as well as to a couple of
other countries, so that we can drum up
more support for the Womens World
Cup, womens national teams and
womens football in general. He was
very pleased to hear about this initiative
and he promised us his support, so I can
go back to Germany as a very happy
woman!
SOLD OUT
FIFA has completed its list of sponsors for the 2010
FIFA World Cup with the signing-up of global food
supplier Seara, as well as announcing new backers
for 2014 and a new ofcial timekeeper for both
tournaments.
Global food brand Seara, part of the
Marfrig Group, is the latest, and last,
ofcial FIFA World Cup Sponsor for this
summers tournament in South Africa and
the second to sign up for Brazil 2014.
The deal means that FIFA has now lled
all of its available sponsorship slots for this
years agship competition with six FIFA
Partners, eight FIFA World Cup Sponsors
and six National Supporters now on board.
Seara is also the ofcial sponsor of
Brazils national team and one of its most
admired football clubs, Santos. Football
is a great passion worldwide and the sport
helps improve quality of life and bring
people together. This is perfectly aligned
with our communication strategy for the
Seara brand, which offers healthy, delicious
and high-quality food to consumers
worldwide, said Marcos Antonio Molina
dos Santos at the signing of the contract
attended by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter
on 14 April.
We are proud to welcome the
Marfrig Group and in particular Seara to
join us in delivering the FIFA World Cup
in 2010 and 2014, the FIFA President
said. Sponsorship support is especially
pleasing when it comes from such a well-
known brand that clearly demonstrates a
commitment to football at both domestic
and international levels.
Oi rst for 2014
When it comes to the 2014 edition of
FIFAs agship tournament, Seara followed
hot on the heels of Brazils leading
telecommunications company, Oi, which
was the rst to join up as an ofcial
sponsor. Oi plays a key role in Brazils
telecommunications sector. Its services
include local telephony, international
mobile, data transmission, internet access
and entertainment.
The telecommunications company is
contributing to the expansion of sport in
Brazil and will now play a signicant role in
the sporting event people are most looking
forward to in its home country.
Telecommunications play a vital part
in our day and organising a FIFA World
Cup would be unthinkable without the
services of an efcient and reliable supplier
in this eld. We are therefore delighted to
announce that Oi is joining forces with FIFA
as a global sponsor of the 2014 FIFA World
Cup Brazil, said Thierry Weil, Director of
FIFAs Marketing Sub-Division.
FIFA on Swiss time
FI FA has found a new official
timekeeper for the next two FIFA World
Cups in South Africa and Brazil in the
shape of Hublot. The Swiss watchmaker
already boasts a very long and successful
relationship with the world of football,
having sponsored many football
associations and clubs, but the contract
with FIFA is one of the most prestigious
in its history.
We already have an in-depth
understanding of the footballing world, as
Hublot was the rst luxury brand to become
involved in this eld. It is a great honour
and an immense pleasure to become the
ofcial FIFA timekeeper for the next two
FIFA World Cups, and to be a part of the
FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and Hublot CEO Jean-Claude Biver in Zurich.
THE SPECIFICITY AND AUTONOMY
OF SPORT
FIFA took the opportunity to focus attention
on the specicity and autonomy of sport at
the recent meeting of EU sports ministers
in Brussels.
In an increasingly commercialised world,
sport is losing its national identity, its cultural
traditions and its balance. The fact that
success is the preserve of the richest clubs
is symptomatic of the distorted relationship
between sport and commerce.
With this in mind, I called upon Europes
policy-makers to recognise the specic nature
and autonomy of sport as set out in article
165 of the Treaty of Lisbon. Sport must not
be regarded simply in economic terms, but
also in terms of its social and cultural aspects.
After all, sport is an integral part of a countrys
history, and has the capacity to bring people
together and build bridges between different
cultures.
Also on the agenda was the initiative to
strengthen national teams. A rule limiting the
number of foreign players in teams would
galvanise the development of young players
and lead to more evenly balanced, and thus
exciting, competitions. What is more, it would
apply not only to national teams but also
clubs, by giving them a stronger regional
and national identity.
PRESIDENTS CORNER
I am condent that with the ratication
of the Treaty of Lisbon, we have moved a
step nearer our goal of ensuring sport is
treated independently and its specicity is
maintained.
For the Game. For the World.
Joseph S. Blatter
largest televised event in the world, said
Hublots CEO Jean-Claude Biver.
This sense of satisfaction was shared
by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter: I am
delighted that Hublot will be with us for
the coming FIFA World Cups. I have a lot
of respect for Hublot and their ability to
innovate and to stand apart, driven by
Jean-Claude Bivers own dynamism and
passion! Hublots image is a mark of Swiss
quality and accuracy.
The watchmakers role as ofcial FIFA
timekeeper means that Hublot will be visible
on the referees boards when they show
substitutions or stoppage time. This will start
at the forthcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup.
In addition, as the ofcial watch, Hublot
will create an exclusive limited edition series
for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, and
special collections of watches linked to the
FIFA World Cup, as of 2011 onwards.
The FIFA World Cup is still an attractive event for sponsors. Three more companies have signed up.
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FROM BANGKOK TO BAKU,
FROM ROME TO PAPEETE
As South Africa applies the nishing
touches for its organisation of the 2010
FIFA World Cup, celebrations and
preparations have also been getting under
way for four other nations chosen to stage
international FIFA tournaments taking place
between 2011 and 2013.
Azerbaijan, Thailand, Italy and Tahiti
were the successful countries awarded
hosting rights to some of FIFAs other
World Cups when the FIFA Executive
Committee held its latest meeting in Zurich
on 18-19 March.
After bidding for several of the
competitions available, Azerbaijan was
selected to host the FIFA U-17 Womens
World Cup 2012, the rst time that
the country will organise a FIFA
competition.
Azerbaijan fully deserves this
opportunity after showing great dedication
and working hard to develop football
especially womens football over the last
few years, said FIFA Secretary General
Jrme Valcke. Their dossier for 2012
was excellent, the bidding committee is
strongly supported by the government
and the presentation of the bid was
convincing.
Thailand was awarded the right to
stage the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2012
after submitting an enthusiastic bid,
backed by the enormous popularity of
futsal in the Asian nation. The next two
editions of the FIFA Beach Soccer World
Cup now being organised every two
years were meanwhile handed to Italy
pending submission of the necessary
documentation and the beautiful Pacic
island of Tahiti, with the two countries
due to stage the event in 2011 and 2013
respectively.
This will be a great opportunity for
a small association like Tahiti, where
beach soccer is already booming and the
natural conditions are perfect, to attract
worldwide media attention, Local
Organising Committee general director
Noelline Parker told FIFA World in April.
The sport has become extremely popular
in our country since we hosted the rst
ever Oceania Football Confederation Beach
Soccer Championship in 2006, and this is
something we can build upon with the
even greater prestige of hosting the FIFA
Beach Soccer World Cup.
In Italy, already of course one of the
worlds biggest players when it comes
to the traditional grass version of the
sport, organisers are hoping to stage
beach soccers agship event in the
spectacular setting of Romes historic
Circus Maximus.
The Executive Committees planned
decision on the hosts of the FIFA U-20
Womens World Cup in 2012 was
postponed to give the existing bidding
associations more time and also to give
other associations the chance to present
bids. The decision is expected to be
made at the committees next meeting in
Johannesburg in June.
Historic setting Romes Circus Maximus.
STAR SUPPORT
FOR NEW HEALTH
PROGRAMME
The daunting sight of straggly-haired
Spain and Barcelona defender Carles Puyol
standing between a striker and the goal
has often been enough to cast doubt
in the minds of even the most talented
scorers. But as the experienced 32-year-old
prepares for his third successive FIFA World
Cup at the heart of the Spanish defence,
he can also now be seen in a gentler role
explaining to children that while clean
sheets may be important in football, clean
hands are even more important.
Protect your goal with a strong
defence, Puyol advises in the booklet and
video accompanying the new programme.
Protect yourself from infections by
washing your hands before eating and
cooking, and after using the toilet.
Puyol is just one member of an impressive
World XI enlisted by FIFA to promote the
11 simple but effective health messages
taught within the programme. Others
include the 2009 FIFA World Player Lionel
Messi, who extols the virtues of eating
Leading footballers from around the world have lent their weight to FIFAs new
The 11 for Health programme a health awareness project which uses the
popularity of football to highlight and tackle urgent global health issues.
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a balanced diet, and Cameroon striker
Samuel Etoo, who sets out the importance
of using treated bed nets to protect
against malaria.
The support of these big-name stars
is just the icing on the cake, however. To
ensure that the messages are heard and
heeded, particularly in parts of the world
where health education is sorely lacking,
the FIFA Medical Assessment and Research
Centre (F-MARC) has spent the last few
years carefully designing and ne-tuning
the structure of the programme.
Since the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be
played in South Africa, it was decided to
develop and test The 11 for Health rst
in Africa, even though the programme will
be universally applicable, and to adapt the
individual messages of subsequent versions
to the predominant health concerns in the
regions or continents involved.
As its starting point, F-MARC based the
content of the programme on the top ten
health issues worldwide as dened by the
World Health Organization (WHO), plus
another two identied in consultation with
African physicians, public health experts
and non-governmental organisations.
The overall aim was to address some
of the underlying risk factors related to
common causes of disease in low- and
medium-income countries, and to develop
a programme that would prove sustainable
within individual communities.
Making a difference
Prevention of diseases requires behavioural
change, explains F-MARC professor Colin
Fuller, who has been instrumental in
developing the programme and conducting
studies into its effectiveness. According
to the WHO, behavioural change rst
requires understanding. This means that
any attempts to reduce communicable
and non-communicable diseases must
be underpinned by improvements in the
communitys level of knowledge about the
causes and prevention of these diseases.
The result of this strategy was the
creation of 11 health messages designed
to increase childrens knowledge about
SPREADING THE WORD
The 11 for Health messages: The 11 corresponding football skills: Ambassador:
1. Play football Play football Benni McCarthy
2. Respect girls and women Passing Thierry Henry
3. Protect yourself from HIV Heading Michael Essien
4. Avoid drugs and alcohol Dribbling Cristiano Ronaldo
5. Use treated bed nets Shielding Samuel Etoo
6. Wash your hands Defending Carles Puyol
7. Drink clean water Trapping Portia Modise
8. Eat a balanced diet Building tness Lionel Messi
9. Vaccinate yourself and your family Shooting Didier Drogba
10. Take your prescribed medication Goalkeeping Gianluigi Buffon
11. Fair play Teamwork Fabio Capello
Football is the greatest
game in the world. It is
also a fun way to get t
and to stay healthy. Benni McCarthy
In football, successful teams
respect the contributions
made by all players. In life,
men and women should
respect each other; otherwise,
its like playing football with
only half a team. Thierry Henry
unique advantages. Firstly, interest in
football transcends social and economic
status, age, gender, location, religion,
culture and language. Secondly, football
has minimal equipment requirements,
so participation can indeed be universal.
Thirdly, football teams can operate
independently of government and non-
government organisations and resources,
which means there will be few resource
and security issues. Finally, football is full
of metaphors and analogies that can make
health learning much more memorable.
And, unlike with some other exercise
programmes, playing football is fun and
not considered a tedious obligation.
Rigorous testing
When it came to putting the theory
into practice, carefully selected coaches
were rst trained to ensure the effective
delivery of the underlying health messages
through the programmes group activities.
The rst testing then began with a pilot
study developed for school-age children
living in the South African township of
Khayelitsha. Run over an 11-week period,
the pilot project was followed up with an
assessment of how well the programmes
messages had been absorbed by the 150
participating school children.
The results were compared with an
identical assessment of another 150 children
who had only taken part in the footballing
parts of the programme. The comparison
clearly demonstrated that the group which
had taken part in the complete programme
had gained considerable knowledge
about hygiene, clean drinking water,
vaccination, medication use, HIV, drug
Protect your goal with a
strong defence. Protect
yourself from infections by
washing your hands before
eating and cooking and after
using the toilet. Carles Puyol
the causes and prevention of communicable
and non-communicable diseases and
to improve their skills and behaviour
towards these diseases. Together with
GrassrootSoccer, a South Africa-based
non-governmental organisation, these
messages were worked into an interactive,
football-inspired programme in which each
of the messages is linked to a specic
football theme or exercise. The use of
treated bed nets is, for example, paired
with the skill of shielding a football. Using
your head literally within a game is mirrored
by the gurative need to use your head
to protect yourself against HIV (see factbox
for full list of themes).
