POSTED: Thursday November 26th 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FIFA Executive Committee to meet on Robben Island

The FIFA Executive Committee, chaired by President Joseph S. Blatter, will convene on Robben Island (South Africa) on Thursday, 3 December 2009.

The Executive will receive reports about the 2009 FIFA competitions held to date (FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009, FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009, FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Dubai 2009) and updates on upcoming FIFA events, including the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 and the FIFA World Player Gala 2009.

 
Of course, particular emphasis will be placed on the next day’s Final Draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, which will kick off in Cape Town at 19.00 (local time).
 

Moreover, a number of reports will be received about the FIFA standing committees which had plenary meetings recently as well as about the recent Olympic football working group meeting.
 

As already announced, at the request of the FIFA President, the Executive Committee will hold an extraordinary meeting in Cape Town on 2 December 2009 (see media release on http://www.FIFA.com/media).


Note to editors – Robben Island:

It was on Robben Island that, for many years, political prisoners had to fight for the right to play football, with men secretly playing the game in their cells with balls made of pieces of paper, cardboard and rags tied together with string. The island’s authorities finally gave in, granting inmates the right to play football in 1965. The prisoners then built their own goals and would swap their drab prison garb and play in the colours of their teams on Saturdays. The Makana Football Association was founded on Robben Island in 1969. It was a football association which adhered strictly to the FIFA Statutes and principles and the Laws of the Game. On 18 July 2007, the Makana FA became the first FIFA honorary member association (see media release on http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/releases/newsid=1139756.html)

 

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