The Homeless World Cup (HWC) is an event of the International Network of Street Papers. It creates chances for people in crisis situations through social programmes and by selling their own newspaper directly on the streets.

The Homeless World Cup is an annual, international football tournament, use of football as a trigger to inspire and energize people who are homeless and excluded to take a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country and change their lives forever. It is a 4-a-side street soccer event, which is fast and entertaining. The first tournament took place in Graz 2003 uniting 18 national teams. 6 years on 56 nations were united for Melbourne 2008, which included the first Women's Cup.

The impact is consistently significant year on year with 73% of players changing their lives for the better by coming off drugs and alcohol, moving into jobs, education, homes, training, reuniting with families and even going on to become players and coaches for pro or semi-pro football teams.The Game is now on the road to Milan 2009 on 6-13 September.

For more information, please visit http://www.homelessworldcup.org

Year	Place	No. of participating countries	Remarks
2011	Paris, France	48	21 - 28 August, 2011
2010	Rio, Brazil	64	18 - 26 Sept, 2010
2009	Milan, Italy	48
2008	Melbourne, Australia	56	First women cup hosted
2007	Copenhegen, Denmark	48
2006	Cape Town, South Africa	44 Asian cities: HKSAR, China & Japan
2005	Edinburgh, UK	32 HKSAR, China, firstly participated	60,000 audiences 72% of the participants got their home, back to work, no more drugs and alcoholic.
2004	Gothenburg, Sweden	26
2003	Graz, Austria	18	20,000 audiences