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The world cup is just around the corner and in honor of the world’s biggest sporting event, we have some TEAM updates from our shows around the world!
Côte d’Ivoire
The TEAM: Cote d'Ivoire
The TEAM Côte d’Ivoire Season 1 has been pre-selected at the 10th Festival du Cinéma Image et Vie (10thCinema Festival, Images and Life) that will be happening in Dakar, Senegal between 15-19 June. French speakers can visit the website to find out more.
Of the countries that the TEAM currently airs in, Cote d’Ivoire is the only one with a team qualifying for the World Cup. Fans of Les Éléphants, as they are affectionately called, must be happy that Didier Drogba, the captain and star looks like he will play on the world stage after all!
The DRC
The DRC has one of the most pluralistic media environments in the world, with more than 450 radio stations and more than 100 television stations. In the capital—Kinshasa—alone, there are 51 Congolese television stations, and surveys show that television is the preferred source of information for Kinshasa’s 10 million residents. With this enormous potential for TV to bring about social change, Search for Common Ground has begun television production and training, using different formats and innovative production-based training approaches. One of these productions is the DRC installment of The TEAM.
Filming L'Equipe in the DRC
The Congolese version of The Team, L’Equipe, focuses on an all- female football team, ironically named ‘The Mosquitoes’ whose two main characters struggle with issues of sexual violence, corruption, tribalism, impunity and reconciliation, as they try to lead the Mosquitoes team to victory. The series handles issues of conflict and good governance, resonating with the metaphor: “If we don’t collaborate, we won’t score goals.” The series finished its 45 day shoot in late January, and is expected to be on air by July 2010. Watch your screens!
1974 Zaire Leopards
You won’t be able to see DRC’s “Leopards” this world cup but as Zaire they were the first Black African team to participate in a FIFA World Cup and they won the 2009 African Championship of Nations.
Palestine
The Team is now making its debut in Palestine, where it will be broadcast in West Bank cities as the lead-in show immediately before the nighttime World Cup matches. The series has an all-Palestinian cast and crew and has become Palestine’s largest TV production ever!
Behind the scenes on the The TEAM: Palestine
Although Palestine hasn’t qualified for this year’s World Cup, the sport continues to be a symbol of unity. 2008 marked the team’s first home match on Palestinian soil, which showed how much of a unifying force football can be.
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It might be a nightmare to say for some but Europe and South America have the strongest teams. Egypt really where are you? After Egypt has won the African Cup of Nations four times in a row, there is a team like Algeria, good for them, in the World Cup. USA really needs to get into gear if its going to upset England and Slovenia, both very competitive teams with passion. Group B I expect Greece and Argentina to finish top. Although Ghana could be clear in group D but could be pushed out soon if they face a powerful squad in the knock out stages. Good Luck to them, they will want to be playing a team like England to qualify further ! Group E is going to be a battle, all very sporting nations but none super powers of Football, I would route for Cameroon and Denmark, but Holland are, and always have been, favourites to reach the 1/4 finals.
Italy should lead group F with no trouble, they have a large squad and they won last years world cup using their oldest mean of players to date. They have experience, and also youngsters who can fire them in.
Brazil and Portugal for the group G table, I am thinking Brazil will win the world cup due to laziness, but don’t be suprised if its Argentina or Spain. Good luck to Ivory Coast they will need it.