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A Different Kind of World Cup
8 Jun 2006
Unless you are living under a rock, you know that the World Cup officially kicks off tommorrow in German. What you might not know is that the Argentine team lost 7-3 to Ivory Coast and was eliminated from the 2006 world football championship. It’s obviously not the Copa Mundial but rather it is a soccer competition taking place in 32 prisons across the province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. The First Inter-prison World Football Championship began last week. According to COA News:
A total of 384 players went through the tough selection process, training and eliminatory matches. Each team adopted the flag of one of the 32 countries taking part in this year’s World Cup. But unlike professional football, the teams are made up of seven players, instead of 11. The games are divided into two 25-minute halves, and the system is simple elimination – which is why Argentina is already out, after the opening match.
First off, I’ve got to give one more shout out to the new “Niños Heroes de México”, the brand new U-17 World Cup Champions.
Galavisión broadcast the games, and it paid off. The game became the #1 sports event across all key demographics for Galavisión – ALL TIME. Other records were broken, making it the largest watched cable broadcast for the Hispanic market (in any language) of 2005.
The fact that the final game was Mexico play Brazil, really created the perfect storm for these record-breaking Hispanic audiences. I can’t help but wonder, when is the rest of the US going to start to pay attention to soccer?
Via / HispanicAd.com
Last night was an exciting night for Mexico, as they won their first Under 17 World Cup in soccer. These kids have really given their country something to talk about: Beating Brazil 3-0, Mexico continues to celebrate.
For more details on the game, check out the FIFA Official site or thisFIFA U-17 World Cup blog. In Spanish, see El Universal’s coverage.
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