EWU World Cup tradition continues
Various students at Eastern Washington University participated in the EWU World Cup soccer tournament on May 15.
May 22, 2015
For a fourth consecutive year, EWU intramurals hosted a world-cup-style soccer tournament on May 15.
The tournament allows students to formulate teams and select a country to represent. While many students select teams based on their home countries or heritages, others simply choose a country at random.
Former ASEWU President Oscar Ocana pitched the idea for the event to Campus Recreation four years ago to coincide with EWU’s diversity week. The concept was simple: Give students a reason to come together and the opportunity to represent countries that are important to them.
The tournament has been a success starting with 11 teams in 2012, 16 in 2013, 13 in 2014 and 10 in 2015, with over 90 competitors. It is a co-ed event that requires at least two females per team to be on the field at all times.
Like previous years, participants received a free T-shirt.
This year, the Netherlands captured the tournament championship by defeating Columbia, 5-1. Africa United and Djibouti each took a share of third place, according to Mike Campitelli, director for Campus Recreation.