While there are currently many public
health initiatives based on exercise and
others based on specific education
concepts, The 11 for Health is rare in
the way it brings both together. Indeed
the programme emerged from the
combination of two central F-MARC
themes: using football as a healthy leisure
activity in its own right, and harnessing its
huge popularity to deliver education and
promote health.
The 11 for Health programme focuses
on delivering health education within a
football environment, explains F-MARC
chairman Prof. Jiri Dvorak. Promoting
health messages in this way has several
Dont be afraid to use
your head in football. Use
your head also to make
smart decisions to avoid
HIV, such as abstaining
from sex, being faithful
to one partner and using
a condom every time you
have sex.
Michael Essien
Players use their body
to shield the ball from
opponents. Use a treated
bed net, while you sleep,
to protect yourself from
malaria.
Samuel Etoo
Players can control
the ball with all
parts of their body.
You can control
your health by
drinking only boiled
or bottled water. Portia Modise
abuse and malaria prevention. A follow-up
assessment three months later also showed
that the children had maintained their high
level of knowledge. The group that had
only played football showed no change
in health knowledge, but were not left at
a disadvantage: following completion of
the assessments they were given access
to the full programme and demonstrated
similar knowledge gains.
Other detailed findings, due to be
published in the June 2010 issue of the
British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM),
included an interesting observation that
younger children learned more than older
ones.
Nearly all of the children said that they
had enjoyed taking part in the programme.
They described the sessions as being easy
to understand and said that their attitude
towards health had changed as a result
of their involvement. The coaches were
also enthusiastic and committed, and
the programmes supervisors said it had
been inspiring to see them becoming
more condent and skilled as the project
progressed.
Describing the initial results as extremely
encouraging, the F-MARC team then
decided to further test the different ways
of implementing the programme with two
further studies one in Zimbabwe and
one in Mauritius. In Zimbabwe, F-MARC
will again work with GrassrootSoccer, but
within a different socio-cultural setting to
the Khayelitsha pilot, while the Mauritius
study will be run under the leadership
of the Mauritius Football Association
in close collaboration with the Ministry
of Health. The ndings from these two
studies will nally be examined to establish
a best practice for implementing the
programme on a wider scale, whether for
implementation by football associations,
government bodies or non-governmental
organisations.
Forwards make
the right moves on
the pitch to avoid
defenders. Make the
right moves off the
pitch to avoid drugs
and alcohol.
Cristiano Ronaldo
use their body
the ball from
nts. Use a treated
while you sleep,
ct yourself from
o
Working with partners
FIFAs member associations are obviously
our primary partners in implementing our
preventative programmes, explains Dvorak.
We are therefore very much looking
forward to the results of this last study.
Support for the programme from
governmental institutions such as
ministries of health or education is also
seen as essential and the backing from
Mauritius is particularly encouraging.
Non-communicable diseases are rife
in Mauritius, with almost 50% of the
population suffering preliminary or full-
blown diabetes, and the countrys ministers
for health, education and sport have all
guaranteed F-MARC their governments
full support.
Forwards practise shots on
goal so they can score in
most situations. Vaccinations
are shots that save lives; nd
out which vaccinations you
and your family have already
received and which ones you
still need. Didier Drogba
South Africas Minister of Health, Dr
Aaron Motsoaledi, has also expressed his
support for the programme as an effective
means of improving public health and has
even called for a meeting of African leaders
to discuss the programmes wide-scale
adoption across the continent.
While parts of the initial programme
were specically catered towards the
Footballers eat the
right diet to maintain
their tness throughout
a game. Eat a balanced
diet to stay t and
healthy throughout life. Lionel Messi
Youngsters at the The 11 for Health pilot project in Mauritius.
Support your team-
mates on and off the
pitch. Build your team
with people you trust
and people who care
about you and your
health. Fabio Capello
Players listen carefully to
their coachs advice. You
should listen to the advice
provided by your doctor
and take your prescribed
medication at all times. Gianluigi Buffon
needs of the children in Khayelitsha, its
overall structure can be readily adapted for
implementation in similar settings located
in other geographic areas, such as East
and West Africa, Oceania, Asia and South
America.
No less importantly, the simplicity of the
messages and the handy way they can
be tied in with the skills of football clearly
appeals to healthcare policy-makers and
leading football players.
We have had support not only from the
current stars featured in the programme
videos and brochures, but also from former
icons of African football, such as Lucas
Radebe, Bwalya Kalusha, Roger Milla and
Abedi Pel, which is most encouraging,
notes Dvorak.
Prevention of diseases
requires behavioural
change, which in turn
requires understanding
so our efforts must
be underpinned by
improvements in each
communitys level of
knowledge.
F-MARC professor Colin Fuller
In the second half of this year, as
attention turns from the newly crowned
champions of the 2010 FIFA World Cup
to the tantalising prospect of the 2014
FIFA World Cup in Brazil, F-MARC will
be busy implementing The 11 for Health
across Africa as well as developing a plan of
action with other FIFA member associations
for wider adoption in South America and
other corners of the globe. When the nal
whistle sounds in Johannesburgs Soccer
City on 11 July it will mark the end of South
Africas footballing festival but only the
start of the medical legacy which FIFA plans
to leave behind for Africa as a whole.
FIFAs Chief Medical Ofcer with The 11 for Health coaches in Khayelitsha.
HOWARDS
TURN
It has taken resilience and plenty of patience for
Tim Howard to emerge as the U.S. national teams
rst-choice goalkeeper. But after rst learning to
handle Tourettes syndrome and subsequently
enduring years as the U.S. teams reserve stopper,
he is now ready for his moment in the spotlight at
the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
By Michael Lewis, New York
English football fans can be merciless and
relentless when it comes to putting down
their opposition. So it came as little surprise
to Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard when
supporters of rival clubs started chants
and songs about his Tourettes syndrome.
Now he is ready for it, and bats away such
comments or songs just as if he is making
a save.
Unfortunately, many people still think
that everyone with Tourettes swears or
curses, Howard tells FIFA World with a
smile. So they sing that Im going to swear
in a minute or something ridiculous like
that. Its funny, because I dont. There are
some things that come out of my mouth on
the eld but its not because of Tourettes
syndrome!
Howard has had to live with Tourettes
since he was diagnosed in 1990. Yet,
despite the malady, he has become one
of the leading goalkeepers in the world.
Also known as TS, Tourettes syndrome
is a neurological disorder characterised
by repeated involuntary movements
and uncontrollable sounds called tics.
In some cases, such sounds can include
inappropriate words and phrases. There
is no cure, although its symptoms can be
medically treated.
Howard has a mild case and you would
not necessarily know there was anything
amiss when talking to him. Still, he kept
it a secret for many years. I wasnt fully
diagnosed until 1990, he says. The
symptoms were there for a year. We were
trying to gure out what was happening.
Physically, it doesnt often hinder me. But
while I was growing up, trying to suppress
and hide it took a toll on me mentally.
When I got to MLS [Major League Soccer],
it became another thing altogether. I now
had to deal with a job and day-to-day
training, and at 18, I wasnt used to doing
all of that.
Going public
Howard admits he was concerned about
revealing his condition. He considered the
many questions that people would ask, and
wondered what his team-mates might say,
or what his coaches or the media might
think. In spring 2001, after he was handed
a starting place with the New York/New
Jersey MetroStars, he decided to reveal his
situation. I dont know why I did it, he
says now. I felt it had been long enough.
In the end, he was pleasantly surprised
by the reaction or lack of reaction. His
team-mates thought nothing of it. The
media reported about it in a sensitive
manner and no one doubted Howards
ability as a goalkeeper.
Its not too big, too much of a deal,
Howard says. Some opposing fans had a
little bit of fun with it. But its more tongue
in cheek. Some of the cleverer songs make
me smile and in turn I can see the fans
smiling back. For me its not a negative
thing. Tourettes is just part of my life.
Since going public was relatively painless,
Howard then took things a step further,
becoming a spokesman for the Tourette
Syndrome Association of New Jersey, later
earning the MLS Humanitarian of the Year
Award for his work helping children with
Tourettes. I consider myself a great
example of why this condition should not
hold anyone back from anything they want
to accomplish, he says. I love to be able
to pass that message on to children who
might need some inspiration.
On the up
On the pitch, Howard also thrived. He
was named the MLS top goalkeeperand
eventually signed for Manchester United
in 2003, going on to win an FA Cup
winners medal in 2004 and again being
honoured as the leagues best keeper, this
time by Englands Professional Footballers
Association. After joining Everton in a
successful loan move in 2006, which
became permanent in 2007, he has
become a mainstay for the Merseyside
club.
The biggest thing I have learned in my
life is to have an undying belief in myself,
Howard says. Ive been through good
times. Ive been through tough times and
Ive come out on top. That reinforces the
belief that I have in my ability and it has
hardened me. It has given me broader
shoulders. It has given me more strength
both on and off the eld and I feel at
the moment that I am using all of the
experience I have built up in a very positive
way.
A patient approach has also helped. Now
aged 31, Howard has often had to wait
for opportunities. As a teenager with the
MetroStars he was deputy to former U.S.
international goalkeeper Tony Meola and
one-time Charlton Athletic keeper Mike
Ammann. He played backup to U.S. great
Brad Friedel at the 2000 Olympics and was
the number three in the U.S. set-up at the
2006 FIFA World Cup behind top man
Kasey Keller and Marcus Hahnemann.
Now, it appears to be Howards turn.
I hope so, he says as the conversation
turns to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. I feel
like Ive had a great opportunity under [U.S.
coach] Bob Bradley to express myself. That
kind of coincides with the move to Everton
a few years back. I just try to take hold of
it. Now its the time in my career that Im
exactly where I want to be. Goalkeeping
is like wine. You just get better with age.
You cant help it. Youre not going to be as
good a goalkeeper at 24 as youre going to
be at 30. Its just the nature of the position.
Inevitably, you have to wait.
Global gure
The world has begun to take notice of
Howard, especially at last years FIFA
Confederations Cup, when he was named
the top goalkeeper of the tournament.
Now he is expected to start for the USA
when they return to South Africa for the
main event in June. The Americans will
play England, Slovenia and Algeria in the
group stage.
When asked how he would dene
success in South Africa, Howard hesitates.
I think thats tough to say, he nally
answers. From an outside point of view in
terms of the media and the fans, they have
the luxury of dening that. We dont. What
we know is that we have three teams in
front of us. Thats the one fact we do know.
After that, theres a lot of unknowns.
England are the best team in the group
and they are going to get out of the group.
But I think we should get out of it too.
Having said that, there are two other teams
there who are going to have something to
say about that. If you look at our team, on
paper we are very, very strong, and have
the ability to advance. But you still have to
go out and do the business. Look at 2002.
But for a hand ball that wasnt called (in
the quarter-nals against Germany) we
were on the verge of getting to the semi-
nals. In 2006, we didnt do the business
and were on the next plane home. Thats
how quickly it can change.
It certainly does not harm the Americans
chances that the U.S. are one of only six
World Cup participants to have also taken
part in last years FIFA Confederations Cup.
In what is often seen as a warm-up event
for the FIFA World Cup itself, the USA
stunned European champions Spain 2-0 in
the semi-nals, before surrendering a 2-0
lead in the nal to nish 3-2 runners-up
to Brazil.
For us to be able to touch down
in South Africa, to try out the training
grounds, four or ve of the stadiums, get
to know the people, the hotels, all the
various x-factors means that now we
dont need to think about it, Howard
says. We just go and train and prepare
for our opponent. Everything was fantastic.
We had a great time. We understand how
everything works. I think it will be a huge
advantage for us mentally.
Youre not going to be

as good a goalkeeper
at 24 as youre going
to be at 30. Its just the
nature of the position.
Inevitably, you have to
wait.
There are some things
that come out of my
mouth on the eld
but its not because of
Tourettes syndrome!
38 38 FIFA WORLD I MAY 2010 FIFA WORLD I MAY 2010
SOCCER SCIENCE
Italy coach Marcello Lippi tells a charming
story about motivating his players before
their 2006 FIFA World Cup nal win
over France four years ago. The Italian
boss had promised that he
would jump into the lake at their
German training base if they beat
the hosts in the semi-nal, and so,
before breakfast on the following day, he
summoned his players to the team hotels
lakeside gardens.
