The Homeless World Cup is set to be played in Milan, Italy from 6-13 September 2009.  There will be a total of 48 nations competing in the games and the African nations include the Ivory Coast, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, and South Africa. A street soccer stadium built at the Arena Civic, Sempione Park, the historical venue of the very first Italian National game against France, will welcome an estimated 100,000 strong crowd during the tournament week.

African country rankings after the Melbourne 2008 games are as follows:

Men

Ghana 3
Kenya 5
Nigeria 10
Zimbabwe 17
South Africa  21
Ethiopia 27
Rwanda 33
Sierra Leone 33
Namibia 38
Malawi 41

Women:

Zambia 1
Liberia 2
Uganda 5
Cameroon 7

To see complete rankings, go here.

The Homeless World Cup is an annual, international football tournament, uniting teams of people who are homeless and excluded to take a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country and change their lives forever. It has triggered, and supports, grass roots football projects in over 60 nations working with over 25,000 homeless and excluded people throughout the year.  To learn more about this wonderful organization, visit their website.