U-17 Minsk Tournament Explained

U-17 Minsk Tournament
Founded:2005
Region:Belarus (UEFA)
Number Of Teams:8
Current Champions: Belgium U-17
Most Successful Team: Belarus U-17, Russia U-17, Ukraine U-17, Belgium U-17 (2 titles)

U-17 Minsk Tournament (Russian: Международный юношеский турнир (U-17) на призы АБФФ и Минского городского исполнительного комитета) is annual winter association football friendly competition for junior national under-17 teams that take place in Minsk, Belarus, since 2005. The traditional winter tournament are organize of the Association Belarusian Football Federation and the Minsk City Executive Committee.

The first tournament was held in February 2005 in Minsk, and the winner was the Serbia and Montenegro national under-17 teams.[1]

The tournament participants was divided into two group of four invited under-17 national teams. The winners of group play in the final, the second place teams play match for the 3rd place, the third team in group play match for 5th place, the fourth team in the group play match for 7th place.

Champions

SeasonChampionScoreRunner-Up
2005 Serbia and Montenegro U-17
2006 Belarus U-163–1 Poland U-17
2007 Belarus U-171–1 aet (5–4 pen) Moldova U-17
2008 Russia U-172–0 Belarus U-16
2009 Ukraine U-172–1 Russia U-17
2010 Russia U-172–0 Belgium U-17
2011 Belgium U-173–1 Serbia U-17
2012 Ukraine U-171–0 Georgia U-17
2013 Belgium U-170–0 aet (4–2 pen) Russia U-17

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/sport/Belorusskie-futbolisty-razgromili-litovtsev-v-matche-junosheskogo-turnira-v-Minske_i_621725.html Белорусские футболисты разгромили литовцев в матче юношеского турнира в Минске - БелТА