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 6 to 12 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 the tournament, eight for the boys and eight for the girls. A total of some 850 teams is expected to take part in the tournament.

Classes

Past tournaments

Count Event year Countries Teams
1st 1976 5 211
21st 1997 20 752
30th June 27–28, 2005 27 829
31st July 9–15, 2006
32nd July 8–14, 2007
33rd July 6–12, 2008 21 837
34th July 5–11, 2009 17 797

Future tournaments

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