Koko News | スポーツ | 28 Jul 2025

Litter Picking World Cup Held in the UK with 21 Countries Participating

WithEngland'swomenhavingwontheEuro 2025trophy, youmightfindyourselfwonderingiftheycouldbringhometheworldcupintwoyearstime.

英格蘭女足已經贏得了 2025 年歐洲盃獎杯，你可能會想知道她們是否能在兩年後捧起世界盃。

Butinthemeantimethere'sanotherworldcuptogetexcitedabout, andit'sbeingheldhereintheUK!

但同時，還有另一屆令人興奮的世界杯，它就在英國舉行！

TheLitterPickingWorldCuphasbeentakingplaceinHackneyineastLondon, afterBritainwontheeventinTokyoin 2023.

英國於 2023 年在東京贏得了垃圾撿拾世界盃冠軍後，該項賽事便在倫敦東部的哈克尼舉行。

Peoplefrom21countries, includingJapan, theUnitedStates, AustraliaandFrance, gatheredintheJapanesecapitaltotryandwinthetitlebypickingupthemostlitterwithinacertaintimelimit.

來自日本、美國、澳洲和法國等 21 個國家的人們齊聚日本首都，試圖在規定時間內撿起最多垃圾，贏得冠軍。

Litterpickingmightsoundlikeastrangeactivitytowinaprizeforbutit'sactuallyasportcalledSpogomi.

撿垃圾可能聽起來像是一項能贏得獎品的奇怪活動，但它實際上是一項名為 Spogomi 的運動。

Inventedin 2008inJapan, itwascreatedasacompetitiontoencouragepeopletocleanuppublicspacesbutit'snowbecomesopopularit'sspreadaroundtheworld.

該活動於 2008 年在日本發明，最初是作為一項鼓勵人們清潔公共場所的競賽而創建的，但現在它已經變得如此受歡迎，以至於傳遍了世界各地。

InJapanit'sevenplayedinschools, andtherulesarequitesimple.

在日本，甚至在學校也會玩這個遊戲，而且規則非常簡單。

Theteamshavetocollectasmuchlitteraspossiblewithinthetimegiven, theninthenextstagetheyhaveasettimetosorttheirlitter.

各團隊必須在規定時間內收集盡可能多的垃圾，然後在下一階段，他們有規定的時間將垃圾分類。

Teamsareawardedpointsbasedonthetypeoflitterthey'vepickedupanditsrecyclingcategory.

根據團隊撿到的垃圾類型及其回收類別，團隊將獲得積分。

Thosetakingparthavesaiditisveryfunbutcanbeawork-outascarryingtheheavylitterbags, walkingfromplacetoplaceandsortingthroughthetrashafterwards, meansyouusingalotofdifferentmusclegroupsatdifferenttimes.

參與者表示，這很有趣，但也可能是一種鍛煉，因為要攜帶沉重的垃圾袋，從一個地方走到另一個地方，然後整理垃圾，這意味著你在不同的時間使用許多不同的肌肉群。

Andasabonus, you'realwayshelpingtocleanupthestreetsandhelptheenvironment.

另外，您也總是幫忙清潔街道並保護環境。

Wouldyouliketogiveitatry? Oristhereanothergameoractivityyou'dliketoseeaWorldCupcreatedfor?

你想嘗試嗎？或者你希望看到其他遊戲或活動以世界盃為主題創作嗎？

Letusknowinthecommentsbelow.

請在下面的評論中告訴我們。

With England's women having won the Euro 2025 trophy, you might find yourself wondering if they could bring home the world cup in two years time.

But in the meantime there's another world cup to get excited about, and it's being held here in the UK!

The Litter Picking World Cup has been taking place in Hackney in east London, after Britain won the event in Tokyo in 2023.

People from 21 countries, including Japan, the United States, Australia and France, gathered in the Japanese capital to try and win the title by picking up the most litter within a certain time limit.

Litter picking might sound like a strange activity to win a prize for but it's actually a sport called Spogomi.

Invented in 2008 in Japan, it was created as a competition to encourage people to clean up public spaces but it's now become so popular it's spread around the world.

In Japan it's even played in schools, and the rules are quite simple.

The teams have to collect as much litter as possible within the time given, then in the next stage they have a set time to sort their litter.

Teams are awarded points based on the type of litter they've picked up and its recycling category.

Those taking part have said it is very fun but can be a work-out as carrying the heavy litter bags, walking from place to place and sorting through the trash afterwards, means you using a lot of different muscle groups at different times.

And as a bonus, you're always helping to clean up the streets and help the environment.

Would you like to give it a try? Or is there another game or activity you'd like to see a World Cup created for?

Let us know in the comments below.