4 August 2007, Scotland has won the Copenhagen 2007 Homeless World Cup, the international football tournament changing lives.

Scotland beat Poland in the finals by 9 goals to 3 in front of packed crowds and HRH Crown Prince of Denmark, today in the City Hall Square. The match was refereed by international referee Kim Milton Nielsen who is infamous for the sending off of David Beckham in the FIFA World Cup against Argentina.

Scotland’s Captain, Paul Smith, who also won best male player of the tournament, said: “This has been better than I could ever have imagined. The level of skill and quality of football has been exceptional. We have really enjoyed the Danish fans that have also supported us here in Copenhagen.”

Poland’s Captain, Rafal Rozonski, said, “One of my strongest dreams has been realized: to represent my country and participate in a World Cup Final. We are good fighters. It can be very hard to be homeless but playing soccer makes you forget about that. You can be free.”

Mel Young, President and Co-founder Homeless World Cup, said: “It has been a tournament of many great goals, fabulous skill and fair play. Congratulations to Scotland and to the Coach for taking the team to victory.”

David Duke, the Coach of Scotland was a player in the Gothenburg 2004 Homeless World Cup and now has led his team to victory in the Copenhagen 2007 Homeless World Cup. “After changing my own life through football and the Homeless World Cup it is just great that I can help others do the same. To take Scotland to victory is just superb.”

The winners of the other trophies at the Copenhagen 2007 Homeless World Cup are as follows:

INSP Trophy Final
Slovenia (5) v (7) Kyrgyzstan

Ombold Trophy Final
Zimbabwe (1) v (3) Austria

Hus Forbi Trophy Final
Netherlands (4) v Mexico (4) Netherlands win 3-2 on pens

Cape Town Trophy Final
Serbia (2) v Lithuania (9)

Copenhagen Trophy Final
Kazakhstan (6) v Ghana (3)

Homeless World Cup Final
Poland (3) v Scotland (9)

Each player received a medal for participating in the Homeless World Cup, uniting with 48 nations to represent their country, lighting up Copenhagen for a tournament of true grit spirit and glory.

For more information please logo on to www.homelessworldcup.org

You know you're in Kenya when...
...it doesn't seem right to pay the asking price on anything in a store. If you can't barter for it, it's not worth having.
...you're appalled that Tesco only sell one or two different types of bananas.
...your parents yell at you for forgeting to use cutlery in public.
...you're going to visit your Grandparents and take you passport ~ just in case you have to evacuate.
...you find all the non-white people on campus so you can be a minority again.
...you can lead a 20 minute conversation starting with "Habari!!" and keep it going by replying "ehh" in numerous different tone-levels for the next half an hour! (...and have the other person exactly understand what you are saying!!)
...you fear for you life while riding in a Matatu....anywhere!
...you call everyone older then you mama.
...every toothpaste is colgate.
...every soap is surf.
...every softdrink is coca cola or fanta.
...black outs are nothing new to you.
...no running water for a day is just another ordinary thing
...40 degrees is cold.
...You can do your monthly shopping on the pavement.
...four cars are driving parallel to each other on a one-lane road.
...The smell of freshly rained on mud paths/tarmac is comforting.
...being an hour late equals being "on time"
...you get car sick cuz the roads just can't have enough potholes!
... you pass by someones house and you know what they gonna have for dinner cuz u can pretty much see and/or smell what's cooking
...you can bribe a cop and get away with it!
...You know that the police isn't always the safest place to go when you're in trouble.
...Cramming 7 passangers in a 4 passenger taxi is really not a big deal.
...you know never to question what you're eating (even if it does taste good), cuz sometimes you just don't want to know.
...you invite people for a get together at 7 and they all come at 9.
...everyone in your country plays football.
...you cram 24 people into a 14 passenger matuatu and have never felt closer to your African friends.
...you make friends with the local shepard and know the goats by name.
...you spent countless hours shining your shoes when u know very well that by the time you get to the taxi stop, they'll be covered in unbeleivable dirt!
...you keep converting the value of things in your home currency when u see the dollar value.
...a plane flies by and you just cant help but look up!
... you have another name in your home language.
... you hate corn, because it's never hard enough.
... you've drunk real chai, not this coffeeshop stuff. (AMEN!)
...you remember being so confused about how you could pay for something with a visa.
...you know you are from Africa when you have put Vaseline in your hair to be like your African friends..and your Mom has to take it out with OMO and Kerosene!
...you expect people to tell you they're fine before you ask them
...you used to shower under the rain.
...someone is riding their bike down the road with corrugated iron strapped width wise across the back of the bike and its taking up more than half of the road.
...you miss rain on a corrugated iron roof; it's so loud you have to shout to be heard.
...you've been proposed to while walking down the street (if you're a girl, that is, lol)
...you know what true hospitality and generosity is...when those who have almost nothing still welcome you in with open arms and are willing to share everything they have with you - even though they barely know you!
...someone asks you how much your sister costs.
...your brother tries to sell you to his college roommate for 36 cows or goats...
...You unwrap all your gifts carefully, so that you can reuse the wrapper.
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...more than 90% of the music CD's and cassettes in your home are illegal copies.
...you have almost always carry overweight baggage when traveling by plane.
...Nobody in your family informs you that they are coming over for a v

The Homeless World Cup is a unique international football tournament changing lives.

The Homeless World Cup exists to be a catalyst for lasting change through the development of street soccer worldwide in a way that that creates a maximum social impact for the players involved – socially excluded homeless people and people living in poverty.

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