Sunday 12th August
15:05 – 15:50 Opening Ceremony & 1st Day Match
Monday 13th August
16:30 – 17:30 Ambassadors Match & 2nd Day Match
Tuesday 14th August
16:30 – 17:00 3rd Day Match
Wednesday 15th August
21:00 – 22:00 4th Day Match & Closing Ceremony & Award Ceremony
Thursday 16th August
09:30 – 17:30 Tour
Friday 17th August
09:30 – 11:30 Departure
Within the framework of supporting Governments to encourage sports activities for underprivileged children, SATUC decided to organize SATUC World Cup 2018 cooperated with the Bulgarian football union, with the participation of 12 civil associations for childcare from all over the world. Over 7 days SATUC, gave a 5 Star experience to the talented underprivileged children, giving them a platform to show the world what they could doThe Cup was held in the National Football Centre “BOYANA” Bulgarian Football Union Stadium in Sofia. The SATUC World Cup witnessed 12 teams participated were competing to win the SATUC World Cup from August 10th, 2018 until August 17th, 2018.
1st press conference, Sheikha then carried out the match draw, assisted by the Deputy Executive Director of BFS Mr. Pavel KolevMagdy, Mr. Abdelghany, Mr. Osama Nabih, Mr Gamal Allam, Mr Aziz Bouderbala, Mr Belloumi and Mr Sultan Al Thani.
2nd press conference, Sheikha Al Thani and the Portuguese star gave a press conference at the Bulgarian Football Union. Nuno Gomes during which he thanked both the SATUC Foundation and the Bulgarian Football Union for its excellent organization.
“It is a great pleasure to be in Bulgaria in my role as SATUC World Cup Ambassador, when Sheikha Al-Tani invited me, I accepted without thinking, I cannot help supporting such a cause, such initiatives should not remain single events I would like to congratulate the Bulgarian Football Union for the construction of this wonderful base, “Gomes said”
The last emotional day of the tournament included Sheikha Al Thani, Sultan Al Thani, and special ambassadors such as Nuno Gomes who arrived at the event, and others such as Tiago Ribeiro, Osama Nabih, Gamal Allam, Nour Khatab, Tamer Amin, Aziz Bouderbala, Redouane Barkaoui, Iakhdar Belloumi.
Group 1
Bulgaria, Liberia, Iraq
Group 2
Peru, Bosnia, Cambodia
Group 3
Mexico, Indonesia, Cameroon
Group 4
Syria, Nigeria, Morocco
Nuno Gomes, the Portuguese striker took part in the stars match between the ambassadors of the tournament such as Tiago Ribeiro, Osama Nabih, Gamal Allam, Nour Khatib, Tamer Amin, Aziz Bouderbala, Redouane Barkaoui, and Iakhdar Belloumi and European football legends, including the Bulgarian stars from the recent past Yordan Lechkov, Emil Kostadinov, Petar Hubchev, Georgi Donkov, Angel Stoykov, and Boncho Genchev. The duel that took place between the small and the big finals ended 4: 3 for the European squad, as Princess Sheikha Al Thani took part in both teams.
16:00 Bulgaria vs Iraq 4:0
16:00 Peru vs Cambodia 1:1
16:00 Mexico vs Cameroon 1:0
16:00 Syria vs Morocco 1:3
17:30 Liberia vs Bulgaria 0:2
17:30 Bosnia vs Peru 6:3
17:30 Indonesia vs Mexico 0:10
18:10 Nigeria vs Syria 7:1
19:00 Iraq vs Liberia 1:6
19:00 Cambodia vs Bosnia 5:0
19:00 Cameroon vs Indonesia 10:1
20:00 Morocco vs Nigeria 2:4
16:00h BULGARIA vs. BOSNIA 5:2
17:00h CAMBODIA vs. LIBERIA 2:3
18:00h MEXICO vs. MOROCCO 2:3
19:00h NIGERIA vs. CAMEROON 7:
18:00h BULGARIA vs. NIGERIA 0:1
19:00h LIBERIA vs. MOROCCO 5:1
17:00h BULGARIA vs. MOROCCO 4:2
Match for the third place
19:00h NIGERIA vs. LIBERIA 4:0
FINAL MATCH
CameroonFDP, they provide leadership, life skills and health education to youth on the soccer field, to reach and empower as many young people in the areas where we work. They aspire to be an efficient organization that maximizes the donations of our sponsors and utilizes the efforts of our volunteers to ultimately fulfil our mission and create the greatest impact on the lives of our youth.
