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The WFFA and Amazing People Schools release ‘Our Amazing Freestyle Community’ website
The World Freestyle Football Association (WFFA) has joined forces with character education experts Amazing People Schools (APS) to create the extraordinary new digital education tool ‘Our Amazing Freestyle Community’.

Featuring the stories of 10 incredibly talented and diverse freestylers from around the globe, the Our Amazing Freestyle Community website showcases each freestyler’s road to success, identifying the key character strengths needed for them to overcome adversity and challenges in their lives to become the successful athletes we know today.

The goal of the website is to engage young people through the exciting world of Freestyle Football with the objective of equipping them with key character-building tools that will help them thrive whatever their life circumstances may be.

Frances Corcoran, Managing Director at Amazing People Schools, said: “Amazing stories are everywhere but don’t always get the airtime they deserve. This is why we are so excited to be collaborating with the WFFA on Our Amazing Freestyle Community website, which shines a well-deserved spotlight on these inspirational athletes and the journeys they have been on to do what they love. We work with schools year-round and know the impact these stories of perseverance, resilience and creativity can have.”

Ben Tegg, Director of Engagement at Amazing People Schools, said: “Our Amazing Community is completely unique concept within the Sport For Good arena. We all know that sport is an amazing tool for engaging and educating young people and we are really proud to be able to take the skills we learnt from Amazing People Schools to add character education into that space.”

Minna Marlo, Head of Development at the WFFA, said: “Sport in general, and Freestyle Football in particular, is an extraordinary means to change the world for the better. As the global governing organ for our discipline, at the WFFA we are completely aligned with the values of Amazing People Schools and we feel this new website is just the start of a very productive, long-term relationship!”.

Dan Wood, Head of Partnerships at the WFFA, said: “The launch of this collaboration with Amazing People Schools fills us with pride. We believe in our sport as a tool for good and have been working to leverage the endless educational possibilities it offers since the foundation of the WFFA: seeing them materialise into this program makes us really happy”.

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About Amazing People Schools

Amazing People Schools is where storytelling meets character development, and is based on over 20 years of research into the lives of Amazing People who have changed our world. Be inspired to build creativity with world-renowned artist Frida Kahlo or resilience with a little help from Olympian Abebe Bikila!

Amazing People School’s award-winning character and well-being platform supports young people around the world to harness these innate character strengths, believe in themselves, and flourish. All schools can try it for free!

Contact support@amazingpeopleschools.com to learn more, or visit their channels:
- Website: www.amazingpeopleschools.com
- Twitter: @Amazing_Schs
- Instagram: @AmazingPeopleSchools
- LinkedIn: Amazing People Schools
- Facebook: Amazing People Schools
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October 13, 2022
The WFFA launches an official podcast with the best stories from Freestyle Football

The World Freestyle Football Association has announced a joint venture partnership with sports audio experts Voiceworks Sport, that will see the two organisations work together on the global governing body’s official podcast and audio strategy.

The partnership will launch with an initial podcast recorded at the Super Ball World Open, the WFFA’s flagship tournament. The All You Need Is A Ball content series will bring the latest news and stories from the event, giving Freestyle Football fans full access to the biggest names in the sport, telling the story of their route into the game and revealing the personalities behind “the fastest-growing sport you’ve never heard of.”

The wider series of the podcast will follow the Freestyle Football calendar, providing updates from major events and takes from big-name freestylers from around the world on the latest news, views and their own personal journeys.

Sophie Hind, Managing Director of Voiceworks Sport, said: “Sound and excitement feature in Freestyle Football in abundance. It’s a thrilling sport, and tailor-made for audio. We know that WFFA’s long-term ambition is to rub shoulders with other urban sports like 3×3 basketball, BMX freestyle and skateboarding at much-loved marquee events. Realising the scale of the audio opportunity, they came to us to develop their audio strategy. We jumped at the chance to work with them.

“We’re looking forward to working with the WFFA team for years to come. The partnership marks another exciting milestone in Voiceworks Sport’s own journey, as we work with some of the most innovative organisations, brands and governing bodies across sport.”

Dan Wood, Head of Partnerships at the WFFA, said: “Freestyle Football is a content-heavy, digitally-savvy sport where storytelling is rife. From the amazing athletes and their journeys, through to incredible destinations, unlocking cultures from all corners of the world and the building of a brand-new sport from scratch, there is a lot to talk about.”

