Helsinki Cup

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The Helsinki Cup is an international youth football tournament, held each year in Helsinki, Finland during June. It was held for the first time in 1976.

Contents 1 Helsinki Cup 2008 1.1 Classes 2 Past tournaments 3 Future tournaments 4 External links

[edit] Helsinki Cup 2008

The 33rd Helsinki Cup 2008 International Youth Football Tournament will be from 6th to 12th July 2008. Participants in the competition are expected from almost 30 different countries such as Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Namibia, the Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, USA and of course from all the Nordic countries. There will be sixteen classes in the tournament, eight for the boys and eight for the girls. A total of some 800 teams is expected to take part in the tournament.

[edit] Classes

• Boys : A-19, B-17, C-15, C-14, D-13, D-12, E-11, F-10.
• Girls: TA-19, TB-17, TC-15, TC-14, TD-13, TD-12, TE-11, TF-10

[edit] Past tournaments

Count	Event year	Countries	Teams
1st	1976	5	211
21st	1997	20	752
30th	June 27 - June 28, 2005	27	829
31st	July 9 - July 15, 2006
32nd	July 8 – July 14, 2007

[edit] Future tournaments

• Helsinki Cup 2008 will play 6th to 12th july 2008.
• Helsinki Cup 2009 will play 5th to 11th july 2009.
• Helsinki Cup 2010 will play 11th to 17th july 2010.
• Helsinki Cup 2011 will play 10th to 16th july 2011.

[edit] External links

• Official homepage, mostly in Finnish.