The Le Toit du monde association is organizing a soccer world cup on Sunday at the Gaboreau stadium in Trois-Cités.
The association Roof of the World and football is a long love story. “There are a lot of enthusiasts heretestifies Claude Delhomme, volunteer and administrator of the association. In the past, Le Toit du monde also had a youth team. »
Except that in 2022, these many lovers no longer recognize each other in the values transmitted by the World Cup in Qatar. “We support fun football. However, this competition goes beyond the football business and its many excesses., underlines Gaby Ngadou, vice president of the Trois-Cités club and administrator of the association. He pursues: “We, through football, do social work. We want to play a sport that unites everyone. »
At the Jean-Luc-Gaboreau stadium
That’s why they wanted to offer a local alternative to global competition. The formula is simple: create a no-stakes tournament where men and women, of all backgrounds, will play together for fun. It will take place at the Jean-Luc-Gaboreau stadium in Trois-Cités. Kick-off at 10:30 on Sunday 18 December. Symbolic coincidence of the calendar: the friendly tournament will be played on the same day as the grand final in Qatar.
To organize this tournament, The roof of the world collaborated with the Entente Sportive des Trois-Cités. The club is an example of integration. Gaby Ngadou explains: “For example, we have a very large women’s section that is growing. » The club intends to encourage its players to participate. While the teams will be made up mainly of volunteers who have signed up on the module (1). “Volunteers from the roof of the world will lend themselves to the game”announces Claude Delhomme, citing the example of Eléa, a member of the association who practices football in the Jaunay-Marigny club.
Expected forty players
Four teams of eight players and two substitutes (2) will compete on one half. Each team will play three twenty-minute games. At the end of the meetings, no ranking will be drawn up “because the game takes precedence over the stake”, according to Gaby Ngadou. However, a cup will be issued. That of friendship: a large one, in glass, where the fruit juices will be poured.
(1) Available on toitdumonde-csc86.org
(2) The tournament is for adults only. Kids will have play time between games.
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40 years of the Roof of the World
The celebrations to celebrate 40And Roofing of the World anniversary comes to an end this week. From Tuesday at 20:30, a cinema evening is organized at the Dietrich to watch short films on the topic of migration. A round table on the theme of borders is organized on Wednesday at 6 pm at the Toit du monde.
The big closing party will be held on Thursday, from 18:30, at the Roof of the World. It will be an opportunity for discussion through the presentation of two books. The first recalls the history of the association while the second honors the people who have crossed the roof of the world.
