On Sunday 4th June a number of advertising agencies took part in the Advertising World Cup at the Power League Football Centre in the city.  It was a chance for all those keen footballers within the industry to show off their skills and help raise money for the United Nations World Food Programme.

Wieden + Kennedy represented

Brazil

in this competition and were in Group B, along with

Germany

(Leagas Delaney), Ghana (DDB) and The Ivory Coast (CHI).  Unfortunately we only drew 2 matches and lost the other one, which saw us at the bottom of the Group B table at the end of the group matches.

However, all was not lost, the teams who finished 3rd and 4th in each group then went on to play in the ‘Plate’ Competition.  We beat Mexico (BBH) in the semi finals of this competition and ended up in the final against Portugal (WCRS).  It was a 9 goal thriller of a match and we won 6-3.

Our boys did good.  Well done Shay, Stu, Ben, Rich, Arnie, Gio and Robbie.

Trophy

The captain Shay picking up the trophy from his old boss Tim Delaney. Who seemed very happy for him

Plate_close_up

The plate. Solid silver.

Ben

Ben before his hospital visit.