{"id":1816,"date":"2023-03-17T19:25:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T19:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/?page_id=1816"},"modified":"2023-04-26T10:04:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T09:04:42","slug":"route","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/route\/","title":{"rendered":"Route"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Ball is on the road again<\/h2>\n<p>The Ball itself and hundreds of replicas have been fairly produced by our partner the charity <a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/partners\/alive-and-kicking\/\">Alive and Kicking<\/a> in Kenya. For the first time, Spirit of Football is kicking The Ball to the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023 in New Zealand and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>We want to promote <strong>gender equality<\/strong> alongside <strong>climate action<\/strong> on this journey with the aim of being able to contribute to <strong>reduced inequalities<\/strong> in the world of football and beyond. We decided for this reason <strong>not<\/strong> to take The Ball to the 2022 Men\u2019s World Cup in Qatar because this World Cup does not reflect Spirit of Football\u2019s values.<\/p>\n<p>The overall objective of the journey from London to Auckland is to develop and deliver education resources, highlight existing as well as advocating for more actions that promote gender equality and climate action to bring together a network of actors, worldwide, under the common motto \u201cOne Ball, One World\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, we were able to develop and test education resources and advocate for climate action with partners in these countries:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">England (July)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Germany (August)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Turkey (September)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">USA (September)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">France (October)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">United Arab Emirates (October)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Egypt (November)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Jordan (December)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In 2023, the year of the next FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup, The Ball will implement the resources developed in 2022 in a climate friendly (where possible) education journey from Vietnam through South East Asia (March to May) and Oceania (June) to New Zealand and Australia (July and August).<\/p>\n<h2>The Journey of The Ball in 2023<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Vietnam \u2192 Cambodia \u2192 Thailand \u2192 Malaysia \u2192 Singapore \u2192 Indonesia (March, April, May until the start of June 2023)<\/li>\n<li>Pacific: Fiji and Kiribati (June 2023)<\/li>\n<li>2023 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup: New Zealand (July) \u2192 Australia (August)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3013\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/route\/the-ball-2023-road-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/04\/The-Ball-2023-Road-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Ball 2023 Road (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/04\/The-Ball-2023-Road-2-1024x1024.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3013\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/04\/The-Ball-2023-Road-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/04\/The-Ball-2023-Road-2.png 1080w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/04\/The-Ball-2023-Road-2-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/04\/The-Ball-2023-Road-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/04\/The-Ball-2023-Road-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/04\/The-Ball-2023-Road-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/04\/The-Ball-2023-Road-2-720x720.png 720w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/04\/The-Ball-2023-Road-2-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/04\/The-Ball-2023-Road-2-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/04\/The-Ball-2023-Road-2-640x640.png 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/04\/The-Ball-2023-Road-2-618x618.png 618w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/04\/The-Ball-2023-Road-2-980x980.png 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Click the pins on the map to access stories from along the journey.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"gm-map\" style=\"position: relative;height: 600px; 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