Spain will be hosts to a Walking Football World Cup, which is also known as the World Nations Cup (WNC), which will take place over two weeks. As it currently stands, there will be one hundred and nine teams, fifty-two nations and six age categories.
This World Cup will be hosted by ex-Walsall player, Mark Kavanagh, who originally went to Spain to retire and play golf but was soon offered a role in coaching walking football for the nations league after being turned down to play.
He will be accompanied by ex-Brentford academy coach and ex-QPR scout, Mark Coleman, who made a post back in September last year claiming it will be ‘The biggest global walking football event to ever be staged.’
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Kavanagh stated it was ‘tough to get players’ and that last year the Spanish national team consisted of twelve players, which were half Spanish players and half ex-pats, any players who were good enough with a Spanish residency or a T.I.E card (Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero, which translates to Foreigner’s Identity Card). Mark Kavanagh is also determined to phase in the same rules over all Spanish leagues to ensure all leagues are playing with same rules.
Despite this, Kavanagh and Coleman are well ahead of where they wanted to be. With everything going smoothly, and very close to having everything set up.
The WNC will be held at the Torrevieja Sports City, during the last two weeks of October. The first week will be the men’s over 50s and 70s and the women’s over 40s and will commence from the week beginning of the 20th of October. The second week will be straight after, week commencing 27th October and will be played by the men’s over 60s, women’s over 45s and 50s…
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