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Corporate Archives - The World Freestyle Football Association

The World Freestyle Football Association

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  • The WFFA announces its 15 Regional Key Leaders around the world

    The WFFA announces its 15 Regional Key Leaders around the world

    The World Freestyle Football Association has confirmed today the list of its 15 Regional Key Leaders, the backbone of the Global Network of the Association across the five continents. The roster has had just one change since 2024, as Vincent ‘Spinny Vinnie’ Grady, from the USA, has stepped down from his role and will be replaced by Roberto ‘Cero’ Sanciprián, from Mexico.

    The respected individuals that conform to this list, a mix of current and former athletes of all ages and origins, will act yet another year as the connection between the Global Team and Board of the WFFA and the local communities in the 119 countries where the Association has a representative.

    The list of Key Leaders, available on the specific page of our official website, features:

       

       

    Pekko ‘PeGe’ Piirto, the Head of the Global Network, said: “Once again, it’s a great honour for us to announce these amazing fifteen freestylers, true trailblazers in their respective communities, as our Key Leaders. We are sad to see our beloved Spinny Vinnie leave the position and we send him our most heatfelt thank you for his awesome work these years; on the flip side, though, we are delighted to welcome Cero to the team. Now, all systems are go for a great season in 2025!”.

    To learn more about the structure and history of the WFFA, please visit the corresponding page on our website.

    For more information about the activities of the WFFA, follow its official channels to get the latest updates!

  • The WFFA opens the bidding process for the host destinations of the 2025 competitive circuit

    The WFFA opens the bidding process for the host destinations of the 2025 competitive circuit

    The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today the opening of the bidding process to select the cities that will host the major events of the official Freestyle Football competitive circuit during the 2025 season, including the five physical competitions of the Pulse Series and the jewel of the crown of the tour – the World Freestyle Football Championship.

    The Pulse Series of Continental Championships will not only crown the very best freestylers on each continent of the world, but also work as a qualifier for the official World Freestyle Football Championship. These events provide two days of action-packed fun for a live audience, as well as reaching a digital audience of over 200 million GenZ eyeballs worldwide. 

    Just as in 2024, all applicants will be required to follow a process that will allow the WFFA experts to evaluate their proposal, including not just the physical facilities the host destinations can offer to the participant athletes but also the values and adequacy of the candidacy.

    The selection procedure will feature four stages, during which the candidates will be asked to provide key information about their proposal. The process will include the reception of all expressions of interest by June 21st, the confirmation of shortlisted destinations announced on July 1st, site visits to all shortlisted options before September 27th, and the announcement of the selected host destinations at the World Freestyle Football Championship 2024.

    For more details about the tender process of the 2025 Freestyle Football global circuit, please visit the dedicated page on the WFFA website at www.thewffa.org/2025-tender. 

    Dan Wood, Head of Partnerships of the WFFA, said: “Off the back of the World Freestyle Football Championship 2023 in Nairobi, which was live-streamed on TikTok, we now have more GenZ eyeballs on the events than ever before. Over 300M people worldwide engage with the content from the events, which presents a huge opportunity for Destinations to showcase themselves. We want to encourage any destination worldwide to get creative and be a part of our future with unique venues and experiences for the athletes.”

    Lucaso Škoda, Head of Operations of the WFFA, added: “Freestyle Football events adapt to essentially any environment, and I would love to see more mid-sized towns and cities welcome the sport. We have worked with some fantastic Destinations in the past and really enjoy promoting where we travel with the athletes, so we’re really looking forward to doing the same with new, fantastic places!”.

    For more information about the activities of the WFFA, follow its official channels to get the latest updates!

  • The WFFA partners with Major Events International to bring Freestyle Football to new amazing destinations

    The WFFA partners with Major Events International to bring Freestyle Football to new amazing destinations

    The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today a new partnership with the prestigious British agency Major Events International (MEI), aimed at connecting the WFFA with cities and event organisers globally. Thanks to this agreement, the WFFA will be able to present the benefits of the events of its global competitive circuit to key stakeholders in the industry and bring Freestyle Football to the most amazing destinations in the world.

    The partnership’s inaugural engagement will feature a delegation of the WFFA travelling to Lausanne, Switzerland to take part in the upcoming Hosts and Federations Summit organised by MEI, which will be held between June 17th and 20th, 2024.

