What is the World Balloon World Cup and why does it almost overshadow the South American Qualifiers?

Gerard Piqué and content creator Ibai Llanos created a new sport that promises to revolutionize social media, especially Twitch. The Globe World Cup comes after they saw a viral video on the Internet and now it has been transformed into a championship in which up to 32 national teams play.

The video that the Catalan footballer and the Spanish streamer observed showed two young Americans who were filmed at home playing with a balloon around their house and the main objective was that the ball does not fall on the ground.

The amount of reception that the Balloon World Cup has achieved has been so great that there are more than 600 thousand people who saw the transmission and the hashtag Balloon World Cup adds more than 80 thousand publications on Twitter.

How are the rules?

In a limited space, one player per team will try to prevent the balloon thrown by his rival from falling to the ground. In addition, the playing court is 8m x 8m and presented different obstacles to complicate the games. The obstacles and distribution varied as the competition progressed.

The Peruvian Francesco de la Cruz is the champion of the World Balloons

The first edition of the Balloon World Cup shone with red and white colors. Peruvian Francesco de la Cruz officially became the first World Balloon champion after defeating German Jan Spieb by a resounding 6-2 result in a duel that lasted five minutes.

To reach the final, Francesco beat Argentine Elian Barrado in the quarterfinals and Spaniard Jan Franquesa in the semifinals.