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Football for Friendship Sets New World Record: Most Nationalities in Football (Soccer) Training Session
MADRID, June 1, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

Within the framework of the events of the Seventh Season of the Gazprom 
International Children's Social Programme Football for Friendship, uniting 
participants from 211 countries and regions, a football training with the most 
nationalities in the world took place on May 31 in Madrid. At the end of the 
training, Football for Friendship received an official GUINNESS WORLD 
RECORDS(R)certificate.

Miquel Puig, the CEO of the Soccer Barcelona Youth Academy and Josep Gambau, 
the ex-coach of the FC Barcelona youth team conducted the training in which 
participated representatives of 57 nationalities. They helped Young Players 
master several new tricks before the Football for Friendship World Championship 
Final.

Achieving this record is a landmark event for the Football for Friendship 
programme that has the goal of promoting the values of equality of all cultures 
and nationalities. In just 7 years, the programme has gained 5 million 
supporters around the world, and united 6 thousand participants from 211 
countries. I have no doubt that there are many wonderful victories ahead for 
the F4F project," says the CEO of Soccer Barcelona Youth Academy Miquel Puig.

At the end of the training, Gazprom Chairman of the Board of Directors Viktor 
Zubkov has received the official certificate of obtaining the title from the 
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS(R) representative and congratulated Young Participants 
of Football for Friendship on the new global victory.

One of the key events of the programme is the Football for Friendship World 
Championship. Traditionally, the International Teams of Friendship uniting 
athletes aged 12 of different nationalities, gender, and physical abilities 
participate in the competition. The Final of the World Championship will take 
place on the UEFA Pitch in Plaza Mayor on June 1.

The final events of the Seventh Season of the Gazprom International Children's 
Social Programme Football for Friendship take place in Madrid from May 28 to 
June 2. On June 1, the participants of the programme will visit the 2019 UEFA 
Champions League at the Metropolitano Stadium.

Programme's official Internet resources:

Photos and video materials for the media: http://media.footballforfriendship.com
Official Facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/FootballForFriendship/ 
Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/FOOTBALL4FRIENDSHIP
Official Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_for_Friendship
Official Twitter account: https://twitter.com/football4f
Official website: https://www.gazprom-football.com/en/home.htm 
 
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Source: Gazprom Football for Friendship
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