Sports Management Bulgaria is a project that started in 2011 by Viktor Kirkov. From Sofia, it expanded to other Bulgarian cities such as Plovdiv and Varner. Today, they work with homeless people, refugees (especially from Mali and Eritrea) and disadvantaged youth.
Rumah Cemara, they use a peer intervention model in order to increase the quality of life for people with HIV/AIDS and people who use drugs in Indonesia.
Cultural Eyes Humanitarian Organization. Iraqi children have already had to suffer so much in their young lives. We encourage each one of you to rally round and help support our Iraq children. In fact, Iraq children have paid a lofty price for the war going on in their country.
One Goal Foundation is a not-for-profit organization which helps youth in Liberia get an education through the power of the world’s greatest game, soccer.
Street Soccer Mexico A.C, They are using street football, that allow the possibility of looking at each other and living differently through stimulating, developing and strengthening attitudes of cooperation, responsibility, leadership and discipline, that the sport stimulates, with people in the street, in recovery of alcohol and drugs.
The Association sports et Amitié in Morocco was selected as Morocco’s representative in the competition, Moroccan disadvantaged children from The Association sports et Amitié.
John Utaka Foundation truly represents John’s belief in helping and empowering Children and Youth of today for a better tomorrow through education and support categories. Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
ISF believes in making a difference, one child at a time. Each of their students and football players has their own hopes, dreams and ambitions. their NGO in Cambodia aims to nurture their unique talents and enable every child we work with to reach their potential.
SATUC, interest is now strongly focused on Syrian children. Therefore, their participation in the World Football Cup (soccer) for Orphans, has become our main concern and will draw attention to the suffering and hardships confronting the Syrian people during the last years. In fact, Syrian children have paid a lofty price for the war going on in their country, However, the exerted joint efforts exerted by NGO’s and SATUC among them, is to provide them with a better future.
Los Pioneros, promote positive changes in children, adolescents and young people of Callao, who are at social risk, improving their quality of life and learning, through sports, art, education and culture. They are an Association that uses Football as a tool for social transformation promoting the integral development of children.
After the final match took place a glamorous closing ceremony of the SATUC 2018 World Cup. Personally, BFU President Borislav Mihaylov presented the championship Nigeria’s trophy and the medalists received their distinctions from Sheikha Al Thani, Sultan Al Thani, Nuno Gomes, Tiago Ribeiro, Osama Nabih, Gamal Allam, Nour Khatib, Tamer Amin, Aziz Bouderbala, Redouane Barkaoui and Iakhdar Belloumi, Sheikha / Sheikha Al-Tani and Deputy Executive Director of BFS Pavel Kolev.
Individual awards went to Asen Traykov (Bulgaria) for the best goalkeeper, Usman Hosseini (Nigeria) for the top scorer and best footballer; Edwin Johnson (Liberia) was named “Boy to Write”, a prize bestowed on him by the chairman of the Bulgarian Association of Sports Journalists Naiden Todorov. The Team Fair Play Prize was awarded to Indonesia. The race ended with an impromptu party for all the players on the pitch
Nigeria SATUC team walloped Liberia 4-0 in the final of the competition to win the trophy. The Nigerian U-16 side scored 26 goals in five matches and conceded only three throughout the competition. Nigeria’s red-hot striker, Arafat Hussain scored a brace against Liberia to increase his overall goals to nine to become the most valuable/highest goal scorer of the tournament.
Liberia was invited through the Ministry of Youth and Sports to participate in the tournament. The tournament is aimed at giving disadvantaged children and orphans space to excel, making them the center of attention, and, through encouragement and mentoring, encouraging their successful self-realization and putting a smile on their faces.
(SATUC Bulgaria player) for the best goalkeeper
(SATUC Nigeria player) for the top scorer and best footballer
Team Fair Play Prize was awarded to SATUC Indonesia team. The race ended with an impromptu party for all the players on the pitch.