    Dan Wood, Co-Founder and Head of Partnerships at the WFFA, explained: “MEI are renowned globally for their ability to connect extraordinary destinations with the most exciting sports properties in the world. With the interest in Freestyle Football events growing at a tremendous rate in recent times, we believe the partnership with them offers us a magnificent opportunity to bring our sport to fantastic new cities and countries.”

    Dennis Mills, CEO at Major Events International, said: “We are excited to be working with the WFFA and bringing their events to a new network of potential hosts going forward. Their attendance at the Hosts and Federations Summit will afford them the opportunity to chat with our host city network face to face.”

    About Major Events International

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    Major Events International     (MEI) specialises in helping sports rights holders, host cities, government agencies and suppliers succeed in the opportunities arising from bidding for, and hosting, major sporting events. 

    MEI provide a single point of contact for support helping rights holders to mitigate risk, minimise cost and increase revenues and fan engagement; delivered via proactive key account management and, where necessary consultancy.

    For more information about Major Events International, please contact enquiries@majoreventsint.com or visit their channels:

    For more information about the activities of the WFFA, follow its official channels to get the latest updates!

  • Armenia, Bangladesh, Cuba and El Salvador join the Global Network

    Armenia, Bangladesh, Cuba and El Salvador join the Global Network

    The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today the inclusion of four new members to its most precious structure, the Global Network: Armenia, in Europe, Bangladesh, in Asia-Pacific, and Cuba and El Salvador, in Central America-Caribbean, have officially joined the list of communities that help the WFFA shape and evolve the sport of Freestyle Football around the world.

    Four renowned freestylers and respected figures in their local communities (Hayk Aghaqaryan in Armenia, Salim Sadman Sii in Bangladesh, Hugo Manuel Corcho in Cuba and Kenneth Zelaya in El Salvador) will become the new Country Leaders of these three nations, the latest to join an organisation that now spans across 117 countries in all inhabited continents.

    Pekko ‘PeGe’ Piirto, Head of the Global Network, said: “It’s with great pleasure that we welcome another four nations to our Network. The four selected Country Leaders are true freestylers at heart, with a strong love for our sport and a great desire to help it grow and develop. We are really looking forward to working together with all of them!”.

    Steve Elias, President of the WFFA, added: “I am really happy and proud to see how the Global Network, the most important tool we have at the Association to help our sport develop, keeps growing unstoppably. We can now cater to communities and individuals across over 100 countries, and we want to keep expanding our reach to offer the best possible support to every single freestyler on the planet”.

    The task to build and consolidate the Global Network doesn’t end here: new additions are currently in the making, with individuals in several countries having presented their credentials to join the organisation. The Freestyle Football community can expect more exciting updates very soon!

    For more information about the activities of the WFFA, follow its official channels to get the latest updates!

  • The WFFA renews the bond with its 15 Key Leaders around the world

    The WFFA renews the bond with its 15 Key Leaders around the world

    The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today the renewal of its 15 Key Leaders, the backbone of the Global Network across the five continents. The respected individuals that conform to this list, a mix of current and former athletes of all ages and origins, will act yet another year as the connection between the Global Team and Board of the WFFA and the local communities in the 117 countries where the Association has a representative.

    The list of Key Leaders, available on the specific page of our official website, features:

       

       

    Pekko ‘PeGe’ Piirto, the Head of the Global Network, said: “It’s a massive honour for us to have these fifteen extraordinary individuals liaising with the different Freestyle Football communities across the world. Their role is instrumental in the success of an organisation of such cultural diversity as the WFFA, and therefore we are extremely thankful for their commitment and hard work. We’re really looking forward to yet another successful season this 2024!”.

    To learn more about the structure and history of the WFFA, please visit the corresponding page on our website.

    For more information about the activities of the WFFA, follow its official channels to get the latest updates!

  • The WFFA welcomes a talent-studded panel in their new Advisory Board

    The WFFA welcomes a talent-studded panel in their new Advisory Board

    The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today the creation of a new tool of extraordinary value for the future of the sport: the WFFA Advisory Board, an external, independent organ committed to helping evolve the discipline holistically across all regions of the world.

    The newly created Advisory Board will include first-class experts in a variety of fields, from governance and sports development to marketing and communications, which will greatly help in growing the capacities of the current teams of the Association and shaping its short- and long-term strategy.