“Partnering up with premium expertise of Voiceworks Sport and launching our own podcast was a logical next step in our growth. We are really excited to share our amazing community and journey with the world!”.

The All You Need Is A Ball podcast will be available on all podcast platforms, including, Audible, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts, on August 16th.

Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!

August 8, 2022
The WFFA confirms its presence at the Commonwealth Esports Championships

The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today its presence at the forthcoming Commonwealth Esports Championships, happening in Birmingham (United Kingdom) between August 5 and 7, 2022. Thanks to the partnerships with the Global Esports Federation (GEF), the Association will participate in a dedicated Innovation Showcase area, shining light on powerful Active Esports technologies that are leading in the convergence of esports and sports.

“The Innovation Showcase at the first-ever Commonwealth Esports Championships will provide a live, interactive opportunity for these leading partners to share their technology and innovations with the athletes and ticket holders. The Global Esports Federation is proud to provide this opportunity and forum to connect, discuss and share these innovations,” said Paul J. Foster, CEO of the GEF. “Esports and its related sectors are built around communities, and we are proud to collaborate with leading innovators like Refract, Init Esports and the WFFA.”

The WFFA will showcase – in real life – what is captured on top football titles such as eFootball™ series and FIFA. Freestyle Football is positioned at the heart of street culture worldwide and its simple yet powerful call to action, ‘All you need is a ball’, represents the opportunity to promote and gamify active, healthy lifestyles anywhere.

“The participants and audience of Freestyle Football are entirely representative and relative to that of esports,” said Dan Wood, Co-founder and Head of Partnerships at the WFFA. “We adore the esports community and our strategy for the future is to integrate even more with esports by hosting IRL events inside game titles”.

“We are working on Active Esports gamified innovations to create a healthy balance lifestyle for athletes to enjoy”, Wood added. “This showcase at the CEC 2022 will allow us to publicly demonstrate our synergies with esports and reach some wider audiences at the same time. We are very excited, grateful to the GEF and truly honoured to have this opportunity.”

Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!

June 27, 2022
The WFFA teams up with Horizm to boost the performance of Freestyle Football social content

The World Freestyle Football Association has announced a new partnership with Horizm, the digital audience specialists whose groundbreaking platform connects brands interested in reaching sports fans with rights holders looking for ways to better value and monetise their digital content.

Thanks to this new agreement, the performance of Freestyle Football content on social channels will be analysed thoroughly, and its commercial value will be assessed with much higher precision. This enhanced analysis, in turn, will lead to an improved service to partners and affiliates, as well as to a myriad of opportunities for individual freestylers and content creators in the space.

The partnership with Horizm is expected to become a key milestone of the WFFA’s global digitalisation plan, which so far has already seen the Association remarkably increase its social presence across new channels. The strategy has also included teaming up with a variety of first-class players in the space, including content agencies, tournament management providers and digital services platforms, among others.

Daniel Wood, Head of Partnerships at the WFFA, said: “We are very excited to welcome Horizm to the WFFA family. Their platform will bring great value to the Freestyle Football universe, including a wide range of opportunities for the freestylers to leverage their fantastic content in new and ingenious ways.”

Daniël Rooseboom, Head of Digital at the WFFA, added: “Having a solid digital strategy across all our activities, from communications to event management, is vital to our future growth. For this reason, a first-class tool such as Horizm’s will be a massive asset for us – we are really looking forward to starting to work together with them!”.

Sam Grimley, Global Head of Sales & Account Management at Horizm, said: “Freestyle Football is a sport rooted in youth culture; one that is native to social media and one where the top freestylers boast huge, highly engaged digital audiences. We’re really excited to be working with the WFFA to help them and the athletes involved realise their full digital potential.”

About Horizm

Founded in 2019, Horizm was born with the goal of being the number one digital audience platform for the global sports and entertainment industries; to revolutionise the way rights holders and brands operate in our new digital era and fully support them across their digital asset life cycles.

Through their proprietary Marketplace, Horizm connects brands interested in reaching sports fans with rights holders looking for ways to better value and monetize their digital content. Horizm Marketplace aggregates over $1.5bn of digital inventory, offering brands a convenient and effective route to target customers through the highly engaged medium of sports content.

This inventory is accessed through contracted agreements which see Horizm leverage artificial intelligence to provide sports and entertainment with the complete toolkit needed to value, benchmark and monetize their digital audience engagement. Predicated on a more rigorous, more holistic approach to managing and selling digital inventory, one that is rooted in understanding true market price, Horizm’s platform also enables rights holders, agencies and talent to drive more value for their partners and unlock new revenue streams from existing inventory.