His players watched open-mouthed as
he jumped into the freezing water and
emerged shortly after clutching a sh
that he claimed to have caught under the
surface. He later told friends that a hotel
staff member had given him the sh before
he jumped, but at the time, his players
were so amazed that they spoke of little
else before the nal against France. Lippi
had proven his word and eased his players
tension in one fell swoop.
Motivational ideas, some basic grasp
of human psychology and, of course,
strong leadership skills will always stand
a football coach in good stead, but in the
modern game there are many more areas
of knowledge that a successful trainer must
either take on board himself, or otherwise
integrate into his coaching set-up.
While it is only in the last ten years
or so that coaches the world over have
truly realised the importance of nutrition,
psychology and improved training and
scouting methods, the next decade
promises to bring football into a new
dimension: where science and technology
combine to improve performance.
This is already happening at some clubs,
most famously AC Milan where the Milan
Lab uses an integrated approach based
on a bio-mechanical, psychological and
preventative model to extend players
careers and win trophies. You can drive
a car without a dashboard,
without any information, and thats whats
often happening in football, says Milan
Lab director Jean-Pierre Meersseman.
There are excellent drivers, excellent
cars, but if you have your dashboard, it
just makes it easier. I wonder why people
dont want more information.
Meersseman has over 40 members in
his specialist medical team, and they have
reduced the number of non-traumatic
injuries by 90 per cent, allowing the clubs
rst-team squad to be reduced from 35 to
22. Each player is monitored daily to reduce
the possibility of injury and it is this model
that is viewed by the club as one of the main
reasons for Milan being the only side to have
reached three Champions League nals
in the 2000s they won the competition
twice in 2003 and 2007, and only lost the
2005 nal on penalties following Liverpools
famous comeback from 3-0 down.
Other clubs have now cottoned onto
Milans methods, and this collective search
for a cutting edge in performance has
already led to the employment of many
a performance director or chief analyst
positions that were almost unheard of ten
years ago. Real Madrid used sports scientist
Valter di Salvo, a former tness coach at
Manchester United, to set up their training
centre. Chelsea opted for a head start when
they employed Carlo Ancelotti as their
head coach, fresh from eight years at Milan.
Signicantly,
Ancelotti also
brought with
him his assistant
coach, Bruno De
Michelis, who had
helped set up the Milan
Lab in 2002. At Chelsea,
they are currently building
a database of information
not only in regard to their
own players but also
Traditional coaching methods are looking increasingly old-fashioned as
leading football clubs and nations take a more and more scientic
approach to the beautiful game. But the people leading this
technological revolution say it is just the beginning
By Ben Lyttleton, London
39 39 FIFA WORLD I FOCUS
on potential new signings and winning
strategies, with the help of performance
director Mike Forde. Already he has come
up with some interesting ndings, such as
statistical evidence that clean sheets are
more important than goals scored in a title-
winning season, and that sprints are more
effective than kilometres covered when it
comes to producing victories.
Born in the USA
Like many scientic developments, this
new-found deployment of statistics and
other data to shape sporting strategy was
seen rst in America, specically with the
2003 publication of Michael Lewiss base-
ball book, Moneyball. In it, Lewis tells how
Oakland As coach Billy Beane used statis-
tics to out-purchase and out-perform his
rivals at a fraction of their cost. One of the
main mistakes made in recruitment, Lewis
explained, was that a players most recent
performances were often considered overly
indicative of what could be expected from
his next ones. Forde is currently developing
a system to calculate a players average
performance: basically, trying to work out
how scoring 20 goals in the Dutch league,
for example, might translate to the Premier
League.
In 2008, Financial Times columnist
Simon Kuper and sports economist
Stefan Szymanski came out with
footballs answer to Moneyball, a
book they called Soccernomics. In it,
the two authors come to the conclusion
that many of the mistakes made in football
recruitment could be avoided if more
attention was paid to statistical data and
ndings (such as those collected by the
Milan Lab). In their view, for example,
Brazilian players, and centre-forwards, are
often over-priced while goalkeepers are
under-priced.
The book also uses the study
of data to explain and predict
future trends in football,
revealing why club
owners often make
exactly the same
mistakes as their
predecessors,
why certain clubs
always buy badly, and why the England
team is not the under-achieving side that
the nations supporters tend to think it
is. On the back of the books success,
Kuper and Szymanski were able to set up a
football consultancy aimed at helping clubs
and national associations to analyse data
and develop strategies that can improve
performance and save money.
As Lewis recently wrote, Each sport
now supports a subculture of smart
people who view it not just as a game to
be played but as a problem to be solved.
International transfer
When it comes to international football,
coaches and national associations do not
of course have the same options as clubs
when it comes to recruiting overseas
players. Nor do the coaches normally have
access to their players or a say in their
training regimes on a day-to-day basis.
Nevertheless, many national team coaches
are beneting from the new scientic
approach to football, either indirectly when
they are fortunate enough to have players
employed by science-focused clubs, or
directly within the limited amount of time
that the players are with their national
team.
In the lead-up to the 2006 FIFA World
Cup, Germany coach Jrgen Klinsmann
raised eyebrows when he employed
American tness coaches to give each
player an individualised training programme
of ten minutes exercise per day and then
make them document that work-out each
day for two years. During his own playing
career, Klinsmann had been one of the
rst to hire a specialist sprinting coach to
help him over short distances, while his
spell at Monaco under Wenger gave him
a different perspective.
I learned from Wenger to view a
players development in the long term, he
later explained, even though it is hard for
coaches to prepare 22 players individually.
Yet that is exactly what Klinsmann set
out to do with his Germany side in 2006,
with signicant results. Despite some
discouraging results before the event, in
which Klinsmanns tenure came under
constant questioning, he was able to ensure
that his players peaked at the tournament
itself. Germany made more tackles than
any other team, sustained fewer injuries,
and scored late goals in important wins
against Poland and Argentina en route to
a widely unexpected third-place nish. It
was an application of sporting science that
led Kuper to describe Klinsmanns methods
as the only footballing innovation of that
World Cup.
2010 and beyond
When it comes to the latest crop of World
Cup coaches preparing for the 2010
edition, Englands Italian coach Fabio
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40 40 FIFA WORLD I MAY 2010 FIFA WORLD I MAY 2010
Capello is another trainer who has looked
to learn from American methods as well
as the teachings of other sports.
Its important to understand the
psychology of all sports and theyve helped
me to improve my own style, explains
Capello, who has studied volleyball,
baseball, rugby union and ice hockey as
part of his ongoing search for the smallest
of sporting advantages.
Capello is not the only Team England
member to be won over by the American
model. Goalkeeper David James is
adamant that the time he spent during
2003 studying high-tech American football
training methods helped him to become
Englands rst-choice stopper. He believes
it is only a matter of time before teams
employ more specialist coaches to improve
individuals crossing, heading, tackling and
shooting skills. Since his trip to the US,
James does regular video-analysis work
with a psychologist and specic strength
work, aimed at lowering the risk of injury,
on his own in the gym.
In England, we seem to have this idea
that sitting in a video room for any amount
of time is boring and the wrong thing to do
the exception to that school of thought
is Mr Capello, says James.
Getting the best out of players for both
club and country has sometimes led to
strained relationships between the different
sets of coaches, but a shared understanding
of each groups requirements and methods
can certainly help resolve such differences.
According to Ottmar Hitzfeld, the highly
successful club coach who is now preparing
for his rst FIFA World Cup as head coach
of Switzerland, national team coaches
can certainly benet from the scientic
methods employed by the various clubs,
as long as they do not look to impose
conicting regimes of their own.
Clearly we do not have the same
inuence on training methods that a club
coach has, Hitzfeld told FIFA World. With
the Swiss players, we do run our own
tests to identify any weaknesses in tness,
strength and so on, but of course that is
of minimal effect compared to what the
clubs can do. When we notice something
is wrong, it is much more effective to
make contact with the clubs coach or
their tness trainer. But it always has to
be an open conversation. We are not
in a position to make demands on the
clubs. Similarly, we can work on individual
training programmes with our players but
clearly this has to be in coordination with
their respective clubs.
There are many club sides now who are
at a very good level with sports scientists
and performance diagnosticians. We
have certainly looked at the set-up they
have at Milan, and even had one of our
tness trainers visiting there, but I would
say the other clubs are catching up. Most
are now working a lot more with short-
intensity training programmes, rather than
concentrating so much on stamina. At the
end of the club seasons, this will hopefully
leave us with fresher players. We will then
have just three weeks to further work on
their tness levels. Thats not a long time
compared to what the clubs have, but it
is enough to get them all t.
It was only four years ago that Lippis
old-school motivational trick helped inspire
his team to World Cup glory, and perhaps
a similar approach might still be enough
to inspire a team to victory in South Africa
this year. But whether or not the benets
of science are already visible in the nal
showdown at Soccer City on 11 July, there
are many within the game who believe that
scientic knowledge will prove indispensable
in the years to come.
England coach Fabio Capello relies on
scientic data as well as his best players.
41 41 FIFA WORLD I FOCUS FIFA WORLD I FOCUS
Q+A
FIFA World: What was your
background before arriving at AC
Milan?
Bruno De Michelis: I was an athlete some
40 years and 45lbs ago! I did martial
arts and karate, and practised like a
maniac, for seven or eight hours a day. I
was a three-time silver medallist in Italy
and in Europe. That experience now
helps me understand athletes today.
After that, I tried to turn talent into
performance, to help potential talent
and avoid frustration when that talent
doesnt perform, either as an individual
or a team. I have worked closely with
top talent all over the world, in other
sports too like ice-hockey, volleyball
and baseball. I have seen in all these
sports how many thousands of hours
are devoted to the pursuit of excellence.
I became a sports psychologist and
taught that in Siena, and I was also a
science director.
How do you think science can

benefit football?
The comparison between a car and a
human is a good one to make because
BRUNO DE MICHELIS
CHELSEA ASSISTANT
COACH AND MILAN LAB
CO-FOUNDER
each system has a sub-system. The car
has hydraulics, engine and brakes, but
which is the most important? They are
all important and thats the philosophy
we use: you can develop an engines
system to go at 1,000 horse-power,
but if you dont develop the brakes
or suspension, you will crash at the
rst corner. Its the same as humans,
there are so many sub-systems: the
emotional, the mental, the skeletal. I
tell players that they are organisms with
sub-systems: if they break a toe in their
skeletal sub-system, that will affect their
other sub-systems. The nal result is a
consequence of all the results of their
sub-systems. You have to look at the
whole system.
Was that the idea behind setting up

the Milan Lab?
In a car, you can see everything as there
is a computer on board. There is a sensor
in every sub-system: if the fuel is low,
it tells you; if the temperature gauge
is low, it will tell you; also pressure,
oil, tyres, its all information to help
you with the decision-making process.
Our aim was to build a system for top
performances. In the past we had data
and statistics, and some physical, tactical
and medical information, but none of
this told us how to prevent injury.
So preventing injury is the ultimate

benefit of the scientific approach?
The concept of prevention is important.
In the past, top clubs have been reactive
and not proactive and dynamic, and
thats because we did not have a
scientic approach to performance.
Most coaches need help with this. It
can be complicated, and with big assets
involved, it is important to treat them
well. The scienctic approach with
data analytics brings results: at Milan,
we reduced injury by 91 per cent, we
prolonged careers, the average age
of the team was 30.6 which is more
than any other team in Italy, we won
trophies and we saved money. Thats
why spending money on this application
is worthwhile. This is a model based on a
holistic approach. Theres no other way:
when you apply the system, you have
better results than before.
What do you mean by a holistic

approach?
Sometimes its the little things in
different areas that help and thats the
holistic approach. Some areas can be
considered important and others not
so, but they can all be areas that are
the cause of failure or success. So it can
be anything that makes the difference:
lack of hydration, anxiety, nutrition. You
also have to talk about the cultural t of
players into a group, and the importance
of protecting the players and treating
them well. After all, they are the clubs
main assets. So the holistic model is a
big change. It also involves psychology:
for a player to submit his ego for the
good of the team, for example, its not
always easy to do.
And do you think this method will
be the future of football in the new
decade?
I think there is a need for coaches to
reect this newer approach, and not
only in one area theres the scientic,
the technical, the mental, it goes on.
