Fair Play Football Cup
© Mark Kelly/UNHCR
Since 2010, UNHCR and Sport Against Racism Ireland have organized the Fair Play Football Cup.
The event has grown to become Ireland’s largest World Refugee Day event, with up to 20 teams of men and women playing in the annual tournament at the Law Society Gardens in Dublin.
The 7-a-side tournament features teams drawn from refugee and community groups, direct provision centres, NGOs and members of the media. Approximately 160 players from a host of different countries, including Angola, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Eritrea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and Ireland, have taken part since its inception.
The 2017 tournament was the biggest to date, with two teams of newly arrived Syrians now living in Co. Roscommon taking part for the first time. The Fair Play Cup is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the contribution of refugees to their new homes, and to get to know people who are often hidden behind statistics and news reports from far off places.
Fair Play Cup Photo Gallery
22 March 2017
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President Michael D Higgins at the World Refugee Day, Fair Play Football Cup 2016 in Dublin, Ireland © UNHCR -
Former Republic of Ireland football manager, Brian Kerr, presenting the winner's trophy to KASI at the Fair Play Football Cup 2013 © UNHCR -
World Refugee Day Fair Play Cup 2014 in Dublin, Ireland © Mark Kelly/UNHCR -
Lord Mayor with Diverse City FC at World Refugee Day Fair Play Cup 2015 Ireland © UNHCR -
President Higgins Presented with football jersey at the Fair Play Cup 2016 © UNHCR -
2015 Irish Fair Play Cup Women's tournament winners DiverseCity with Minister of State Aodhán Ó Ríordáin © UNHCR -
Team Kilkenny in action at the 2014 Fair Play Cup, Ireland © Mark Kelly/UNHCR -
Second Captains, 2015 Fair Play Cup, Ireland © UNHCR -
Men's Fair Play Cup winners 2014-Team Sport Against Racism Ireland © Mark Kelly/UNHCR -
Hang Tight-Fair Play Cup 2014 © Mark Kelly/UNHCR -
Team Mosney at the 2014 tournament © UNHCR -
2017 Fair Play Cup Winners Street League and St Mary's FC © UNHCR -
Fair Play 2017 Rohingya girl with UNHCR volunteer © UNHCR -
2017 Men's Winners Street League with Minister of State at the Department of Justice & Equality, David Stanton T.D. © UNHCR