Horizm is the chosen digital solution for leading football clubs such as Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Everton, Real Madrid, Juventus, Olympique Lyonnais, Benfica, Flamengo and Wolverhampton Wanderers along with the Portuguese Football Federation and other elite sports organisations such as Saracens, Cricket West Indies, Mumbai Indians, the FIVB, the FIH and the Australian Open.

For more information about Horizm, please visit https://linktr.ee/horizm.

Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!

April 27, 2022
The WFFA to bring Freestyle Football to Wave Sports + Entertainment’s FTBL channels

The World Freestyle Football Association has announced a new partnership with Wave Sports + Entertainment (WSE), one of the fastest-growing sports and entertainment companies with more than 110 million followers globally. As part of the partnership, WSE will showcase a selection of the best content from Freestyle Football events and athletes through FTBL, the voice of the global football community that takes fans inside the world’s biggest matches, to spotlight incredible tricks and “tekkers” done at home.

All newly created content, as well as a selection of classic clips, will be available across the FTBL brand portfolio, including Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Facebook.

Steve Elias, President of the WFFA, said: “Freestyle Football is not just a sport: it’s also a lifestyle that greatly relates to contemporary street culture. Freestylers, hence, are not just first-class athletes, but also creators of extraordinary content that links with music, dance and art: having a platform such as WSE’s FTBL presenting that content to its audiences is doubtlessly a great step forward for the global community.”

Daniel Wood, Head of Partnerships at the WFFA, said: “WSE’s FTBL is an ever-growing reference media brand, so partnering with them is great news for us at the Association. We have no doubt that this new agreement will help Freestyle Football content reach new and massive audiences, which in turn will help the sport develop all around the world”.

Seth Brody, Director, Rights & Content Partnerships at Wave Sports + Entertainment, said: “WFFA’s unique style and social-friendly content is perfectly aligned with WSE’s FTBL brand and our desire to showcase amazing moments from across the broader football landscape. We are excited to partner with the WFFA to adapt and deliver these visual and engaging moments to our audience of Gen-Z and Millennial fans.”

About Wave Sports + Entertainment

Founded in 2017, Wave Sports + Entertainment is a world-class sports and entertainment company serving modern-day fans via content, products, and experiences. WSE obsesses over sports, from the mainstream to more, bringing superfans the coverage, culture, commentary, and community they crave. With over 110 million highly-engaged global followers and a reach of over 500 million sports fans monthly, WSE has tapped into something incredibly powerful in record time.

Digital platforms love WSE, which is a top sports partner to Snap, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. WSE has earned bragging rights by creating some of the most popular sports media brands available on digital platforms today, including BUCKETS, FTBL, GYM HEROES, HAYMAKERS, and JUKES.

No matter the sport, WSE has got the fans covered with highlights, memes, takes, commentary, analysis, off-field culture, and stories on the players and movements that are shaping the world of sports.

To see the Wave Sports + Entertainment media brands in action, please go to www.wave.tv.

*Wave Sports + Entertainment is incorporated as Bullpen Sports Network, Inc.

Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!

April 14, 2022
The WFFA partners with IMAGO to make Freestyle Football content accessible all around the world
The World Freestyle Football Association has announced a new partnership with German photo agency IMAGO, the largest independent producer of sports content in Europe and one of the most renowned global photography and video producers in the world.

The new partnership will see a selection of the best content from major Freestyle Football events, including national tournaments, regional competitions and global opens, distributed through IMAGO’s online platform. Media outlets and news agencies from the five continents will be able to access the finest pictures and videos from official WFFA competitions immediately after their champions are proclaimed.

The newly created library of Freestyle Football content will be available very soon on the official IMAGO website at www.imago-images.com.

Markus Kohl-Habibi, CEO at IMAGO, explained : “We are proud to be partnering with the WFFA and endorsing their commitment to community driven development and education. We look forward to offering their Freestyle Football photography and video which is undeniably set to be a valuable and creative asset.”

Finja Nissen, Photographer Relations Manager at IMAGO, said: “We are very happy that the WFFA is now part of our network. Freestyle Football combines art with sport and promises unique images and videos. While our clients look forward to the cooperation, we from the Global Partner Team are also excited about the new content and look forward to a strong partnership”.

