Dates confirmed for Oslo 2025 Homeless World Cup
|Seoul to Oslo handover ceremony (L-R Ahn Byunghun (Big Issue Korea Executive Director), Kim Soo-yeol (Big Issue Korea Chairman), Hahn June-Hea (Seoul 2024 LOC Vice Chair), Knut Haugsvær (The Salvation Army, project leader HWC 2025), Eirin Erlandsen (Norwegian Women's Captain in Seoul), Karsten Kristiansen (Norwegian Men's captain in Seoul), Lee Keun-Ho (Seoul 2024 LOC Chairman), Signe Haukvik Haugen (Norwegian women's team manager) and Min-Jung Shin (Vice-Chair Seoul 2024 LOC). Image: Anita Milas
The Homeless World Cup Foundation confirmed on Thursday 10th October – World Homeless Day that the Oslo 2025 Homeless World Cup will take place on Saturday 23rd August – Saturday 30th August, 2025.
After the successful Seoul 2024 Homeless World Cup, held last month, attention now turns to the Norwegian capital, host city of the 20th Edition of the Homeless World Cup.
The tournament will be held at the iconic Rådhusplassen (City Hall Square) next year and will be organised alongside our member country Norway, which is represented by The Salvation Army.
|Women's and Men's Captains Eirin Erlandsen and Karsten Kristiansen alongside Norwegian Women's Team Manager and Signe Haukvik Haugen and Knut Haugsvær from the Salvation Army celebrate receiving the pass for home from the Seoul 2024 Homeless World Cup. Image: Anita Milas
|Ahn Byunghun and Knut Haugsvær embrace in Seoul as the handover takes place. Image: Anita Milas
The city of Oslo hosted the Homeless World Cup in 2017 and it will be first time the tournament has been held in Europe since the Cardiff 2019 Homeless World Cup, after successful Homeless World Cups in the US and Asia (Sacramento 2023 and Seoul 2024).
Norway had both a Women’s team and Men’s team at the tournament in Seoul, finishing 12th in the Women’s Homeless World Cup and finishing 16th in the Men’s Homeless World Cup.
In Seoul there was a special handover between the Men’s Korean captain and Norwegian Women’s and Men’s captains who completed the final ‘Pass for Home’ as the city of Seoul passed on the Homeless World Cup hosting responsibilities to the visiting delegation from Oslo.
The delegation for both the Seoul 2024 Local Organising Committee (LOC) and Oslo 2025 Local Organising Committee included:
Seoul 2024 LOC
Ahn Byunghun (Big Issue Korea Executive Director)
Kim Soo-yeol (Big Issue Korea Chairman)
Hahn June-Hea (Seoul 2024 LOC Vice Chair)
Kim Seong Jun Team Korea Captain
Lee Keun Ho (Seoul 2024 LOC Chairman
Shin Minjeong (Seoul 2024 LOC Vice Chair)
Oslo 2025 LOC
Knut Haugsvær (The Salvation Army, Project Leader Oslo 2025 LOC)
Eirin Erlandsen Norway Women's Captain
Karsten Kristiansen Norway Men's Captain
Signe Haukvik Haugen Norway Women’s Manager