Joining the party are recreational athletes from social fringe groups as well as football enthusiasts from the media, culture, commerce and industry. The teams compete for the CTC Challenge Cup in two parallel tournaments for men and women.
A diverse entertainment programme with appearances by local artists provides excitement around the fringes of the playing area. The traditional VIP Fun Game is a real crowd favorite. The combination of sport, entertainment and getting together has become an event for which the CTC Organisation Team has coined the unifying motto, "Gemeinsamer geht's nicht!" (“Togetherness doesn’t get any closer!”)
CTC founder Andreas Stiene commented, “As a gay-lesbian initiative, we want to explicitly reach out to other social groups and make them a clear ‘get to know us offer’ via the number one popular sport.”
With attendance of up to 20,000 spectators, the event has been quite successful. It has inspired the creation of Come-Together-Cups in Essen (from 2006 to 2008) and Berlin (since 2005).
The CTC is under the patronage from Jürgen Roters (Mayor of Cologne).