The coach ends up managing a complex
system.
We fear the unknown, but if new
conditions can give us better results,
then I say we should go for it.
Bruno De Michelis was talking to
FIFA World at the Leaders in Performance
summit at Stamford Bridge.
THE HIMBA
GLADIATOR
Kasaona, 19, is from the Himba tribe,
Namibias most iconic and traditional
people. Mainly residing in the north-west
of the country, the Himba are nomadic
and unlike many of Namibias tribes remain
strictly bound to traditional tribal life. They
stand apart from the mainly Christian and
increasingly modern society in Namibia
and have remained largely unchanged by
colonial rule (under Germany and South
Africa) or the rapid globalisation since full
independence in 1990. Despite debates
surrounding their integration, for most a
western education and economy are
rejected and communities live much as they
have done for hundreds of years.
A central defender by trade, Mamie is
tall and strong and has impressed in recent
internationals as well as domestically,
picking up the League Championship with
Windhoek-based Okahandja Beauties in
2009. But behind Kasaonas rise in the
game is a story that is unique, even in a
nation as diverse in culture as Namibia.
FIFA World: Can you tell us a little
bit about where you grew up?
Mamie Kasaona: Im from Sesfontein,
150km from Opuwo [the administrative
centre of Namibias Kunene region].
I grew up with my mother, to start
with. We were eight from my mother,
ve brothers and three sisters, so I
normally used to stay with my sister,
but my mother has been there for
For Namibian womens football star Mamie Kasaona, the answer to whether
it is possible to remain a true Himba girl while living in the capital city,
Windhoek, and travelling the world with Namibias national team the Brave
Gladiators, is clear: Wherever I go I will never forget my tribe.
By Kevin Crowe
Mamie Kasaona in the
traditional Himba look.
NAMIBIAN WOMEN ON THE FAST TRACK
TO SUCCESS
Namibia is moving at an incredible pace. And we are not talking about
athletics and Namibias most famous sportsman, Olympic gold medallist
Frankie Fredericks, but rather the country in general, which let us not forget
is only 20 years old, having had a long struggle for independence. Football
in the country is governed by the Namibia Football Association (NFA), which
was also founded in 1990 and joined FIFA and the Confederation of African
Football (CAF) in 1992.
Today, Namibia is among the top African countries in the United Nations
Development Programmes Human Development Index. Football is also
undergoing major growth in the country, and there are more than 130,000
players. Although the mens national team, the Brave Warriors, have yet
to qualify for a FIFA World Cup, they have twice participated in the nal
competition of the Africa Cup of Nations in 1998 and 2008 and twice
been nalists in the COSAFA Cup.
While the progress being made in Namibian football might not yet be reected
in competition results or the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (in March 2010
the men were ranked 112th and the women 99th), it is certainly evident on
the pitch, particularly among the women.
With regard to FIFA development assistance, the NFA has been awarded
two FIFA Goal projects, which have allowed it to construct the associations
headquarters and lay an articial turf pitch at the national technical centre.
In addition, each year the association receives funding from the FIFA Financial
Assistance Programme (FAP). The association has been very active in the
area of technical development, with 13 FIFA courses organised or planned
in Namibia between 2004 and the end of 2010. Of course, along with all
the other African associations, Namibia has also been a beneciary of the
Win in Africa with Africa initiative.
But the area in which Namibia has really distinguished itself is womens
football. Thanks to the peerless determination and dynamism of the association
ofcials, led by Jackey Gertse, concrete opportunities for Namibian girls to
play football are multiplying and access is improving. Take, for example, the
case of Mamie Kasaona, who was spotted in a region far from the capital
by Namibias womens national team coach Jacqueline Shipanga during
a promotional campaign organised by the NFA in 2006. This case clearly
illustrates the efforts being undertaken by the association to promote, recruit
and integrate potential players.
These initiatives are followed and recognised by FIFA, and in 2008 Namibia
was selected to take part in the pilot phase of FIFAs programme of proactive
courses for womens football. During the working sessions for the project
held in April 2008, a long-term plan was drawn up for womens football in
Namibia. Key ideas contained in the plan include the importance of promoting
and ensuring the accessibility of the sport among girls, the need to structure
womens football as a whole, and to organise competitions and work together
with the school system. The NFA has also established solid links with other
associations, in particular a long-term partnership with the German Football
Association in the framework of FIFA-coordinated projects.
With FIFAs support, the NFAs Womens Football Desk got down to work:
thanks to the USD 37,500 in FAP funds allocated to womens football each
year and the nancial support of the Namibian government, the national
team can now regularly train and play international matches at the NFAs
Goal-funded House of Football in Windhoek.
In 2009, the association launched a far-reaching football programme for girls
aged between 11 and 15, under the name Galz & Goals, which aims to establish
six regional leagues with a total of 1,500 players when up and running. To
achieve these objectives, the association organises regional festivals to convince
girls to take part and at the same time train potential local coaches. Seminars
on issues such as health, drugs and alcoholism have also been organised.
The NFA also enlists the help of stars from the national womens team, such
as Mamie Kasaona and Emmerentia Fredericks, who embrace their status as
role models, to train the girls. The promotional strategy has even extended
to a partnership with UNICEF, which supports the Galz & Goals programme,
and the recruitment of a global ambassador, Nia Knzer, a former German
international and native of Machudi, Botswana.
This May, in conjunction with the NFA, FIFA is organising a grassroots football
project in Namibia, targeted at children aged between six and 12, and thus
the ideal complement to the Galz & Goals programme. Jacqueline Shipanga
will play an important role in the project since she is also a FIFA Grassroots
instructor. Together with the two courses for female coaches and referees
recently organised by FIFA, this highlights the advances being made by the
entire womens football pyramid in Namibia.
Namibian girls can now dream of sporting glory and recognition and, who
knows, maybe even turning professional.
Namibia has a long-term development plan for womens football.
me always. Our house had been built
from the trees. You cut the trees down
and use them, not like those thatch
buildings, its different and you dont
use bricks like here in Windhoek!
Was it normal for your friends and
family to go to school?
I went to primary school 25km away
from my village and then went on
to complete my secondary school in
Opuwo, but its not normal for Himbas,
especially girls. The people in my
community regard farming, looking
after the goats and cattle, as much more
important than school. You get married
early, bring lots of children up and
concentrate on household things. On top
of that, girls are not allowed to lift up
their leg; your leg should not lift up. You
must walk straight and all those things.
Theres a kind of restriction on anything
to do with jumping. Its not allowed.
When did you first start playing
football?
When I was very young. My
surroundings were full of boys and
so the only game was football. The
community, however, was totally against
me playing football. Only the support I
got from my mother kept me strong.
What material did you play with at
the beginning?
We didnt have a pitch; we just used to
go to where we saw an empty space
and use socks and rolled up plastic as
footballs. We also didnt have shoes and
played barefoot. You can see my toes
are black, especially the left foot. I have
two toenails that are completely out!
You might want to kick that ball that
youd made from socks and plastic bags
but you didnt always know what was
behind it. When you got back home it
was like an open wound already. Thats
the kind of challenge I used to face.
When did you start playing with an
actual football and with boots?
With a proper football? Only when I met
coach Jacqui [Namibias Brave Gladiators
head coach, Jacqui Shipanga]. Getting
used to playing with boots and on the
grass was very difcult because we are
used to the hard ground back home.
On the ground you dont need to put so
much effort into running because you
feel so free. But when you start playing
on the grass, and you have to wear
boots for me it was like wow! It was
hectic for me. I had to get used to it. I
am now, kind of.
You mentioned that in your
community girls are not encouraged
to play football why is that?
Honestly, people in my community
dont regard sport as important at all.
Very few of them, most likely those
who went to school, understand what
sport can do for a person. Participation
in sport is very rare in our community,
especially girls football, and its very rare
that you would take sport seriously, like
I do.
What were the expectations placed
on you regarding marriage, coming
from the Himba community where
marriages are commonly arranged
at a young age?
Everybody is expected to go to the big
funerals of your uncle, grandfather, and
so on. And thats where you meet your
male cousin and then you are supposed
to marry him, regardless of their age.
You can be 16 and get married to a
35- or 40-year-old guy age doesnt
matter! As long as it is your uncles
son, you must get married; you can
never say no to it. But I was clever. At
the funeral of my uncle I was 14 years
old and these young kids were getting
married. I knew what would happen to
me and thats why I just didnt go to that
funeral. I wasnt there and so I couldnt
get married.
How did you first meet coach J acqui
Shipanga?
Ah Coach, yes Coach I rst met
coach during the NFA (Namibia Football
Association) womens awareness
campaign in 2006. It was in Khorixas [a
small town in the Kunene region] and
the Gladiators went there because they
were scouting for players. I was 16 and
lucky enough to be scouted there and
then invited to the trials in Windhoek.
How did you know about this
scouting event?
I came from my village to Opuwo, and
my local sport ofcer told me that I had
to be in Windhoek rst thing in the
morning, something like 10 oclock. I
said No, its impossible, I dont have
any family there or anyone I can contact.
How am I going to get there? And
on top of that I didnt have any clue as
to what Windhoek and city life was all
about. So I had to arrange for transport
from my village. In Windhoek I called
Coach and she asked me to jump in a
taxi and come to Soccer House. I said
What? a taxi!?! For me it was so
strange because wed heard of taxi
drivers robbing people and on top of
it I had no idea what to tell the driver.
Coach was trying to calm me down,
telling me to just say Soccer House to
the driver and assured me that he would
transport me safely. I nally jumped in a
taxi and thats how I got to the event.
And after the trials you actually
moved to Windhoek?
Yes. Just for playing football. Coach
and the NFA Womens Desk helped me
to get a place at Windhoek College of
Education. I didnt have a clue! They said
this is what you must do. A friend Id met
through the national team said I could
come and stay at her place. I told Coach
but she said she will provide everything
for me and even as I stand here now, she
still is helping me with everything from
cosmetics to transport money.
How has football changed your life?
How has it changed who you are?
Its changed my life completely, because
you see when I was back home, people
did not know who I am. Now everybody
knows me! All of a sudden I am a public
gure. I must take care of myself. I must
know what to eat, how to speak in
public and control
how I portray
myself, how I dress,
every move I make. I
must know at which
place to be and when,
and all those things. So
I am totally changed.
What do your family
think of you playing
football?
Its a big challenge I am
telling you. My mother does
understand, but my sisters and
brothers because we grew
up so close and now that I am
so distanced, they dont really
understand. During school times Im
at school. During holidays there is
no time for me to go home because
I have to be in the national team
training camp. I try to explain to them
that before you play any big match you
must be in the camp at least two weeks
in advance. They really think that you
must just arrive, and then play. Like at
the moment weve just nished playing
[a friendly against neighbouring South
Africa, a 0-0 draw] and my sister said to
me Why cant you come home? I said
I must go to camp, but she says, Why?
When are you playing? When I tell
her that the match is in two weeks, she
wants to know what I am doing there
the whole time. I explain to her that I
am in a camp and have to train. In the
end she just says Oh, as usual, you
are always coming up with excuses.
But I know that some day they will
understand why I am doing all of
this.
Do you think your mum is happy
about you playing football?
Yes, she is happy. The little money I
earn I always send to her or buy her
something. I always tell her its very
rare that I will be able to see you, so
its much better if we communicate
by phone. She tells me her life and
I tell her my life and thats how we
communicate.
What are your dreams for the
future?
My dream is that I really want to take
my football seriously and become a
well-known female football player from
Namibia. Especially for my Himba tribe,
because its something that people
tend to be against, you know, a lady
playing football. I also want to play in
Europe. I want to pay back my coaches,
not only through money, but I know
that if they see me playing football
overseas one day, they will be proud of
me, knowing that they had contributed
to my success and the career Im
looking forward to. I also want to build
my mother a house. I know that she
will not come and live in the city, but
I want to build a nice house for her at
our homestead. One day she will be
sleeping there and she will think of me,
and that its all because of football that
we are having this house. Ill buy myself
a house in Windhoek though, because
I want to be close to where football is
very active.
Do you know already what you will
be doing after playing football?
Im just studying because you never
know how your career will go. Im more
focused on football though and just
want to nish this diploma in case one
day, if something unexpected happens,
I will have something to fall back on.
Thats my diploma.
What is your message to girls out
there wanting to play football?