    The WFFA Advisory Board will consist of the following members:

    • Gabriel Behr Andrade: Paralympic Games Operations Senior Manager. Sport Management and Psychology expert working extensively on major sporting events worldwide
    • Patrick Casteau: Director of International Relations for OnLocation (Olympics and Paralympics). Co-Founder of the Football Business Academy
    • Daphne Chan: Consultant on Sports Media rights and Data and Research. Ex ESPN, International Paralympics Committee and SportCal
    • Sean Garnier: The first World Champion of Freestyle Football. A global social media icon (23+million followers) and visionary for the sport
    • Jürgen Griesbeck: Founder and CEO of Common Goal, the biggest Sport for Development movement worldwide
    • Nabil Hadi: Co-Founder and COO of Roster and Digital Nomad Labs. Web3 and Blockchain guru
    • Dr Hussa K. Al Khalifa: Long-standing member of the Bahrain Olympic Committee and Football Association. Social Responsibility Committee member of the AFC
    • Alex Lee: Serial Entrepreneur, Investor and Board Member of CalSouth. Working also in MMA and extensively across US Soccer
    • Carrie McNeill: Executive Director at CMC&CO. Sports Investment, strategy and merchandise specialist with extensive impact and knowledge of the Middle East markets
    • Datuk Stuart Ramalingam: Promoter of the first iteration of a world federation for Freestyle Football, F3, back in 2011. CEO of the Malaysia Football League
    • John P. Reynal: President and CEO at the Women’s Cup and creator of the Daytona Soccer Fest. International event organisation and management expert
    • Damjan Rudež: Director of the Sunset Sports Media Festival. Former NBA basketball player
    • Preeti Shetty: Board member of Brentford FC and CEO of Upshot. Social Impact expert
    • Fengze Yeh: Investor and Partnership Head for Park. Champion in Social Impact through sport and Web3 / Metaverse expert

    “The creation of the Advisory Board is a key step in preparing the WFFA for the future”, said Steve Elias, President of the WFFA. “Freestyle Football is already growing at an extraordinary pace, and adding such talented individuals to the orbit of the sport will surely help it accelerate even more. I’m really excited to see the results!”.

    “The members of the Advisory Board will doubtlessly bring huge value to the WFFA”, said Dan Wood, Head of Partnerships at the WFFA and main promoter of the Advisory Board. “Their vast knowledge will be extremely useful to build the capacities of the Association staff and multiply the possibilities of the whole organisation.”

    For more information about the activities of the WFFA, follow its official channels to get the latest updates!

  • The WFFA opens the selection process for the 2024 World Championship host destination

    The WFFA opens the selection process for the 2024 World Championship host destination

    The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today the opening of the selection process to elect the city that will host the 2024 edition of the World Freestyle Football Championship Finals. Over the last 13 years, this exciting and energy-packed event has travelled to fascinating countries such as Brazil, Croatia, Japan, Italy, Spain, South Africa, England and the USA.

    For the 2024 edition, all applicants 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.

    The selection procedure will include four stages, during which the candidates will be asked to provide key information about their proposal. The process will happen as follows:

    1. Expression of interest: deadline May 12th, 2023
      1. Candidates will be required to email partnerships@thewffa.org with an introduction to their organisation and destination
      2. The WFFA will forward the candidate the Request For Proposal (RFP) presentation, which outlines all requirements needed to submit an application
      3. Candidates 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 22nd, 2023
      1. The WFFA will contact the applicants individually and confidentially; the best 5 candidates will be selected
      2. The WFFA Partnerships team will then set up a video call with the 5 selected destinations to learn more about their proposal and organise a site visit
    1. Site visits to all shortlisted options: happening before August 31st, 2023
      1. The WFFA Operations team will visit all shortlisted destinations to understand the logistics and the logic of each option
    1. Host destination selected: communicated privately on September 18th, 2023
      1. The WFFA Partnerships team will notify the winning candidate privately
      2. The WFFA and the winning candidate will align on all the required documentation and sign the necessary contracts to confirm the agreement
      3. The representatives of the winning destination will be invited to the 2023 World Finals, happening on November 25th in Kenya, 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 in the Pulse Series around the world from June to September 2024 for the chance to qualify for the World Championship Finals and be crowned the best in the world in the winning city.

    For more details about the 2024 World Freestyle Football Championship Finals tender process, please visit the dedicated page on the WFFA website at www.thewffa.org/2024tender. 

    Dan Wood, Head of Partnerships at the WFFA, explained: “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.”

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

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