- Kanga Cup
The Kanga Cup is a youth
association football tournament hosted byCapital Football , held every July inCanberra ,Australia over a 5 day period.The tournament is open to club, school associations or community based teams. 2008 marks the 18th year of the tournament, making it the longest running youth tournament in the
southern hemisphere .fact|date=May 2008Venue
The Kanga Cup was first held in
Sydney in 1991, and has taken place inCanberra since 1993.The opening ceremony, which takes place on the first day of the competition, is held at
Canberra Stadium . Over 12,000 young footballers participate in around 100 teams, with both boy and girl team competitions being run from 10 to 18 years of age.Countries
The Kanga Cup accepts teams both from Australia and from nations worldwide, such as
Denmark , theUnited Kingdom ,Italy ,Russia , Georgia,East Timor ,Fiji ,India ,Indonesia ,New Zealand ,South Africa ,Chinese Taipei ,South Korea , thePeople's Republic of China and theUnited States .ponsors
McDonald's Corporation has been the main sponsor of the Kanga Cup since its inauguration in 1991. McDonald's also owns the
naming rights of competition, officially naming it "The McDonald's Kanga Cup". In 2007, the company renewed their Kanga Cup Sponsorship.fact|date=May 2008Other Sponsors include
Australian Capital Tourism ,Canberra Milk , 104.7 Canberra,Mix 106.3 ,Murrays Travel ,FourFourTwo ,Football Federation Australia andFIFA .External links
* [http://www.kangacup.com/ Kanga Cup website]
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