I went to my village during the last
holidays and God willing one day I
will go back to my community, to also
encourage some Himba girls who have
now started playing football to take
it seriously like I am. I want to be an
example to them as a Himba girl playing
football and not doing too badly for my
country and myself. And the things I
learned and the person I became I want
to show them, to prove to them that I
have really been there and that football
is more than just a game. And it is also
for girls
INTERVIEW WITH FRANOIS PIENAAR
AN INCREDIBLE
BLESSING
If South Africas national
football team, Bafana Bafana,
need any extra inspiration as
they prepare to contest the
2010 FIFA World Cup on
home soil, they could certainly
do worse than look to the
exploits of the countrys famed
Springboks rugby team who
stunned New Zealands mighty
All Blacks to unexpectedly win
the Rugby World Cup as
tournament hosts in 1995.
As South Africa prepares to
stage world footballs most
prestigious competition, FIFA
World spoke to the Springboks
World Cup- winning captain,
Franois Pienaar, about the
historic events of fteen years
ago, and some of the parallels
he sees with the upcoming
FIFA event.
Interview by Mark Ledsom
Franois Pienaar, the man who
captained South Africa to Rugby
World Cup glory in 1995.
Franois Pienaar knows more than most
about the incredible effect that major
sporting events can have on changing
perceptions and bringing together
previously disparate groups. As captain
of the South Africa rugby side, and with
the vital support of Nelson Mandela as
the countrys recently elected rst black
president, Pienaar witnessed how his teams
successful 1995 Rugby World Cup campaign
slowly won over a black population which
had previously scorned his beloved game as
a bastion of the arrogant white masters who
had ruled over them during the oppression
of the apartheid regime.
Coming himself from an unspectacular
white working-class family, Pienaar has
often spoken of his general ignorance
concerning apartheid as a boy growing up
in the industrial town of Vereeniging, telling
the author John Carlin in the best-selling
book Playing the Enemy that we were a
typical, not very politically aware working-
class Afrikaner family who never spoke
about politics and believed a hundred per
cent in the propaganda of the day.
After rising through the rugby ranks
to be selected as Springboks captain for
his very rst international match in 1993,
Pienaar completed his transformation from
an apolitical youngster to an unexpected
social icon on that now famous day in
June 1995 when Mandela wearing a
Springbok cap and jersey bearing Pienaars
number six handed the captain the
tournaments Webb Ellis trophy.
The photographs of that moment soon
went around the world as a poignant
image of how far South Africa had come in
just one year since its rst free democratic
elections. Its signicance was so great
that the story of the 1995 World Cup was
even adapted last year into a Hollywood
lm, Invictus, starring Morgan Freeman
as Mandela and Matt Damon as Pienaar.
Now retired from rugby and running a
sports management and media company
in Cape Town, where he lives with his wife
and two sons, Pienaar spoke exclusively
to FIFA World in April about the exploits
of 1995, his hopes for 2010 and the
experience of being portrayed on screen
by a Hollywood superstar
FIFA World: You have experienced
some amazing things on the rugby
field, but presumably you never
dreamed of being portrayed in
film by a Hollywood star like Matt
Damon?
Franois Pienaar: No, that was bizarre!
Following our victory in 1995 I often said
to people that if Hollywood ever needed
a movie script about South Africa they
couldnt have written a better one than
what happened at that Rugby World
Cup because it was almost unbelievable.
Then when I heard that Matt Damon
had signed a contract to play me in
Invictus I was bowled over. I am a great
movie fan and a great fan of Matts
and Ive since spent a lot of time with
him, even cooking dinner for him and
Morgan Freeman at our house, as well
as playing golf with (the lms director)
Clint Eastwood. Just being able to spend
time with these ber-celebs was
something which was not even on my
radar a couple of years ago!
What did you make of the finished
film? Did you think it was accurate?
There was quite a lot of licence taken in
the movie but I think its very difcult to
put together Nelson Mandelas life and
the whole Rugby World Cup in just two
hours, so the main thing is that it was a
healing movie. Seeing myself portrayed
on screen was, like I said, bizarre,
and some of the scenes got me very
emotional such as the scene on Robben
Island (when the rugby team visited the
site of Mandelas former imprisonment
and were applauded by the inmates)
which was one of the scenes which was
very close to the truth.
The films release has put the
spotlight back on the 1995 Rugby
World Cup, just as South Africa
prepares to stage the 2010 FIFA
World Cup. Do you see many
parallels between the two events?
I do, in as much as its a real blessing
for South Africa to have such great
sporting events. The 1995 World Cup
was the rst time we were able to
celebrate together as a nation, the rst
time we could all be proud to be South
Africans, which was just incredible when
you look at how young a democracy
we were, just one year on from the
rst free elections. If people had told
me in 1994 that in 2009 we would
be hosting the IPL, the Lions tour, the
FIFA Confederations Cup, holding our
third peaceful general election, coming
relatively unscathed through the worlds
biggest nancial meltdown while
having our banking system rated one
of the best in the world, and on top of
that being about to stage the soccer
World Cup, I would have thought I was
dreaming. Now all of that has happened
or is happening, and the FIFA World Cup
in particular has helped give us a real
focus on all the things we needed to
have in place for such a major event.
Franois Pienaar, Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon at the premiere of
Invictus in Los Angeles (from left to right)
The book that Invictus was based
upon gives a real sense of a
tournament being played while
South Africa was still in crisis, even
on the brink of civil war. Thankfully,
it seems like the FIFA World Cup
will be less significant in terms of
political ramifications?
Yes, but we are obviously still a very
young democracy. Back then hosting
the Rugby World Cup was fortuitous
because there were many black South
Africans who disliked or simply had no
interest in rugby and we were able to
change that and bring people together.
I think the FIFA World Cup can still bring
South Africa a lot of long-term benet,
because it will showcase our country
to the world. You will have billions of
people seeing what is happening now
in South Africa, and how the country
has moved forward. So many times,
the press has focused on the struggles
in South Africa, or the crime. Those
things are real and topical but often
it distracts from the good things that
have happened, the way the economy
has grown, the way democracy has
taken root and ourished, the number
of South African companies listed on
the global stock markets. The world has
opened up to South Africa and the 2010
World Cup will give us the platform to
show that back to the world.
A lot was made in 1995 about
the rugby team having only one
so-called coloured player in the
squad. And for 2010, it looks like
only one or two white players are in
realistic contention for the football
team. Is sport really doing enough
to bring South Africas different
groups together?
Thats a question I hear a lot, but Im
always a bit perplexed by it, because
it seems sport can never do enough
in that regard. Sport clearly has a
tremendous power to cut across all
religious, racial and political differences
especially when a team does well. If
Bafana Bafana reaches the knock-out
stage, as we all hope they do, it will
be just like 1995, or 1996 when I went
with the whole team to the stadium
in Soweto to see South Africa win the
Africa Cup of Nations. Everyone was
so happy and nobody asked questions
about the racial make-up of the team.
South Africa still has a lot of challenges,
from economic empowerment to job
creation and trying to get a sense of
equality and making up for the injustices
of the past and sport will always be
part of that debate.
J udging by their world ranking
at least, Bafana Bafana would
appear to be major underdogs at
this years FIFA World Cup. That
was not really the case with the
Springboks in 1995 even if the
Hollywood version made it seem
so?
That was one disappointing thing in the
movie that we were portrayed like
no-hopers who somehow suddenly got
it all together! In fact we were a very
good team, not favourites certainly,
but it was a really special team and
had the knock-out punch which we
delivered when it mattered. Bafana
Bafana have not had the build-up to
their tournament that we had, but
if the team gels, trains hard and has
resolve and the obsession with detail
that I always say you need, then they
have a shot.
And if it is not Bafana Bafana lifting
the trophy on 11 J uly, who do you
think it might be?
I think Brazil are looking very good,
and playing some very sexy football.
But who knows? When France won
it, no-one gave them a chance. I think
England will be really strong, the
Germans always are. Then theres Spain,
Italy, Argentina if the rest of the team
can back Lionel Messi up. So I think you
have to look at the usual suspects and
see what effect the likes of Messi or
Wayne Rooney can have. A successful
team needs to have players on the
pitch who can sense the moment and
feed off one another. Individuals like
Messi and Rooney just sort of inject
enthusiasm. They have that can-do
mentality and winning spirit, and
when you have that in your team its
infectious.
Reality: Nelson Mandela congratulates Franois Pienaar in 1995. Film: Morgan Freeman applauds Matt Damon.
World Cup trailblazers
When children are asked what they want to
be when they grow up, many will answer
inventor or explorer. They dream of
being the rst person to create something
new or make some exciting discovery that
will allow them to leave their mark on
history. In the 80-year history of the FIFA
World Cup, some 7,000 players from 75
countries have taken to the pitch. Only a
small number of these have managed to
break new ground and secure themselves
a place in the World Cup annals. In this
months Numbers Game, we take a
closer look at those who have blazed a trail.
Goals and results
Frenchman Lucien Laurent probably had
little idea of the signicance of the moment
when he hit the back of the net in the 19
th

minute of the opening match of the 1930
World Cup in Uruguay. His goal was the
rst in World Cup history, and set France on
course for a 4-1 victory over Mexico. More
than 1,000 players have followed suit in the
ensuing 80 years, adding a further 2,062
goals to the overall tally. The rst World
Cup also saw the rst hat trick, bagged by
US striker Bert Patenaude in the Stars and
Stripes match against Paraguay.
Another, less glorious rst was recorded
three days after Laurents milestone strike
when Mexican Manuel Rosas became the
rst player to score an own goal, during his
teams match against Chile. Rosas made up
for this in his next match against Argentina,
however, when he scored the rst penalty
in World Cup history. Interestingly, four
out of the ve penalties awarded in 1930
were missed.
In terms of results, the history of the
goalless draw is also worth mentioning.
When the rst ofcial international match
was played between Scotland and England
in Glasgow in 1872, the 4,000 spectators
in the stadium did not get to enjoy an
attacking spectacle. Quite the opposite, in
fact the nal score of this historic match
was 0-0. Given the goalless stalemate in
this rst-ever organised football match
between two associations, it might be
expected that a nil-nil draw would soon
be recorded in a World Cup match, too.
Incredibly, however, it was not until the
sixth edition of the tournament, and the
110
th
match, that both teams failed to get
on the scoresheet, namely when Brazil and
England failed to hit the net in their rst-
round match in Sweden in 1958. This match
represented another rst for eventual world
champions Brazil, being the rst World Cup
match in which they had failed to score a
goal. Nevertheless, the ve-time world
champions have an outstanding record,
scoring at least once in 80 of the 92 World
Cup matches they have contested.
Naughty boys
The 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico
saw the introduction of two new rules
which are now very much part and
parcel of modern-day football. The rst
innovation was to introduce yellow and red
cards, and the second to permit coaches
to inuence the course of the game by
making substitutions. The Soviet Unions
Kakhi Asatiani holds the dubious honour of
being the rst player to be shown a yellow
card in a World Cup match, against Mexico.
It was to be another four years before
the rst red card was pulled from the
referees pocket, when man-in-the-middle
Lens, France: Laurent Blanc of France scores the rst golden goal in FIFA World Cup history
against Paraguay in 1998.
NUMBERS GAME
By Matthias Kunz
DoganBabacan sent Chiles Carlos Caszely
off for an impetuous challenge on Berti
Vogts in 1974. Twenty years later, at USA
1994, Gianluca Pagliuca became the rst
and to date only goalkeeper to be sent off.
Prior to 1970, players had regularly been
sent off in World Cup matches without
a red card being shown. Perus Placido
Galindo was the rst player to be sent for
an early bath, during his countrys match
against Romania in 1930.
Records still to be written
The past 80 years of World Cup history
have seen many rsts, some more laudable
than others, but many more landmarks
have still to be celebrated. For instance,
we still await the rst goal by a goalkeeper
during a match, the rst hat trick by an
African, Asian or Oceanian player, and the
rst World Cup victory by a team under
the helm of a foreign coach. A World
Cup victory by a European team outside
of Europe is also overdue considering the
strength of teams from that continent. It
remains to be seen whether this duck can
be broken in Soccer City in Johannesburg
on 11 July.