Steve Elias, President of the WFFA, said: “The Freestyle Football universe generates a neverending stream of first-class content, particularly in the shape of pictures and videos: for us, the association with a top-notch agency such as IMAGO is a fantastic opportunity to ensure that this content is made available for journalists and media from all over the globe – and consequently, the sport reaches new audiences worldwide.”

Dan Wood, Head of Partnerships at the WFFA, added: “We are really happy and proud to welcome IMAGO to the WFFA family. Their prestige and global presence as a content agency will bring tremendous credibility and awareness for the sport of Freestyle Football”.

About IMAGO

IMAGO is the leading German independent photography agency and the largest sports producer in Europe. Committed to visual inspiration, IMAGO endeavours for all partners to achieve more.

Born out of Berlin in 1997, IMAGO has evolved into a premium global content provider spanning News, Sport, Creative, Archive and Video. With partnerships central to their business, IMAGO strives for excellence, offering direct and expert access to their curated and unparalleled digital media globally. Advocating for diversity, depth and quality throughout.

For more information about IMAGO, please contact contact@imago-images.de or visit their channels:
- Website: www.imago-images.com
- Instagram: @imago.images
- Twitter: @imago_images
- Facebook: imagoimages
- Linkedin: imago-images
Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!
April 5, 2022
The WFFA opens the bidding process for the 2023 World Championship host city
The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today the opening of the bidding process for the 2023 host city of its most competitive tournament: the Freestyle Football World Championship. Over the last 12 years, this exciting and energy-packed event has travelled to fascinating countries such as Brazil, Japan, England, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Poland and the USA.

For the 2023 edition, all bidding cities will be required to follow a process that will allow the WFFA experts to evaluate their proposal, including not just the physical facilities they can offer to the participant athletes but also the values and adequacy of the candidacy.

This selection process will include four main stages, during which the candidate cities will be asked to provide key information about their proposal. The procedure will happen as follows:
1. Expression of interest: deadline April 29th, 2022
  1. Cities will be required to email partnerships@thewffa.org with an introduction to the candidate organisation and destination
  2. The WFFA will forward the candidate city a full requirements package, including the Code of Ethics of the Association to ensure the candidacy is aligned with the values of the sport
  3. Once the candidates have all details available, they will be asked to prepare a presentation to excite and cater to the needs of the sport, the event and its participants
1. Confirmation of shortlisted options: announced on May 13th, 2022
  1. The WFFA will contact the applicants individually; the best 3 candidates will be selected
  2. The WFFA Partnerships team will then set up a video call with the three selected cities to learn more about their proposal and organise a site visit
1. Site visits to all shortlisted options: happening before July 29th, 2022
  1. The WFFA Operations team will visit all shortlisted cities to understand the logistics and the logic of each option
1. Host city selected: communicated privately on August 15th, 2022
  1. The WFFA Partnerships team will notify the winning candidate privately
  2. The representatives of the winning city will be invited to the 2022 World Finals, happening on October 8th in Croatia, where the public announcement will be made
Once the process has been completed and the announcement has been made, the best male and female athletes in the sport of Freestyle Football will compete from January to July for the chance to qualify for the 2023 World Finals and be crowned the best in the world in the winning city.

Dan Wood, Head of Partnerships at the WFFA, explains: “Since its launch in 2008, the Freestyle Football World Championship has travelled to all corners of the globe and entertained hundreds of millions of fans. We want to encourage any destination worldwide to get creative and be a part of our future. The uniqueness of the venue options and the energy and support from the destination are what particularly interests and excites us.”

For more information about the activities of the WFFA, follow its official channels to get the latest updates!
March 18, 2022
Freestyle Football joins forces with the Daytona Soccer Fest to present the WFFA US Open

The WFFA, together with event organisers Torneos and Daytona International Speedway, announced today that the Daytona Soccer Fest will be coming to the World Center of Racing this 4th of July weekend – bringing world-class entertainment, competitive global football and Freestyle Football competitions to the venue through a multi-year deal.

The inaugural edition of the Daytona Soccer Fest will include the first WFFA US Open, a thrilling competition aimed at developing, supporting and structuring the exciting culture around the sport in the United States. This new contest will feature some of the best Freestyle Football players from around the globe competing to win the spectacular 1×1 battles tournament, both in the male and female categories.

