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Sporting Witness: The Vatican's mini-World Cup

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The Vatican's mini-world cup

09/02/2023 GMT

The Vatican's mini-World Cup

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, The Vatican's mini-World Cup

In 2007, trainee priests competed to win the first football Clericus Cup

The Clericus Cup started in Vatican City in 2007, with trainee priests from around the world competing to win the football tournament for their college.

In 2007, the first ever Clericus Cup was played, with trainee priests from the Vatican City's seminaries competing.

It was an effort to present a different image of football, following various Italian scandals.

Don Davide Tisato, the captain of the winning team and a former professional footballer, has been speaking to Laura Jones, along with Felice Alborghetti from the Centro Sportivo Italiano.

(Photo: Davide Tisato lifting the Clericus Cup with his team Redemptoris Mater. Credit: Centro Sportivo Italiano Archive)

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