The FIFA World Cup will celebrate its 80
th
anniversary this year when the 19
th
edition of the tournament
is held in South Africa. From now until the big kick-off in Johannesburg on 11 June 2010, FIFA World will
present you with a host of fascinating facts and gures from eight decades of World Cup history. This
last issue focuses on trailblazers and rsts on and off the pitch.
If you have any questions or comments on this series or on statistics in general, please contact the
FIFA Content Management Services Department (datainfo@fa.org).
An unwanted record: Italys Gianluca Pagliuca becomes the rst goalkeeper to see red at the
1994 FIFA World Cup and is replaced by Luca Marchegiani.
The first
match
13.07.1930 Montevideo/Uruguay France v. Mexico 4-1 (3-0)
goal
13.07.1930 Montevideo/Uruguay Lucien Laurent, FRA France v. Mexico 4-1
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Part three: Port Elizabeth-Durban-Bloemfontein
Following last months walk on the wild side through the South African
safari bases of Nelspruit, Polokwane and Rustenburg, Marco Monteiro-
Silva concludes his three-part tour of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Host Cities
by turning to the mild side, inviting visiting fans to sample the gentle
winter climates of Port Elizabeth and Durban before reaching his journeys
end in sports-crazy Bloemfontein.
Port Elizabeth: the Friendly City
Driving out of Port Elizabeth Airport on
a warm afternoon it is easy to see why,
despite its massive growth, many locals
still call Port Elizabeth the ten-minute
city (you can get anywhere within ten
minutes). Pressed against the warm Indian
Ocean on South Africas east coast, Port
Elizabeth (PE or the Friendly City to
locals) is one of South Africas largest cities
but it retains a laid-backbeach town feel.
The city is well known for its excellent
swimming beaches (Humewood, Kings
and Hobie are the most popular) and its
obsession with water sports. The pleasant
winter weather should see 2010 FIFA World
Cup visitors enjoying a sunny football holiday.
For a unique afternoon experience, fans
might like to try a township and shebeen
tour, sampling the atmosphere and heady
refreshments of the citys informal shebeen
bars formerly illicit meeting points for
the countrys black population during
apartheid which are now ourishing as
fully legalised meeting places for locals
and tourists alike. Kwe Kwes Sports
Tavern and Jeyas Jazz Corner Tavern are
two of Port Elizabeths most celebrated
establishments and watching a 2010 FIFA
World Cup match amongst the football-
crazy patrons of either establishment is sure
to be a memorable experience. Following
a few frosty shebeen brews and some
heated discussions about the South African
national team, it was time to check out the
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. Straddling
the western shore of North End Lake, the
stadium is a unique and impressive addition
to the city skyline. Characterised by a white
petal-like roof structure that wraps around
the stadium, designed to withstand the
citys high wind speeds, the structure is
reminiscent of a brilliant white sunower
that gleams white by day and intensies
into a glowing yellow structure by dark.
CEO of the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Organising Committee, Dr Danny Jordaan
is a hometown hero. Having grown up in
PE, he believes that the people are the key
to a world-class World Cup experience. It
is the people of Port Elizabeth who make
the city such a vibrant and friendly city to
visit and this is why it is such a good World
Cup venue. Visitors will certainly have a
great experience on and off the eld,
Jordaan told FIFA World.
At night, the Boardwalk Casino and
Entertainment World also lights up the bay.
Located on the beachfront, the Boardwalk
complex, with its many restaurants and
bars, is certain to be a favourite evening
hangout for visitors.
Port Elizabeth enjoys major tourist trafc
thanks mainly to its position at one end
of South Africas famed Garden Route a
long stretch of coastal countryside and
small towns rich in varied plantlife, lakes
and lagoons. Fans basing themselves in PE
over June-July could easily enjoy a beach, The stunning Knysna Lagoon on South Africas famous Garden Route.
safari and football holiday without even
leaving the region. Also close by are the
Addo Elephant Park and the Shamwari
and Kwandwe private reserves, all world-
famous wildlife destinations in their
own right. A little safari-weary after my
recent Kruger visit, I embarked on some
coastal cruising along the Garden Route
instead. My rst stop outside PE was the
Tsitsikamma National Park. Strapped into
a harness some 30 metres above the
forest oor and perched atop a massive
Outeniqua Yellowwood tree, I prepared for
a Tsitsikamma canopy tour. A canopy tour
involves crossing from various platforms
built high up in the treetops along a steel
cable. I spent three hours gliding between
the treetops, an experience as peaceful
as it is exhilarating. The treetop tour was
a good compromise between adventure
and nature, but for pure thrill seekers the
worlds highest commercial bungee jump
(216m high) is located nearby at Bloukrans
Bridge.
With tired limbs and adrenaline
still zzing through me, I recharged in
Plettenberg Bay. Only 204km from Port
Elizabeth, Plettenberg Bay is a favourite
holiday destination for many South
Africans. After a walk along the long
arch of pristine beach that is Robberg, I
stopped for a big breakfast in the town
proper, which is lled with restaurant, bars,
cafes, markets and stores and is clearly well
equipped to handle the holiday crowds.
A quick visit to Birds of Eden, the largest
free-ight aviary in the world, and the
Monkeyland primate sanctuary brightened
up the day as I prepared to continue west.
No matter how eager you are, you cannot
help but slow down when you visit Knysna.
Considered to be the capital of the Garden
Route, the small coastal town, which is
only some 30km west of Plettenberg Bay,
is poised elegantly between forests and
a calm lagoon. Knysnas annual oyster
festival coincides with the 2010 FIFA World
Cup and ensures that even by the festivals
own high standards, this year should be
one for the record books. I spent the rest of
the day exploring some of the hiking trails
in the surrounding Knysna forests where a
few wild elephants are still rumoured to be
living. An early dinner at 34 Tapas & Oysters
on Thesen Harbour rounded off a perfect
visit. From the shores of PE to the treetops
of Tsitsikamma, this region of South Africa
is undoubtedly a top destination.
Durban: warmer and wilder
Built alongside Africas busiest harbour, the
city of Durban is a rich and exotic blend
of culture and coastline on South Africas
rugged east coast. The city is infused with
thick sub-tropical forest and long stretches
of golden beach, which coupled with year-
round sunshine, make it a popular holiday
destination.
Must dos in and around Port
Elizabeth
Hang out at the Boardwalk
Entertainment World
Take a township and shebeen tour
Visit Addo National Park
Self-drive along the Garden Route
from PE
Stay over in Plettenberg Bay and
Knysna
It is the people of Port
Elizabeth who make the
city such a vibrant and
friendly city. Visitors will
certainly have a great
experience on and off
the eld.
2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee
CEO Dr Danny Jordaan
Durbans harbour promenade by night.
The citys Golden Mile, a long
span of pristine beach, is a hive of
activity with beaches to chill on, spice
markets to explore, hawkers to haggle
with and rickshaws to ride. The brightly
painted rickshaws colour the beachfront
promenade and are pulled by burly men
wearing elaborate feathered headdresses.
A little wiser after my experience with
the gut-busting Kota sandwich in
Johannesburg, I made sure to take a
bumpy rickshaw ride well before sampling
Durbans iconic takeaway cuisine, bunny
chow a hollowed-out half-loaf of bread
lled with curry that can range from mild
to volcanic.
Located on the north end of the
promenade, uShaka Marine World is a
major attraction with a massive aquarium,
a sprawling water-park, a beach and a
dining area. Although the aquarium is lled
with a variety of marine life, the dolphins
steal the show and visitors can enjoy twice-
a-day performances from the aquariums
bottlenose stars.
Thanks to Durbans warm, dry winters,
the citys ofcial Fan Park will be the only
one to take place on the beachfront; it is
also conveniently close to Durbans 2010
FIFA World Cup stadium. By the time I
reached Durban I had become something
of a stadium veteran, but even I was
unprepared for Durbans Moses Mabhida
Stadium. Not only is the stadium an
incredibly beautiful one, it has also been
tweaked to deliver a few extra thrills. A
SkyCar transports visitors to the top of
the arch that extends over the stadium,
allowing fans to enjoy a birds-eye view
of the stadium by the sea. You can also
choose to SkyWalk, which is a breezy
way of describing a nervy 550-step trek
to the top of the arch. Lastly, and most
impressively, Moses Mabhida has the
worlds only stadium rope swing, aptly
named the Big Rush Big Swing. From a
height of 106 metres above the pitch,
I gathered my nerve, strapped on the
harness and lunged into the air, carving
a heart-pounding 220-metre arch above
the stadium pitch. I can best equate the
experience to what a football must feel
when its kicked violently into the air by
the erce boot of an over-eager Cristiano
Ronaldo or Daniel Alves.
Travelling north of Durban for further
exploration of the Kwa-Zulu Natal province,
I visited the holiday towns of Umhlanga
Rocks and Ballito. These small coastal towns
are fantastic places to base yourself offering
a more hassle-free, laid-back experience.
Along with beachfront hotels and long
stretches of beach, Umhlanga, roughly
a 30-minute drive from Durban, is close
to the Gateway Mall. The 400-store mall
is a massive mix of indoor and outdoor
entertainment, with everything from skate
parks to an articial wave machine for
surfers. A little further out the way, Ballito is
located a few minutes north of Umhlanga
and is more subdued, with accommodation
leaning more to holiday rentals than hotels.
The region north of Durban deserves
at least a few days of anyones holiday
attention. Kwa-Zulu Natals Dolphin Coast
is an area bursting with wildlife, marine life
and natural wonders. Hluhluwe-Umfolozi
Park, and the Pongola, Phinda and AmaZulu
reserves offer fantastic safaris and have the
ability to impress even the most seasoned
wildlife enthusiast.
Its wilder, its warmer
and it has everything
you could possibly want
to experience.
Durban-born tour operator Richard Arthur
on his native province of Kwa-Zulu Natal.
Bloemfontein, the Free State capital, is a popular destination for shoppers.
West of Durban, the secluded peaks
of the Drakensberg mountain range, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site, tower over
Kwa-Zulu Natal. Anyone venturing out this
way should also take in the countryside of
the Natal Midlands. The Midlands Meander
route allows self-drivers to explore the
region while staying at country inns and
guesthouses along the way.
Durban-born Richard Arthur, who
has spent the past two years feverishly
organising South Africa holidays for
everyone from major celebrities to large
fan groups, raves in particular about the
Kwa-Zulu Natal province: Its wilder, its
warmer and it has everything you could
possibly want to experience.
Bloemfontein: the City of Roses
Lying almost 400km south of Johannesburg,
Bloemfontein is an oasis set in the hot,
arid interior of South Africa. The Free
State capital is a popular stopping point
for people travelling between the north
and south of the country. Upon arrival,
the city immediately lives up to its name
(Bloemfontein is Afrikaans for spring of
owers). Rose bushes line the city and
complement the mixture of Roman, Greek
and Renaissance-style architecture that
characterises South Africas judicial capital.
The strong presence of roses accompanied
by the annual rose festival has resulted in
Bloemfontein being nicknamed the City
of Roses.
As the judicial capital of South Africa,
the city also has a strong presence in South
African history. A walk down the tree-
lined President Brand Street, a national
monument located in the centre of town
that also comprises several museum
buildings, is a good starting point. Acting
on a local tip I next visited the farmers
market in Langenhoven Park. The market
is open on Saturday mornings and is a
great place to buy traditional snacks, hand-
made crafts, curios and fresh produce.
Making sure I had packed away my biltong
dried meat strips and other snacks and
washing my hands somewhat neurotically
to remove any meaty temptation, I visited
Bloemfonteins Cheetah Experience where
visitors can get up close and interact with
tame cheetahs. Cheetahs have a strong
presence in the citys psyche. Bloemfonteins
Sesotho name is Mangaung, meaning
place of cheetahs, and the animal has
been adopted as a mascot for the regions
premier rugby team.
Naval Hill, located in the heart of the city,
offers a fantastic view of the surrounding
area. At the base of Naval Hill, the
250-hectare Franklin Game Reserve houses
a variety of birds, zebra and indigenous
antelope, including springbok and eland.
For something more man-made, the Loch
Logan Waterfront, located at the centre of
Bloemfontein and close to the 2010 FIFA
World Cup stadium, is a decent collection
of stores, pubs, restaurants and bars that
should keep fans well fuelled during their
visit. For something more sedate, the
Boyden Observatory, home to Africas
third-largest optical telescope, offers
visitors captivating scenes of the clear
African night sky.