The WFFA US Open will happen in a unique setup: a specially constructed professional football pitch that will be located in the infield of the iconic Daytona circuit. The natural grass field will play host to a series of events, including a showdown between Colombian football giants Deportivo Cali and América de Cali and a headline concert by Puerto Rican music sensation and Latin Grammy Award winner, Rauw Alejandro, who will perform a full set at Daytona Soccer Fest as part of his World Tour. Latin artist Adassa, who recently played the role of Dolores in Disney’s popular movie Encanto, will also perform during the weekend.

“We are so thrilled to be hosting Daytona Soccer Fest,” said Frank Kelleher, President of Daytona International Speedway. “We pride ourselves on being the World Center of Racing, and in addition to racing, we want to be the host of world-class events, and that is what we have with Daytona Soccer Fest. We look forward to seeing the fans here at the Speedway where we will definitely be getting the attention of the world.”

“For Torneos, the event is an opportunity to continue growing regionally with large-scale, innovative events. We take great pride in this partnership with Daytona International Speedway and are excited to bring more than 40 years of football and global event experience to this emblematic track,” said Ignacio Galarza, CEO of Torneos. “Daytona Soccer Fest will be a truly unique entertainment experience for the whole family and all sports fans.”

“We are delighted to bring the greatest Freestyle Football stars of the circuit to such an extraordinary event, held in one of the most iconic sports venues in the world”, said Steve Elias, President of the WFFA. “The combination of music and competitive events the Daytona Socer Fest will offer is absolutely amazing: we can’t wait to add the magic of Freestyle Football to the mix!”.

Tickets for the family-friendly weekend on July 2-3, 2022 are on sale from March 8th starting at $99 for a day pass. Visit www.daytonasoccerfest.com for more information.

More details for freestylers, including how to register, will be made available on the event page of the WFFA US Open. Stay tuned to the WFFA official channels to get all the updates!

About Torneos

Torneos is a leading company with 40 years of experience generating sports content and creating value solutions for the sports and entertainment industry. It also offers the organization and production of events, the acquisition and commercialization of rights for events and competitions, as well as a complete offer of marketing services for sports that include the management of licenses and e-commerce for the main sports clubs and federations.

For more information about Torneos, please visit www.torneos.com.

About Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a state-of-the-art motorsports facility and was awarded the SportsBusiness Journal’s prestigious Sports Business Award for Sports Facility of the Year in 2016. Daytona International Speedway is the home of The Great American Race – the DAYTONA 500. Though the season-opening NASCAR Cup Series event garners most of the attention – as well as the largest audience in motorsports – the approximately 500-acre motorsports complex, also known as The World Center of Racing, boasts the most diverse schedule of racing in the globe. In addition to at least nine major event weekends, the Speedway grounds are also used extensively for events that include concerts, civic and social gatherings, car shows, photoshoots, production vehicle testing and police motorcycle training.

For more information about the Daytona Speedway, please visit www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com.

Header picture by Dennis Pires.

Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!

March 17, 2022
Red Bull Street Style pushes Freestyle Football to new levels with a fresh format

Red Bull Street Style, the most competitive Freestyle Football tournament in the world, is back in 2022 with the clear goal of taking things to the next level: a thousand athletes from over 50 countries will compete in a contest that will see a new sportive format being implemented this year, guaranteeing that finalists from up to five continents will enter the World Final for the first time in its history.

Red Bull Street Style is the pinnacle competition of a sport that aims to become Olympic, delivering the highest sportive level, athletic progression, and spectacular moments in all Freestyle Football competitions. After a 2021 World Final that saw an unexpected upset in the triumph of Britain’s Lia Lewis in the women’s tournament just 3 years after entering the sport, the world’s best freestylers will once again be battling it out over an intense season to be crowned World Champions.

In the men’s bracket, 2022 will see the return of in-person qualifiers, a series of events that will take place in specific countries to determine their champions; most nations of the world, though, will select their best athletes through online National Qualifiers on the WFFA App. The best athletes of each of the participating countries, including a specific Rest of the World qualifier for nations with smaller communities, will then advance to their respective Regional Qualifier. Only the most skilful participants of each of the five regions (North and South America, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe) will make it to the Regional Finals, a brand-new concept happening in late August that will determine the 16 men that will participate in the World Final on October 8th in Croatia.

In the women’s bracket, the competition will happen on a fully online basis. Female participants from all around the world will need to get through a first selection process to earn a spot in their respective Regional Qualifiers, the winners of which will then make it to the Regional Finals in August. The very best 8 female freestylers on the globe, coming from each of the five regions, will then earn a spot in the World Final in Croatia!

