World Street 3s

World Street 3s is the first World Street Soccer tournament which will see 8 International teams battle it out to become the first World Street Soccer Champions. World Street 3s is a 3v3 street soccer tournament with no goal-keeper where 3 player teams deliver performances of flair and showmanship to display their talent to the audience.[1]

Street soccer stars taking part include Sean Garnier, Edward van Gils and Ismael Hamdoui (Issy Hitman).

The World Street 3s took place at Manchester Central Convention Complex at the Soccerex Football Festival on Sunday 25 September 2016.[2]

Eight teams, from Belgium, Denmark, England, Croatia, France, Netherlands, Italy and USA, took part in the inaugural competition at Soccerex Football Festival. With Belgium, England, Italy and the USA knocked out in the play-offs, the semi-finals saw Croatia take on Netherlands and France vs Denmark, resulting in a Netherlands against Denmark final and Croatia taking 3rd place.

The Dutch winning team of Edward van Gils, Mohamed Attaibi, Issy ‘The Hitman’ Hamdoui and Sofian El Adel, demonstrated the unique footballing skills needed for the fast paced action of street soccer, scoring over 25 goals throughout the tournament.

Distinctive to the sport, an additional trophy was awarded to the Flair Player, one who had displayed the best tricks, techniques skills during the match. This was given to Danish player, Jacob Corneliusen. [3]

World Street Soccer Championships (WSSC)

World Street Soccer Championships (WSSC) is the creator of international street soccer events, including the World Street 3s, a sporting property which combines the world's most popular sport, football, with the world's fastest growing sport sector, urban sports.

WSSC works with players, cities, broadcasters and brands to unlock the flair and dynamism of street soccer to wow audiences, inspire young people and engage with communities.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.worldstreet3s.com/about/
  2. ↑ https://www.soccerex.com/insight/articles/2016/soccerex-to-host-the-first-international-world-street-soccer-championship
  3. ↑ http://www.worldstreet3s.com/netherlands-win-the-first-world-street-3s-championship/
  4. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/company/15143087?trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Acompany%2CclickedEntityId%3A15143087%2Cidx%3A3-2-4%2CtarId%3A1474380835498%2Ctas%3Aworld%20street

http://www.worldstreetsoccerchampionships.org/

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