Whether it be cricket, football or rugby,
Bloemfontein is a sports-crazy city. The
upgraded 48,000 seater Free State Stadium
is where Bloemfonteins 2010 FIFA World
Cup matches will be played; fans can
expect a loud and rowdy atmosphere
inside. Second Avenue in Westdene, which
is close to the stadium, should be a good
pre-match hangout.
Finally, any local with a thirst for facts
will be quick to point out that Bloemfontein
was the birthplace of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Although Tolkien left South Africa when he
was three, locals have unofcially adopted
the author of The Lord of the Rings as a
hometown hero. As my long but rewarding
journey through this amazing country
came to an end, it seemed tting that
the worlds most beloved fantasy author
should have been born in this breathtaking
land particularly now that so many visitors
from around the globe are preparing to get
their rst taste of South Africa, all of them
clinging to the fantasy of seeing their own
favourite team lift the World Cup Trophy
on 11 July.
Must dos in and around Durban
Ride, climb or swing off the Moses
Mabhida Stadium
Eat bunny chow on the Golden Mile
Watch the dolphin show at uShaka
Marine World
Go on safari on KwaZulu Natals north
coast
Take some time out in Umhlanga
Must dos in and around
Bloemfontein
View Bloemfontein from atop Naval
Hill
Buy biltong at the farmers market in
Langenhoven Park
Stargaze at Boyden Observatory
Get up close with a cheetah
Students taking a breather during a break at Bloemfonteins University of Free State.
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A series of festivals of football have been
getting under way across Asia, with the
emphasis not so much upon competition
but upon providing an arena for talented
juniors from various regions to play against
each other and forge bonds of friendship.
The festival for the Central Asian region
was held in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent
from 13 to 26 March, while the West Asian
festival was held in Doha, Qatar from
21 February to 6 March. The AFC U-14
Festival of Football for East Asia kicked off
in Beijing, China PRon 14 April with the
launch of the AFC C certificate coaching
course to identify outstanding coaches for
further coaching courses. Speaking at the
opening ceremony of the Chinese national
football training centre in Xianghe, AFC
Grassroots and Youth Development Officer
Dr Annathurai Ranganathan highlighted the
importance of such festivals and courses
for the development of young coaches. He
also praised the social aspect of bringing
young people together. Additional upcoming
festivals will include those for South Asia
in Hamedan City, Iran from 10 to 23 May,
and for the South-East Asian region in Kota
Kinabalu in the Malaysian province of Sabah
from 24 May to 6 June.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF)
has launched the second phase of a financial
assistance programme for its affiliated
associations. The programmes main objective
is to help CAF members establish long-term,
innovative and tangible development projects
for the benefit of players, spectators and
football professionals such as doctors and
members of the media. The scheme also
aims to enhance the standards of existing
footballing infrastructure at national level,
to pursue technical, administrative and
educational development within associations
and their members, and to implement projects
with the potential to generate revenue in the
medium and long term. CAF will provide
financial support for individual projects after
evaluating them and checking them against
defined criteria. The maximum amount to
be allocated by CAF for each project will be
USD 100,000.
The Confederation of North, Central
American and Caribbean Association Football
(CONCACAF) announced in March that it
would continue to allow Mexican teams to
play in the Copa Libertadores competition
organised by its South American counterpart
CONMEBOL following a policy review.
CONCACAF has also decided to let Mexicos
Olympic football team, supplemented by up
to five wildcard players, take part in the
2011 Copa Amrica. It will be the eighth
successive time that Mexico have competed
in the South American championship.
We are very pleased to have developed a
system which recognises and maintains the
priority of CONCACAF competitions while
ensuring Mexicos continued participation
in the premier South American events,
said CONCACAF General Secretary and FIFA
Executive Committee member Chuck Blazer.
CONCACAF decided in June last year not
to renew its four-year deal with the South
American confederation for its teams to
play in the second-tier Copa Sudamericana
following the expiry of the agreement.
In March, Canada became the only
CONCACAF team to have qualified for
every FIFA Womens U-17 World Cup to
date after winning the 2010 CONCACAF
Womens Under-17 Championship. Canada
defeated Mexico 1-0 in the final at the
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in Alajuela,
Costa Rica. Prior to the final, both teams had
already made sure of their place at the FIFA
Womens U-17 World Cup, being hosted this
year by Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to their
victories in the semi-finals. The Maple Leafs
advanced to the championship-deciding match
after eliminating neighbours and defending
champions the USA 5-3 on penalties following
a scoreless draw, while the Tricolores saw
off their Costa Rican hosts 3-1 in extra time.
Sri Lanka is preparing to host a two-day
workshop in the islands capital, Colombo,
on 11-12 May with the intention of speeding
up the implementation of its Vision Asia
development programme. Sri Lanka is one of
the newest signatories of the Asian Football
Confederations continental development
project, which aims to help member
associations improve in 11 key areas, including
marketing, grassroots, coach education,
refereeing and sports medicine.
On 8 April, Angola appointed Herv Renard
as the coach of their national team, the Black
Antelopes. The Frenchman has signed a two-
year contract, with an option for renewal, with
the Angolan Football Association. Prior to
being appointed, Renard had been in charge
of Zambia since 2008, leading his charges to
the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations
in January 2010 for the first time in 14 years
before asking for his contract with the Football
Association of Zambia to be terminated. The
former French star has replaced Portuguese
coach Manuel Jos, who was fired by Angola
despite reaching the quarter-finals of the
Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year.
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March saw the end of a footballing era in
Venezuela when Noel Sanvicente, South
Americas longest-serving club coach,
resigned at Caracas FC. On a continent where
many clubs change coaches several times a
season, Sanvicente managed to keep his job
at Caracas for an astonishing eight years,
during which his team won the national
championship five times and helped changed
the sporting geography of the country.
Chita, as he is known, spent four years as
coach of the clubs under-17 and under-20
teams before being offered the chance to
lead the senior side in 2002. The 45-year-old
won his first national title within a year and
went on to repeat the feat in 2004, 2006,
2007 and 2009.
The Oceania Football Confederation used
the opportunity of the first Pacific Youth
and Sports Conference, held in Auckland,
New Zealand in mid-March, to sign a
memorandum of understanding with Special
Olympics, the global non-profit organisation
that uses sport to promote the rights of
people with intellectual disabilities. The
themes of the Pacific Youth and Sports
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anti-discrimination, so it makes sense that we
are using this event to sign this memorandum
with Special Olympics, said OFC President
and FIFA Vice-President Reynald Temarii
following the signing ceremony with
Special Olympics Asia Pacific Chairman
David Rutherford. At the conference itself,
attended by regional ministers, sporting
bodies, social organisations and more than
1,000 young people, Temarii explained
how the OFC has been using football as a
tool for education, economic development,
empowering women, public health, active
citizenship and cultural exchange. Following
a successful first edition, organisers now plan
to stage the conference every three years.
There is always strength in unity, and the
world of football is no different as more and
more European associations are discovering.
England has led the way, with The Football
Association signing a partnership agreement
that will see two of its experts work in
Algeria, incidentally a team that England
will meet at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in
South Africa.
The German and Kazakhstani football
associations have also signed a similar
agreement that will not only enable
Kazakhstani coaches to fine-tune their skills
in Germany but also see German coaches
travel to Kazakhstan to pass on their
knowledge. Young players will also benefit
from this arrangement in the form of friendly
matches between the two countries. The
Ukrainian and Belarusian associations have
also followed suit by signing a partnership
agreement.
The Malta Football Association (MFA) held
a joint celebration in April to mark the 100
th

anniversary of national football competitions
in the country, as well as the 50
th
anniversary
of the MFAs membership of both UEFA and
FIFA. The two anniversaries were celebrated
with a one-off competition, the National
League 100
th
Anniversary Cup, which brought
together the 52 member clubs who make
up the four MFA divisions. Before a bumper
crowd, competition finalists Valletta FC and
Floriana FC produced a highly entertaining
final in which Maltese international striker
Michael Mifsud scored a hat trick for Valletta
to lead his team to a 3-1 win.
A piece of personal history was also celebrated
in Chile in March as the country celebrated
the 90
th
birthday of television commentator
and former playing legend Sergio Livingstone.
The ex-goalkeeper received tributes from
Chilean President Sebastin Piera and the
President of the Chilean Football Association
Harold Mayne-Nicholls during a ceremony
ahead of Chiles friendly match against
Venezuela on 31 March. Considered by
many to be Chiles best-ever goalkeeper,
and nicknamed The Frog on account of
his athleticism, Livingstone made more than
50 appearances for his country in the 1940s
and 1950s before successfully transferring his
energies to the commentary box.
60 FIFA WORLD I MAY 2010 60
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
FLYING HIGH
European champions Spain remained in front
of an unchanged top three in the March
edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking,
but there was plenty of movement further
down the top ten including a climb up to
fourth place by Spains Iberian neighbours
Portugal.
Spains 2-0 away win over France in their 3
March friendly was enough to keep Vicente
del Bosques boys clear of second-placed
Brazil and the third-placed Netherlands, both
of whom also celebrated friendly victories in
March, over the Republic of Ireland and the
USA respectively.
Portugals two-place climb to equal their
highest-ever placing in the ranking came,
somewhat ironically, at the end of a month
in which the Portuguese were not in action.
Instead, Carlos Queirozs side beneted
mainly from results elsewhere, leapfrogging
Italy and Germany after the Italians were
held 0-0 in Monaco by Cameroon and
the Germans were beaten 1-0 at home by
Argentina.
England meanwhile continued their climb
up the global ladder, swapping places with
Spain still have the most cause for
celebration.
France to go seventh off the back of their
3-1 friendly win against newly re-crowned
African champions Egypt. After missing out
on a 2010 FIFA World Cup spot when they
nished third in the same qualifying group
as England, Croatia were at least able to
celebrate a return to the top ten in March, as
Februarys tenth-placed team Greece headed
in the opposite direction following a 2-0
home defeat to Senegal. The Senegalese,
who also missed out on qualifying for South
Africa, enjoyed the biggest climb of the
month soaring 22 places to 72
nd
.
The April edition of the World Ranking
was due to be published on 28 April after
this issue of FIFA World had gone to print.
An online version can be found on the
magazines web page at www.fa.com/
faworld.
Rank Team +/- Ranks
March
2010
Points +/- Points
1 Spain 0 1602 -40
2 Brazil 0 1589 -5
3 Netherlands 0 1261 -63
4 Portugal +2 1214 +13
5 Italy -1 1183 -43
6 Germany -1 1157 -51
7 England +1 1120 +11
8 France -1 1077 -94
9 Argentina 0 1075 -12
10 Croatia +1 1051 +1
11 Greece -1 1032 -42
12 Russia 0 1009 -33
13 Chile +1 974 +3
14 Egypt +3 967 0
15 Serbia -2 950 -30
16 USA +2 948 -6
17 Mexico -2 921 -47
18 Uruguay +1 902 -34
19 Australia +4 898 +31
20 Cameroon 0 887 -1
Switzerland -5 887 -81
22 Nigeria -1 883 +4
23 Paraguay +6 855 +40
24 Norway +9 853 +55
25 Cte dIvoire -3 846 -28
26 Ukraine -2 837 -14
27 Algeria +5 821 +18
28 Israel -2 811 -10
29 Slovenia -2 810 -9
30 Czech Republic -5 809 -34
31 Ghana -3 802 -16
32 Romania +4 798 +24
Rank Team +/- Ranks
March
2010
Points +/- Points
33 Slovakia -2 791 -19
34 Denmark -1 778 -20
35 Turkey +6 770 +31
36 Ecuador +1 765 +4
Honduras -1 765 -11
38 Bulgaria -8 764 -48
39 Colombia -1 741 -16
40 Sweden +2 739 +2
41 Scotland +4 732 +51
42 Costa Rica +2 717 +16
43 Gabon 0 707 +1
44 Republic of Ireland -5 704 -44
45 Japan +1 692 +20
46 Latvia +1 666 +4
47 Bosnia-Herzegovina +2 642 -2
48 Venezuela +1 633 -11
49 Korea Republic +4 629 +13
50 Northern Ireland -11 628 -120
51 Bolivia +7 597 +51
52 Burkina Faso -1 589 -49
Hungary -4 589 -56
54 Finland -2 588 -47
55 Austria +1 582 +15
56 Tunisia -1 574 -13
57 Mali -3 573 -22
58 Lithuania +2 570 +42
59 Poland 0 562 +22
60 Peru +1 537 +27
61 Benin +4 531 +28
62 Saudi Arabia -5 520 -35
63 Iran +4 518 +26
64 Canada -2 516 +8
Rank Team +/- Ranks
March
2010
Points +/- Points
65 FYR Macedonia -1 509 +3
66 Belgium +2 506 +15
67 Bahrain -4 501 -6
68 Morocco +2 488 +6
69 Montenegro +2 484 +28
70 Cyprus -4 470 -25
71 Zambia +2 452 +3
72 Senegal +22 444 +97
73 Togo -4 438 -45
74 El Salvador -2 437 -15
Uganda 0 437 -10
76 Panama +2 430 +28
77 Wales -1 416 -4
78 Jamaica -1 412 +4
79 New Zealand +1 409 +11
80 Belarus -1 404 +4
81 Iraq +6 394 +21
Malawi +1 394 +6
83 Albania +13 389 +54
84 China PR -1 382 -4
85 Guinea +4 381 +14
86 Angola 0 380 +1
87 Moldova +13 373 +45
88 South Africa -7 372 -19
89 Mozambique -5 371 -11
90 Iceland +1 364 +9
91 Haiti -1 362 -2
92 Gambia +3 361 +16
93 Trinidad and Tobago -8 350 -30
94 Kuwait -6 348 -20
95 Uzbekistan -20 345 -97
96 Oman -3 344 -7
Note: Teams inactive for more than four years
do not appear in the table.