“We are really happy to see this new format implemented”, said Steve Elias, President of the WFFA. “We want to give freestylers from all around the world the opportunity to compete in a World Final, and that’s why we believe the regionalised competition will become a hit for the community worldwide”.

Defending champions Erlend Fagerli and Lia Lewis will join the contest as wild cards in the Regional Finals, aiming to defend their crown.

“It’s such a privilege to defend my title once again. I’m so excited to test myself against the best freestylers in my region and in the world this year!”, said Erlend Fagerli, the reigning world champion.

Lia Lewis, the current female champion, agrees: “It will be tough to face so many amazing freestylers in the Regional Finals, but I am ready to accept this challenge: I’ll do my best to defend my title at the World Final!”.

Launched in 2008, Red Bull Street Style aims to find the best overall Freestyle Football player in the world: only the most creative, technical and stylish players in each gender will be crowned Red Bull Street Style World Champions.

The Official Rules of the tournament are available on the Rules and Regulations page of the WFFA official website together with the details about the format. Visit the official Event Page as well for more details!

For submission details, deadline information and news updates on the Red Bull Street Style World Championship, visit www.redbullstreetstyle.com.

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February 15, 2022
The WFFA partners with the Ghetto Games to bring Freestyle Football to the Ghetto Football Euro League
The World Freestyle Football Association has announced a new partnership with Latvian sports organisation Ghetto Games, the creators of some of Europe’s most renowned street competitions. Thanks to the agreement between both institutions, a selection of national Freestyle Football championships will be held alongside the stops of the Ghetto Games’ prime 3×3 street football tournament, the Ghetto Football Euro League.

The inclusion of Freestyle Football events in the Euro League —a continental championship that will take place in 11 countries during the spring and summer of 2022 and end with a Grand Final on June 8th in Riga, Latvia— will help raise awareness of the sport all over Europe, while also introducing the Freestyle Football community to the 3×3 street football universe. This collaboration will doubtlessly help popularise the two subcultures and unveil new rising stars of both sports.

All dates and locations of the official Freestyle Football National championships will be disclosed in the coming months through the official channels of the WFFA; stay tuned to get the latest updates! In the meantime, the stops of the Ghetto Football Euro League are already available on the Ghetto Games official website.

Lukáš Škoda, Head of Operations at the WFFA, said: “This is going to be a great year for the street sports culture. I really appreciate the opportunity for the WFFA to connect the Ghetto Football Euro League with our Country Leaders and help Freestyle Football events flourish in multiple countries. It’s key for us to give new opportunities to sportspeople in order to prove that street sports are part of the culture in all European countries.”

Pekko ‘PeGe’ Piirto, Head of the Global Network at the WFFA, said: “We are absolutely ecstatic to collaborate with the Ghetto Games! We’ve always felt very close to their vision and admired the awesome work they have been doing for street sports. We believe this opportunity to connect the stops of their Euro League with our own Freestyle Football National championships will boost both sports and help the respective scenes grow all across Europe.”

Matīss Babris, Ghetto Football Event Organizer and Manager, said: “With this partnership, we hope to increase the attractiveness of street football and Freestyle Football all over the continent. We are positive that these events will encourage more people, not just from Latvia but from all Europe, to try Freestyle Football and join the community!”.

Antons Semeņaks, Ghetto Football Leader, Organizer and MC, said: ”Take it or leave it, but Freestyle Football is an integral component of football in the 2020s. This is the reason why we want it to become a crucial part of our street football events, where Freestyle Football can fill us with unforgettable emotions and make players and spectators wonder how those tricks can be done. Also, we will include panna tournaments in our events – who knows, maybe we will see the first triple champion in 3v3, panna and freestyle!”.

About Ghetto Football

Ghetto Football is the biggest street football movement in Latvia, a competition that includes 3×3 football, 1×1 panna and Freestyle Football. The organisers of the event accumulate 11 years of experience with 150+ tournaments, including international championships. Every year there is a season of regular tournaments at the end of which the best teams in various age groups are determined.

For more information about Ghetto Football, please contact Antons Semeņaks at semenaks@gmail.com or visit the official channels of the tournament:
- Website: www.ghettogames.com
- Instagram: @ghettofootball and @ghettogames
- Facebook: Ghetto Football
- Youtube: Ghetto TV
Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!
January 28, 2022

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