U-17 Minsk Tournament

U-17 Minsk Tournament
Founded2005
RegionBelarus (UEFA)
Number of teams8
Current championsBelgium Belgium U-17
Most successful team(s)Belarus Belarus U-17, Russia Russia U-17, Ukraine Ukraine U-17, Belgium 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

Season Champion Score Runner-Up
2005 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro U-17
2006 Belarus Belarus U-16 3–1 Poland Poland U-17
2007 Belarus Belarus U-17 1–1 aet (5–4 pen) Moldova Moldova U-17
2008 Russia Russia U-17 2–0 Belarus Belarus U-16
2009 Ukraine Ukraine U-17 2–1 Russia Russia U-17
2010 Russia Russia U-17 2–0 Belgium Belgium U-17
2011 Belgium Belgium U-17 3–1 Serbia Serbia U-17
2012 Ukraine Ukraine U-17 1–0 Georgia (country) Georgia U-17
2013 Belgium Belgium U-17 0–0 aet (4–2 pen) Russia Russia U-17

References