Rank Team +/- Ranks
March
2010
Points +/- Points
97 Qatar -5 342 -12
Syria +4 342 +16
99 Congo +4 329 +9
100 Estonia -3 317 -15
101 Libya +15 305 +78
102 Jordan +4 297 +27
United Arab Emirates +13 297 +67
104 Thailand -5 294 -35
105 Korea DPR -3 293 -32
106 Armenia -3 292 -28
107 Rwanda -2 269 -13
108 Yemen -1 262 -5
109 Tanzania -1 259 -5
110 Azerbaijan -1 257 +6
111 Congo DR +1 253 +5
112 Namibia -1 250 +1
113 Zimbabwe +4 248 +25
114 Kenya -1 243 -1
115 Guatemala +14 241 +67
116 Botswana +3 236 +18
Cape Verde Islands -18 236 -95
118 Georgia +6 232 +32
119 Vietnam -5 231 0
120 Antigua and Barbuda +3 217 +14
121 Sudan -12 211 -40
122 Guyana -2 205 0
123 Ethiopia -1 204 0
124 Luxembourg +2 198 +2
125 Cuba -1 196 -4
Faroe Islands -7 196 -26
127 Singapore -7 193 -12
128 Grenada +5 188 +26
129 Kazakhstan -2 177 -13
130 Tajikistan -2 176 0
131 Fiji -1 167 0
132 India 0 164 0
Swaziland +2 164 +3
134 Turkmenistan -4 163 -4
Rank Team +/- Ranks
March
2010
Points +/- Points
135 Sierra Leone 0 162 +3
136 Bermuda 0 160 +4
137 Barbados +4 157 +21
138 Indonesia -1 155 0
139 Maldives +1 151 +5
140 Hong Kong +2 150 +16
141 Myanmar -2 147 0
Suriname +2 147 +14
143 Equatorial Guinea -5 145 -6
144 Chad 0 128 -4
145 Burundi +2 127 +4
146 New Caledonia -1 126 0
147 Malaysia -1 123 -1
148 Lesotho 0 116 -3
149 Lebanon 0 113 -5
St. Kitts and Nevis +2 113 +1
151 Kyrgyzstan +10 112 +17
Liechtenstein 0 112 0
153 Pakistan +3 111 +4
154 Madagascar +3 110 +5
155 Vanuatu 0 108 0
156 Liberia +4 106 +8
157 Sri Lanka -3 103 -8
158 Bangladesh 0 102 0
Malta -8 102 -14
160 Nepal -9 101 -11
Nicaragua -1 101 0
162 Netherlands Antilles +4 98 +8
163 Chinese Taipei -1 95 +2
Eritrea +1 95 +3
165 Niger -1 92 0
166 St. Vincent and the Grenadines +2 91 +5
167 Philippines +2 86 +1
168 Mauritania -6 81 -12
169 Puerto Rico -2 76 -13
170 Solomon Islands +1 60 0
171 Cambodia +1 56 0
172 Mongolia -2 48 -13
Rank Team +/- Ranks
March
2010
Points +/- Points
173 Palestine 0 45 -3
174 Comoros +1 43 0
175 Seychelles -1 41 -3
176 Mauritius +1 40 0
177 Cayman Islands +1 39 0
Laos +1 39 0
Somalia +1 39 0
180 Samoa +1 38 0
181 Macau +7 36 +5
182 Bahamas -7 34 -9
Belize 0 34 0
Cook Islands 0 34 0
185 Dominica 0 33 0
186 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 32 0
187 Tonga +2 28 0
188 Dominican Republic +2 26 0
189 Brunei Darussalam +2 25 0
190 Djibouti +3 23 0
191 Afghanistan +3 20 0
192 Guinea-Bissau +3 19 0
St. Lucia -6 19 -13
Tahiti +3 19 0
195 British Virgin Islands -4 18 -7
196 Bhutan +1 17 0
Guam -14 17 -17
198 Aruba 0 11 0
199 US Virgin Islands 0 5 -3
200 Timor-Leste 0 4 0
201 Andorra +1 2 -1
202 American Samoa +1 0 0
Anguilla +1 0 0
Central African Republic -2 0 -4
Montserrat +1 0 0
Papua New Guinea +1 0 0
San Marino +1 0 0
FIFA CALENDAR MAY-JUNE 2010
5 May Draw for FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup, Port of Spain
12-13 May 72
nd
Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup
17-23 May Mandatory rest period* for 2010 FIFA World Cup
18 May IFAB special meeting, Zurich
22 May UEFA Champions League nal
9-10 June 60
th
FIFA Congress in Johannesburg
11 June-11 July 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
*excluding players involved in UEFA Champions League nal
ELECTIONS
The following member associations have elected or re-elected presidents since the last issue of FIFA World:
Liberia Musa A. BILITY
Sri Lanka Sarath WEERASEKERA
Zimbabwe Cuthbert DUBE
Samoa Toetu PETANA
REFEREEING
YOUR CALL
An in-depth understanding of the Laws of the Game is a
fundamental requirement for referees at all levels of football. But
how would your knowledge stack up against the experts? Using
questions prepared by FIFA Refereeing Development as part of
their training programmes for match ofcials, FIFA World offers
you the chance to put yourself in the referees boots. This month
our focus is on absent-minded players and referees
(Answers can be found at the foot of the
page.)
1. You have forgotten to bring your
yellow and red cards to the match,
and misconduct occurs. What should
you do?
a. You can caution or send off a player by
using gestures and pretending to hold the
card in your hand.
b. You can caution or send off a player
verbally. You must inform the player and
the captains of both teams.
c. Stop play to go and get them.
d. You cannot caution or send off any player
without showing a card.
2. A player scores a goal while his team
has 12 players on the eld of play, and
you realise just after the restart. What
decision should you make?
a. Stop play, caution the extra player and
order him to leave. Disallow the goal and
restart with a dropped ball.
b. Stop play, send off the extra player, disallow
the goal and restart with a dropped ball.
c. Let the game continue and during the next
stoppage in play, order the extra player
to leave. Restart according to the Laws
of the Game and include the incident in
your report.
d. Stop play, caution the extra player and
order him to leave. Allow the goal and
restart with an indirect free kick.
3. A substitute of the attacking team
forgets to ask your permission to join
the game and subsequently scores
a goal. This time you notice before
play is restarted. What should you
do?
a. Disallow the goal and award a dropped
ball.
b. Restart play with an indirect free kick
against the substitutes team, to be taken
from the defending teams goal area.
c. Disallow the goal and caution the player
for unsporting behaviour.
4. A team has forgotten to bring their
shinguards. Can they play without
them?
5. You mistakenly stop the rst half of
a match four minutes too early, and
only realise this when you reach the
dressing room. How do you redress
the situation?
a. Since it was only a matter of four
minutes, you should consider the rst
half nished.
b. Add the missing four minutes to the
second half.
c. Order the teams to return to the pitch
to play the remaining minutes and if
the players refuse, include the incident
in your report.
d. Order the teams to return to the pitch
to play the remaining minutes and if
the players refuse, add the time to the
second half.
6. Based on your decision in the scenario
above, a player asks you during the
second half how many minutes are
remaining in the match. Are you
required to tell him?
7. An indirect free kick is awarded
outside the penalty area of the
defending team. You forget to raise
your arm to indicate that the kick is
indirect and the ball is kicked directly
into the goal. What should you do?
a. Allow the goal.
b. Award a goal kick.
c. Award a corner kick.
d. Retake the indirect free kick.
A n s w e r s : 1 . b ; 2 . d ( t h e g o a l m u s t s t a n d b e c a u s e y o u h a v e r e s t a r t e d t h e m a t c h ) ; 3 . A n s w e r s
b a n d c a r e c o r r e c t ; 4 . N o , b e c a u s e s h i n g u a r d s a r e p a r t o f t h e b a s i c e q u i p m e n t r e q u i r e d f o r
e v e r y p l a y e r ; 5 . c ; 6 . N o , i t i s t h e r o l e o f t h e f o u r t h o f c i a l t o p u b l i c l y s h o w t h e m i n i m u m
t i m e t o b e a d d e d o n a f t e r y o u h a v e i n d i c a t e d t h i s t o h i m ; 7 . d .
FIFA ARCHIVE
GIANTS CAUSEWAY
10 JUNE 1933
Mystery solved
Following on from the publication in our
December issue of the mystery man
photograph discovered in the FIFA archive
during FIFAs relocation from its former
headquarters, the identity of the gentleman in
question now appears to have been revealed.
In March, we published a letter from Irish
Football Association Head of Operations
William Campbell, revealing that the photo
was taken at Northern Irelands Giants
Causeway, and since then we have received
a second letter on the matter from Chris Orr, a
great-grandson of former FIFA Vice-President
Harry H. Cavan CBE.
After reading the FIFA archive item, I
pulled out all the FIFA books that my Old
Granda left me, Orr writes, and was able
to establish that the International Football
Association Board did indeed meet in
Portrush, Northern Ireland, in 1933, and
that the itinerary (enclosed) detailed a visit
to the Giants Causeway on Saturday, 10
June. Following further research I found a
photo of a gentleman very similar to that in
your restored photograph. I think that the
gentleman is Sir Frederick J. Wall, Secretary
of The Football Association from 1895-1934
and founder of the Referees Association. I
have attached several photos of Sir Frederick
and although they are very similar, perhaps
other readers might be able to judge if it
is him?
The FIFA World editorial team was certainly
convinced by the likeness but received nal
conrmation from The FAs historian David
Barber, who was able to formally identify
Wall and provide some biographical details.
According to The FAs Ofcial History, Wall
was a lawyer, an experienced administrator
at club and county level and, in his younger
days, he had been a useful, if not outstanding,
goalkeeper. He held the job (of Secretary) for
39 years and helped guide the Association
and the game through a long period of
growth and change.
Barber provides a further anecdote, noting
that nowadays Sir Fredericks name only
tends to come up in conversation when the
traditional FA Cup Final hymn Abide With Me
is being discussed. It has been sung at every
Final since 1927 and it was Sir Frederick who
introduced it into the pre-match timetable. It
was known to be a favourite of Queen Mary,
who attended the Final in those days with
the King (George V).
FIFA World would like to thank Mr
Campbell, Mr Orr and Mr Barber for their
research efforts. In our text accompanying
the original article we wrote that we still do
not know the name or role of the gentleman
in this picture. Perhaps he simply represents
all those who make a daily contribution for
the good of the game, in the background
and far from the spotlight.
We are happy that at least for Sir Frederick
J. Wall, that is no longer the case.
The mystery man at
the Giants Causeway in
Northern Ireland
has, thanks to his unmistakeable
moustache, been identied as Sir Frederick
J. Wall. This picture shows him bidding
farewell to Hugo Meisl of Austria after an
international match in December 1932.
FIFA World No. 11,
May 2010
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