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Latin America wins IHE Football World Cup

Latin America wins the UNESCO-IHE Football World Cup, beating the Lions of Africa in the final.

Jose Alonso Jaimes, captain of the Latin American Team, sends us the following:

On behalf of the (Latin) America Team, winner of the UNESCO-IHE Football Tournament 2008:

First of all we want to thanks to:

  • The Tournament Director of this year (Jan-Herman Koster) for a wonderful organization of the UNESCO-IHE Football Tournament 2008.
  • The incorruptible referees: Stefan Uhlenbrook, Maarten Blokland, Marco Schouten, Henk Lubberding and Jan Willem Foppen for doing a good transparent job.
  • Klaas Schwartz for being with the participants in all sport activities. Sorry for the staff team (Naranja mecanica) disappoint their funs, just keep practicing.
  • All teams for trying hard to reach the finals and especially to the African Warriors, whom were a hard opponent in the finals.
  • All supporters for being there no matter the weather difficulties.

Second congratulate the winners (Latin) American Team for doing a great performance putting all efforts on the field, they are:

1. Bruno Belletini, Ecuador

2. Jairo Villada, Colombia

3. Jose Alonso Jaimes, Peru

4. Paul Risher, USA

5. Fredy Viana, Guatemala

6. Mijail Arias, Ecuador

7. Oscar Hernandez, Colombia

8. Ruben Muñoz, Chile

9. Julie Ann Bouchard, Canada

10. Roxana Duran, Bolivia

11. Lawrence Barret, Jamaica

Yes, the (Latin) America Team was able to cope with their status of 'Overwhelming Favorite' and the immense pressure did not become too much, on the contrary help.