“Two minutes!” The team is trying to figure out if a discarded tennis racket counts as “non-burnable waste” or “bulky waste”. The name is simple – combining the English word “sport” with “gomi”, the Japanese word for rubbish. The victor will win a trip to Tokyo to compete against about 20 countries including the US, the UK and China for the prestigious Spogomi World Cup 2025. The first World Cup in 2023 was broadcast on several television stations and attended by members of Japan’s ministry. Australia’s spogomi founder, Jason Partington, who took Australia’s winners to Tokyo when the inaugural world cup was held, says the sport is “only going to get bigger” here.