DREAM WORLD CUP 2018

The 2nd World Futsal Championship for People with Mental Health Problems

13 - 16 May 2018
Rome, Italy

OFFICIAL INVITATION
To the Chilean Delegation

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

As President of the International Football Committee on Mental Health (IFCMH), I have the pleasure

to invite your National Team to participate in the “Dream World Cup 2018”, the 2nd World Futsal
Championship for People with Mental Health Problems to be held in Rome from 13 to 16 May 2018.

The Dream World Cup is powered by the European Culture and Sport Organization (ECOS) and is
under the patronage of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the Italian Futsal division (Divisione
calcio a 5) and the National Olympic Committee (CONI).
INTRODUCTION

The 2nd Futsal World Cup will be held in order to promote football for people with mental health
problems. The promotion of mental health is normally related to the good functioning of the mind
and the brain in their psychological, emotional and intellectual activities. We often forget that the
mind/body dichotomy is an epistemological and scientific artifact. Indeed, poor physical health
often leads to mental health problems, and psychiatric disorders usually lead to bad physical
conditions.
Sport - and football in particular - is an effective instrument for the protection of mental health and
the improvement of physical and psychological wellbeing, thanks to the synchronous activation of
body and mind, and to the powerful effects of socialisation. Moreover, it is an important bearer of
human values essential for the strengthening of personality - especially in vulnerable and fragile
situations - and for the social cohesion.
The Dream World Cup for people with mental health problems is the opportunity to give them a
healthy socio-psychological rehabilitation.
The preparation and training of each participating country will be object of study and research in
order to improve the entire movement of “Rehabilitation through Sport”.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Promoter: IFCMH - International Football Committee on Mental Health.

• Local Organizer: ECOS - European Culture and Sport Organization.

• Scientific Committee: International Football Committee on Mental Health.

• Patronage: FIGC (Italian Football Federation), Italian Futsal Division, CONI (National Olympic
Committee).

• Dates: 11 May (arrival) – 17 May (departure) 2018.

• Tournament: will be held from 13 to 16 May 2018, with qualification rounds, quarter-finals, semi-
finals and finals (as scheduled below).
• Venues: Rome - Palazzetto dello Sport (indoor with parquet). Address: Piazza Apollodoro, 10,
00196, Roma (RM).

• Transportation: transportation from the international airport to the accommodations and event
venues is paid by the organizer.

• Board and Accommodation: the organization is working hard to provide free board and
accommodation for all the teams involved. Nevertheless, we kindly ask everyone to use your
means and networks to raise the necessary funds able to cover these expenses. We are going to
establish a specific agreement with a hotel or a comfortable place that may host all the
participating teams in the same place. We estimated that the average cost for each person will
be 75 euro per day full board; if you are unable to cover it, in whole or in part, you must present
a specific request by using the attached model and we will try to support you as we can.

• Communication materials: the organization will create and provide all the communication
materials - included the official logo - useful to support your fundraising campaigns. To this extent
you can use all the content and materials free of charge and available on the official website
www.dreamworldcup.net.

• Rules and Regulations: the general rules of international futsal are applied.

• Insurance: all the participants should insure themselves in case of accidental injury or illness. The
organizers will not accept any responsibility, financial or other, for any loss, injury or illness of any
member of the delegation.

• VISAS: please check for visa requirements to Italy before making your reservations. The organizers
cannot accept responsibility for arranging visas but can provide specific letters of invitation if
needed. For information, if you need a visa, please contact your nearest Embassy or Consulate.

• Shirts: we hope that each team could dress the official shirt of its nation. In any case each team
must dress the relevant national color.

• National flag and anthem: all the teams will provide their national flag and the anthem that will
be played before every match.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

All the teams composed of people with mental health problems who are diagnosed with the
International Classification of Disease (WHO) in the F2 and F3 areas (areas of affective and psychotic
disorders) will be eligible to participate. Each team will be invited to deploy people with different
levels of “recovery” of their own personal capabilities (one player totally recovered and with no
pharmacological treatment and the remaining players with different levels of treatment). To enable
people of different degrees to participate and to ensure homogeneity between the different teams
is proposed the following classification:

• “fully recovered” (people completely recovered from mental health problems belonging to the
considered diagnostic categories);

• “in maintenance treatment” (people in treatment of continuous pharmacological or

psychological or psychosocial support);

• “in extensive treatment” (people in treatment, with a long-term or long-lasting pharmacological

or psychological or psychosocial support);

• “in intensive treatment” (people with acute and subacute treatment in residential facilities);

• “not compliant with treatments” (people who sometimes recognize their own disorder but have
great difficulty in following paths of treatment).

REGISTRATION

By 12 February 2018 you must send an official email to confirm your participation at the address:
info@ecos-europe.com.

By 15 March 2018 you must send, at the same e-mail address, the “Registration Form” attached to
this invitation.

There is no entry fee.

SCHEDULE

11 May
• Arrival of participants

12 May
• Welcome party
• International Committee Meeting
• Scientific and Technical Committee Meeting

13 May
• Official ceremony
• First round

14 May
• Second round

15 May
• Semifinals
• 5th 6th, 7th 8th finals

16 May
• Finals
• Medals Ceremony
• International Committee Final Meeting
• Farewell Party and Closing Ceremony

17 May
• Departure
The event will be competitive, but the wide variability of the players' diagnoses will leave to the
team managers the responsibility to privilege the value of inclusion with respect to the sport
results.
We look forward to seeing you in Rome.

Warm regards,

Dr. Santo Rullo

IFCMH President

ECOS IFCMH
Reference: Valerio Di Tommaso Reference: Santo Rullo
Address: via Chiana 97, Rome
Telephone: +39 345 9415528 Telephone: +39 335 6637059
E-mail: s.rullo@tiscali.it
E-mail: vdt@ecos-europe.com
Website: www.footballconmentalhealth.org
Website: www.ecos-europe.com