Unity EURO Cup
Unity EURO Cup
The event is co-organized by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations and brings together both male and female refugees and local amateur players from participating European nations.
Finland celebrate their win at the Unity Euro Cup tournament in Zeist, the Netherlands, in October 2025.
Past tournaments
French team ambassador and former footballer Laura Georges is greeted during the first ever Unity EURO Cup in 2022.
The Finland team celebrating their win in the final of the 2023 Unity EURO Cup.
Medals from the first ever Unity EURO Cup in 2022.
Players from the German team celebrate during the final of the first ever Unity EURO Cup in 2022.
Refugee and host community players representing nations across Europe come together at UEFA headquarters in Switzerland for the first edition of the Unity EURO Cup in 2022.
A member of the Ukraine team competing in the 2023 Unity EURO Cup.
The 2026 Unity EURO Cup will take place on 15 October at the Italian Football Federation's headquarters on the outskirts of Florence, Italy.
Twenty-two teams will compete in the fifth edition of the Unity EURO Cup. Teams made up of refugee and host community players will represent Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Malta, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, the Republic of Ireland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and the European Commission.
What is the Unity EURO Cup?
Since 2021, UEFA and UNHCR have been working together to improve the lives of displaced people through the transformative power of football, support their rights and foster greater inclusion in the communities that generously host them.
Through the universal language of football, the first Unity EURO Cup, held in 2022, demonstrated the powerful role sport can play in bringing people together and promoting inclusion. The tournament gave the participants from both refugee and host communities the opportunity to represent their country or host country in an international competition, instilling a sense of belonging and teamwork.
Following the successful first edition, UEFA and UNHCR have expanded the tournament each year, with more teams joining from across Europe, showcasing the unique power of sport in bringing diverse communities together.
Learn more about how UNHCR and UEFA use the power of sports to help refugees
As part of the UEFA Football Sustainability Strategy 2030, UEFA actively promotes the integration of refugees, asylum-seekers and displaced individuals within host communities through football.
UNHCR has developed the UNHCR Sport Strategy – More than a Game – which outlines the role that sport and sports organizations can play in improving the lives of displaced and stateless people and in supporting integration with host communities.
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