Special Olympics Unified Football World Cup 2026: come and discover inclusive football

After the Paris 2024 Games, Paris is hosting a new international and inclusive sporting event

From July 6 to 11, the Special Olympics 2026 Unified Football World Cup will celebrate its third edition in Paris at the Charléty stadium (99 Bd Kellermann, 75013 Paris) after two first cups organized in the United States.

It will bring together 24 teams (12 women and 12 men), 324 athletes, 48 coaches, 500 families and 500 volunteers from all over the world.

The particularity of this competition?

Each team is made up of players with intellectual disabilities and unified players, without disabilities.

Together, they demonstrate that sport is a great vector of inclusion, sharing, gathering and surpassing oneself, where everyone has a place on the field.

Win your tickets for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies

In support of the event, Île-de-France Mobilités is giving away tickets to attend the opening ceremony on 6 July and the closing ceremony on 11 July 2026.

How to participate?

To try your luck, simply:

• Subscribe to the Île-de-France Mobilités Instagram account and like the contest post
• Identify in the comments the person who will accompany you
• Reply to the dedicated story by sending the requested information