Barfuss am Campus

Großer Fußball am Campus der Uni Graz: Beim achten Barefoot Cup traten Rechtwissenschafter gegen Historiker an, REWI-Professoren gegen die Mongolei. Den Ankick vollzog Altrektor Christian Brünner. Fotos: Uni Graz/Tzivanopoulos

Sportjurist Christoph Hofstätter (3.v.l.) ist mit seinem Team für die Austragung des Events verantwortlich gewesen.

Team Mongolei ist auch immer dabei

19 Teams spielten barfuss beim 8. Barefoot World Cup gegeneinander, es siegten vier Mannschaften.

Es ist ein Fußballspiel der besonderen Art: der Barefoot Cup, der am vergangenen Freitag, 2. Juni 2017, zum achten Mal am Campus der Universität Graz ausgetragen wurde. Die Herausforderung dabei – wie der Name schon sagt: Es wird barfuss gespielt, keine Schuhe, keine Socken, kein Tormann und in 4er-Teams. 19 Mannschaften aus unterschiedlichsten Ländern traten gegeneinander unter etwas schwierigen Anfangsbedingungen (es regnete zu Beginn) an, das Auftaktspiel wurde von Professoren der Rechtswissenschaften und der Geschichte bestritten, das Publikum war begeistert, die VeranstalterInnen rund um den Sportjuristen Dr. Christoph Hofstätter auch.

Erstmals endete das Turnier mit einem Mannschafts-Quartett auf dem Podest. Die vier verbliebenen Teams Vatikan, Italien, San Marino und Kuba wurden nämlich alle als Sieger geführt, da der Wettkampf aufgrund eines starken Gewitters um 18:30 Uhr abgebrochen werden musste.

Konstantinos Tzivanopoulos

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