Lion City Cup

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Lion City Cup
Founded 1977
Region Asia
Number of teams 6
Current champions Corinthians U15

The Lion City Cup, is an annual international association football competition organized by the Football Association of Singapore, contested by the Under-16 soccer teams. It was founded in 1977 as the only Under-16 soccer tournament in the world. It helped in the creation of a FIFA U-16 World Championship in China in 1985 at FIFA's request.[1]

Champions

Edition Year Champion Runner Up
4th 1980 Bahrein unknown
5th 1981 South Korea unknown
6th 1982 Thailand unknown
15th 1998 The Indian (India) Perth Club (Australia)
16th 1999 The Indian (India) Perth Club (Australia)
18th 2001 Bukitt Jalil Singapore
19th 2004 Singapore U-17 Hong Kong U-17
23rd 2011 Flamengo (Brazil) Singapore NFA U-16 (Singapore)
24th 2012 Ajax (Netherlands) Singapore NFA U-16 (Singapore)
25th 2013 Corinthians (Brazil) PSV (Netherlands)

References

  1. ↑ "Looking back at 100 Years of Singapore soccer". AsiaOne. 

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