She Can Tournament 2021 in Saudi Arabia
by Najwan, Team Kafo Saudi participating in the GGWCUP Saudi Arabia 2021.
The Kafo Saudi team took the initiative to organize the She Can Cup Tournament 2021 in cooperation with the Miraas Women's Football Team in Jeddah and the Student for Sustainability Group at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Goals for Gender Equality
The tournament was held on July 2nd, 2021 in KAUST, as part of the activities of Kafo in our participation in the Global Goals World Cup 2021, promoting our Global Goal 5: Gender Equality.
The main objective of the She Can Tournament is to support equality especially in sports, and empower girls and women by providing the opportunity for them to participate in such a sport activity.
More than 45 players
The tournament witnessed the participation of more than 45 female players. The first place WINNER of the She Can Cup 2021 was Miraas Women's Football Team representing Kafo Saudi, in the runner-up position was the TKS Sharks team, and in third place was the Magpies WFC.
Also, there were individual awards and its as the following:
The Best Player in The Tournament Award went to "Sebaa Tawfik" from Miraas.
The Best Goalkeeper in The Tournament Award went to "Haya" from TKS Sharks.
The Top Scorer in The Tournament Award went to "Taqia Rashwan" from Miraas.
The best player and the best goalkeeper were decided by a voting committee consisting of two coaching staff members from each team and the referees.
The organizing teams and students:
Team Kafo Saudi: Twitter @kafo_saudi – Instagram @kafo_saudi
Miraas Women's Football Team: Twitter @MiraasWFT - Instagram @MiraasTeam
Students For Sustainability at KAUST: Twitter @SSquareKAUST – Facebook @SSquareKAUST
The Magpies WFC.
Bravo to all participating She Can players!
We hope this is the beginning of an annual She Can Tournament and an inspiration for any GGWCUP team to host a tournament - maybe the next GGWCUP in your country or neighboring countries? You are always welcome to reach out to us and have a chat about the opportunities.
- the GGWCUP team