“Football for Hope” benefit match to be played at the  Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona on 15 February. Kick-off will be at 21:00 h CET.

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FIFA and UEFA have joined forces to organise a “Football for Hope” match in aid of the victims of the tsunami that devastated South and Southeast Asia and parts of Africa on 26 December. The cream of world football will grace the two teams taking part: the first led by FIFA World Player 2004 Ronaldinho, the other by European Footballer of the Year 2004 Andriy Shevchenko. The Brazilian impresario’s side will be “coached” by Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil) and Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands), while Marcello Lippi (Italy) and Arsene Wenger (France) will take charge of the Ukrainian striker’s line-up. The list of players will be confirmed in due course.
All proceeds from the “Football for Hope” match will be donated to the FIFA/AFC Tsunami Solidarity Fund, which has been set up jointly by FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). FC Barcelona has made its home stadium available for the event free of charge. Mediapro of Spain will act as host broadcaster free of charge and Globecast of France has agreed to handle signal distribution free of charge.

We would like to inform you that the distribution and sale of the TV rights for these matches will be organized and handled by FIFA. All rights fees will go to the FIFA/AFC Tsunami Solidarity Fund.

For further information regarding TV distribution, please contact:

Niclas Ericson
Head Broadcast & Media Rights
FIFA Marketing & TV AG
Tel: +41 41 7270000
Fax: +41 41 7270011
E-mail: mailtniclas.ericson@fifa.org