BRICS U-17 Football Cup

BRICS U-17 Football Cup
Region	BRICS Nations
Number of teams	6 (5 BRICS team and 1 guest team) Brazil Russia India China South Africa
Current champions	Brazil
Most successful team(s)	Brazil (1 title)
Website	BRICS Football Cup
2016 BRICS U-17 Football Cup

The BRICS U-17 Football Cup is a U-17 Football tournament to be played among teams of five BRICS countries - economic block formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The 1st historic edition was played in Goa, India in 2016 on the occasion of the 8th BRICS summit that was held in India.^[1] The Tournament will take place once every year with 10-day and following the lines of the tournaments under-17 FIFA. Each edition will be held in a BRICS nation. On 1 October 2016 The Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi, unveiled the Trophy^[2] for the 2016 BRICS U-17 Football Tournament in london

Participating Nations

Team	Tournament
Team	2016 Goa
Brazil	Y
Russia	Y
India	Y
China PR	Y
South Africa	Y

References

↑ India to host BRICS U17 Cup in 2016. The Pioneer. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015
↑ "PM Modi unveils BRICS U-17 Football Trophy". The Home of Indian Football. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

External links

BRICS
Membership	Brazil Russia India China South Africa
Summits	Yekaterinburg 2009 Brasília 2010 Sanya 2011 New Delhi 2012 Durban 2013 Fortaleza 2014 Ufa 2015 Goa 2016 Xiamen 2017
Bilateral relations	Brazil–China Brazil–India Brazil–Russia Brazil–South Africa China–India China–Russia China–South Africa India–Russia India–South Africa Russia–South Africa
Leaders	Temer Putin Modi Xi Zuma
Related	New Development Bank BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement BRICS Leaders BRICS Cable BRICS Universities League
BRICS U-17 Football Cup	2016 Goa

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