Everyone who has participated agrees: Swamp Soccer is great, if somewhat muddy, fun. It is also one of the strangest and weirdest types of soccer played anywhere, according to Copa90, a Youtube videoblog dedicated to Soccer.
In its most recent upload “TOP 5 Weird Forms of Football”, which is a report in honor of the “weird and wonderful ways” people play football around the world, Icelandic Swamp Soccer is deemed to be the second weirdest form of football anywhere.
Get in on the game!
For those of you who don’t feel content watching the fun on Youtube there is always the option of participating in person! The twelfth annual European Swamp Soccer Championship will be held in the beautiful fishing village of Ísafjörður in the West-Fjords in North Western Iceland on August 1-2.
The rules are pretty simple, and quite flexible, adhering to the Icelandic spirit of “Rules? They are more like guidelines!” Alongside quite specific rules like “All throws from the sideline and corners, are kicked” are others like “Playing time is not too long, not too short”, and “If someone gets hurt (perhaps accidentally) the one who causes it must kiss the booboo.” A rule many would agree should be adopted by FIFA.
For full rules and registration of your team head over to www.myrarbolti.com.
A three-day party of mud and fun
The Swamp Soccer Championship is held during the Icelandic Bank Holiday weekend, which is traditionally a weekend of pretty hard partying, so in addition to football you there are other festivities and concerts.
Although many teams have some form of uniform, the only thing you need are shoes and trousers. Shirts are optional. The organizers urge participants to bring duct tape to tape their shoes to their feet, to ensure they don’t get lost in the mud. You also need a good name for your team.
If you don’t have a team you can also just show up and join the Oddballs, which has always contained both Icelandic and foreign players.
Everyone who has participated agrees: Swamp Soccer is great, if somewhat muddy, fun. It is also one of the strangest and weirdest types of soccer played anywhere, according to Copa90, a Youtube videoblog dedicated to Soccer.
In its most recent upload “TOP 5 Weird Forms of Football”, which is a report in honor of the “weird and wonderful ways” people play football around the world, Icelandic Swamp Soccer is deemed to be the second weirdest form of football anywhere.
Get in on the game!
For those of you who don’t feel content watching the fun on Youtube there is always the option of participating in person! The twelfth annual European Swamp Soccer Championship will be held in the beautiful fishing village of Ísafjörður in the West-Fjords in North Western Iceland on August 1-2.
The rules are pretty simple, and quite flexible, adhering to the Icelandic spirit of “Rules? They are more like guidelines!” Alongside quite specific rules like “All throws from the sideline and corners, are kicked” are others like “Playing time is not too long, not too short”, and “If someone gets hurt (perhaps accidentally) the one who causes it must kiss the booboo.” A rule many would agree should be adopted by FIFA.
For full rules and registration of your team head over to www.myrarbolti.com.
A three-day party of mud and fun
The Swamp Soccer Championship is held during the Icelandic Bank Holiday weekend, which is traditionally a weekend of pretty hard partying, so in addition to football you there are other festivities and concerts.
Although many teams have some form of uniform, the only thing you need are shoes and trousers. Shirts are optional. The organizers urge participants to bring duct tape to tape their shoes to their feet, to ensure they don’t get lost in the mud. You also need a good name for your team.
If you don’t have a team you can also just show up and join the Oddballs, which has always contained both Icelandic and foreign players.
