Helsinki Cup

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

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 around 20 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 thetournament, eight for the boys and eight for the girls. A total of some 850 teams is expected to take part in the tournament.

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

Past tournaments

Future tournaments

* 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.

External links

* [http://www.helsinkicup.fi Official homepage, mostly in Finnish.]