GGWCUP Colombia 2023

The Global Goals World Cup arrives for the first time in Medellín, Colombia and Latin America in April 2023.

A GGWCUP is an all-women 5v5 football tournament - and to qualify as a team, you have to choose one of the 17 UN Global Goals to play and take action for. On match day, your 5-8 women team will play matches that last 6 minutes. The winning team is the team that combines sensational and creative activism with the most spectacular football.

The GGWCUP Colombia 2023 will be held in Medellín. Teams and partners from all over Colombia will join this event and celebrate the power of sports for the Global Goals.

Dates and details

The academic agenda of the event will be held in the city of Medellín on Friday, April 21 at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Campus (Forum Auditorium) and the Cup will be held in the Plaza de La Libertad, also in the city of Medellín on Saturday, April 22.

Make sure to follow: @ggwcup_colombia (IG) and #ggwcupco

Please welcome the teams

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Aqua

“We want to create a methodology to contribute to the supply of drinking water, knowledge, and social structure in Colombia.”

IHM Girls

“We want to support inclusive and sustained economic growth, creating decent jobs for all women and improving their living standards.”

Green Champions

“We mentor parents and students to help their schools become Florida green schools and focus on reducing environmental impacts for energy.”

Universidad EAFIT

“We believe it is important to reduce the social gaps between young people and their families to prevent violence.”

TransformándoNOS

“Global Goal 5 is the main Goal that leads and supports TransformándoNOS in our many projects, sports clinics and tournaments.”

Somos Fútbol Amalfi

"We will encourage women to the sport we love and contribute to the transformation of our community through sports, cultural and artistic interventions focused on women's football."

Cantera GIRLS Sumapaz

“We want to empower women in their sporting and personal skills for them to be able to generate impact.”

LAS DIEZ FC

“Our main objective is to use soccer as a tool for social development.”

Huerta Argos FC

“We will select a vulnerable community in the city and together with them establish gardens in schools and parks. We will plant a variety of fruits and vegetables.”

Malala’s FC

“Malala's FC seeks to break paradigms demonstrating that beauty, talent and femininity go hand in hand; and that sports can turn communities into safe places for women.”

Muraba

“Violence against women is a scourge that affects all women in our country. We want to provide information and training sessions on violence prevention for the women victims of the armed conflict in our region.”

Semillero Campsoccer

“Our project is the "Sustainable Impact School Tour". Our goal is to make presentations on the SDGs in educational institutions and demonstrate that women can be included in any sport regardless of age or gender.”

Mpoderosas

“We aim to promote women’s empowerment within girls from the Moravia neighborhood through constant reference of inspirational women. Moravia has been a zone of high social conflict and violence.”

JAC Las Vegas

“Our initiative began 13 years ago, in a territory hitten by armed conflict. We want to share our experience of how sports have impacted the peace-building process in the Las Vegas village.”

CICATRIZA2

“We want to improve the quality of life for people with solid organ and bone marrow transplants. We promote physical activity and sports before and after transplantation.”

Selección Medellín Viconde

“Our commitment to sports allows us to offer health and wellness for the people.”

DULKI

“Colombian agriculture is in crisis. We produce healthy food (yacon syrup...) and provide training sessions in composting and home gardens based on sustainable production and consumption methods.”

Green Girls

“Hunger is a disease, and we want to cure it. We want to to find ways to install individual or community gardens.”

UPB-Fem

“As women and competitive soccer athletes, we believe it is fair and necessary to have balance and equality in terms of the importance given to sports in both genders.”

The tournament are making some headlines

¡El Win Team se une a la primera versión de la Copa Mundial ODS que se realiza por primera vez en Colombia! ¡Todos juntos somos más! Twitter @WinSportsTV, April 14, 2023

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Copa Mundial de los Objetivos De Desarrollo Sostenible llega por primera a Medellín, Elespectador.com April 11, 2023

Por primera vez en Latinoamérica se jugará el Mundial de fútbol oficial de las Naciones Unidas. Recibe el nombre de la “Copa Mundial de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS)”, un torneo internacional de fútbol femenino de 5 contra 5, no competitivo, cuya misión es unir el deporte y el impacto sostenible por medio de mujeres de todo el mundo, que crean proyectos de impacto positivo en su entorno, impulsadas por los 17 ODS, usando el fútbol como vehículo para enviar un mensaje de empoderamiento de género alrededor de la Agenda 2030.

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About host and organizer

Impact Hub Medellín

Impact Hub was created in 2005 with the aim of strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystems with close alignment to the 2030 SDGs. It is led through the +100 locations and +60 countries in which it’s present, developing programs with +17,000 members.

Since 2018, the Impact Hub in Medellin has led the creation of a more user-centric ecosystem in the city. The results shown in their 2021 Impact Report outline.

In a nutshell:

+40 programs developed, involving +700 participants
+560 jobs created
Average increase of 892% in sales and combined investments of up to USD $ 1,255,000.00 of program participants
+1.100 connections created
Impact Hub Medellín was awarded by the Healthy Cities for Adolescents (HCA) Program, a five-year initiative managed by the International Society for Urban Health
The Medellin City Council awarded them with its highest recognition, the Orquid Award in the Enterprise Merit category in 2021.

The GGWCup in Colombia is developed in partnership with gol2soul.com, a Colombian organization that was born as an initiative in favor of a more inclusive football, where all people, regardless of gender, race and social or economic condition, can access the same opportunities in search of their dreams and life goals through football.

Partner opportunities at the GGWCUP Medellín 2023

Please reach out to co-founder Majken Gilmartin and our local organizer Sebastian Bustamante if you would like to join the coalition of sports for sustainable development in Medellín, Colombia, in 2023.

Webpage:www.copaodscolombia.com

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