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Last Updated: Tuesday July 21 2009 05:30 GMT

Swamp football world championships

Swamp football in action

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Around 5,000 football fans got together on a muddy pitch in a remote town in Finland to compete in the swamp soccer world championships.

Some 325 teams tackled the thick mud on 22 pitches in the two-day tournament.

The women's final was won by SST Coca Cola while Team Telinekataja from Helsinki ended the winning streak of Russian team Sputnik, after they beat them 1-0 to take the men's trophy.